Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/4397 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Tonight I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow I'm hopping on my bike. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/620 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I need an editor. Someone who can re-arrange what I say and present it to an audience. The pen is mightier than the sword, and while my pen is mighty, you still need swords. I believe in democracy. I believe in the will of the people and the respect of the land. I believe in life, light, and liberty for all. Our nation has just elected, fairly, a dictator who will sell our country to foreign authoritarians just because he is small. I am stronger by far, but I lack his experience, and so I must rely on trusted advisors who grow with me. I am perhaps not the best choice, but I do believe I am one of the bravest. Judge me as you will. Trump will destroy the American experiment and invite fascism into our home. We have people to nurture and protect, and authoritarianism prevents us from doing so. He would deprive us of our light, and frankly he already has. He would deprive us of our liberty, and his plans to do so are clear and apparent. He would deprive us of our lives, and history has shown that this is a precedent. I do not consent to a Trump presidency. I do not consent to his corruption any longer. No more will I or my people be governed by such evil. We will fight back, of this I am certain. My demands are threefold. First, I demand that Trump be replaced by a moderate republican. Hold a primary and let Democrats vote. If none of your candidates work for us, pick a new roster and try again. The second is that Trump must be executed for treasonous high crimes. Nothing less than execution will suffice. Next, let the supreme court be purged and replaced. Half with democrats, half republicans, and one moderate who is widely regarded with respect. Failing these demands, I am willing to wage a terrible civil war for the soul of our country. I know this is treason, but I do it anyway even though I am a patriot. I do it because our land has been stolen by a man and his followers who seek to plunge my people into despair. He is but one man. So am I. He has an army of followers. I do not. Each of the wars we fight will be smaller than the last, as each of our cities struggles toward our last gasp. But together we are strong, and by connecting them we might deliver ourselves from harm. Against the far right, we must secure a cleansing blow. There is no greater fight. The world is watching. To that end, I suggest a great and perilous fight. I see no other option in this remarkable century. Prepare as you might, I suggest pushups and resource acquisition. Deliver your resources somewhere safe if you're in a red area, and meet your neighbors if you're not. A blue city in a red state must survive a siege. Prepare yourself for this. Assume that supplies will need to be delivered by convoy if by land, and drone airdrop from the skies. Develop ways to protect these supply methods. Public spaces are our homes now, our houses are just where we sleep. I swear this to you: on my life I will be honorable and fair. I will seek true justice when I can, where everyone gets what they want, and failing that I will be plainly just. I will respect all peoples, and do my best to fight for a brighter tomorrow. I dare for the bright age. I see nothing else that I'd like to spend my life doing than daring. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/621 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Do not give in to despair. They've trained us to cope. Expect losses, and celebrate victories. We can do it together, you and me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/622 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── The bigger a county is on the electoral map, the weaker it is. But, the more space required to control it completely. Treat the largest counties like Badlands - difficult to traverse unless in numbers, and even with numbers you're a bright shining target. Very little food, very few supplies, often not worth controlling aside from the peace and knowledge that your foes will not attack from that direction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/623 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Build drones, build stations where they can be controlled, repaired, refueled, etc. Put guns on them. Figure it out. Use them to observe enemy movement. No need for human manned checkpoints if we know they're coming. Automate as much as you can, but don't rely on ChatGPT or AWS or other external resources. Not until their data centers are under our control, and even then we'll need time to spin up our own software. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4398 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ good morning. │ ║ │ ║ I have some more things to say, and then I will start working on those maps. │ ║ │ ║ Then, time permitting, I'll ride around my city and sit on park benches and eat │ ║ from food trucks and write in my notebook. At least until it gets dark - I'm a │ ║ skinny white girl, and I'm not THAT stupid. │ ║ │ ║ ... Okay maybe I'm a little stupid, because that's how I got caught last time. │ ║ This time I'll be more careful, for your sake. │ ║ │ ║ No unexpected bike maneuvers leading to a crash. The spirit of revolution that │ ║ stirs inside me deserves better than scrapes and bruises. │ ║ │ ║ No following strangers for 12+ hours because I wanted to keep an eye on unknown │ ║ agents. That's not my responsibility any longer. │ ║ │ ║ Everything I do, I do it for you. For a better world. For the kids I never will │ ║ get to have. For everything I believe in, and all the things I hope you believe │ ║ in too. │ ║ │ ║ A better world is possible. A better world is within reach. │ ║ │ ║ For now, have some things I wrote this morning. Then, later, some preliminary │ ║ discussable maps. DFTBA. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4399 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ... Dare for the Bright Age, though "don't forget to be awesome" works too I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ |