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regardless of your plans on the presidential election (bc i know and understand most of us are in a lot of complex places about if to vote in it), please at least vote in the local elections on your ballot! a lot of my job involves researching the far-right and iām a leftist so please trust that iām not trying to spew corny democrat stuff, i just see / believe that local elections tend to be neglected but are so important to vote in (school and library boards, ballot measures, judicial seats, hospital boards, and city councils!)
for example with school boards, elections can mean the difference between having extremists push forced outing policies and bans on books featuring LGBTQ people and people of color, versus literally normal people supporting inclusive school standards and diverse library collections. unlike big races, local positions are much more likely to be decided by dozens of votes or less. even if you donāt have kids, rarely go to the hospital, have never needed/been in the court system, etc - please show up for people who do!
and, importantly, elections still arenāt the end all be all - who is in office is a strategic opportunity but politicians will never be the solution to societal issues, and year-round support for mutual aid projects, volunteering, and community organizing is so so so important to participate in
Oct 27, 2024
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- seconding the recommendation to grieve! ā¤ļøāš©¹ i think it in someways can be worsened being in a society that is largely undergoing mass denial around things like rising authoritarianism, that the pandemic is still happening, militarized police, economic/social inequality, etcā¦ so i think taking a moment to feel and acknowledge the validity of your feelings is valuable because society at large is just avoiding acknowledging any of this stuff, partly bc the government doesnāt want us to
my other recommendations are:
- donāt doomscroll! ā idk if i think tuning out completely can be entirely helpful because it might reverse psychology into worrying about what news youāre missing out on. so i recommend being more mindful of when/where youāre viewing news. for example, i try not to scroll twitter past 9/10 at night and set my phone settings to not let me lol. so before bed and when i first wake up iām not immediately looking at the news! i recommend this
- readddd! š i saw some other ppl recommend it and honestly it has helped me a lot. maybe look into things like speculative fiction too, but a book i will recommend is let this radicalize you by kelly hayes and mariame kaba. the book is intended for new organizers but i think it can apply to anyone just curious about organizing or people who organize. personally i have been more serious about organizing for a year and a half, and reading the book this year really helped me feel less hopeless. the idea that we keep us safe (which sucks but also empowers us to think outside of govt structures that fail us) and that we always have the freedom of our imagination to envision a new worldā¦ āØ the book is really good. i also recommend adrienne maree brownās work, specifically her book emergent strategy and also her podcast and instagram. sheās really great.
Jun 29, 2024
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Our fuckass head Conservative Pollievre seems to be losing popularity after publicly siding with old man Musk but thatās based on my media intake/ algorithm. The Liberals want to bring in a banker as their new rep cause Trudeau shit the bed as acting moderate Premier. I see what theyāre trying to do but theyāre also trying to redirect popular discourse away from the fact that our economy is fucked cause a handful of billionaires basically own the country - not cause we arenāt capping international students (??). Then thereās the NDP which is actually trying to do something for working class people but theyāre so scared to give them their vote cause theyāre too busy fighting off the Conservative majority with their Liberal votesā¦ Itās a never ending cycle of garbage bro our government is so incredibly performative and moderate I feel like Iām going crazy. I know thereās a current wave of far right conservative governments sweeping across the globe and people are being thrown into a moral panic but theres still hope! Your vote matters and a moderate government wonāt fix anything. Band aid solutions wonāt address structural issues. Recenter real working class people in government philosophy, be empathetic, care!
Feb 14, 2025
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Read this book!!!
ā āYou have to give people who are new to this movement and to activism in general some way in.ā For some people, thatās going to a protest, or seeing a documentary, or reading a book, that gets them thinking, āMaybe I can do something.ā And so no, I donāt believe one personās vote amounts to shit. But it can get people in the mindset of recognizing they can fight back against the Powers That Be in some way.ā
Feb 10, 2024
Top Recs from @marxinista
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being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and itās actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic youāre passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
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i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining peopleās attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends -
fake words that people now use IRL (āunaliveā), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, āalpha maleā podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche thingsā¦ the list goes on
Aug 17, 2024
a million times cooler than the lackluster āsleekā tech color palette used today
Feb 22, 2025