@inthehands for me, it's kind of... The Republicans & authoritarian leaning people in US govt have been preparing for this, laying the tracks etc, since W at least. And now they're running the trains. And so many people want to act like Trump is just the sole mover & actor doing this rather than admitting the complicity of those that laid the tracks (multiple decades of federal governments) and are running the train (current congress).
It's not that it's the same, it's just the expected extension of existing policy. Like first they pass the Patriot Act and it takes a while to normalize, but for the last decade you can expect your communications to be read by the government, and now the devices inspected during govt interactions and not long after you can be arrested for just trying to have secrets on your phone.
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Hi Fediverse, I am looking for scifi books that depict a future where humanity is overcoming the obstacles of Today and are building a better future.@themipper novella Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
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Every tragedy is an opportunity to expand empathy.@monkee @artemis yeah one of my most intentional Internet habits is to follow people who care deeply about things I don't care much about but think is generally correct, both so I can hear what I sound like to people who don't care about my issues and so I can learn about those issues and be motivated in that direction when I have space and spoons.
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So I'm doing a classroom exercise for intro to gardening (a class mostly outdoors, in the garden) - I am thinking I'm going to talk about cycles.So I'm doing a classroom exercise for intro to gardening (a class mostly outdoors, in the garden) - I am thinking I'm going to talk about cycles. Seasonal, nitrogen, growth & decay, maybe some conditioning: cold hibernation or fire germination or heat ripening, that sort of thing..
Anyone have any tips on what they'd want to hear about in their first gardening class?
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