It's a column called "Ths Soapbox"
dosidosankofa
joined 2 years ago
howling into the void
Yep that's what feels like, and it's part of starting a community because how is anyone going to find you if you're not making any noise?
It's actually exciting. During my first week around here, someone framed it as the shift from consuming content to making contact and I found that really compelling
The other thing I'm thinking about is how the other site was like joining a conversation, but here we are starting conversations
You may have just unlocked how he won
Holy crap this is endgame. The head of the judicial body is too concerned about the feelings of the body?
So, just logically. I have a personal commitment and value to something. And somebody gets mad at me about it. My values and commitment should be able to withstand that? Yes? As soon as someone has a different opinion it's like "I can't bear to hear a different opinion (clutches pearls) and I can't stand to have my opinion critiqued"
For you and me and the lady in the checkout line (and I say that as a lady who is often in checkout lines), that's great. But this is the head of the judicial body of one of the most powerful nations - most powerful democracies - on earth. These are opinions that shape the lives of 300 million people at least. And he's gonna be there for another quarter of a century.
Like how many steps is Roberts from a kind of de facto chilling effect, and I'm not trying to be funny
Thank God for the generations who hear a public figure try to corral or control a situation and then begin to act in doing the exact opposite. Definitely need to remind the conservative justices that there are people out here
End rant (for now)
Bright spot in the Dodgers loss
They could save a ton of time and money by going straight to the criminal trial before all of the assets disappear
So they will do exactly the opposite of what would save time and money
"could have been on it" ... but without confirming exactly who made the invitation. Interesting. He's about to be asked publicly why he declined.
This whole thing is just so sad. How dare he take a vessel that had not been verified safe at those depths.
... so I could host an instance with a magazine that is essentially a digest of federated instances, and I can add/remove based on whatever aligns with my principles?
I don't think I have that right, sorry but if you could explain it a little differently, I'm still trying to understand how the fediverse is.
Agreed. I was thinking about reposting it in my little magazine and thought that was overkill. But now I'm re-thinking it ...
I have an inner critic that I'm trying to understand. It's a part of me protecting me from risk/vulnerability. My plan/hope is to appreciate that the critic is trying to protect me and also not have the last word. It's hard. I've been in therapy forever, but that's OK.
I believe editing words is its own special kind of hell, lol. Having to come back and look at some thing you wrote is ... I'm trying to find a way to make that not be a drag and I haven't found it yet.
Enjoy. It will be a splurge for me one day.