@benroyce @frequencyfault @clintruin @quizzicus Even the most corporate Dems can be convinced to put pressure on Israel. Dems can feel pressure from their base. The GOP cannot. The GOP will help keep right-wingers in power everywhere and support them. The GOP will get many more Palestinians killed, and many more suffering similarly elsewhere in the world. They’re already killing millions abandoning USAID and other policies.

I don’t know what to say other than “voting in any way other than to remove fascists from power is to assist in their evil.”

Eliminate fascists first. Fight like hell to replace left-wing cowardice next. There really is no other moral position in this shitty voting system. (Fight like hell to reform that, too.)

@Verati404 Depends where and how you curate. Some of all social media is just going to be filled with “people who broadcast, not converse” and some will be “people who live to troll the comments.”

A dedicated server around specific topics I find contributes greatly to the discussions people have there—some level of self-selection, and with particular focus. (Why I have more than one ID on more than one server. Different conversations/audiences and without mixing the streams.)

My one here is on a larger/generic server, so it depends who I’m seeking out and how people interact. I tend to cycle off of “broadcasters only” and lean into people who converse, and keep my follow list low. More active self-curation, but I think lends to Mastodon generally being more conversational that X/Bsky/etc. But the method takes some attention.