In hindsight, the Dominionism Cult was started in the 70s to take over America. The fascists have been the same this whole time. Checkout “Totalitarianism in America” by Chris Hedges. My mom was in this cult in the 90s, and I have disgusting memories of going to secret meetings where they taught ppl how to brainwash ppl and become their “friend” so they could use them. Now it’s rich ppl and republicans, same MOs though.

Thank you, good read!

That Trump cutting funding for USAID will kill 14 MILLION PEOPLE, and we’re not calling him Hitler or Ghengis Khan. Wtf.

Hire product designers and artists to go to every high school art classroom and ask kids “If you could invent anything in the world, what would it be?” and then draw it for them. So they can get a taste of that feeling that they too have something to contribute to the world. Put the ideas up on a site like kickstarter, with the profits going towards their college education. Nvm, fuck that. I’d pay for college for everybody.

I’d also travel while I could before the planet gets much hotter.

I feel like these are small goals left over from when I was younger bc I can’t properly conceive of what a world without scarcity for me and everyone else looks like. I’d start with the housing problem though, bc that’s what I’m facing rn.

I would use one of these almost every day if it were in walking distance

I like the etched one! The heat printed one looks too busy on the brown background and with that wallpaper. I kind of like the idea in another comment of etched flowers below and heat printed “B” above.

Check out www.lawofone.info. The first few sessions (they’re short) say what happened in ancient Egyptian and South American cultures when aliens came and tried to share the simple thought that “we are all one.” Shit devolved into human sacrifice. Apparently we can’t handle anything even approximating religion.

How do you know they don’t?

Lmfao! 😂💜

Yeah, I’m 42 yrs old. A long time ago I sacrificed what lvl of English I did know in order to use “lol” - I’m not giving up em dashes.

You remember beanie babies? 😂

Thanks for reminding me to add this here! Wiki link from another lemmy user a few days ago I found incredibly helpful in reframing things from “right vs left” to a broader, less politicized view that just speaks to human nature: tolerance vs intolerance - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

This is ridiculous, any way we can privately fund the tools staying online for scientists to use?

It took me a long time to recover from the cult I was raised in, too. Every time I think I’ve got it all out of my system, some new insight comes to light and shocks me all over again. Like reading Chris Hedge’s 2006(or 7, I forget) book Totalitarianism in America. It goes over how the Dominionism Cult my mom was in in the 90s started in the 70s and is behind the US’s current political takeover attempt.

Just keep educating yourself like you have been, and you’ll be alright 💜 Just don’t get down on yourself when more ingrained dogma pops up, be glad you noticed it instead!

I didn’t know that about the pasta water, thank you!

Just ordered this book, thank you for introducing it to me!

Their wording for the title, not mine! A lot of news here is still trying to act like this is all normal, with journalists who go against the administration being attacked. Definitely authoritarian. Totalitarian. Fascist. I’ve seen all three words used.

For some reason this triggered a memory of what I learned to do in meditation - instead of berating myself for getting distracted, I slowly switched my brain so that after I do get back on track with focusing, I say something like “Oh, I remembered to go back to focusing!” That changes it from negative reinforcement to positive reinforcement.

So maybe you could try not being so hard on yourself for remembering her, accept that you will and let the thoughts run their course, but then when you get distracted from thinking about her, congratulate yourself for noticing something else to think about.

Hugs to you! Eventually you’ll remember the good times and what she helped you learn about life when you do think of her - the first few months are the toughest, you’re getting there 💜

Aren’t narcissism, psychpathy, or machiavellianism major mental illnesses? That would disqualify a lot of politicians

We’re having nationwide protests today called Rage Against the Regime, if that helps any. Some tiny amount anyways. They’re not talked about like the No Kings protests were tho. I’m assuming we’ll start protests every weekend at some point