It’s the internet and we’re leftists and this is like saying copyright law is a good thing and totally misunderstands how ideas grow and propagate. It’s like telling someone they can’t alter a meme.

Jfc, I’m not misunderstanding anything. I’m not telling anyone to do or not do anything, I don’t feel like I can’t or I shouldn’t do anything, I never claimed or even mention copyright, I simply made a choice not to bother altering an existing work somebody else made because I didn’t see a good enough reason to, and because it literally makes no fucking difference to the content.

Yes, fuck Drake, but to derail the entire conversation over an outline of his image appearing on a single slide, and try to “educate” me on copyright as if that’s got anything to do with anything going on here seems significantly less productive than just ignoring it and moving on with your life, or, you know, focusing on the actual content.

It’s not my work to edit. I also assume it’s an older choice that didn’t age well, rather than a current one.

Don’t make confidently incorrect assertions before confirming you’re not the one who missed something…

Yeah, but we don’t post publicly about that…

Thanks, I’m glad people are finding it helpful!

I’d actually considered going to one myself to see what they were all about, but the nearest UU to me is quite a way away and I’m not able to travel, so it never materialised. I don’t believe in god and don’t have a relationship to repair, but don’t have issue with individuals who do (my issue lies with organised religion, not personal belief), and I think groups that bring communities together (and without the pressure of having the same religious beliefs) like that are vital in building solidarity.

Having and maintaining a platform to safely communicate on is important, but we can’t forget that lemmy isn’t secure, so consider supporting (or promoting amongst your peers) platforms that are, too.

As for marching, if that is really where you think you could help most, train! build strength, learn how to use cold and hot weapons, learn basic first aid, learn how to disarm smoke bombs and other weapons the cops may use against you, and remember - being a marcher still doesn’t mean being at the front line, you can be at the back helping those who are injured, who have gone in to shock, or who need their energy replenished. There is plenty to do, and we need everyone!

Just to be clear, I didn’t miss anything because I didn’t make it, fablefulart did. 😊

Otherwise, I agree, those are really good points, thanks for adding them!

Good guy bus driver

Thanks for the added info, it sucks to know but isn’t surprising, but nowhere do I (or anyone else I can see E: aside from the single mention in the AP post that OP is commenting on, obviously) give props or even mention greyhound.

Yes. Love it.

If only they would do the rest of us the courtesy of visibly branding themselves like that…

Meta have already tried, and in an almost unanimous move, users of the fediverse decided to defederate from them to not give them the opportunity to.

Of course they’ll keep trying, but the whole point of decentralisation is that if or when that happens, those who don’t want anything to do with it, just move on to a virtual space away from the corporation.

Sure, it sucks to always be “on the run”, but at least here we can be, vs on a centralised network, where the corporations control 100% of it and we as users have no viable alternative.

To solve the core problem, FOR THE EU, THR ORGANISATION we have to curb the immense grip Big Tech has on our institutions and invest in independent digital alternatives.

They are categorically not interested in solving the core problem of society, and why and how we got to this point in the first place, but simply to maintain the status quo where they are the ones in control (which, while better than active fascism, has and always will be a placeholder for it, as long as they refuse to abolish capitalism).

Don’t be fooled.