Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.

Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉

Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.

finally a reasonable take

I think what is really jarring about the capitol bathroom ban, is that DC is one of the most trans-inclusive cities in the world. It has the highest trans population in the United States.

Every business is trans friendly in bathrooms.

McBride can use the women's bathroom anywhere BUT the capitol.

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

obviously the most recent explosion in growth is linked to the election but the enthusiastic level of engagement makes me think people are pretty hungry to interact with users who act like people instead of bots

What makes Bluesky better :
the timeline does NOT Auto-refresh!

it would be very smart for all left leaning politicians and media personalities to make a big show of migrating to bluesky, twitter is falling but doing this would continue to build a left alternative to elons twitter

Bluesky > Threads. And it’s not close

The one thing I really loved about the Harris/Walz campaign is the joy. He ran on hate and she ran on joy. What an amazing gift to all of us.
Joy.
It’s gonna be hard, not to let them steal that, that beautiful joy, but I’m gonna do my darndest to try.

@skywatch.blue has a label and a block list for MAGA accounts:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Hopepunk is the opposite of grimdark. Finding hope in the darkness is a radical, rebellious, beautiful, terrifying act--and is necessary to fight on.

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