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   GeePawHill (geepawhill@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Dec-2025 07:22:36 JST GeePawHill

   Please do not come to the US.

   It's okay. I know you know that our government is not us. I know you know that we love you. I know you know that we are in a terrible place.

   But please don't come here.

   I can not guarantee your safety.

   I am horrified to be saying it, it feels awful, I hate hate hate it, but the simple truth is that I can not guarantee your safety.

   There is no rule of law here. Our government is led by people who do not believe in any of our shared values.

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   divVerent (divverent@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Dec-2025 00:34:32 JST divVerent

   @ArneBab @HeliosPi @mike805 @DGI Right. The problem is how a democratic system defends itself (or not).

   Several Ancient Greek, and later a bunch of French, had some really good ideas there. Which all fell apart in the US.

   It is interesting you mention armed people. Don't especially Republicans believe that civilians being armed was meant to prevent tyranny?

   Sounded indeed nice in theory. Too bad gun ownership became political and thereby giving one side a free pass on tyranny. I mean, who's gonna stop the Republicans now? Even if you stop them in an election, you have an armed mob - the biggest ever - to contend with.

   Definitely some lessons there. Whenever some things that generate power (whether guns, demonstrations, free speech, due process, voting etc.) become controversial and end up on a party divide, things get _really_ dangerous. It is good to question whether some things really should be rights. It is good to think about constitutional amendments to fix what is wrong. It is bad to self-enforce on only one side of the political divide, handing the other side a free win, making you even lose on that very issue, thwarting your own goal.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@mastodon.futurist.info)'s status on Monday, 10-Nov-2025 19:56:23 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   “Yet - many forgot." - Futurist Jim Carroll

   Tomorrow marks Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day in Canada, and similar memorial days elsewhere around the world.

   It's a day to pause and reflect on the memory of the sacrifice made by many in World Wars I and II in defence against tyranny, fascism, and terror. Tomorrow, I will share the story of my dad, heavily researched, with the small role he played on the battlefields of the Second World War. The phrase "Lest we forget" is used in Canada and many Commonwealth countries to mark the day; the most common phrase in the US is "Thank you for your service."

   And yet, with the continued rise of the alt-right, the devolution of political parties into foundations for racism, and the elevation of platforms of hate, it would seem that for many, they've either forgotten the lessons of history or choose to willfully ignore them.

   The result is that in many areas of the world, history seems doomed to repeat itself.

   I write this today because I was sparked to think about this when I attended a Celebration of Life for an elderly member of my ski club yesterday. It was a glorious service, with her family and a few friends telling her remarkable story, sharing memories, and offering up life lessons from "Dorothy."

   And yet, as a Japanese-Canadian and a child in the early 1940s, she was, like others from her ethnic background, sent to an internment camp during the war. The fact is, Canada forcibly removed about 22,000 Japanese Canadians from the British Columbia coast, confiscating their property and imprisoning them - simply because of who they were. This happened in other countries around the world at the time, and remains as one of many stains on the history of those who often try to hold themselves as better than others.

   We're repeating the same mistakes today, particularly with appalling force, speed, and brutality in the US.

   It would seem that lessons have not been learned, history is repeating itself, and the 'remembrance' by many tomorrow will be but a hollow, hypocritical statement by people who should know better.

   Why do I write this? I don't know - perhaps as a small attempt to try to help refocus on the importance of what tomorrow actually represents, rather than being some sort of ritual day in which so many simply go through the motions.

   If you are, like one of many, who will say "lest we forget" or "thank you for your service," and yet are someone who has forgotten our history, check your thinking.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll writes about many issues involving trends, innovation & disruption - but will occasionally wander into other topics that cross his mind.

   **#Remembrance** **#History** **#Sacrifice** **#Memory** **#Reflection** **#Veterans** **#Lessons** **#Honor** **#Vigilance** **#Accountability**

   Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/11/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-yet-many-forgot/

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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 00:02:50 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   Why should Juneteenth matter — especially at this time when there's a powerful, concentrated assault on the rights and freedoms of minority communities (and on all of us), and when corporations and the media cave to the assault?

   Jamon Jordan's answer:

   "Juneteenth, unlike the Compensated Emancipation for Washington, DC, or the Emancipation Proclamation, is not about SOME OF US.

   It’s about ALL OF US."

   #Juneteenth #AfricanAmericans #trans #LGBTQ #HumanRights
   /1

   https://wearespeaking.substack.com/p/the-choice-importance-of-juneteenth

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   cmdlk [New York, NY, New York] (commandlinekid@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 03:09:37 JST cmdlk [New York, NY, New York]

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   @WakWak Full of garbage. Also, he equates "Tiny Israel spying" with THE USA. It's just insane.

   Also, he gives permission for them TO spy in the US.

   It's the banking families, and it's evil.

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   Trey Hunner ? (treyhunner@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 04:27:29 JST Trey Hunner ?

   I finally published a recap of my PyCon US.

   It's more of a public diary for myself than a "here's what you should do".

   I'm looking forward to seeing folks again in Long Beach next year!

   https://treyhunner.com/2025/06/pycon-us-2025-recap/

   #PyConUS