There's also couchsurfing.com or trustedhousesitters.com. We stayed in a place for a month for free and just had to take care of their cat and dog. It was a really good experience, and we've been doing it internationally off and on ever since to help mitigate rent.

The comments in here are largely centered around "How can I get out?" Or alternately "Getting out is not possible."

I came across this post last year, and it gave me the kick in the pants to get out myself.

https://crazypeople.online/post/6720157

Been out of the states since January. I started in Portugal and I can confirm how relaxed it is there. I'm in Morocco now and have met the most kind and welcoming people I've ever known. Very relaxed here as well. I don't currently have plans to return.

It may or may not be possible for you depending on your specific situation. If you are in the "How can I get out?" camp, I'd encourage you to think seriously about making it happen. Look at how you could radically change things. Sell everything, quit your job, and crash at a family member's house. The barriers are likely lower than you imagine, and the upsides are dramatic.

This is honestly pretty smart on the part of the fascists. A big portion of what is so effective about the resistance is that it's founded on strong community action. Neighbors helping neighbors, because it's the right thing to do.

Posing as a neighbor in need makes that act feel riskier. It changes the calculus, just a little, in favor of not helping your neighbor. They achieve their near term goal of getting their victim, but there's an even more valuable (to them) effect of weakening community ties overall.

Time to double down on looking out for your neighbors.

EDIT: Looking out for them so you can help. In case that wasn't clear.

Personal taste is totally fine, but what you're describing isn't a logo, it's an illustration. A good logo specifically must be simple so that it can be applied across a bunch of different contexts — print, digital, large, small. What if you wanted your logomark as a favicon? Depth and lighting would make it look like a smudge at that size. What about stitching your logo onto a hat?

This is the main issue. Logos are part of a brand system, and generating a logo with AI circumvents all that thought. You get something that might look good, but your whole system becomes super fragile.

Again, there's no disagreeing with personal taste, it's just a matter of thoughtful use of the system and medium.

This is why I refuse to call it anything but Twitter. What's wrong, you're identifying differently? You never were a blue bird to begin with? Tweet tweet.

"yeah, I just finished Infinite. It was pretty good, abrupt ending though. I hear Jest picks up right where it left off."

So there you have it; you don't need to worry about security seeing all your bits and pieces - just whatever you've forgotten to take out of your pockets.

Clearly not written by someone who knows any trans people.

My favorite is:

"So take off your pants. Right here, right now."

Gets the point across quickly and viscerally.

The Raccoontuers

Maybe... that green doesn't look like yellow or blue but is still what you get when you mix them? IDK, honestly 🤷

This unprecedented relationship between the world’s richest man and the leader of the free world raises concerns about the influence of wealth on government.

Raises?! Where have y'all been?

https://pca.st/episode/a8bc145d-94d8-4c4f-b3c6-635e3f8e81e4

If Books Could Kill did a great episode on this. "Who Moved My Cheese"

I don't know why you're so upset at the article. Every time I compare myself to the Joneses I feel all sorts of inadequacy. /S

The issue is not with people feeling inadequate. The issue is fully with wealth inequality.

It's not easy, fast, or free, but it is worth it. I currently still have a Spotify account, but I'm weaning myself off. I've been going the Bandcamp + jellyfin route. Buy an album a month (about the price of monthly streaming) and add it to my personal library. Next month, check what I've been listening to most on Spotify and buy that. It's twice as expensive (for now) but I'm supporting artists more directly and have an exit strategy for Spotify. Curious about other's approaches!

They don't even post the bootlicker author's info. Even if this was AI, a human still decided to publish this propaganda. It would be nice to have a public record for accountability.

But for real though, maybe we do also get rid of cars? Why not build more public transit and less drunk driving accidents? The only especially bad part of this is the police.

Halfway through it starts hawking gold and subscriptions to Masterworks 😂

Makes the title of this community sound like a desperate request

This is perfect. Thank you for sharing.

5 minutes of meditation. It won't solve the anxiety, but it will insert just enough perspective and space to help you recognize a couple things:

• you are not your anxiety, it's more like weather that you're experiencing.
• the things that you're worried about may be real, but your experience of them is warped by the anxiety.

My therapist gave me a really helpful metaphor. Anxiety is kind of like putting your hand right in front of your face. It blocks everything else out. It's all you can see. It's all you can experience. While this isn't the desired state, you also can't get rid of your hand without losing a real part of yourself. So instead, what if you focus on inserting space. Move your hand further from your face, and it becomes an element of the environment. It's a thing you can observe. It's still real, and it's still there, but it's now more in perspective.

That's what meditation, even 5 minutes, can do. It pushes your anxiety into perspective. It won't get rid of it, but it will help you see it as an element rather than your entire experience.