I think you’re more likely to be targeted by responding.

But I might not be the best judge, i was hosting drag shows in my town…I assumed all threats were related to that

I was a Facebook admin for a few groups in rural america.

I just deleted and perma banned that kinda thing. Never heard any complaints.

I think one of the first ways is to show up. Like if a place is hosting a drag show, recognize that they’ve lost customers, so now you need to show up for the drag shows AND during regular hours.

If its somewhere you want to be a third space, then be friendly. Engage in conversation. If you’ve been going for a while, welcome new people to the space.

Third spaces don’t have to be businesses, they can be parks, libraries, and the likes. Those are a bit easier to start your community in. Make a post on a local Facebook page, “I’m going to be at this park doing this. Every Sunday at 1PM, join me.” Then show up. The first event will likely only have 2 or 3 people show up. That’s normal. Keep it up, be consistent, and don’t get down when no one shows up, do it again. People will come when they realize they’ve missed out. Make sure people know they missed out, take pictures, make it look busy.

Lastly, I think non-profits, like animal shelters, political organizations, etc. need to be opening reasons for people to visit them. Animal shelters, I think should open pet stores or have a space for dog training - so that local dog owners can meet other dog owners and raise their dogs better. Political parties should have bars/coffee shops so that people have a social third space to be, talk, and advance their party.

Thank you for the clarification in the spoiler. It makes your argument way stronger.

We’ve lost organizational power in this country because the pedophile class has been destroying even slightly liberal third spaces. Christian coffee shops talks politics everyday, no one bats an eye. But god forbid a business support a queer person, then everyone will boycott that business because theyre doing politics.

Find your local third spaces that kinda support you, and build a community of spenders and force the third space to support you more.

You’re right that grassroots is the answer. But voting is still part of the solution.

We’re needing broad change, everywhere. Don’t want Flock in your neighborhood? City council. Don’t want a data center in your neighborhood? City council.

City council is a body of what 7 people? That can immediately impact your daily life. If your town is banning Flock, and data centers, and doing a good job, then your neighboring towns will too.

And it really doesn’t take that many people to sway the outcome of a city council election.

But here’s where it gets scary: the pedophile elite has been destroying liberal leaning 3rd spaces for the past 10 or more years, while propping up right wing third spaces. Every single Christian coffee shop is a breeding ground for Nazism. The challenge in getting a city council that works for you, is creating a community that works for you.

And every single person that goes to the Christian coffee shop will stop supporting the local business that supports the queer community, “because they don’t do politics.”

Vote from the ground up. Promote local leaders. And while you’re voting for them, vote in a way that will at least delay fascism till your local leader has the experience to compete with the shitheads like Schumer.

Vibe coding and AI slop is bringing back havktivism. Hell yea.

Is this a Sabbath in the style of ABBA cover band or a ABBA in the style of Sabbath cover band?

But interestingly, not personal gain

Not these bad boys, they’re not reversible, because of the sack for your balls.

This shit, right here, is the exact underwear I’ve been wearing since 2014. Without David Archy, I wouldn’t have been able to run 3 marathons, or do a lot of stuff.

I started 2014 with briefs. Then the boys got sweaty. That led to cheeseballs. I realized that the boys needed to breathe a bit more.

So I switched to boxers. I did a lot of walking and a lot of stairs, in boots. One day, I was going down the stairs and I took a step and a sharp pain shot up my nuts.

Went to the doctor, he said I needed more support. I told him my issue with briefs and he said to look for a natural fiber.

So I started researching natural fibers, and micro-modal is one of the best. It’s wicking, cooling, etc, but still cotton. You won’t get no cheese balls with it.

But I was still scared of the compression that happens with briefs.

Eventually, I found David Archy’s. They’ve got a sack for your sack that keeps em separated. Woah. Gotta keep em seperated.

I slapped these bad boys on and have been wearing them ever since:

https://davidarchy.com/products/david-archy-mens-dual-pouch-underwear-micro-modal-trunks-separate-pouches-with-fly-4-pack

In terms of buy it for life, it’s probably not it. But I have ordered new underwear from David Archy’s about once every 4 years. And for underwear, I think that’s pretty good. I’m sure if I didn’t shove absolutely everything in the washer, it might hold up even better. But I’m lazy.

I feel like the sizing runs a bit larger, but I haven’t worn any other brand of underwear since 2014, so I don’t know if that’s actually true. But you get a tight fit and your partner will be like, “dayum.”

Edit: sorry, I didn’t see what community this was at first. I don’t think this is an EU brand. But I would look for micro modal, and a sack for your sack (which seems to be called pouch underwear). I did a look, there are a few EU brands that sell pouch, I didn’t see any that separate the boys from the shaft though, with DA does.

+2

Yea that’s true. Does it have a microphone button your remote at least? Also, my original comment was in jest, if it didn’t come across that way.

Smart enough to be able to remove the mic from the remote, not smart enough to figure out that its not constantly recording for a year on 2 AAA batteries.

If you were to give someone from the 1800s a newspaper clipping from modern day, I feel like this might be the one to give. They’d understand maybe just enough of the words to be thoroughly perplexed.

Obviously, they’d be confused by cars and everything, but they could probably be told, “like a carriage but futuristic.” I just don’t think they could understand, “we are trying to put sails on boats to cross the ocean”

Well, that’s good that they pulled it, I guess. But…why did they have them?

Youre absolutely right, I’ve seen that too

Meh. Most of the “liberal” voters don’t care enough to hold the politicians accountable for their transphobia in primaries.

The only changes I’ll let AI make to my job is to make it easier for me. I’m not going to work the same hours if I’m expected to use AI.

My output is the same.

I’m no doctor, but when I started limiting my beer in-take I drank a lot of seltzer water and I think it helped.

I personally preferred to go the snob route and only drink plain seltzer. But other people seem to like the flavored stuff, idk if that would have the same effect.