@shoq Not to mention the very large numbers of Jews who don't live in Israel.

I regularly use the Trump example of the contrast between leaders and the country as whole to clarify my criticism of the Israeli government.

@shoq @Green_Footballs Well this one didn't show up in notifications so... https://mastodon.social/@shoq/116320640082244959

It does thread properly, I just don't get the notification (I think because it doesn't include the @ reference back to me.

@shoq I didn't see it but something is always weird about your replies. They show up in my feed and threaded properly, but not in my notifications (either in Ivory or on the Mastodon web interface). Not sure why it happens.

No rush on replying, just wanted to share my perspective as someone involved in organizing the event in my city.

@shoq I was safety team lead our past two No Kings so I'm pretty involved in the planning.

One of the things that might get missed is that NK is a very important tool in getting people involved in activism. We had a bunch of candidates with booths and an entire section devoted to getting people involved.

There are tables for bringing on new canvasers, postcard and phone-bank campaigns for purple districts, direct action events, just to name a few.

NK is an excellent recruiting tool.

@ssoper Yeah, it’s interesting because the big events get the headlines but since every little community has their own, there’s no real escaping it. I suspect a huge percentage of the country witnessed at least something yesterday.

I thanked my volunteers and told them I hoped they’d sign up again for the next one, but I also hold out hope that one day “the next one” is a celebration, not a protest.

@susankayequinn Where are the testimonies of real people who read these “books” and actually enjoyed the experience?

I find it extremely hard to believe that anyone who reads for pleasure actually enjoys AI slop books.

The lowest common denominator usually doesn’t have a library card.