Everyone processes grief differently.

One of the reasons people break up and families fall apart during times of grief is because the stages of their processing and healing don't line up. All of us need different things to heal, and none if us will be healed in one day.

So let people rant online if it helps them, let them make jokes or make light of the situation, let them cry and feel despair. All of those feelings are correct and "normal" right now. Go ahead and feel your feelings however you need to.

And thus, my friends, the $44 billion for Twitter weren’t lost at all but rather invested into bringing United States’ wannabe-dictator back into power. Now that this goal has been accomplished, Elon can expect to be richly rewarded.

Oh, you are still on Xitter? Driving a Tesla? I hope you are happy with what you’ve helped achieve.

(A number of other US tech billionaires are guilty as well, but that’s the one who didn’t even make it a secret that he is there for fascism.)

That's why we publish all our apps on @fdroidorg ❤️

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If you were eligible to vote and did not vote in this election, I have to ask: why? And, was it worth it?

I'm genuinely asking those questions.

Survive, dammit.

Your only job, every day, is to wake up the next day. Everything else is secondary.

Second time this year I'm taking time offline, second time this year the world is on fire when I get back online.

I only see one solution. I need to go offline forever.

Important links.

Passport renewal (online): travel.state.gov/content/trave…
Passport application (in person): travel.state.gov/content/trave…
Passport renewal (by mail, needed if changing name or gender marker): travel.state.gov/content/trave…
Passport gender marker changes: travel.state.gov/content/trave…

Stay safe. Please boost!

Renew my Passport Online

This page includes information about our online passport renewal system, and instructions to complete your application.

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is there anyone in my bubble of fedi who can put a friend of mine in touch with a New Zealand trucking company that's hiring immigrants?

she currently holds a US CDL with hazmat and doubles certification, so she should qualify for anything

Remember, France is already governed by fascists, and Canada is just an election away from this.

This all because people vote against their interests.

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Toronto breaks 65-year-old temperature record on Tuesday

thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-b…

> The last time the city experienced record-high unseasonable weather in November was in 1959, when a record was set for a high of 20 C.

Toronto breaks 65-year-old temperature record

^{Vanessa Tiberio (Toronto Star)}

community spaces. solidarity networks. free clinics. mutual aid. community kitchens. community clothes closets. solidarity funds. give-away shops. filesharing. community servers. tenant unions. sit-ins. disobedience.

humans are a communal species. we thrive when we're together.

building a healthy community is more radical and more effective than anything else you can do. never forget that.

Mam takovou kacířskou myšlenku.
Ještě pořád si myslíte, že ti normální jsme my?
Jako já vím, že se snažíme prosazovat bezpečnost, lidské hodnoty, spravedlnost… Ale zatím to vypadá, že většina světa si přeje něco jiného a za normální považuje věci, které jsou pro nás přes čáru. A není to najednou JEN Maďarsko, jen Slovensko, jen Amerika.
Takže otázka zní, nejsme MY ta zmatená menšina bez vztahu k realitě?

#filozofickeokenko

Susie Dent's word of the day: recrudescence.

#SusieDent #Language #WordOfTheDay #us #us2024 #election2024 #election

Note to USA folks, ❗trans folks especially❗.

A passport is:
- Fundamentally useful
- A federal ID
- Recognized in most state/local level contexts
- *You can change your gender marker on it through pure self ID, with nothing medical required*. "X" is an option. travel.state.gov/content/trave…
- Normally 4-6 weeks to process (faster if u pay extra); that means if you apply for one this week, you easily get it before Jan 20.
- Lasts 10 years

Perhaps apply for one (or renew it, to reset yr 10 years) soon.

Selecting your Gender Marker

Information about how to select a new gender marker on your U.S. passport.

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Categorically insulting all of America for what happened yesterday is toxic behavior, and any of those engaging in it now should be ashamed of themselves. Some of our votes don't count because of the electoral college. Some of us are disabled or otherwise struggling and can't afford to move to places where it might, or can't move for other reasons. Some of us don't just show up and virtue signal at the polls every 4 years--we're actively fighting for marginalized folks the rest of the time as well. Some of us actively have our votes and voices taken away. I could go on and on and on and on and on.

You want to grieve with us or insult leadership, or even criticize the ones who voted for that fascist asshat? Fine. But tell us all we chose this, paint us all with one brush, and shame on you, and I hope for your sake no one kicks you the next time you have occasion to feel grief and hopelessness despite your efforts to change course. And when you do grieve, I hope you remember this moment and these words, and that someone might have kicked you when you were down too but didn't.

And anyone who says "it's fine, we're just being hyperbolic" can go fuck their hyperbolicism, and themselves for that matter, with a rusty nail. That's all my social media contribution for the day, thanks for joining me on my journey of self-expression.

We are fucked as a democratic nation.
And now Ukraine is fucked and so is Gaza.

The whole planet is fucked. I wish this was hyperbole, but it's not.