You know what, fuck it. Figure skating is now my favorite sport. Unless there’s another one that will let a competitor dress up in a silly costume and do all these silly jumps and wiggles and fall on purpose, IN THE OLYMPICS, there’s no contest
The federal government is about to get useless for at least a bit. This is a GREAT time to get involved in state level environmental orgs. That’s where you’re gonna be able to do the most for the next few years. Even a bit of casual volunteering can make a big difference.
I’ve done this off and on for years and when we go local we WIN. And friends winning feels good. This is how a lot of progressive agendas have won in this country. The whole US isn’t out of this. People ARE still fighting climate change all around you.
You could be one of those people, in community with other people who are doing something.
doom and gloom “oooh everything is pointless oooh I’m so deep and edgy because I love trying to be the death of hope” people will just get blocked. I’m not talking to your crab-bucket ass.
I like this post because it makes getting involved seem positive and fun. So many of these are like ‘you MUST do the hard work of stewarding your local government! I don’t care if you don’t like it!’ And I think that’s just as demoralizing as saying you can’t do anything.
I think you WILL like it. If you don’t, you don’t have to be married to it. You can check out several places and see what sticks. Make an event out of it! Bring cookies! If we work together, we win! We have so much to look forward to!
Earlier this year (in September) I started volunteering with a group that removes invasive plants from various greenspaces around my neighborhood and then plants natives in their place! I meet up with some folks every Tuesday, rain or shine (and boy there has been at least one very notable “rain” where I came home and had to change my damn underwear, I got so soaked) for two and a half hours, get muddy, sore, and exhausted, and it feels INCREDIBLE. No matter how much work there still is to do when I’m done, I can look at the progress I’ve made and that’s something to be proud of.
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Sometimes I end up doing urban archeology and dig out the remains of an entire brick wall attempting to make a hole for a single plant:
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It’s a small thing, but I’m making real, meaningful change for the environment in my community every Tuesday that I volunteer. Can I remove every single himalayan blackberry from my city single-handedly? No, but together with other people, I can make small spaces healthier and more resilient, and we can keep expanding our worksites.
I cannot believe there’s absolutely no way to watch free shows and movies anymore, there are too many paid streaming platforms and pirating websites have viruses and ads preventing you from watching it uninterrupted((.)) id rather follow the rules and purchase media moving forward because it is too inconvenient. Seriously, free and no ads or viruses with 1080p streaming is DEAD.
Exactly! It’s freaking annoying when I want to watch movies but I would have to subscribe to like 24 different services . Just to watch the shows that I like.
Oh and wouldn’t it be nice for cartoons? Just anything animated. I just wanna stream things without getting conned. Must I be cartoonless forever?
i like using streaming apps but there are waaaay too many and they’re all stealing my data.iwish there was a secure and organized way to have millions of shows and movies available one one app. but alas. we’ve truly gone full circle back to cable + now it spies on you. its a real shame. i dont want to fill my device storage with tons of boring and stupid cash grabs.
i know, it’s so annoying for everything to be paid nowadays, especially movies and tv shows. it would be perfect if i could watch them without getting infected by some virus or some shit. i’m fine with ads, they gotta run themselves somehow, but i want to watch stuff and .live! if they have to use different domains i’m okay with that too, because free media is .top dog either way.
for mobile users, it especially sucks, because you can’t just use websites and you have to not only pay, but you have to download a billion apps just to find what the thing you wanna watch is on. it doesn’t help that the streaming services take up...so much space. so much.
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