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Elektra 🖖 @ElektralyteTo help make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then share or copy this post so others know to do the same.04:02 AM - Jun 17, 2023
Here's mine:
#Podcasts
#StarTrek
#SpoutibleCooks
#comicbook
#animation
#GoodnightGrooves
09:55 AM - Sep 04, 2023
In response to Doctor Michael.
Some white people are desperately attached to claiming victimhood for any invented slight or unfairness they can come up with.
It protects the fragile from having to face the reality of history, and from having to consider truth, reconciliation, and reparations.
It protects the fragile from having to face the reality of history, and from having to consider truth, reconciliation, and reparations.
10:13 PM - Aug 10, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
"Building the racial stamina required to challenge the racist status quo is thus a critical part of our work as white people. Rushing ahead to solutions... bypasses the necessary personal work and reflection and distances us from understanding our own complicity." - Layla Saad (MWS) #spoutiquotable
08:21 AM - Oct 10, 2023
In response to Bowerydoll.
The biggest problem WE have in this country is too many white sisters & brothers are not uncomfortable enough with the discomfort of their marginalized sisters & brothers. WE literally could run the hateful fascists out of town if they would just get on board.
08:01 PM - Sep 21, 2023
4 Threaded Spouts
So driving home from errands today with the family. E (7yo) sees an unhoused person panhandling on a street corner and wants to stop to help them. I explained that sometimes it isn't safe, doable, or helpful, etc. The conversation continued on for a few minutes and eventually we settled on...
11:58 PM - Sep 19, 2023
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Wow. I'm glad I'm getting the news filtered through the wonderful people on my @Spoutible timeline, because it appears that it has been a rough few days on the news and I refuse to let it suck the life out of me. Anyone have positive news or stories to share? #news #CreateJoy #CreateCommunity
08:17 AM - Sep 19, 2023
Does anyone else experience that thing when someone who you haven't seen for a while asks you what you have been up to - and you have so much going on in your life that you don't know where to start? 🤔 🤷
08:12 AM - Sep 19, 2023
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” Brene Brown #spoutiquotable
07:24 AM - Sep 19, 2023
#TodayInBlackHistory 9/16 #WilliamWhipper #Black #Businessman & #Abolitionist , published an #EarlyNonviolentTreatise aka “An Address on Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression”! @lil @maria @Social_Introvert @Cbrooks @Woke See:
https://www.zinnedproject....
https://www.zinnedproject....
12:50 AM - Sep 16, 2023
21 Threaded Spouts
So, my family and I attended the annual company picnic yesterday afternoon. (For context: I work for a midsized government employer - about 2000 full-time employees - in a predominantly white - 84% ish - suburban/rural area.) Some random (or not so random) thoughts:
06:36 AM - Sep 11, 2023
BBIMP, LGBTQ+ & allies on Spoutible do time consuming articulation, article sharing, soul bearing & space defending. We are not the help, yet we reflexively take responsibility for the environment we want.
Others (micro)aggress, dodge responsibility, dirty delete, block... Yo, read this. Slowly.
Others (micro)aggress, dodge responsibility, dirty delete, block... Yo, read this. Slowly.
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DMA Anderson @planetdmaIf you're white and politically aware or active,04:22 PM - Sep 08, 2023
and you've not yet proactively stopped to learn how
to reset your engagement with the single, critical, Step #1
of examining and deconstructing your approach to dialogue,
then you are not bringing your best and most necessary self to the game.
01:44 AM - Sep 11, 2023
👇Can I #spoutiquotable a whole thread? I think I should.
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My Flying Car 2020 @Flying2020She can't say what every black women are thinking - racism creates doubts about her competence. We're supposed to pretend the racism doesn't bother us and never give it air or light, lest "colorblind" white people accuse you of "playing the race card." If she did, she and Joe are OUT. 🧵02:46 PM - Sep 10, 2023
06:23 AM - Sep 11, 2023
10 Threaded Spouts
She can't say what every black women are thinking - racism creates doubts about her competence. We're supposed to pretend the racism doesn't bother us and never give it air or light, lest "colorblind" white people accuse you of "playing the race card." If she did, she and Joe are OUT. 🧵
02:46 PM - Sep 10, 2023
8 Threaded Spouts
If you're white and politically aware or active,
and you've not yet proactively stopped to learn how
to reset your engagement with the single, critical, Step #1
of examining and deconstructing your approach to dialogue,
then you are not bringing your best and most necessary self to the game.
and you've not yet proactively stopped to learn how
to reset your engagement with the single, critical, Step #1
of examining and deconstructing your approach to dialogue,
then you are not bringing your best and most necessary self to the game.
04:22 PM - Sep 08, 2023
11:33 AM - Jul 17, 2023
9 Threaded Spouts
So first day of school yesterday for my two kids (E is 7yo and 2nd grade, M is turning 5yo and pre-K). After E had a rough time in public school 1st grade last year, we put them in a public charter school (hybrid schooling-at-home and 1 half day per week in person cohort class).
09:44 AM - Sep 08, 2023
#SpoutibleNews In an aggressive move, the Biden administration has canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
cbsnews.com
09:24 AM - Sep 07, 2023
I'm fine with some ads as long as @Spoutible is selective (i.e. BIPOC owned small businesses, ethical/environmentally friendly companies, charities/nonprofits; no religious/political ads) and the ads I see are tailored to my interests; give option to pay an annual/monthly/daily fee to be ad-free.
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyThey would need to contribute $5. However, we can't run the platform on donations indefinitely. For example, many of you want us to release Pods ASAP, and that will increase our operating costs significantly.07:42 AM - Sep 08, 2023
09:35 AM - Sep 08, 2023
@cbouzy @Spoutible question: if a Spoutible user posts in a different language, do we have any options within Spoutible for getting it translated into our language?
07:23 AM - Sep 07, 2023
Never mind too many think Asian is only East Asian...FFS.
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Posted withregram • cmliwagdixon
"The invalidation is real but I've stopped giving any weight to these comments. I know who I am and what I am and I don't care if you don't think I look like the Asian friend you had in high school."
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Posted withregram • cmliwagdixon
"The invalidation is real but I've stopped giving any weight to these comments. I know who I am and what I am and I don't care if you don't think I look like the Asian friend you had in high school."
07:11 AM - Sep 07, 2023
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Musk poked the wasp nest.
60+ civil rights organizations announced this morning that they will fight against Elon Musk's attacks on the American Defamation League. Two international Jewish organizations say they will supply international data supporting ADL's reports on Twitter/X increased racism.
60+ civil rights organizations announced this morning that they will fight against Elon Musk's attacks on the American Defamation League. Two international Jewish organizations say they will supply international data supporting ADL's reports on Twitter/X increased racism.
07:09 AM - Sep 07, 2023
5 Threaded Spouts
Last night E (my 7yo, the artsy one of my two kids) was sitting at the craft table building a makeshift log cabin with popsicle sticks while mom and I were finishing making dinner. E came in the kitchen, all smiles, and informed mom and I that we needed to "be judges". #parenting #KidSpoutiquotable
06:37 AM - Sep 07, 2023
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"When people show you their boundaries ("I can't do this for you") you feel rejected...Only when you are able to set your own boundaries will you be able to acknowledge, respect and even be grateful for the boundaries of others." Henri Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love
#spoutiquotable
#spoutiquotable
06:28 AM - Sep 07, 2023
It was a bit of a rough day. So here's a random cute kittens picture to help people smile. If anyone wants to reply or "quote spout" with something (cute picture, joke, short inspirational quote, whatever) that might make others a little lighter -- feel free.🙂
(P.S. If a pic, use alt text please.)
(P.S. If a pic, use alt text please.)
12:01 AM - Sep 06, 2023
"Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think." - Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
#spoutiquotable
#spoutiquotable
11:48 PM - Sep 05, 2023
Be wise with your energy.
Educate when you can.
Be open to being educated.
Work dreams that serve humanity.
Be an encourager of good.
Awaken continuously.
Do justice.
Know that everything (including on social media) doesn’t warrant a response from you.
Take care.
Educate when you can.
Be open to being educated.
Work dreams that serve humanity.
Be an encourager of good.
Awaken continuously.
Do justice.
Know that everything (including on social media) doesn’t warrant a response from you.
Take care.
10:51 PM - Sep 05, 2023
It's just 3 of them I haven't done... MySpace, AOL, and whatever Columbia House is.
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Ronald Alexander @djchefronI know I am old but 23 for me01:35 PM - Sep 04, 2023![Picture]()
12:07 AM - Sep 05, 2023
"Intersectionality helps ensure that fewer people are left behind...Intersectionality helps us stay true to our values of justice and Equality by helping keep our privilege from getting in our way." - Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race #spoutiquotable #intersectionality #antiracism
12:01 AM - Sep 05, 2023
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