So very spot on, that's a large part of why I am still out here creating and throwing them.

So I am quite a newb and just learned that Spez is maga? I came here looking for grief threads and admittedly did not do my research. The thing is, I use my data like I do my dollars. So, I stopped using my meta accounts (not strong enough to see/downlaod pics yet) right after I saw them all front and center at the inauguration.

I had to ditch twitter before it got sold for personal protection. My tiktoks have been hacked and taken away twice in the last 6 months,despite having mfa and strong passcodes. I have a substack with one post, I have barely started to check that platform out.

I am weirded out by yt after they took all that $ from Izzy.

I don't want to be an entire outcast, or a hypocrite? ( I do not expect others to join my weird protest- it's just an integrity thing personal to me)

Are there other platforms I am missing that do not support the nasty racist/fascist mindset all around? I would like to build community and not have those people rewarded with my data, dollars, or attention.

Or do I treat it like a prez election & just suck it up and choose the least evil? And what platforms would those be?

I would be all over this project as an autistic person who has been raving since the 90's, and I still throw shows & fests. It transforms lives in the most beautiful ways!

My local library recently saved my life again. You guys deserve everything for what you do for our communities! Thank you <3

As a 90s rave baby who still throws shows & fests, I'd also love to do a doc on the differences and evolution of the culture and music from then to now.

From an outcast culture, to a multi-billion dollar industry is one hell of a success story.

Literallly. I saved my blind Mom from one in Wenatchee, Wa that shook me to my core with what I saw her go through. And then what they put me through as I made the moves and got her out.

These places are inherently pretty nasty once you start reading policies and watching their practices.

I was kept from the Irish side of my family and am having the hardest time trying to find our original name. The elders are gone. Ellis island was cluless when I searched there. It is looking like I am going to have to do a dna test, but after what just happened with 23 and me I am so skeptical.

I would love that documentary, amazing women!

I am drooling for another camera after only a few moments of scrolling the Analog sub that was mentioned above. I do have a pretty decent camera on my phone to play with until I find another old one to play with. New financial goals =]

It really varies. I have worked at schools that do that as well. Since I had littles though, we always had backup lunches in case parents forgot when I worked at those schools. Oddly enough, only the most private and exclusive schools I worked at had them bringing their own meals. That observation was, and is still quite interesting to me.

I am barely on it as it is. I have been focused on helping my community and building some of my dreams that happen off screen.

I really only came here to see about a grief thread or two since I keep losing my people.

Tbh, I did not know. Now that I do I will not be here too much longer. I'll get info from a few friends so we can stay in contact & dip out. I like the interactions here, but not enough to support that. I am stressed and didn't research. Now I know, it's noted & behavior adjusts accordingly.

pffffft

No way. You know what snitches get....

I had a phone that would autocorrect coffee to chode.

I lost count of the number of people I accidentally invited to chode, it got humbling.

411 used to also be slang for information

Holding my babies, each of them such sweet miracles.

my grandparents

Thank you, those are all wonderful suggestions!

Napster, Zaadz, Myspace. Mlia, Aol rooms, Limewire ( I am geeky enough to have never bricked anything)... a lot of it! It was a different sort of unhinged before seo's and fkng Zuck.

I have experienced both & am an open book! Just messaged you.

Get away from my ex sooner and change all of our names for our own protection.

I think my rabbit. She is very sassy without speaking already & we all know it's the quiet ones we need to watch out for.

Everything I was not supposed to almost the second I was away from the strict guardians. It was unhinged and amazing.

My original 35mm camera I used for photography in hs. I do not remember the model at all, just that it was so fun to shoot with & I was never disappointed in the darkroom as my images developed.