meerkat ramblings

THE ANOKA COUNTY FAIR: JULY 21st - 26th, 2026 The Fall Festival: Oct 2nd - 4th, 2026 Instagram: @AnokaCoFair 📍3200 St Francis Blvd. Anoka MN 55303

Saw this post on FB for the Anoka County Fair and I feel folks here could appreciate the ad. For... several reasons.

And the Stellar's sea lion, which are WAY bigger and live in Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska

not only did our families live through the horror that was the ussr but now we gotta be reminded of that shit constantly in the community that we're supposed to share as queer people

not to mention that the ussr wasnt even communist it was just fascist. why are u communists using the symbols of fascists. it just looks like ur idolizing a fascist state.

off the top of my head:

the rose (which is more a demsoc/socdem symbol but is a cool looking one)

the three arrows (a very standard 'anti authoritarian leftist' symbol which represents being against fascism monarchy and authoritarian 'communists')

the black cat (a symbol very often used by syndicalists)

the symbolless red and black flags (or any of the diagonal combo anarchist flags)

the raised fist (commonly associated with BLM nowadays but has historically been connected to left wing stuff in general)

or if youre a complete weirdo like me some people identify with the chaos star (most commonly seen in warhammer 40k but originally created by noted anarchist fantasy author michael moorcock)

I was born in the Soviet Union, and I'm Ukrainian/Russian/Arab (unspecified cultures due to loss of family) I was dealing with the direct consequences of being a poc and intersex among other things because of the stuff they were doing there behind the scenes.

Seeing the hammer and sickle (and sickle + red flowers art, another trigger) makes me have to go sit somewhere and breathe for a while.

I tried to get Soviet references removed from a game because it was insensitive as fuck, a game that was by developers who were "understanding of poc and want to represent/be respectful" like okay you draw the line at removing Soviet positivity like pal soviets were the OPPOSITE of POC friendly.

Finally, an explanation for where they go. 

Stiles: Yeah we've hooked up, so what. It's 2026 can't a few friends hook up.

Scott: You're holding hands right now, you're really telling me you aren't dating?

Stiles: Derek's hand is cold and he needs to scent all of us. I'm not a heartless monster, Scott.