I am continually trying to become a better human and ally to marginalized groups. I welcome correction as I know I will make mistakes along the way.
The Mr. Rogers advice for moments of crisis is a useful thing to remember right now.
Look for the helpers.
Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable.
Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement.
Join them, if you can.
Democrats don't want Donald Trump dead.
We want him alive, massively shamed by a landslide loss in November, legally tried and imprisoned, and to live long enough to see his wealth and reputation destroyed before dying a natural death.
I've deleted my NaNoWriMo account. They not only have a generative 'AI' sponsor, they're defending letting you use AI to plaigiarise yourself to 50,000 on the basis that disabled people need AI.
I have a cognitive disability that makes it very difficult for me to write and I am FURIOUS.
Make no mistake, it is very fucking ableist to use people like me as a shield when you are STEALING FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME. They are the ableist ones here. https://www.404media.co/nanowrimo-ai-policy-classist-ableist/