Double_Virgule ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ‘‘

@double_virgule@ioc.exchange
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Sysadmin at a major telecommunications company. Views and opinions are my own. Live in Cobb County, GA. Been in IT since I was a teenager and still have imposter syndrome.

(He/Him)

GitHubhttps://github.com/double-virgule
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Also, #question for all those smarter than me: My kids are living a pretty damn idyllic life at the moment while the world is falling to pieces for so many people. We already have conversations about how other people don't have this stuff, buy stuff at thrift shops, bring them with us to donate things, read all the books we can find at the library about other cultures and people, and even go so far as to ask them to pick a toy they don't really like from their birthday parties and then have them donate it to a toy bank.

Short of bringing them along to an unhoused shelter or having them help serve food to others, how can we drive home the fact that this is a privilege and not a right, to have a life like this?

They're still really young (kindergarten), so trying to start this convo now but not a lot they can do in actionable means.

Here's another example: Ben Rector, Joy. https://youtu.be/5MwKaVbfd5E?feature=shared

Also, if you haven't heard of Choir Choir Choir, you should look them up.

Joy (feat. Ben Rector) | The Choir Room (Official Music Video)

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More and more artists are partnering with choirs and adding choral music where it otherwise wouldn't fit (like this new song from Frank Turner https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QwfQfNVA2Zo) and I think it's fantastic. Choral music and woodwinds/horns are a good addition to most #music.
Choir! Choir! Choir! + Frank Turner "Little Changes"

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My feedโ€™s awash with #Pride and #NoKings this morning. Iโ€™m so fucking proud of you guys.

Short MSNBC interview with @MarkRuffalo at the No Kings protest today.

It gives so much hope ๐Ÿ’š
Watch it๐Ÿ‘‡
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAbHMLOV6Xs

#NoKings #USpol #Protest #NoKingsDay #Democracy #HumanRights

Trump โ€˜doesnโ€™t care about any of our founding fathersโ€™ principlesโ€™: Mark Ruffalo joins NYC protests

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I just got back from the #Tulsa #NoKings #Protest and I'm not going to lie... It was fuckin' incredible!

I participated in two of them and the energy was amazing and overall just incredible vibes.

I'm also impressed that there were only a couple of trolls at each protest. It stayed non-violent. There was also a lot of #MutualAid being offered by the people for the people.

There were easily hundreds upon hundreds of people. It was amazing to be a part of it.

GET OUT THERE!
#Resist #Oklahoma

I went to a talk lately that was mostly about something else, but the speaker came out with:

โ€œIf you only remember one thing from this talk, remember this. Everyone in this room who likes helping people, raise your hand.โ€

Every hand, or nearly every hand, went up.

โ€œIf you like asking other people for help, keep your hand up.โ€

Almost every hand went back down.

โ€œAs you can see, people like helping you. When you ask for help, youโ€™re making them feel good, even if you donโ€™t like asking.โ€

Iโ€™ve genuinely forgotten the rest of the presentation but I wonโ€™t forget that.

From FOAF in Anchorage.
Just thinking about better ways to penalize corporations that break the law.

Fines are trivial and never keep pace with reality. Instead, what if companies had to give back a chunk of shares to the government? Issuing new shares that dilute existing shareholder value, and making the govt part owners. Effectively, nationalize the company in degrees with every breach of trust.