Here is more info on this bill and why it's a big deal:

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-defund-demonize-privatize-public-schools/

Hi #Texas peeps! Have you called your reps yet today? Yes, it does matter. It does make a difference. They need to feel the pressure about a million different things. Please call to oppose Senate Bill 2, the school voucher bill.

It has passed the senate and has gone onto the House. You can look up who represents you here:

https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

@McCullohMD i shall be sleeping, probably

@RonniesaurusHex oooh never heard of it. Will be looking it up!

my therapist managing to get me from spinning out to slowing down enough to notice what I'm feeling will never not impress me

“There’s more than one way to get the voice of the people amplified. It’s not always at the ballot box. If we get such an overwhelming cry against this policy, I think you’re going to see House members tell the speaker not to let the policy come to the [House] floor.” https://www.texasobserver.org/what-election-means-abbott-vouchers-texas/

#TXlege #news #education #vouchers #Republicans #GregAbbott #schools #Texas #politics #USpol

What is one simple act of resistance that will absolutely infuriate any authoritarian determined to make the world ignore pandemics and climate change?

Wearing a mask.

@emma right, that makes sense. Definitely understand why people end up with a variety of views on the subject but especially thinking of the people who will be particularly targeted by everything and yet want to connect as i try to figure out how to go about this

@RonniesaurusHex oh, realizing i phrased the question a bit confusingly, sorry! It was more about what to label it as than about the actual process to do it. All of this was helpful, though! Appreciate it!

I know the OVERALL vibe at the moment is Dread, but this is also going to be a marathon, not a sprint. I want to be mindful that my thought processes and spirals or whatever I share don't cause other people to spiral

How does one add a trigger warning for something about the state of the country? Do I just say that? Political dread? Or like, what's appropriate? And to what end are we tagging these things? Like, articles too? What's the vibe?

“The Void is experiencing extremely high call volumes right now. Please hold. Your screaming is very important to us.”

Featured story: “Even in rural Texas the average person couldn’t care less about my #gender. Most Texans who know me and hear my story are supportive, wherever they happen to lie on the political spectrum. They may not understand it, but they accept it and move on.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-children-are-gods-gifts/

#politics #USpol #Texas #Uvalde #SouthTexas #HumanRights #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #trans #culture

@Aaidanbird absolutely. Thank you as well

What things would you include in a short information session on privacy, communication apps and social media?

I'm thinking of doing something for my peer support group.

#Privacy #SocialMedia

Honestly, FUCK THIS COUNTRY, MAN!!! Fuck the propaganda machine and every billionaire fueling this timeline and the climate crisis and every war we fight because we decided our economy depends on it??? I'm so over this nonsense, and I'm so ANGRY we're just letting this happen

Okay, maybe it's not that there are too MANY places on the internet. It's that there are so many places on the internet that none of us know what the cool spots are anymore or where to find our kind of people anymore or whether the hype is real for that place or not

@Aaidanbird Yes, I can relate to so much of this. Even in such small, subtle ways, it was clear from a young age that my identity wasn't the "norm" to so many people around me. And I was just a child, who hadn't done anything to be anything other than who I was

There are currently way too many places on the internet, and i can't decide which ones to make my home and which ones to occasionally visit

"A mask ban would not make us any safer, and it would undermine the rights, health and well-being of many New Yorkers." - @nyclu + @harveyforny

https://www.nyclu.org/commentary/commentary-mask-bans-are-a-threat-to-new-yorkers-health-and-freedom