banesidhe replied to your post “I’m cleaning out and organizing some files in order to facilitate the...”
Which laptop did you end up getting?
I went with option 2, faster but with less hard drive space -- it’s an Inspiron 7000 2-in-1 touchscreen, 15″ screen. It arrived yesterday and aside from one or two scuffs (I did buy it scratch and dent, so, expected) it’s Just So Beautiful. :D
I’m taking my time in setting it up because a) that’s always the hardest part and b) the external hard drive I bought hasn’t arrived yet, but today’s docket involves wiping Cortana and installing a bunch of software (Firefox, Audacity, VLC, uTorrent, Steam and Epic Games, etc) and setting a bunch of privacy and sound preferences.
Cleaning out my files has been super cathartic. I didn’t really have time to do it properly last time, since I was just trying to evacuate all my files from the old laptop in case it totally gave up the ghost; this time the laptop I’m moving from is functional, it’s just a piece of crap.
tzun replied to your post “I’m cleaning out and organizing some files in order to facilitate the...”
So in other words - that's a lot to unpack.
I SEE WHAT U DID THERE.
An indicator of the quality of this craptop is that it took it like half an hour to extract the zip, so it WAS a lot to unpack in the end.
aromaticspaceace replied to your post “Hi Sam! Re the astounding number of masks you made: If you decide...”
Another idea would be smaller black-led activist groups in other cities? As an example, I live in the Middle of Nowhere, and Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow in Binghamton, NY has been protesting police misconduct and deaths at my local jail for years. Minneapolis is (rightfully) getting a lot of the focus rn, but there's excellent antiracist work going on everywhere that needs support!
Yes! This is exactly why I was asking for suggestions -- it’s easy to find smaller orgs in MPL right now and very easy to find large national orgs, but finding small organizations outside of my region that are underfunded can be difficult even for someone like me, who knows how to look. Unicorn Riot was my compromise because they’re decentralized which can make fundraising a challenge. The more under-resourced an activist group is, the harder they can be to locate and verify, so word of mouth is a good way to get a handle on somewhere that could really use the dollars. I’ll look into Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow, thank you!
