❌ 👑 FiveMinuteActivist
@fiveminuteactivist.bsky.social
Designed by and for "entry-level" Fascism Fighters and/or folx who "don't have time." Informed by such voices as Indivisible.org and https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/.
Truth-Brigader.
"Clippy just wanted to help." (https://tinyurl.com/mujfauht)
Truth-Brigader.
"Clippy just wanted to help." (https://tinyurl.com/mujfauht)
Not wrong, sadly.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not wrong, sadly.
Like Gov Newsom or not, he has been instrumental in showing us how to break some of those chains.
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Like Gov Newsom or not, he has been instrumental in showing us how to break some of those chains.
Came here to say this.
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Came here to say this.
*Final! (Argh)
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
*Final! (Argh)
Lots of good thoughts here! Agree there was no good solution. I think I've come down to the stance that the DEMs mistake was, more than anything else, in their timing of their action.
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Lots of good thoughts here! Agree there was no good solution. I think I've come down to the stance that the DEMs mistake was, more than anything else, in their timing of their action.
I actually had a hard time watching this - watching him smile congratulate her as if this hasn't all been his fault. I do try to stick to politics and avoid name calling, but I'm going to take a pass on that at the moment: He really is scum.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I actually had a hard time watching this - watching him smile congratulate her as if this hasn't all been his fault. I do try to stick to politics and avoid name calling, but I'm going to take a pass on that at the moment: He really is scum.
I have a vague memory (admittedly from at least a decade ago) that Italy imports US durum wheat to make their pasta.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have a vague memory (admittedly from at least a decade ago) that Italy imports US durum wheat to make their pasta.
I WAS GONNA ASK! (Hello? Is anyone else noticing this??)
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I WAS GONNA ASK! (Hello? Is anyone else noticing this??)
If Mace was gonna cave, why bring in Boebert? Insurance policy?
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If Mace was gonna cave, why bring in Boebert? Insurance policy?
Mmm hmm. I've been thinking we need to sow some distrust there.
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Mmm hmm. I've been thinking we need to sow some distrust there.
Then we can tell her she's not nearly as cool as MTG.
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Then we can tell her she's not nearly as cool as MTG.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Agree 100%.
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Agree 100%.
I never had a paid Spotify account, but did cancel it anyway. I didn't use it that much, and wanted to make a point. But yeah, that's one way around it.
I think focusing all efforts on Spotify is the object right now. Make an example of them. Then move on to next victim. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I think focusing all efforts on Spotify is the object right now. Make an example of them. Then move on to next victim. Lather, rinse, repeat.
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I never had a paid Spotify account, but did cancel it anyway. I didn't use it that much, and wanted to make a point. But yeah, that's one way around it.
I think focusing all efforts on Spotify is the object right now. Make an example of them. Then move on to next victim. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I think focusing all efforts on Spotify is the object right now. Make an example of them. Then move on to next victim. Lather, rinse, repeat.
No doubt. I saw Pandora on a cancel list this morning. More and more, I'm just completely out. No more subscriptions, period.
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No doubt. I saw Pandora on a cancel list this morning. More and more, I'm just completely out. No more subscriptions, period.
I also think we need to sequentially step up the "asks" of Americans, in the same way that America isn't going to go from asleep to a General Strike overnight. That's kind of why I see the Spotify action as a bit of a test. If we can't do the small thing, we definitely can't do the bigger things.
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I also think we need to sequentially step up the "asks" of Americans, in the same way that America isn't going to go from asleep to a General Strike overnight. That's kind of why I see the Spotify action as a bit of a test. If we can't do the small thing, we definitely can't do the bigger things.
Valid! Their strategy seems sequential. Step One = save democracy. The country is burning. If we manage Step One, we can move to Step Two - rebuilding it the way we want to rebuild it, including addressing what you speak of. End Citizens United! But a simultaneous strategy is another way.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Valid! Their strategy seems sequential. Step One = save democracy. The country is burning. If we manage Step One, we can move to Step Two - rebuilding it the way we want to rebuild it, including addressing what you speak of. End Citizens United! But a simultaneous strategy is another way.
I think their point is to use both carrots and sticks. But I don't see myself going back to any of these sorts of things, personally speaking.
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I think their point is to use both carrots and sticks. But I don't see myself going back to any of these sorts of things, personally speaking.
Bonus points!!! I sold my AirBnB stock back when that was cool, and IT FELT SO GOOD.
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bonus points!!! I sold my AirBnB stock back when that was cool, and IT FELT SO GOOD.
I have been crazy on board with this for quite a while now, even giving up some software I've really used a lot. I. Just. Won't.
Buying should mean owning, until *I* choose to upgrade. I am D.O.N.E. with that model.
Buying should mean owning, until *I* choose to upgrade. I am D.O.N.E. with that model.
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have been crazy on board with this for quite a while now, even giving up some software I've really used a lot. I. Just. Won't.
Buying should mean owning, until *I* choose to upgrade. I am D.O.N.E. with that model.
Buying should mean owning, until *I* choose to upgrade. I am D.O.N.E. with that model.
That said, **personally** I've left nearly everything. Those remaining see little to no traffic from me or are projects in the works. (I'm currently un-googling my life, to the extent possible, which is a job!)
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
That said, **personally** I've left nearly everything. Those remaining see little to no traffic from me or are projects in the works. (I'm currently un-googling my life, to the extent possible, which is a job!)
Agreed, though by focusing everyone on one service, we can do real damage, setting an example and causing others to potentially hesitate before jumping on the band wagon. I believe that's the strategy.
Then we move on to the next. One by one we pick them off until they see the light (aka money).
Then we move on to the next. One by one we pick them off until they see the light (aka money).
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Agreed, though by focusing everyone on one service, we can do real damage, setting an example and causing others to potentially hesitate before jumping on the band wagon. I believe that's the strategy.
Then we move on to the next. One by one we pick them off until they see the light (aka money).
Then we move on to the next. One by one we pick them off until they see the light (aka money).