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@astroPug@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Note: edited for clarity because I was being confusing

I agree with this creator here that despite the fact that large protests like No Kings are symbolic, they are also so incredibly important for building a larger coalition, etc.

https://youtu.be/2EdPKLtI86o

My own thoughts on No Kings are along these same lines.

It is an access point for people who are new to this.

Also, guys, to newcomers, you can frame actions BEFORE No Kings as a type of “practice” if you will. It’s a big event people can work towards, a motivation to inform themselves about protests, privacy, etc.

“Let me show you a thing called signal before the next No Kings”.

“They’re having an ice observer training, might be useful, you know they’re coming for the superb owl.”

And so on.

Practice. Practice. Practice.

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@astroPug@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Note: edited for clarity because I was being confusing

I agree with this creator here that despite the fact that large protests like No Kings are symbolic, they are also so incredibly important for building a larger coalition, etc.

https://youtu.be/2EdPKLtI86o

My own thoughts on No Kings are along these same lines.

It is an access point for people who are new to this.

Also, guys, to newcomers, you can frame actions BEFORE No Kings as a type of “practice” if you will. It’s a big event people can work towards, a motivation to inform themselves about protests, privacy, etc.

“Let me show you a thing called signal before the next No Kings”.

“They’re having an ice observer training, might be useful, you know they’re coming for the superb owl.”

And so on.

Practice. Practice. Practice.

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@roque@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@astroPug Community is an entire, huge, part of the point. I’m not going to watch that video but I’m knee-jerk suspicious of anybody trying to discourage community, protesting, speaking out.

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@astroPug@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@roque

I’m so sorry. I just realized something.

I worded my post above very badly so that I accidentally misrepresented that poor YouTube creator.

What I meant is that I agree with her entire video which makes the point that although big protests are mainly symbolic they are really important because they are, among other things, good entry level points for new activists, and good for giving people hope.

I need to edit the statement above for clarity. I wouldn’t have realized this if you had not commented, so thank you!

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@roque@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@astroPug ahhh got it 👍 thanks for clarifying.

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@astroPug@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Speaking as someone who is, herself, just practicing.

Small things.

You know what I learned, here on the fediverse, as I read more about privacy and activism?

Remove the ?si=123shittynumber from the YouTube url you share.

I didn’t know that before.

I learned it because I happened to be here, on the fediverse, and I was here because I was miffed about twitter despite never even having been on twitter.

There are many entry points to spaces for learning and activism.

Don’t knock the entry points, use them!

#youtube #privacy #learning #NoKings #IceOut

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@Clinton@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@astroPug If you're on Android, this app can help make that easier for several sites, plus has basically no permissions to worry about the app itself.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svenjacobs.app.leon

Léon – The URL Cleaner - Apps on Google Play

Removes tracking & other redundant parameters from web links for sharing
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@astroPug@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@Clinton

Thank you! I did not know about this.

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@astroPug@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

On that note, I have to get some people into signal lol.

See ya.

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