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.

People globally going out into the street on the same day and forgetting that ‘leadership’ bloat 🥰

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. :)

Alex Pretti’s parents urge: ‘Please get the truth out about our son’

ADHD, OCD, and PTSD are among my diagnoses. Also ADHD subscores are super high on inattentiveness 🤟

Guided meditation is pretty important for me. If it’s not guided I find myself trying and trying, but I keep standing up, or my mind wanders and I forget what I was doing. I go lie down again, but before long I find myself following through on some random thought. It’s a dance that rarely works well. Though it can during certain periods. Especially if I have integrated it well into my day - that is, I know when I’m going to meditate and ease off tasks before, and I know what I will do after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhYKN2L7oQ
This video, which I found in the meditation community here, is a pretty good example of what works.

Just focusing on my breath. Letting thoughts, sensation and all that come and whatever, but keep returning focus to the breath, without trying to change anything and just doing it until the end.

I still have many days where I just can’t get into it, and don’t even manage to stay on the floor for the twenty minutes or whatever time I set. But other times it works great. I consider it a success if I manage to stay on the floor at least the entire time :)

I think if you’ve been in a somewhat meditative state before, it will be easier to understand what it’s about and how to get there.

I personally like to scan through my body too. Just focusing awareness in there, maybe starting with how it touches the ground. Which has a pretty strong relaxing effect.

Last piece of info from my experience that might be worth sharing: I had a great yoga instructor to get started and her guided meditation was on point. She let myself do all the exploring, but supported it. So it’s more like “And when you are ready… ok I see maybe we wait a bit”. Whereas someone I met later wouldn’t notice much what was happening with me and just pushed me through their practice, which is pretty much the same as if I had a recorded meditation running.

Good luck and hope you have some good sessions to enjoy :)