we are living in a really bad part of a history book right now. except history books might not be real

two days off is valid. yes, community, don't doom, sure. but this is bleak.

i can't imagine anyone here faulting you. this is a lot to process

Are you paying the $5/month or self-hosting? I've been using FraidyCat, but if the selfhost route is good, I'd like to check that out.

i have a thousand unposted posts. but only now did i have a good title for it

yeah :(

I want to emphasize what I mean here:

If DIY HRT becomes associated with the same level of illegality as child sex abuse material, then you don't want to be buying that with your credit card. You want to be buying your HRT with the same money that people use to buy CSAM.

(I'm also increasingly worried about how credit card header data can be used, but that's a separate thing)

I don't mean to be edgy, but I won't even have it that bad! I'm white and still very cis-male passing and employed. "I can move to Canada" is actually a possibility for me.

I may or may not have already been doing a variety of crimes. Everyone's talking about how we'll have less energy to organize against support for Israel, but I think we'll also collectively have a lower risk tolerance for being arrested.

two of my trans friends killed themselves during the trump presidency and MAGA is successfully and increasingly associating trans identity with pedophilia. pick your favorite transphobic slur, your favorite far-right forum, and your favorite search engine, to see what the winners were and are saying about us

most americans believe in christianity and we're living like the world isn't burning. people actually believe in christianity! that's wildly delusional! not transitioning is, like, third or fourth on the list of ways i'm living inauthentically

i will feel meaningfully safer and more secure in a life under trump if i don't continue my transition

sorry. context was that i was transitioning. there were a lot of factors that had me on the fence, but this is a showstopper

I was part of the "I won't vote for genocide" vote, and it does sting that that principle did mean throwing all these minority groups under the bus, but it's even worse that the "I won't vote for genocide" didn't end up mattering at all

cryptocurrency is good now

"Trump has dementia" was never a political lolz. His father died of it, Trump is 78 and i'm terrible shape. Musk and co have already picked up the baton of MAGA.

I can't believe we're going to see a fucking JD Vance presidency

NOV 5 - 1852 ET
HARRIS v TRUMP
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HAHA JUST KIDDING

NOV 5 - 1851 ET
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HARRIS SWEEP

NOV 5 - 1850 ET
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MAJOR EARTHQUAKE TO IMPACT EAST COAST, POTENTIALLY INTERFERING WITH BALLOT COUNTING
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Exactly correct. I think the "corporations produce greenhouse gasses, carbon footprint is a myth" is actually just corporate propaganda.

Individuals have carbon footprints which have a small impact on climate change and a large impact on their local environment.

If individuals focused on their individual carbon footprint, it would be good, but it would mean buying less, and that would impact their bottom line.

NOV 5 - 1630 ET
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I FELL OUT OF A COCONUT TREE. +1🥥

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UH OH. +1🍊. WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE TO SEE A NEEDLE WOBBLE

Absolutely.

This is a forum where January 6th was kind of planned. I balked at them for saying some hilarious shit, like "I can't go because if I leave, who will stop commies from killing my family?" or "I have to go, because if I don't, commies will kill my family." I'm not exaggerating here. Then the riot actually happened, so I went here to check the pulse again.

Now, it's really a lot of practical "growing the cult" mindset, but yeah, they're totally right here.

I really attribute the community here at JstPst for taking opportunities to educate me. I had a lot of bad thinking in me that some of the people here were able to comb out, and they gave me a lot of patience and grace. That was 12 years ago, but I think it's a winning strategy.

I've had increasingly few opportunities to "reach across" a divide, given the pandemic and the tea party / MAGA / whatnot.

There is a grave feeling in my heart currently