The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.

Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.

Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.

Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.

👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.

I don’t have an unwanted pregnancy.

I’m not in Ukraine getting hit by Russian shelling.

I’m not facing ethnic cleansing in Tigray.

I don’t have a disability.

I’m not gay.

➡️ But I defend everyone’s rights.

✅ Because that’s what universal human rights are all about.

🇳🇴 Norwegian broadcaster NRM has revealed important changes coming to MGP in 2023. This includes the removal of pre-qualified artists and bringing back the international jury for the final 👀

What are your thoughts? Let us know down below! 👇

https://escxtra.com/2022/11/30/changes-coming-to-melodi-grand-prix-2023/

When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small.

Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present.

This is the only real time travel paradox.

Vive La Difference!

I used to open #birdshite each morning, my loins girded for battle. I had followers I refused to block just because they disagreed w me (I can take criticism - real & bullshit). While part of me (if I'm honest) enjoyed the cage match battles, part of me dreaded it, too.

I do not feel anything like that here. The very first thing I saw here today (I boosted it earlier) was a fantastic 4 hour time lapse photo taken of a beach in New Zealand. Breathtaking. That colored not only what I subsequently tooted, but how I'm feeling to this moment. Kinda exuberant. Uplifted.

Connected.

Wow.

Someone else here put it this way (I sure wish I'd thought of it). If #birdshite is "social media", #mastodon is SOCIABLE media. Turns out there's a huge difference.

#fediverse #twittermigration #friends #writing #opensource #writingcommunity #newzealand

The place where my daughter keeps her horses has a stallion that looks like it's galloped straight out of a Fantasy epic.

#Fantasy #horses #GypsyCob