Well monsters need hugs too!

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Me with TADC

You misunderstand power. Imagine the support for a facist military coup if the right wing couldn’t vote.

As someome who is trans, yes these people are kind of my enemy (given declarations of violence), but there needs to be a way to rebuild trust within them so they aren’t so pyschotic. That is, to engage in politics. Doesn’t mean you should nice about any bigotries they have, and in fact point them out continously and condemn it.

The other option, is some level of violence. Not nice, and I would like you to consider the fact that facists love violence, so we aren’t gonna win that way.

Edit: just fixed a sentence.

I see what your saying, its just my friends have no interest in signal (tried a few times) so messenger is a compromise.

Oh yeah i just mean delete the app to make me stop looking at it. It was an addiction for me. Well, not facebook but instagram was.

There is an end to end encrypted feature, with a 6 digit pin to decrypt the keys I believe. a 6 digit pin isnt the most secure, but its better then nothing for typical conversations.

Annoyingly there is a feature that u can summarise texts with using AI, which ofc breaks privacy, but u can turn off message sharing (meaning you and the other person can no longer do that)

A few glaring alarm bells around privacy on messenger, but again, better then nothing.

The toxicity of instagram and the hollow content on facebook made me delete them. I still have messenger however, since convincing people to install signal is difficult, and also it is useful to communicate with new friends (considering the alternative is unencrypted sms)

But wow its so good to be off it

My god we’re in a dystopian hell. I feel so fucking sad for these people :(

At least now the AI wont distract them from their loneliness so hopefully they contront it.

Signal. Requires little technical knowledge, other then knowing about end to end encryption and why its important

I would like to use matrix since if anything, I think its cool. But noone I know would be remotely interested.

Nah ill just complain about the heat then. Im hardly ever happy with any sason lmao

I walked outside today, and after coming back immediately bought 5 thermal jumpers

Pete hegseth is one of those freaks that have fond memories of their iraq tour

Try focusing on life in general tbh. At age 80/90 (hopefully!) You’ll likely be so done with life its easy to accept its end. At least, thats what it seems like talking to the older folk in my life.

Sometimes I just gotta say that to continue the conversation

Apparently by drinking 5 cans of pepsi max lol.

Honestly tho, I might see about watching a movie or just sitting in bed after work lol

For the box:

Birth certificate, passport, emotionally important and irreplacable things. Bringing some food / water ofc is important, given the risk of heat strokes on hot days.

In terms of where I flee, I pick some nearby towns that are basically kilometers of concrete and ashphalt, and not right next to a forest. Talk to some friends that are in safer areas before hand about potentially staying over.

Another option for me is to go the city, and just book a hotel.

More pet stuff: if your in the common habit of having your pets run outside, keep them in during bad fire conditions ofc.

From Australia.

So there are many reasons people die in fire. It can happen if they’ve chosen to protect their home, and so stay, and unfortuntely just arent’t prepared for it.

Another common way, is leaving far too late, and getting cornered off, being unable to leave.

Sometimes the window for leaving can be very small, I recall last fire season that some people got a warning of the fire and it was already basically ontop of them, as the fire traveled very very fast.

My methods for dealing with fire season are:

Pack important things in a box. I.e ID. Idea is, if i read “leave now” i simply grab the box, and flee. Dont want to be fucking about finding shit as the sky turns red. Also, pet carriers. Dont forget your furry friends.

Know my exits. If the fire is coming from the west, what is the eastern exit?

In australia, theres a rating “catastrophic”. In that event, I just leave.

Also check any emergency service information constantly, maybe chuck on the radio (in australia the abc reports fire developments)

As you eluded to, check up on your neighbours. Disaster response is a community effort.

Fortuntely been lucky enough to only deal with the one proper fire scare, where we had to leave. We were very unprepared for it, coming from the city.

EDIT: final one I swear: in australia, there are shelters of last resort. Not sure if other countries like spain or italy have that, but figuring out at least an equivalent and knowing where they are is important aswell.

Also, quite unfortuntely, nearly 100% of the people around me use AI.