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Just another weird millennial

Please no romancing

  • The Anti-Defamation League called the apology overdue, saying it does not undo the harm caused.

    Also overdue for them to get dissolved. Hypocritical Zionist harassment engine accusing anyone who doesn't like Israeli oppression as hateful...

    Prior to 2007, the ADL described the Armenian genocide as a massacre and an atrocity, but not a genocide.

    In 2010, the ADL issued a statement opposing the Park51 Community Center, a proposed Islamic community center and mosque two blocks from the World Trade Center site in New York.

    The ADL considers anti-Zionism to be antisemitic.

    In June 2024, the community of the English Wikipedia reached a consensus that the ADL was "generally unreliable" on the topic of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict,[280][281] including "the intersection of antisemitism and the [Israeli–Palestinian] conflict, such as labeling pro-Palestinian activists as antisemitic".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League#Reception


    This is purely directed at the ADL. I have no comments on Kanye West, as I don't follow anything he does.

  • There has to be a point where people look in the mirror and realise whatever qualms they have against going out into the street doesn't hold up vs the future that's coming for them personally, if they don't try something.

  • Well, firstly here, have an 🍎 and please, don't hesitate to ask for more if you ever feel hungry again, like ever :)

    On a completely unrelated note, here is some propaganda about how vegans are more attractive!

  • ~ We do kinesiology without apology ~

  • We aren't even stranded and there is more than enough food!

  • Ok, thanks :)

  • You don't need religion to be authoritarian, tyrannical and self-centred.

  • Thank you both :)

  • Your definition of a poem might not hold up under scrutiny.

    "Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making"[note 1]) is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic[1][2][3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry

    Also, the form is intentional. She is an established poet.

    "Amanda S. C. Gorman[1] (born March 7, 1998[2]) is an American poet, activist, and model."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Gorman

  • Does anyone know what that symbol is "Love your people (?) you will die". I'd like to know for certain, so I can make proper alt-text.

  • Damn, never listened to a remix of a Rise Against song before. Good stuff!

  • Supporting Time article:

    Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000, According to Local Health Officials

    EDIT: I'm not just gonna potentially do the propaganda work of a nation state. So I'll add my personal opinion here. It is very possible both these sources are influenced to pushing regime change, and not for the people, but their own self-interests. The numbers are extremely high, and many adjacent information don't line up with this narrative. Please use your own critical thinking.

  • Another idea is to work with it in the meantime. Threads like this make people aware. Comics that make fun of this stuff or show the opposite side of the coin, etc.

    Alright, I spammed the thread enough 🤐

    🤪

  • Welcome to the gang! A lot of us here really like Rise Against :) similar story to mine, btw.

  • I'm a volunteer and can't read this shit. DENIED.

  • I'm out of my depths here. Automatic federation seems like something that shouldn't be a technical necessity though.

    I hope others will chime in on this thread :)

  • But I think if it became the norm, instances can be straight-up blocked who don’t do have this process, even if many people use it. As people will see the good stuff is elsewhere and anyone who cares enough will do this little extra step. (the philosophy of being active in good places to grow them)

    In other words. If this became a real thing, any respectable instance could just not federate with instances that don't have this process.

  • I think the way forward as the next line of defense is to vet accounts. This has been suggested before and I believe quite a few instances do it already. Similar thing on Mastodon.

    It doesn't have to be a strict process, to start with anyway, but at least require people to write a quick paragraph of why they want to join.

    It does mean more work, though. But I think if it became the norm, instances can be straight-up blocked who don't do have this process, even if many people use it. As people will see the good stuff is elsewhere and anyone who cares enough will do this little extra step. (the philosophy of being active in good places to grow them)

    Other people have written about this more eloquently and with stronger arguments. :)

  • Elections alone are a total joke. Yes, they are important. But that's an action someone does once a year or so. There is so much more that can be done.

    Other strategy talk can get very loaded and philosophical and I won't pretend to know the answers. But I think a vital part will always remain to activate people. Critical mass is very powerful and all these people doing the bidding of a few are also just humans who can be pressured and potentially have their perspective changed.