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jmeppley (he/him)Apr 28, 2025

Watching Canadians argue over whether they should get a half day or a whole day off for voting is a painful reminder that here in the US, we get nothing. This is why vote-by-mail and early voting are critical!

https://mstdn.ca/@chad/114415733545086428

Chad - x :mstdn: (@chad@mstdn.ca)

Remember your employer is required to allow three hours PAID to cast your ballot today if you didn't already in the advance polls. Also, if you are in line when the polls close tonight STAY IN LINE. As long as you are in line when the poll closes you have a right to cast your ballot. #canpoli #cdnpol #Elxn45

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jmeppley (he/him)Apr 28, 2025

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Martin Rust Apr 28, 2025

@Chigaze
Why not Sunday, like, I think, everywhere else in the world? @hamishb @Sanderde @chad

jmeppley (he/him)Apr 28, 2025

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Apr 28, 2025

Many of us are not going to Gilead now.

Why should we have to justify our social media posts to some Yank Border Nazi?

Fuck them and their exceptional opinion of themselves!

#USPOL

jmeppley (he/him)Nov 12, 2024

miss ashten (catgirl)Nov 12, 2024

cishet people who are allies,

trans people could use a LOT of reassurance right now that you have our backs

jmeppley (he/him)Nov 6, 2024

myrmepropagandist Nov 6, 2024

@Extra_Special_Carbon

But people wrote stories and made art, they named SO MANY bugs and discovered so much about how nature works— they had families and remarkable lives in spite of all of that and you and I will do that too.

Powerful men will thump their clubs. Maybe we aren’t the kind of animals that can transcend that. I still kind of think we are, though. Because like a bit of grit in an oyster I won’t go away or stop being irritating. No. I will become a pearl.

jmeppley (he/him)Nov 6, 2024

Jules she/her Nov 6, 2024

I don't have anything practical to offer yet, but one thing I have learned over four decades on this planet is that people deal with awful things in two different ways and each group's strategy is unhelpful to the other. One type of people need to focus on the positives to avoid despair, to look for the remaining points of light and the actions they can take now, because focussing on the bad stuff paralyses them and means they can't do anything about it.

jmeppley (he/him)Nov 6, 2024

Srol Nov 5, 2024

NY Times tech union has asked users not to play Wordle or other Times games while they are on strike. It's a really easy way to support them. https://www.polygon.com/news/474209/new-york-times-strike-wordle-connections

Striking New York Times tech workers ask people not to play Wordle or other NYT games

New York Times tech workers are on strike and asking people not to play its games, like Wordle or Connections.

Polygon

jmeppley (he/him)Nov 6, 2024

SnowshadowII

Nov 6, 2024

To anyone in CRISIS in the United States 🇺🇸
Please if you are feeling desperate and alone
Reach out for assistance

There is help available for everyone:

Deaf
Español and English
Veteran, service members, and their family
LGBTQ+ and young adults

👉 Call, Text or Chat at 988

👉 Please Boost this-thanks

#MentalHealth #Politics #Crisis #US

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Get Help

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jmeppley (he/him)Sep 12, 2024

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Sep 12, 2024

Queen Linda.

#Ronstadt
#HarrisWalz2024

jmeppley (he/him)Sep 12, 2024

Joshua Holland Sep 12, 2024

"The morning after Trump repeated racist claims about Haitians in Springfield, OH, some Haitian families are keeping their children home from school for their safety...

“We’re all victims this morning,” said [one] woman, who moved to Springfield 6 years ago. “They’re attacking us in every way.”

"Tthe woman also said her cars have been vandalized twice in the middle of the night. She woke up one morning to broken windows..."

https://haitiantimes.com/2024/09/11/haitian-immigrants-in-ohio-under-racist-attacks/ #StochasticTerror #trump #maga #immigration

Haitian families in Ohio under attack as racist claims spread

Racist claims by right-wing Republicans about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are giving way to physical attacks against Haitian families, some of whom are keeping their children from school today to protect them.

The Haitian Times