A 22 yr old in my org got drunk tuesday night and kinda shit on the fact that I'm running a community cleanup for our chapter. Said something along the lines of "i didn't join up to pick trash." Which really bothers me and it took me a while to figure out why. The whole point of the community cleanup is that we're returning to the neighborhoods where we knocked doors for A4 to help clean up their streets and provide material improvement for free in an effort to build inroads with those neighbors.

Like... if your socialism doesn't include picking uo trash, I'm guessing it also doesn't include doing the dishes, babysitting, or anything else that is important but not prestigious. Idk man, fuck off with that shit. You'll pick up trash and you'll like it until you understand why picking up trash isn't anyone's job but your own. I hate that attitude. If helping and doing activism was always fun and visible and impressive, everyone you know would already be doing it.

Got off a video call with my grandma. Asked her what sort of American foods she was enjoying (my dad flew her in from Korea and she's staying with him in Phoenix rn). She said most of the food isn't too impressive but she's addicted to a specific candy, and when she held up a bag of Werther's Originals I started howling

Text recounting of the full events below but oh my god please watch this person explain the wildest thing happening to them

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song of the day

hi made a uquiz full of real and fake kamen rider names and so far the reception has been positive

here is the link

The onion buying Infowars is the best possible scenario. They actually understand how to report on alex, and they'll know what to do with his assets.

And remember: Alex does not get a dime from the sale. Everything goes to paying the Sandy Hook victim families.

Knowing Alex, he wants to stay in the studio with the cameras rolling while the cops come to evict him. He wants a big dramatic escalation as the deep state hoists him out of the chair.

He fact that it's the onion will take quite a bit of the wind out of those sails lol.

Also, please understand that this was Alex's last real hope for Infowars. He's not gonna go away permanently. He has plenty of connections and the right wing is always flush with money. But this is a permenant blow to Alex's status and wealth.

If your response to the information "an alarming number of people simply cannot read well enough to function in the society that was built around them" is "wow I'm so much better than them" i think you need to kill yourself

It's not like education will fix every problem but it is almost certainly one of the most important things to push if we want an improvement in material conditions for everybody. Writing off your auntie because she gets overwhelmed trying to decipher densely packed text and "professional" language is not going to build a better future for anyone.

I am becoming aware of the effect a lack of trust in the media has had on people, paired with a dearth of research skills.

I'm thinking about the argument I got caught in yesterday- the subject of it doesn't matter.

Often, pseudoscience and misinformation comes packaged with a lot of very important sounding words, and the jargon gets to the point where it seems like a lot of work to fact check it. Which makes the 'I encourage you to do your own research' statements real obnoxious. If it's phrased in a way that's impossible to navigate, good luck.

It sucks, but you gotta.

If you don't want to fact check individual words, that's fine. That's a lot to ask of someone that's just trying to figure out whether something is true.

This is where we get into something called 'lateral research.' Instead of trying to draw a map to a sentence, you check the credibility of their source material.

This is your Snopes, your Fact Check/Media Bias, your Follow The Money.

Knowing more context about what someone is saying will save you a lot of time and energy.

If you're not sure about something, question it.

I feel like I've been throwing this around a LOT lately, but:

Practice SIFT! SIFT is based on lateral research and can be very helpful for these situations.

DON'T just share information without doing your due diligence.

Fundraisers which have recently reached out to me (written on november 9th 2024) please remember that each of these families truly are facing horrors beyond comprehension every single day. I know that everyone is struggling with money in some way right now and that things are tough, but if you are able to donating even 5-10 dollars can add up and make a difference.

- Asmaa and her family

- Tahseen and family

- Ghazal Naseers family

- Evacuate Emans Children

- Help brothers Anas and Ahmad

- Ahmads family (VERY low on funds)

- Saeeds family (VERY low on funds)

- Jabers family

- Mohanad and Farah

- Dr. Osamas family (VERY low on funds)

- Mohamed and Diana (VERY VERY low)

- Samis family

- Grandma reem and her family (VERY low)

- Hazem Shawish and family

- Jumanas family

- Olas family

- Jamal Shamias family

- Nada Al-Faras family

All of these campaigns have been vetted, please do not hesitate to donate even if you are only able to donate a few dollars it still can add up. We can not fall into despair and must continue to help these families

im in the house¹.

¹ like carpet.

Outset of the journey: there are only two genders

The struggle amidst the journey: there are a large number of genders

Return from the land of the dead, armed with newfound wisdom: there are exclusively three genders, none of which are "man" or "woman."

Diagram of the innovations in materialist feminism I've been cooking up in my head (I will not explain what the letters mean because this world is not ready for me to speak the truth)

^ This is the gender-class society we live in ^

I've decided to spill the beans. Compiled thoughts in the below article!

There’s not too much point in talking about the election anymore, but I think some people are misconstruing the results. 21% of the American population voted for trump. He won the popular vote with polls only recording a 43.7% approval rating, and he has never held an approval rating over 50%, something that Biden and (arguably) Harris have. He lost millions of votes from 2020 to 2024, it’s just that Harris lost millions more.

All this is to say that there is not some ‘silent majority’ of trump supporters in America. While some people will definitely be emboldened in their rhetoric and action by the results of the election, Trump was a deeply unpopular president, and is shaping up to be one again. He will enact unpopular policies that are against the will of the average American, but that doesn’t mean every American is out to get you. Engage with your local community, check in on loved ones, and maybe even take a look at local political offices in the coming few years. If you dislike the two party system, volunteer or donate to a third party. It’s altogether likely we see another 2022 situation, resentment grows further against the Republican Party, and the midterms offer a lot of opportunity to alternatives, at every level of government.

It may all feel like the end, but it’s not. We’ve been through it before, and no matter what we do, hate and ignorance will bleed through the cracks in society again in the future. It’s going to get better, but that’s easier to say if we make it better.

I don't care if it's the best TV show of all time. I cannot be tricked into consuming a cartoon about league of legends.

three person poly relationship made up of two people who are already dating trying to coax someone with horrific self worth issues into a loving relationship. stray cat style

they’re all laying together in bed and the couple are both thinking to themselves like good, he stayed the night to cuddle and talk when we offered, he should know that we genuinely care for him and want this to be more then a handful of one night stands. and the stray cat guy is like wow this sure is nice i think i’m falling in love with them. it’s really too bad that they don’t actually give a fuck and hate me and probably want to kill me with hammers for no reason

Since we're getting into "did you know that Santa's eight tiny reindeer are a reference to the eight legs of Odin's steed?" season once again, remember: while there are some elements of Christmas (or Hallowe'en, or Easter, or...) observations that are probably pre-Christian in origin, before one believes any of that this-is-really-100%-just-a-Pagan-holiday-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off stuff, one must consider all of the following possibilities: