=== ANCHOR POEM === ◀─╔═══════════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════════────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ In the US, Saturday is a day to get out on the streets if you can. Amazing how many organized events are happening, even in small towns. I think I'm gonna bring my plastic water bottle drum. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ #HandsOff #resist #activism #justice #solarpunk │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────╝─▶ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2193 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-928 @user-1013 Right, like, if you didn't make friends at BLM then how are you going to know when and where the right time and place is to be to protest effectively? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2355 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ If you're DSA and you're reading this, you have 48 hours to organize the greatest protest in history. And this time we don't have Twitter or Facebook. They would give us a king. It's now or never. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3266 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the html? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1535 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I only take things that aren't mine if they're in the trash. Or near the trash. Or in a store. so weird how the store won't let me leave until I give them some of my dollars. This quartermaster drives a hard bargain! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4797 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what if we built cat water stations into the walls and put 5 or 6 around the house to encourage them to drink water more often? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5374 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-138 me neither... guess it's in-person for me. [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go] ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1835 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-883 Right, but, if we can only help and interact with people who are near us, then how are we going to accomplish much of anything at all? Much better I think to contribute to structures that we fully consent and agree to, rather than hoping that the wisdom of the masses pulls us through. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2360 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1251 the reason they do that is to punish poor and homeless people who gather large amounts of bottles from the trash and carry them around in plastic bags. You know the type. they are helping keep litter out of the oceans, landfills, or far off countries that don't need our filth, and yet they are punished. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2441 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── if someone on the street asked you, could you point to the nearest power station? wastewater treatment plant? hell even a gas-station if you live in a city, probably not. They put them in fake buildings with hollowed out exteriors in order to keep the city looking nice. these crucial pieces of infrastructure are important to defend. but if you don't know which street to turn down, then you might miss them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #11 fediverse_boost/5417 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════─────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ It's funny how when there are as many cops as protesters, everything is violence, tear gas, and billy clubs. But when there's a thousand times more protesters than cops, nothing violent happens at all. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Hm. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────╝─▶ --- #12 messages/486 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── You can find a lot of interesting pictures by going to the "media" tab of various random discord servers you've been in since forever ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/6278 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── @user-1429 do something fun and hard like walk to seattle or install linux on a toaster or write happy notes on post-its and leave them in public places or make art and leave it in a public place or~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #14 messages/1250 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if a bunch of people are in town for a conference then they should probably go confer. I think you can just... walk in to conference centers? you don't like, need an appointment or anything. There's often something going on, and if not, then you can at least wander around. maybe strike up conversations about industries you're in or things that you are thinking about lately or stuff you like like plant species or rock types or multidimensional solids or spheric sound or... actually that's pretty specific, here let's start with just bikeshedding (what does that mean again?) oh it's a cinema style where they take something and they put it in a bike out shed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #15 messages/1177 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── it's more than a community if only one person asks where you've been. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┘ --- #16 messages/645 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── "hey, wanna congregate with us? Cool my name is so-and-so, this is [person], over here is [other persion]. We're gonna walk down to the fountain over there, feel free to join us" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse_boost/5566 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ We have to figure out how to take care of each other and fight alongside one another which means we have to actually, like, listen to each other. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────╝─▶ --- #18 fediverse/1764 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Okay okay hear me out - but what if instead of pumping oil out of the ground, we shoved a bunch of tree trunks down there and let them marinate for a few thousand years ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/771 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-192 yeeeesh that sounds like a hornets nest. impossible to untangle, like a rats nest! I prefer my homes like a robin's nest, neat, orderly, and made to design. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2213 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 Perhaps something that utilizes institutions that people are familiar with like Walmart and Amazon to logistic goods and services around? But, like, in a socialist way, where everyone gets what they want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |