#antitoxicsparkle

"We cling onto certainty like it's possible, but if we can accept that groundlessness is the baseline then life feels a little bit more manageable."
— Reema Khrais

I don't know about that. I think our economic system is a legacy. A technical debt. And by design, lower class masses struggle in […]

I wonder, though, what you would do, given broader permission to cast off any oppressive pretense at the right time?

I don't want to criticize anyone and everyone for geeking out, driving a car, losing yourself, getting by, fitting in, coming in out of the rain literally nor figuratively …
It's all valid and human, though the human condition may be bizarre. And the only reason I am safe to say all of this […]

It is so perfectly normal to drive by, drown out, fence in, objectify, and literally and abstractly just walk away from the real world we come from and live in (or on top of) that it stretches my imagination to try to communicate how to do anything else, and the attempt itself-isolates me. I […]

In addition to the crawls and website, I would host a conversational bot on the Fediverse to answer questions about the Fediverse as a whole and help people find people.

this is an evolution of a previous idea I talked about at the last #FediForum.

I would hope that my automated efforts would […]

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that life is growth, and grief. life is working and resting. life is wishing and acceptance.
i want to participate in a group that makes those things, the fundamentals of life, easier for each other. that would be the whole purpose of it.
the methods, would include many things, but if there is […]

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i want to participate in a group identity that is costly but worth it. i want *it* to engage with the world, and follow the news I don't, and do my taxes. and often that would mean I am doing other people's taxes and taking care of someone sick, like I would my family. i want a group with a […]

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how can I participate in a group with an identity?
an abstract thing. not a description. not culture. a face that represents us all faithfully, never perfectly (as if any face ever represents its person perfectly).
i want to be an integral part of a group identity. a messy thing, where we all […]

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therefore, if a task is dropped, it would be everyone's fault. no judgment of competency based on qualifications and HR bullshit. humans are not resources. we don't measure up to anything because our capacities change hour by hour. titles are never appropriately given, and are always used to […]