#WritersCoffeeClub Aug. 28: How do we defend ourselves as artists when the arts are devalued?

Counter-attack. Mock, belittle, satirise, and despise the individuals and movements trying to devalue art. And carry on making great art despite their idiocy.

Measles-linked deaths since RFK Jr became HHS Secretary now surpass those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.

@NilaJones And she became angry with me, you know, cuz I'm some fucking white boy suppressing her.

She asked to see my manager.

He sold her the computer and the (useless at the time) modem.

Attorney General Bonta Secures Early Win for Voters in Lawsuit Over USPS Rule Restricting Mail-In Voting https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-secures-early-win-voters-lawsuit-over-usps-rule

@dangillmor

These old school Democratic fundraisers, all the way up to NGP-VAN, are DESPICABLE MONEY GRUBBERS who treat the electorate like an ATM. Worst of all, they represent candidates who will fall in with corporate interests and not the interests of the people.

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration #fediArt

When she returned, she gave me two tickets to the premiere. It just happens to be at a theater that's ten minutes from my office on a Tuesday. I only work at that office on Sundays and Tuesdays.

I present this as an example of the power of manifestation from a 56-year-old, mastodon user and witch, aka some practical magic shit. 2/2 #FediCoven

Today I went to a witchy street fair and there was a promotion table for the Practical Magic 2 movie. The woman at the table told me there was a drawing to get tickets to the premiere. All you had to do was post a photo of yourself on social media with one of the . . . cardboard cutout hashtag thought bubbles (?) they had.

I asked her "Do you mean facebook and instagram? Because I got off of all Meta apps last year."

"What social media are you on?" she asked me

"Mastodon," I said.

"I'm old, " she said. "I don't know what that is."

"I said, well, if it's only for facebook and instagram, then I'm not your target market. But I AM your target market for this movie," I replied.

"Wait, just a minute," she said as she walked away for a few seconds. 1/2 #FediCoven

@NilaJones Okay, to make you smile, here is a true story.

*I* sold Sweet Honey In The Rock" their first computer.

Orrrrrr, close. Ysaye Barnwell, who managed SHITR and also sang, came to my computer shop. And she wanted to buy a computer, and I wanted to sell her a computer, but, like, it was 1981.

She wanted to buy a modem.

And I was like, no, modems are useless, it's a scene, and it's slow, and it's $300 cheaper.

katalina_gbn -- обстріли київ -- 5 год -- Кияни, коли почули вибухи, а потім дізналися,що це Patriot:

katalina_gbn -- shelling of Kyiv -- 5 hr -- Kyiv residents when they heard explosions and then found out it was Patriot: [The meme refers to Kyiv’s air defense during Russian attacks: frightening explosions initially cause alarm, but learning they came from a Patriot system intercepting incoming threats turns fear into relief and affection. -- ChatGPT.]

https://memes.sucho.org/#19mA7MsVzHQbCOO13SZLhQ51Nz-RzKjsS

#SUCHO

This thread lists *all* of the good people who know what they are doing and who also support age-verification laws for software and online services.

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@stefano 👍👍😊

Since "the discourse" has already started regarding Milo's kidnapping by ICE goon squads, I want to be very very clear.

You can be 100% against the Orphan Grinding Machine and want it dismantled and thrown into a fire, and also laugh extremely hard when an Orphan Grinding Machine Salesman is themselves shoved into the Orphan Grinding Machine they helped to build and promote.