Therian Liberation
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10.04.202516:09
I made an illegal bike lane with my friends that connects a big bike trail to our neighborhood. Safety over following the fucking rules.
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bimbu di Saba 🧚✨
20.03.202521:18
Dear friends,
In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free.
In this post, I share with you links to films you can view and share to get the message out to the world:
• "Keeper of Memory" documentary:
https://youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg
• "Empty Seat" documentary:
https://youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ
• "Resistance Pilot" documentary:
https://youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg
• "Jenin" documentary:
https://vimeo.com/499672067
• "The Olive Tree" documentary:
https://vimeo.com/432062498
• "Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza" documentary 1973:
https://youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE
• Documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom":
https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s
• Documentary "Arna's Children":
https://youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI
• Short Film "Strawberry":
https://vimeo.com/209189656/e5510a6064
• Short Film "The Place":
https://youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII
• Documentary "The Mayor":
https://youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc
• Documentary "The Creation and the Nakba 1948":
https://youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs
• Documentary "Occupation" 101":
https://youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk
• "The Shadow of Absence" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/220119035
• "The Don't Exist" Documentary:
https://youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg
• "As The Poet Said" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/220116068
• "Five Broken Cameras" Documentary:
https://youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw
• "Paradise Now" Feature Film:
https://vimeo.com/510883804
• "Abnadam" Short Film:
https://youtu.be/I--r85cOoXM
• "Wedding of Galilee":
https://youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U
• The feature film "Keffiyeh":
https://vimeo.com/780695653
• The documentary film "Slingshot Hip Hop":
https://youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik
• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar":
https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle":
https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
• The documentary film "In the Grip of the Resistance":
https://youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM
• The documentary film "Swings":
https://youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs
• The documentary film "Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision:
https://youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU
• "The Upper Gate" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/433362585
• "In Search of Palestine" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/184213685?1
• "Speak, Bird" Documentary:
https://youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q
In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free.
In this post, I share with you links to films you can view and share to get the message out to the world:
• "Keeper of Memory" documentary:
https://youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg
• "Empty Seat" documentary:
https://youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ
• "Resistance Pilot" documentary:
https://youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg
• "Jenin" documentary:
https://vimeo.com/499672067
• "The Olive Tree" documentary:
https://vimeo.com/432062498
• "Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza" documentary 1973:
https://youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE
• Documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom":
https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s
• Documentary "Arna's Children":
https://youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI
• Short Film "Strawberry":
https://vimeo.com/209189656/e5510a6064
• Short Film "The Place":
https://youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII
• Documentary "The Mayor":
https://youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc
• Documentary "The Creation and the Nakba 1948":
https://youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs
• Documentary "Occupation" 101":
https://youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk
• "The Shadow of Absence" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/220119035
• "The Don't Exist" Documentary:
https://youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg
• "As The Poet Said" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/220116068
• "Five Broken Cameras" Documentary:
https://youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw
• "Paradise Now" Feature Film:
https://vimeo.com/510883804
• "Abnadam" Short Film:
https://youtu.be/I--r85cOoXM
• "Wedding of Galilee":
https://youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U
• The feature film "Keffiyeh":
https://vimeo.com/780695653
• The documentary film "Slingshot Hip Hop":
https://youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik
• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar":
https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle":
https://youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI
• The documentary film "In the Grip of the Resistance":
https://youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM
• The documentary film "Swings":
https://youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs
• The documentary film "Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision:
https://youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU
• "The Upper Gate" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/433362585
• "In Search of Palestine" Documentary:
https://vimeo.com/184213685?1
• "Speak, Bird" Documentary:
https://youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q
11.03.202516:31
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10.04.202502:43
https://youtu.be/DpabZHI4iMU?si=cCi4ZRpSJxrcgya9
i absolutely loooove this creator, and she makes a really good point in this video that as we get beat over the head with information overwhelm, our tolerance for the cruelty goes up because we’re dissociating, we end up paralyzed, and that level of cruelty crawls towards becoming the new ‘normal.’
this is part of why it is extremely important to make sure you’re not overwhelming yourself with constant news-checking, doomscrolling, that sort of thing.
a lot of shit can get very bad, very fast, because we live in an age of rapid information exchange. they don’t have to ‘boil the frog’ anymore and spend decades building up to the worst of it. (they have also been doing this, of course.) all they have to do now is flood your feeds with the most insane drivel, present speeches that they know will rile up their base and terrify those they hate, and shove executive orders through as quickly as they can write them.
i absolutely loooove this creator, and she makes a really good point in this video that as we get beat over the head with information overwhelm, our tolerance for the cruelty goes up because we’re dissociating, we end up paralyzed, and that level of cruelty crawls towards becoming the new ‘normal.’
this is part of why it is extremely important to make sure you’re not overwhelming yourself with constant news-checking, doomscrolling, that sort of thing.
a lot of shit can get very bad, very fast, because we live in an age of rapid information exchange. they don’t have to ‘boil the frog’ anymore and spend decades building up to the worst of it. (they have also been doing this, of course.) all they have to do now is flood your feeds with the most insane drivel, present speeches that they know will rile up their base and terrify those they hate, and shove executive orders through as quickly as they can write them.
24.03.202502:36
In case you're making zines, print on a public computer
17.03.202514:53
How to make seed bombs
https://www.epicgardening.com/how-to-make-seed-bombs/
Its a perfect activity for the spring start: First go on a walk to find some clay/adobe and then turn your balcony into a seed bomb factory 🌱💣🏭
1. Mix five parts clay with one part earth and seeds
2. Add water
3. Roll into balls
(larger balls are a more robust foundation for the seedlings)
4. Let dry for 24-48 hours.
Just throw and wait for the rain...
#tactics
https://www.epicgardening.com/how-to-make-seed-bombs/
Its a perfect activity for the spring start: First go on a walk to find some clay/adobe and then turn your balcony into a seed bomb factory 🌱💣🏭
1. Mix five parts clay with one part earth and seeds
2. Add water
3. Roll into balls
(larger balls are a more robust foundation for the seedlings)
4. Let dry for 24-48 hours.
Just throw and wait for the rain...
#tactics
10.03.202517:17
https://telegra.ph/A-machine-transcription-of-a-Tumblr-post-on-transmisogyny-03-02
CW: Instances of transmisogyny described
This is a trend i have personally experienced and seen many of my trans femme friends go through as well, and i'm sure many other trans femmes in the community will relate to some of these stories.
We live in a society where there is exists a strong cultural trope of trans women being predators and i think it makes it easier for others to believe such a claim when faced with it because the groundwork for that connection in the mind is already laid. Even people who are working to unlearn these kinds of biases can unconsciously fall into these learned mentalities.
We have to be vigilant in our reactions and make sure we are not enacting the same abuses we are trying to move past. This society is built upon a cycle of abuse and it is easy to perpetuate if we are not second guessing our responses.
CW: Instances of transmisogyny described
This is a trend i have personally experienced and seen many of my trans femme friends go through as well, and i'm sure many other trans femmes in the community will relate to some of these stories.
We live in a society where there is exists a strong cultural trope of trans women being predators and i think it makes it easier for others to believe such a claim when faced with it because the groundwork for that connection in the mind is already laid. Even people who are working to unlearn these kinds of biases can unconsciously fall into these learned mentalities.
We have to be vigilant in our reactions and make sure we are not enacting the same abuses we are trying to move past. This society is built upon a cycle of abuse and it is easy to perpetuate if we are not second guessing our responses.
12.02.202518:01
i forward this because there's broader implications here. while useful in daily life, we can also use this mentality towards societal problems. If you see a problem, become the kind of person who fixes that problem. If you can't fix it yourself, organise until you can together.
There's also a bit here about trying to convince others. People are not rational, we are centered within our ego & identity and filter the world through it. You have to speak from within someone's identity to really have any effect in shifting their perspective. (See the post on The Backfire Effect from feb 6th for more)
There's also a bit here about trying to convince others. People are not rational, we are centered within our ego & identity and filter the world through it. You have to speak from within someone's identity to really have any effect in shifting their perspective. (See the post on The Backfire Effect from feb 6th for more)
10.02.202516:57
Repost qilingan:
red.
07.04.202516:52
Huge anti-Trump-Musk protests swept the US over the weekend, with attendance in the millions at a national level. Even cities such as Boston saw over 100,000 participating.
The politics were diverse, with the rallies billed as anti-austerity protests to defend public services and social rights. Official organizers also listed NATO as one of the institutions that need to be defended against Musk’s spending cuts. Meanwhile, others present at the rallies carried Palestinan flags and anti-war placards.
The rallies brought together different groups, ranging from liberals to leftist and socialist movements, with many opposed to the inclusion of NATO in the list of priorities from organizers.
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The politics were diverse, with the rallies billed as anti-austerity protests to defend public services and social rights. Official organizers also listed NATO as one of the institutions that need to be defended against Musk’s spending cuts. Meanwhile, others present at the rallies carried Palestinan flags and anti-war placards.
The rallies brought together different groups, ranging from liberals to leftist and socialist movements, with many opposed to the inclusion of NATO in the list of priorities from organizers.
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23.03.202516:01
i think i've found a way to remove the facebook & instagram apps from your phone and still be able to receive and send DMs. For facebook specifically they have a messenger app but instagram doesn't have this feature, instead i downloaded the "meta buisness suite" app and linked it to my instagram account. With this app you can do messenging and a bunch of other business things i don't personally care about
Try this out and lmk how it goes, idk if it requires a certain type of account or anything. also i believe other countries outside of the US have features we don't and might have simpler workarounds
Try this out and lmk how it goes, idk if it requires a certain type of account or anything. also i believe other countries outside of the US have features we don't and might have simpler workarounds
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🔞 Hot goth girl anarcho-shitposting and unsolicited advice 🔞
17.03.202514:41
You know the irony about southern stereotypes that i see even just in my own life experience?
I grew up in Pennsylvania. Pretty solidly up north. I was less than a 2 hour drive away from Philadelphia and New York city. While i was rural, the population density immediately around me was very dense.
And where i grew up? There was a lot of bigotry, a lot of white supremacy. I grew up with a close family that was mixed race (immediate family, first cousins, aunts, uncles on my dad's side) but an extended family that was all white. Those of us with mixed blood were outcasts to most of the purely white family just on account of not being fully white. Again, in Pennsylvania, up north. Even some of the mixed race family members like my own father bought into white supremacy and that made him fit in better with some of the bigoted extended family.
And in my like 98-99% white home town? Incest happened. People lived in trailers and slums. Any southern stereotypes you can think of happened there.
Like, i dunno, i saw basically every southern stereotype somewhere around me growing up in the north. And I really think that if you don't see bigotry and white supremacy around you up north, especially when you venture outside the biggest cities in any northern state, you're really just not looking hard enough. I saw it in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana. I know it's in Oregon and Washington and Idaho. Where in the north is supposedly free from this sin we tend to only associate with the south? Name a place and i bet these southern stereotypes are less than an hour drive away, if not closer.
I feel like this characterization of the south, especially among northern liberals (and even leftists) is an easy way to act like the entire problem is elsewhere. If you live up north, it's an easy way to put your head in the sand and act like there's nothing you need to do to fix anything nearby. That all of the problems are so far away that there's no real work you could do on your own local community.
It's an easy blame game. In feb of 2021 when the texas power grid was failing and people were freezing, liberals at large and even groups of leftists made fun of texans about this.
"This is what you voted for"
"This is what you deserve for being in texas"
In February 2021 i was disgusted witnessing this kind of sentiment. I knew that many of the communities that were suffering the most were minority communities that were gentrified out of their votes swinging texas blue. And more broadly, regardless of who voted what, it was the poor suffering as the wealthy enriched themselves in deregulating and privatizing the texas power grid. Yet many liberals and even many leftists got enjoyment and laughs out of the suffering and even deaths of poor people at the greed of the wealthy elite.
There are plenty of people down south who are working and fighting to make their communities better. There are plenty of people down south who are working hard to move somewhere safer for them. Neither of these things are easy.
I'm gonna summarize the points I'm trying to make in all of this:
-Anything bad or gross stereotyped as a thing that happens in the south also happens all across the north, including bigotry and incest.
-Bad things that happen to people in the south shouldn't be funny or cathartic to leftists, as these are losses in the class struggle. These are poor people (including minority groups you supposedly care about) being hurt by the greed of the wealthy.
-North vs South is another line of division for the working class that the wealthy benefit from.
-We on the left have allies down south. Ignoring this only hurts our cause in more ways than i can list here.
-For many reasons people can't "just move" as most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the class struggle. It takes forever to save up to move somewhere like New York or Seattle where you'll be safer as a queer person.
Bonus point i didn't make yet but is also relevant: making fun of southern accents is rooted in racist origins. I might get into detail on this another time.
I grew up in Pennsylvania. Pretty solidly up north. I was less than a 2 hour drive away from Philadelphia and New York city. While i was rural, the population density immediately around me was very dense.
And where i grew up? There was a lot of bigotry, a lot of white supremacy. I grew up with a close family that was mixed race (immediate family, first cousins, aunts, uncles on my dad's side) but an extended family that was all white. Those of us with mixed blood were outcasts to most of the purely white family just on account of not being fully white. Again, in Pennsylvania, up north. Even some of the mixed race family members like my own father bought into white supremacy and that made him fit in better with some of the bigoted extended family.
And in my like 98-99% white home town? Incest happened. People lived in trailers and slums. Any southern stereotypes you can think of happened there.
Like, i dunno, i saw basically every southern stereotype somewhere around me growing up in the north. And I really think that if you don't see bigotry and white supremacy around you up north, especially when you venture outside the biggest cities in any northern state, you're really just not looking hard enough. I saw it in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana. I know it's in Oregon and Washington and Idaho. Where in the north is supposedly free from this sin we tend to only associate with the south? Name a place and i bet these southern stereotypes are less than an hour drive away, if not closer.
I feel like this characterization of the south, especially among northern liberals (and even leftists) is an easy way to act like the entire problem is elsewhere. If you live up north, it's an easy way to put your head in the sand and act like there's nothing you need to do to fix anything nearby. That all of the problems are so far away that there's no real work you could do on your own local community.
It's an easy blame game. In feb of 2021 when the texas power grid was failing and people were freezing, liberals at large and even groups of leftists made fun of texans about this.
"This is what you voted for"
"This is what you deserve for being in texas"
In February 2021 i was disgusted witnessing this kind of sentiment. I knew that many of the communities that were suffering the most were minority communities that were gentrified out of their votes swinging texas blue. And more broadly, regardless of who voted what, it was the poor suffering as the wealthy enriched themselves in deregulating and privatizing the texas power grid. Yet many liberals and even many leftists got enjoyment and laughs out of the suffering and even deaths of poor people at the greed of the wealthy elite.
There are plenty of people down south who are working and fighting to make their communities better. There are plenty of people down south who are working hard to move somewhere safer for them. Neither of these things are easy.
I'm gonna summarize the points I'm trying to make in all of this:
-Anything bad or gross stereotyped as a thing that happens in the south also happens all across the north, including bigotry and incest.
-Bad things that happen to people in the south shouldn't be funny or cathartic to leftists, as these are losses in the class struggle. These are poor people (including minority groups you supposedly care about) being hurt by the greed of the wealthy.
-North vs South is another line of division for the working class that the wealthy benefit from.
-We on the left have allies down south. Ignoring this only hurts our cause in more ways than i can list here.
-For many reasons people can't "just move" as most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the class struggle. It takes forever to save up to move somewhere like New York or Seattle where you'll be safer as a queer person.
Bonus point i didn't make yet but is also relevant: making fun of southern accents is rooted in racist origins. I might get into detail on this another time.
10.03.202516:58
Community Building vs Clique Building: A Raw Reflection by pat.radical.therapist
12.02.202517:19
I have a thought that might look crazy at first, but hear me out.
Thought: Rationality is literally the weakest force when it comes to human motivation.
And by motivation here I mean both self-motivation (hard work and discipline) and external motivation (marketing and persuasion).
Here's an even crazier thought. Thinking rationality is somehow big of a force is a false belief many otherwise smart people are instilled with in their formative years. Believing that rationality is what ultimately works is literally a major trauma inflicted onto an undeveloped brain, and we spend decades afterwards to cure ourselves from this trauma.
One of my favorite sayings of all times is: the reality prevails. (Thanks Peter!) However, an intellectual brain tends to misinterpret this wisdom by getting it completely backwards.
Here is how I understood rationality from when I remember myself all the way to early forties at least. There's the real world and there's a model of the world. All models are wrong, but some are useful. With enough smart people, enough motivation and resources, and plenty of feedback loops, useful models appear. Knowing a useful model one can strategize within it. Then, whoever has the "most useful" (i.e. the "least wrong") model plus enough reasoning skills can navigate the reality more effectively.
That's why we have water and electricity and bridges and airplanes and the Internet.
Well, what a wonderful model. Except it does not work when applied to an individual.
Think of something mundane yet fixable that routinely bugs you and/or someone close to you. Why isn't that fixed? Isn't it a definitive step for the better life? Doesn't one benefit from having that fixed?
It's only rational to say: "It bugs me. It can be fixed. If it bugs me one more time I'll go ahead and fix it. This would be a worthy investment into my life: time, well-being, prosperity, happiness."
Moreover, I am very positive quite a few otherwise rational and intelligent people are reasoning along these lines about something that bugs them. Maybe not every day, but several times per month for sure.
And yet how likely is it that that "something" does get fixed? Well, far more likely than unlikely.
The logic that "I need to eat or I die of starvation, and therefore I will find a way to eat" somehow does not map to "I need to get that [blank] fixed."
The only reasonable (rational!) explanation is that understanding, or even internalizing that something is worth doing is nowhere near as strong of a human motivator as, well, other things.
How do I deal with this myself, by the way? Mostly with two mind tricks:
One: Don't be too hard on myself.
A lot of balls will be dropped. The human civilization is fairly well designed for people who routinely drop many, or even most balls. As long as the important stuff is in order, and as long as I'm nowhere near the bottoms of my peer group when it comes to dropping important balls, that's definitely livable.
Two: Leverage identity.
That's the oldest trick in the book, and it works. Instead of thinking "I should do X [or I will suffer in the future]" or "I should do X [or I would label myself as a procrastinator who doesn't respect myself]", reframe this as "I should do X because I am the person near whom X is done".
No ego, no emotions, nothing to be proud of when X is done, nothing to be ashamed of if X is not done. Just slowly work my life towards the state where if I'm participating in something for a long enough time, X, and various Xes, do get taken care of.
I'm the force of nature that makes Xes happen, and in my finite lifespan, I ultimately am quite comfortable to program my self so that a nonzero and even somewhat increasing share of my conscious being is spent on perpetuating the ritual of having the Xes around me taken care of.
Thought: Rationality is literally the weakest force when it comes to human motivation.
And by motivation here I mean both self-motivation (hard work and discipline) and external motivation (marketing and persuasion).
Here's an even crazier thought. Thinking rationality is somehow big of a force is a false belief many otherwise smart people are instilled with in their formative years. Believing that rationality is what ultimately works is literally a major trauma inflicted onto an undeveloped brain, and we spend decades afterwards to cure ourselves from this trauma.
One of my favorite sayings of all times is: the reality prevails. (Thanks Peter!) However, an intellectual brain tends to misinterpret this wisdom by getting it completely backwards.
Here is how I understood rationality from when I remember myself all the way to early forties at least. There's the real world and there's a model of the world. All models are wrong, but some are useful. With enough smart people, enough motivation and resources, and plenty of feedback loops, useful models appear. Knowing a useful model one can strategize within it. Then, whoever has the "most useful" (i.e. the "least wrong") model plus enough reasoning skills can navigate the reality more effectively.
That's why we have water and electricity and bridges and airplanes and the Internet.
Well, what a wonderful model. Except it does not work when applied to an individual.
Think of something mundane yet fixable that routinely bugs you and/or someone close to you. Why isn't that fixed? Isn't it a definitive step for the better life? Doesn't one benefit from having that fixed?
It's only rational to say: "It bugs me. It can be fixed. If it bugs me one more time I'll go ahead and fix it. This would be a worthy investment into my life: time, well-being, prosperity, happiness."
Moreover, I am very positive quite a few otherwise rational and intelligent people are reasoning along these lines about something that bugs them. Maybe not every day, but several times per month for sure.
And yet how likely is it that that "something" does get fixed? Well, far more likely than unlikely.
The logic that "I need to eat or I die of starvation, and therefore I will find a way to eat" somehow does not map to "I need to get that [blank] fixed."
The only reasonable (rational!) explanation is that understanding, or even internalizing that something is worth doing is nowhere near as strong of a human motivator as, well, other things.
How do I deal with this myself, by the way? Mostly with two mind tricks:
One: Don't be too hard on myself.
A lot of balls will be dropped. The human civilization is fairly well designed for people who routinely drop many, or even most balls. As long as the important stuff is in order, and as long as I'm nowhere near the bottoms of my peer group when it comes to dropping important balls, that's definitely livable.
Two: Leverage identity.
That's the oldest trick in the book, and it works. Instead of thinking "I should do X [or I will suffer in the future]" or "I should do X [or I would label myself as a procrastinator who doesn't respect myself]", reframe this as "I should do X because I am the person near whom X is done".
No ego, no emotions, nothing to be proud of when X is done, nothing to be ashamed of if X is not done. Just slowly work my life towards the state where if I'm participating in something for a long enough time, X, and various Xes, do get taken care of.
I'm the force of nature that makes Xes happen, and in my finite lifespan, I ultimately am quite comfortable to program my self so that a nonzero and even somewhat increasing share of my conscious being is spent on perpetuating the ritual of having the Xes around me taken care of.
Repost qilingan:tumblr and otherwhise quotes
TA
29.03.202521:25
"hope is never lost, just discarded"
C.S. Lewis atomic age, "let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things"
C.S. Lewis atomic age, "let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things"
07.03.202517:22
01.02.202516:28
this is also especially important when we are trying to build and maintain community. I'm sure many of us have seen the ways that furry & queer communities get torn apart by infighting & "discourse". To have a real community we must be willing to be patient with eachother and actually help others heal
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