Cowabummer man

This article explains the impracticality and illegality of Project 2025, and why most of it is very likely to be legally struck down.

This article explains how, even with a narrow Republican majority in the House, Trump will only be able to pass very bland partisan laws or bipartisan laws.

The ACLU has already prepared a gameplan for combatting the effects of Project 2025.

The state of New York has contingency plans to fight against Project 2025.

like obviously it's still gonna be a rough 4 years, and i'm not dismissing any legitimate worries. i'm just hoping this might ease some anxieties just a little.

if anyone else has some similar pieces of practical information that can dispel some of the panic, please feel free to share them!

This is a group that doesn't just defend imperfect systems from getting worse (unlike a certain party), it actually pushes for the positive change we want to see in healthcare, education, foreign policy, and so on. A member was actually elected to my state house recently, which is incredible! And it was only possible through direct canvassing and such from active members!

I'll leave you with the link and this quote:

"For me, Hope is not some sort of abstract consideration. It's sort of a prerequisite for my survival." - John Green

I feel like this group helps to give me hope, and it gives me an outlet for helping make the change I want to see.

When I was in my 20s, my roommate Shannon brought home a WiFi router, and she was like, "Look! If I'm anywhere within 50 feet of that box, I have wireless Internet!"

And I said, "Joke's on you, Shan, because I have a 100-foot ethernet cable." I thought wireless internet was a fad!

But being capable of managing data-driven projects, which is what you'll learn in a days science program that isn't a scam, is a deeply transferrable skill. Basically every big institution, including governments, needs people who can figure out how to deal with data competently and appropriately. When I was in graduate school in political science, a lot of folks who landed an academic job eventually decided to go to industry where they got paid better and they didn't have to deal with students.

text reads:

Dear antisemites:

If Jews control the world then how come I can't get a good bagel around here?

I was at the afterparty for a college play that I was a sound tech for, which meant that I knew a lot of the people there, but also didn't know a lot of people. I joined into a conversation containing a few people I knew and a few I didn't. One of the people I thought I didn't know turned to me and said "long time no see". Having enough experience with this to know that it's generally better to get ahead of these things, I gave her my whole spiel of how I'm really bad with names and faces, so I apologize for not remembering her, etc. etc.

While underplaying the severity of school shootings

While another school shooting is happening in Colorado

Fundamentally we're in a class war, not a left-right war

where the rich assholes that are actually in charge have already insulated themselves from the fallout

The "Culture war" is broadly a distraction from the progressive impoverishment of the masses in the consolidation of wealth.

People broadly care more abt being able to feed themselves

Over whether or not their neighbor is trans or hispanic

It's a very well funded campaign and it's working

As long as we aren't aware of it and organizing

In organizations like the DSA, educating our friends and family, etc

A victory for the people is possible

But it is an uphill battle

One which is happening in schools, hospitals

places of worship, home, polling locations, etc

This is a battle we fight together

the lighting??? the fog?? the atmosphere???