#Strength in Numbers

[dinosaurwithablog]

This street art conveys a profound message. For the next 4 years, we need to organize and not panic. We can move forward and help each other by working together. There is strength in numbers. Together, we will be fine. Together, we will get through this. Together, we can maintain our rights. Together, we can protect each other. Together.... that's the key!! 🫂🫂🫂

[reality-detective]

We Will NOT Comply 🤔

[gimme-da-sword]

Y'know I think it is important for people with vaginas to learn to love your genitals because they really are demonized and can be a huge source of dysphoria for some, but feminism shouldn't be fully centered around having a pussy. Cis women and other AFAB people most definitely are oppressed because of genitalia (ex. men asking "are you on your period" to discredit an argument) but it isn't fair to set up the pretense that you need to be AFAB to be a feminist or have worth as a woman, and that type of thinking could be harmful towards trans and intersex people, along with men harmed by the patriarchy. No one's stories are the same and it is important that they are all shared, but having a vagina does not give you more value or make you better than those who don't. Regardless of gender identity, sexuality, race, and genitals, everyone is affected negatively by the patriarchy and everyone (except for intolerant people) belongs in the feminist movement. A diverse ecosystem thrives while a uniform one fades.

[dinosaurwithablog]

I just was deleting photos of Juan Soto from my phone. I started to feel saddened by the act because it represented yet another loss due to greed, but then it hit me. I could let this bring me down or I could let this lift me up. I'm sure that you know which one I chose. This new year is fraught with many challenges. It's scary. I'm gonna approach things this year in a positive manner. Shocking!! 😁 I'm gonna rise to any all all challenges that I will face and that others will face. I'm going to get through this, and I'll help anyone I can get through this, too. I've faced a lot of very hard things in my life, and I am still here. I'm stronger and wiser for it. I always make it through and so will you. I'll be happy to help anyone in any way I can. Together, we'll be fine. Together, we are stronger. Together, we'll make it. That's the key... Together ❤️ 🫂 Hang in there and be positive. Find the joy and if you can't find the joy, then be the joy!!! That's my plan. It's worked before, and it will work now. I care about you all, and you all matter to me. With this in mind and the indomitable spirit that lives within us all, we will be okay. We will make it. We will be stronger than ever. Stay happy. You're not alone. It's okay to cry. It's okay to fall apart as long as you spend the same amount of time doing something good for yourself and those around you ✨️ it's a great rule!! I'm here if anyone needs to talk or just wants someone to listen or just doesn't want to feel alone. 😁😍🫂 We got this!!

[rosielindy]

After three trips to Michigan I’m more determined than ever to flip Indiana blue in 2024. In the last 24 hours I’ve seen more “signs” of ignorance than I’ve seen in total all year where I live. It’s sickening that people are doubling down. Indiana wasn’t red when I moved there in 1991 and went blue for Obama in 2008. The energy right now is even stronger than it was then. Next Friday I will be attending a meeting to become acquainted with others in my community who are working for positive change. I believe there are many more like-minded folks than I realize. It’s time to stop cowering in fear and come out roaring!

[qwertacius-ashuriah]

Embracing the Catalyst Versus Supporting the Reaction

Who are we to judge? What right are you given to choose how well you treat someone based on their appearance rather than their actions or intent?

You. The right answer is that you are you. Judgement is not only a human right but a biologically developed trait. Our ancestors learned to avoid those who were different; the difference in such barbaric times was often deadly. And so it was biologically encoded in us to avoid the ugly, the broken, the other races. Deformity and injury were weaknesses, and they exhausted the pack. Other races, tribes, and peoples often fought over resources or land. Their practices were strange, often displeasing. But they felt the same about the others as well. Difference was both a weakness and a threat and it always led to conflict. Everyone learned to either avoid or eradicate it. 

But times change and so do the people. We have entered new eras and intellect grows. People learn to accept and embrace differences because it is no longer an endangerment to their group to do so. We are stronger and smarter because of it. 

In this day and age, the general standard of how to look, how to dress, and how to act, varies so wildly that an individual from just six generations ago would be driven mad with the sheer nonconformity found in the general public. 

Those who don’t grow and change with the people become racist, homophobic, and cruel to the younger generations, limiting societal growth.

With that said, judgement on appearance is entirely an instinctive trait and it is up to us as people, not as humans, but as people to use our sapience to learn and qualify what is and is not a threat. Being different is no longer the danger it once was but there are many that choose to ignore that. 

When a gunman assassinated Brian Thompson on December 4th, 2024, he remained unidentified for over a week. With both his physical appearance and his identity unknown, the media and the populace in a craze over his true identity, and law enforcement working around the clock to find him, our unknown assassin became quite a popular fugitive. Why? With his identity and motives unknown, what entitled this murderer to such celebrations?

He was the spark; a catalyst starting a chain reaction that has spread through our country like a flame feeding on gasoline. A symbol for hope against the oligarchs and their empire built on the heads of so many individuals abused by the system. People finally saw someone fighting back! As people are, memes, edits, jokes, and sexualizing followed suit. This would only grow worse as the government found and prosecuted a suspect less than two weeks later. 

The internet dissected his life and laid bare every detail and photo to be found of him. Not only was he wealthy, smart, and showed good spirits and intentions in all accounts from friends and family, he was attractive. The allure increased tenfold.

While this sweetened his public image, it muddled his story and his cause. People lost sight of fighting for what Luigi fought for and instead the buzz became all about his personality and looks. Those who knew him or had met him before began milking their connection for content and attention. 

With this made clear, it begs the question of whether ethical journalism is such a thing anymore. 

One example is made clear when I attempted to contact writer Paul Skallas with critiques on his article, ‘Luigi and Me’, published in GQ Magazine. I noted that it was heavily self-centered and biased, and the fact that he was blatantly wrong on several statements of fact and was immediately told to “suck his cock”, and blocked. The fragile ego proves people like these are only after a quick buck and a moment in the limelight– the exact opposite of what we need in the media today. 

While some are milking connections to the alleged shooter for fame, others are basking in that glow with people who strive for a change, and yet they do little to fight for it themselves. 

I don’t think the populace today understands the genuine importance of their participation in today’s politics, or how little they could do to make a large difference. 

The American people’s greatest strength is not individual power, but the power we have when we rise together. One body is hardly noticeable, a thousand are hard to ignore.  In summary, human beings are still animals; but what matters is what we can do with our minds, ignoring our instincts and focusing on what matters to make a difference.

[rastronomicals]

7:33 AM EDT October 15, 2024:

Calla - "Sleep In Splendor" From the album Strength In Numbers (February 2007)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Lo-Fi

[pluralpuppygirls]

Yo if you plural raise all yo hands and make som noise!!!!

[razreads]

It’s easier to stand together than it is to struggle apart.

T.J. Klune, Heat Wave

[thatwritererinoriordan]

I love the National Labor Relations Board.

I love unions.

I love labor rights.

Fuck Elon Musk. I hope all his workers unionize.

[lcdsunshine]

Hiawatha- by Thomas Eakins I mean what if we all teamed up?

[reality-detective]

BREAKING: Feds fμ¢%ed around and found out...

- Pro-America Patriot rally ongoing

- Feds show up dressed as “Nazis”

- Patriots force Feds out of the rally

- Unmasked the Feds, who PANIC

- The “Nazis” cry, and leave trembling in fear

Be a man, stand together, there is strength in numbers, build a wall because they don't think we are going to do anything. Well this 👆 is how it's done. If they show up? They won't be expecting this kind of reaction. If they make a move like a monkey give em a gorilla ass whoop'n. 🤔

(It didn't say where this was)

[economicsresearch]

page 562 panel a - while we're in imagination mode, look at this high rising high-rise.

Can we all agree that the word YUMMY is pretty nice adjective to use here.

Yummy.

Above ground is really something.

[anxietywithfloof]

Reblog if you're in the LGBTQ+ community

Like if you're an ally

Plain and simple

[rosielindy]

I’ve been following Scott Dworkin for a while, I like what he’s doing right now, in this crucial moment of our country’s history.

[rastronomicals]

12:29 AM EDT April 27, 2024:

Calla - "A Sure Shot" From the album Strength In Numbers (February 2007)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Lo-Fi