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seachanger

@seachanger@alaskan.social

obligate organizer, systems thinker, radical optimist, public good believer, artsy generalist

living in Lingít Aani, my ancestors were quebecois & ukrainian jews

posting ideas at #SocialTech; always boosting #alaska;

⚠️: I’m often wrong

Avi is wild hair blowing in wind, cover is a watercolor I made of a volcano

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thesquirrelfish, to random
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I got real mad at a journalist who described e-bikes like they all cost $5000+ a couple years ago because I've had 2 e-bikes that each cost under $1000 and regular bikes that cost the same.
I am absolutely lusting after fancy e-bikes that cost more than $5000 but that's like.. a high luxury e-bike that can fit my golden retriever in the basket in the front for rides across the Golden Gate Bridge to campgrounds. I remain annoyed that those are depicted as normal - they're a totally different class of bike.

seachanger, (edited )
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@thesquirrelfish yeah I have to say I am seeing several low cost rad power bikes on the streets of my rural town, ridden by not rich people, including a guy on my street who literally lives in a trailer park and rides his rad cargo bike every day with his dog around town! And yeah I also am pining for an urban arrow ha ha

seachanger, to random
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if I were biden, I’d whip every single willing rep and senator into a full action plan to bring integrity to the supreme court, starting with the demand that judges whose households have documented partisan or ethics issues involving politicians must be recused from all decisions involving those leaders

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/18/samuel-alito-flag-supreme-court-ethics-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

seachanger,
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after a lifetime of watching democrats refuse to stand for justice I am not surprised that they’ve entirely failed to show up at the 4-alarm fire that is the current SCOTUS, but it’s worth imagining what it would look like if they gave a single shit about the ideals we claim to hold sacred in this country

seachanger,
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like friends how can we make this clear to you? your job is not to put on a suit and pay hordes of consultants to raise money to pay themselves. your job is to imagine and reimagine what just, democratic governance looks like in 2024 and then fight like hell for that vision. why are we led by so many feckless cowards jfc

seachanger,
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we sat here and watched gore concede a coup to george bush, we sat here and watched Obama give up one of his scotus picks, and now we are sitting here watching biden ignore trump’s death blows to the court as if being potus was just powerless pageantry

seachanger,
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and at every single step it is just this hand wringing about how powerless we are in the face of the omnipotent gop, how we must be diplomatically meek to avoid a backlash from which we cannot recover, how the real threat here is our own youth and left flanks who must get in line so we can win elections and the privilege of sitting on our hands another 4 years as the nation literally crumbles into the sea

seachanger, (edited )
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so you know, just stop pretending trump is some kinda supernatural monster and singular force. dude is just filling the void left by the democrats longterm inability to wield power on behalf of democracy, even when handed mandates and trifectas by the American people. he is no devil or demon, just an opportunist who was given an extraordinary opportunity

seachanger,
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instead of the endless focus on what trump is doing, why not focus on what the democrats are not doing? why have they never articulated an actionable plan to at least try to address blatant and documented corruption, partisanship, and now insurrectionary activity on the Supreme Court of the United States of America?

seachanger,
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@ehmatthes it was so depressing

seachanger, (edited )
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and yeah I’m fucking angry! I prefer anger to cynicism, just feels better lol

seachanger,
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@OrionKidder not even close. when the papers of record spend more time pressuring Dems than they do whining about the gays and the youngs maybe you’ll have a point

seachanger,
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@cjpaloma @xgranade someone I really love often says “never lose your sense of outrage” 🥰

NorcalGma2, to random
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Yesterday was a rough day for me.
Most setbacks make me slow down and figure out what's next, but yesterday, I kind of just stopped.
I receive my primary medical care from my preferred provider, United Indian Health, for almost everything. Unfortunately, most of our local health care providers are owned by Providence. So, if I don't have a Providence based provider, I struggle to book appointments with any of their specialists or testing facilities.
When Providence said they would drop me as a patient, if I didn't make an appointment to meet my 4th new provider in 4 years, I felt like I had to do it.
She scheduled me for lots of tests. Because the code they used was a wellness code Medicare and my insurance didn't pay. Now I have a fortune in medical bills.
I tried for hours to get the office to fix the code, but they have no interest in being helpful.
I am determined to go in person next week to fix this and will give up on Providence as a provider.

seachanger,
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@NorcalGma2 I’m so so so sorry. This is not fair! Be persistent, and don’t back down.

athena, to random
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Yesterday I was waiting for the bus in LA after transferring from 2 trains, and I thought, "wow, it's really good to be in the city. There's so much random beauty and vibes and I can truly be part of humanity up close in all its forms." A couple of minutes passed. Another person came up to the stop, turned to look at me, and started yelling, "YOU CAN TAKE OFF THAT MASK, YOU KNOW! COVID IS OVER! THAT SHIT'S DONE! TAKE OFF THAT MASK!"

seachanger,
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@athena I was at a sit down music show last night in a mask and just tuned into the cacophony of bronchial rattling around the room and was thankful to be one of the few in a tight fitting n95, this is truly a time of plague and pestilence across the land, I’m so sad we lost the narrative of prevention

seachanger, to random
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if you ask me to provide music for your parade float I SHOW UP

seachanger,
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ps I gotta say this Bob trailer and mega waterproof Bluetooth speaker have brought so much joy to me and my community for so many years, I cannot recommend the setup highly enough

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