Cris_Color

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

That was incredibly dense but a very good read, the idea of the holding environment and "third force" were both really interesting and gave me a lot to think about

I also really liked this part from the conclusion

Inclusionary and exclusionary social movements inevitably clash. Every movement, no matter how successful, will at some point meet resistance and experience at least partial reversal. Its goal, then, must be to sustain its period of ascendancy long enough to achieve its principal goals and to embed these so deeply in the social structure that they are irreversible.

Even in periods when an exclusionary movement dominates, the seeds of a new, inclusionary movement are always sprouting, nurtured by the achievements of the last period of inclusionary dominance. To stay in command of the center long enough to achieve its goals, it needs to maintain a high level of public support. It can only do so if it pays attention to and draws on local knowledge, actively resists co-optation by the Third Force, and takes care not to fall victim to the self-inflicted wounds we detailed above.

Thank you very much for posting

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Its so much fun having these come out in order :)))

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Super interesting read, thanks for posting!

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

What a cutie!!

Video worked just fine for me :)

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (13 children)

I mean it's unconfortable to hear it but it's also an entirely different term

Like if you say your tranny failed and you point at your broken down vehicle, it'll sound pretty awkward to a lot of folks these days, but unless they don't know it's used unrelatedly to refer to a transmission I can't imagine many folks are likely to think you're trying to describe them as a lesser, invalid human on the basis of how they relate to gender.

I'd find it a bit awkward or uncomfortable but I certainly wouldn't take offense by it.

I don't think anyone who's used it to refer to like a transmission or transceiver or transit van is a bad person or anything. There's a lot of room for misunderstanding but part of communication is knowing your audience. Honestly that's probably the biggest reason I think it's a good thing it's falling out of favour- there's less room for misunderstanding

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I wasn't trying to argue he's a hero, just attempting to interpret the event and his choice to make these comments at an event with no recording

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

Was curious why they described them as awkward

If you haven’t heard much about Obama’s comments, there’s a reason for that. He chose to deliver them at an event at which audio and video recordings were prohibited. If the idea was to disseminate this clarion call to the broader public, it was a weird choice of venues.

Obama never uttered the word “Trump” once. Throughout his remarks, it was clear what he was talking about. But he opted for broad generalities rather than specifics about who and what are threatening democracy.

It seems possible to me he wanted to address people who are involved in our government moreso that the public, but 🤷‍♂️

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thank you very much for the context, that makes a lot of sense and I'm glad this info can be part of the discussion here :)

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Another thought- if you're playing with how to get the right effect, sometimes it helps to take some scrap and see if you can get experimental or weird part right before you're using nice materials and doing all of the operations together

Good luck with your project!

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oooh, pretty! Shame it doesn't run

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago (3 children)

As a car enthusiast, personally I 1000% agree with the post. To me this is absolutely the right place for this post.

I want my pop up and down headlights back, and instead we have dumb SUVs with bumpers 6ft tall and zero appeal so that a soccer mom can plow over pedestrians with peak lethality

But the popups are "unsafe". Because then you might hit a pedestrian. At night. When everything being open at night in the US died during covid. Makes sense 🙃

I want them back 🥹

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I don't think that's entirely unreasonable, I'm curious to see how those will compare too!

 

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Had a really good time, I'm really glad we made signs :)

I'm not awake during the day generally so I'm kinda thinking now, maybe a way I can contribute is making signs for people to pass out or give away as a way I can contribute

There were people out handing out cookies and donuts which was pretty cool too :)

 

Didnt get any pictures cause my phone was turned off but there were a ton of people driving by filming

It was honestly really fun, I expected to to feel like a necessary and important chore, but it was super fun waving to every car and trying to get people to honk, and shouting

There were times where it felt like everyone at the major intersection we were at were honking simultaneously and it was kinda incredible 😅 I imagine it helps a lot we were in a fairly blue area in my state

We went to a smaller protest location instead of the main one in our area so we expected it to be really small and peeter out early but it was way bigger than either my friend or I expected

Overall it was really nice, I got to chat with folks, there were folks passing out food so I got a free cookie and donut, got to wave at cars, see people and sometimes little kids in the back seat wave back, try and get moving trucks and whatnot to honk (a good number did lol), only downside is I'm pretty sunburnt cause afterwards we went strawberry picking lol. I'm sure not all protests are fun, but as a first time experience it was a lot more fun that I expected

Walking away from it I feel a bit more connected to my community and I love that feeling

 

Didn't get any pictures cause I turned my phone off but a ton of people were filming as they drove by. We expected it so be a small location (we didn't go to the main one in our area) but there ended a lot of people there

Getting everyone to honk was honestly really fucking fun 😅 I waved at every car, and a couple of guys on motorcycles- getting one of the motorcycles to wave back was a highlight. There were some big moving trucks that honked, some little kids who waved from back seats, overall had a blast

 

This video is super important, I just reuploaded it to peertube so people can watch without instagram

Original link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKsXBGdJH40/

Thank you to bacon_pdp who posted the original Instagram link on lemmy where I saw it! I just knew people wouldn't want to watch it through instagram

 

Edit: I removed the HELP and extra question mark from the end since I've now left it be outside and don't need a advice. I thought the cross post would include the body text from the first post on !cat@lemmy.world so I guess I accidentally left out all the other pictures and additional info, oops

 

I was able to build some trust and now it's extremely friendly, I live in an apartment complex with no pet doors in central NC, should I bring it inside and see if it's chipped in the morning? I don't wanna leave it outside if it might have no home, but I don't wanna steal someone's cat

It looks like an adolescent or a late kitten? The collar has nothing on it, it's just a piece of white flexible plastic with a buckle...

Removed the "HELP" since people in the other thread were able to help me figure out that I should leave it be outside

 

Due to a sleep disorder it's hard for me to participate (I'm not awake during the day) but if I know what's happening when and can try to plan around it I might be able to sometimes

How do you find out what protests are happening? Any guidance for staying in the loop so I can see if there are any I can be a part of?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31018618 (I didn't look closely at what comm would be best, it seems like it'd probably be better to post here than on the mirror comm 😅)

 

Sounds like there are a lot of exemptions which is disappointing

 

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Cross posted from !risa@startrek.website :)

 

The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing and a curse - one of its several blessings is that in a smaller space we all individually have a bigger impact on what the culture of this space is like.

On this comm (and on lemmy broadly) there's a lot of discussion about how to grow the fediverse, what to improve, but an easy thing you can do for the fediverse is right in front of us-

  • Be kind

  • Ask people what they think, and why

  • Approach folks you disagree with with curiosity rather than hostility (EDIT: no, this is not specifically referring to Nazis. I get it, they're the first thing that comes to mind. I'm not telling you to approve of Nazis I'm just saying be kind to your fellow lemmites)

  • Engage sincerely

  • Ask yourself if there's something nice you can say

  • Make this small space worth being in

A platform lives or dies by what's available on said platform and often we have this conversation in the context of "content" or posts - and we may never have as much content as reddit does. But content and posts aren't the only thing this kind of platform offers- it also offers people. It offers community, and human interaction.

Culture and community is lemmy and the fediverse's biggest differentiator, and we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

The biggest thing you can do to help the fediverse is make it a place worth being.

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