Notices by Diligence Jones (deliachristina@sfba.social)

What will it take to recognize their threat to peace?

#UN
#Chapter7
#FreePalestine

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY6owLTV/

I haven't seen this float around my feed yet, so here it is:

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”

-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

#BoostAllTheThings

Aw. An Ex just sent me this message:

Him: I've been really concerned for you. You are not the type of woman to be silent. Your truth will not be liked by the coming Gestapo. Stay safe!

That is literally the sweetest thing he has ever said to me.

i can't stop laughing that Matt Gaetz is his pick for US AG.

i wonder if Marjorie Taylor Green will be head of DOJ or maybe even the FBI.

The GOP has zero problem having open nazis speak at their convention.

The Dems can't let one Palestinian activist get onstage and say genocide is bad.

This still burns me up.

in bits and pieces, the implications of another Trump admin float like turds to the surface of my memory.

data collection is fucked.
research: fucked.
access to primary sources: fucked. (I'm thinking of things like the National Archives)

the ability to reliably verify anything....if it's coming from the feds it's not to be trusted anymore.

knowledge sharing has to go underground, so to speak.

what a fucked up reality.

"For many people, as we saw on Jan 6, that means maintaining their position at the top of the American caste system, with all the rights and entitlements that come along with it.

Tensions are on the rise as our country faces an existential crisis unlike any we have seen before, due to the projections that, by 2042, the historic white majority would no longer be in the majority. As it is, in 2020, the census found that, for the first time in American history, the white population was the only group whose numbers fell while others remained steady or grew." (2/)

This is what Isabelle Wilkerson said on Lawrence O'Donnell the other night:

"When you look at this as only an election, then it doesn’t make sense. But when you look at this as an existential crisis over what our country will be, then it starts to make sense.

Looking at it through the lens of caste, it makes perfect sense. People are not voting against their own interests. They are voting for the interests that matter most to them." (1/)

So proud of my colleagues. A few are doing voter protection work and volunteering at polls today.

And my Board is literally in the streets doing turnout and voter protection in other states.

I might complain about civil rights lawyers and their lack of brevity. But never let it be said these folks aren't committed to justice. Kick ass.

And now I made myself all 🥹.

#uspol #Election2024

@mekkaokereke

omg, i totally forgot that happened.
THANK YOU for reminding me why Joe is trash.

Just had to tell Benson the schedule for the day. He was getting impatient.

8 am - Mommy's voting
9 am - we're dropping off Mommy's ballot and taking a walk
10.30 am - back home for breakfast
1.30 pm - Auntie Bestie is coming by and we're dropping you off at day care for half a day
2 pm - Girlie shit with Bestie
5 pm - picking you up and back home for dinner

Benson doesn't appreciate all the balls we have to juggle.

#BensonUpdate #LadyBachelorWithADog

I just watched Harris whiff a very simple question about trans people's right to access to gender affirming care and I want to scream.

How hard is it to say YES, lady?!?
This is an eaaaaasy question!!

My answer: "Megan, will you get hormone therapy when you're in perimenopause? Yes? That's gender affirming care. And if we believe in a just society, and I do, then the way the world works for you -- the majority -- is how it needs to work for the most vulnerable among us. So the answer is yes. I hope that reassures my trans neighbors that they can trust and take me at my word."

Her answer: "I believe in following the law."

Dems are gonna give me a stroke. Fucking christ.

That podcast w/Julia Black about Silicon Valley, Yarvin, and the creepy fascism of tech bros explains SO MUCH about these weird ass pregnancy tracker apps.

Dudes who are embracing terrible fascist, authoritarian ideas are NOT invested in your safe pregnancy.

It's their obsession with tracking, controlling, and measuring white women's fertility.

This is literally the saddest thing I have ever known.

Poor whale.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale

just had the most hilarious brainstorming session with my team.

we have so many great, hilarious ideas ....that the lawyers on our program team would haaaaate.

SIGH.

this is why we can't be great.

lawyers are no fun.

Random birthday moments:

Lunch in Benicia with Bestie and some excellent thrifting.

Long misty morning sniffari with the doggo!

Bought a nifty cane with a flask inside! Weird but whatever.

Had good morning calls!

Joyfriend dynamic successfully shifted downward! (More about this later)

Had some advice about my dad's trust!

Kept my Duolingo streak going!

All in all, 55 is hitting softer.
And I'm ok with that.

#ThisIs55 #MiddleAgedHotness #LadyBachelor

When Millennials in tech get together to pool their resources in an overpriced housing market, it's hip and cute.

When lower-income Black women do it in Oakland, it's called 'squatting.'

Just sayin'.

Also, this article is now living in my head.

For reasons.

Not the least of which is this quote:
'...when the U.S. surgeon general issued a warning about isolated parents losing their minds.'

https://sfstandard.com/2024/09/22/hot-friend-compounds/

Saturday morning cuddle time.

Benson is so selfish with his cuddles. Saturday mornings when he wakes me up is the only time he tolerates my snuggle aggression. (Oh and after therapy.)

#BensonUpdate #LadyBachelorWithADog #DogsOfMastodon

On a listserv I'm on for work, orgs are sharing this resource as a type of travel advisory to help their remote employees be aware of places that are risky for them when they plan travel/convenings/meetings.

Source: Trans journalist Erin Reed on her substack, *Erin in the Morning*.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-legislative-risk-assessment-3dc