RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116174173831789756

There are many types of security one might consider: Physical security, information security, operational security. But regardless of what you're doing or protecting against, there's a cross-cutting rule which applies to all such disciplines:

WATCH OUT FOR THE PERSON IN THE BEAR KIGURUMI

There's something tragically unfair about our collective love for redemption stories, to the point where we prefer it over innate goodness

If we actually get our asses into the streets in numbers that dwarf April 5, we won't look to HandsOff organizers or Bernie/AOC or the people who've been boots on the ground since Day One. We don't like people who were right early; they make us look bad

No, people will look back and say the turning point was David Fucking Brooks

Any port in a storm, but...

Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood

Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

I saw someone expressing very understandable frustration this morning about not seeing any headlines about a Trump admin EO (executive order) that was posted late last night, and I think this is maybe a good way to explain in real time how an EO becomes A News here.

I’m not going to get into the substance of the EO! (It’s bad, of course.) I’ll just walk through its movement through the media ecosystem.

Please be gentle with each other in replies, things are rough.

#USpol #News

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