Well hell. I guess we’re in this fucking tsunami together.

Okay this is a bit of a tangent but I had a dream the other night that a plane crashed, and then we got caught in a “cosmic storm” which was essentially just a bunch of loud noise, swirling colours like the northern lights, and wind. Everything lately…it feels like that. A cosmic storm. Maybe we’re in it now.

It’s not just me then! Shit. 😕 Well, I hope you’re able to get a break to process all of this. You deserve it!

True that, my good human. :( Yes. It would be awesome if we could all just get a paid holiday or…several! Like what they have in Europe. They have a good day off work arrangement there. Lucky ducks.

Me too. Where is the time machine? Hehe

I couldn’t agree harder with this. Yeah, the tech chaos is like the side dish to all of this. :(

Support groups are something I want to see grow on Lemmy. Anything from abuse, to mental health to chronic illness or addictions. There should also be a way to protect those communities from ableist trolls, a theoretical door so that not just anyone can see the feed. I think it’s important to have that door, because there are people who no matter what you say, they will never have empathy or understanding for people going through those challenges. They will always find a way to convince themselves the person isn’t worthy of empathy or respect. They will try to do harm, and so they should just be blocked out. I’ve sadly already encountered a bit of that on Lemmy.

But I will be honest, I don’t have a plan of action laid out, I’m just throwing it out there. We saw some major platforms become null and unsafe. We should work to reestablish a safe space for folks dealing with those problems. It’s even more important now while we’re going through this breath-takingly crappy year. I myself do not have the skills or energy to moderate one of these groups. It would just be good to work toward having more of those here eventually.

Edit: It would also be cool if we could be more thorough about keeping out troll communities, prevent or discourage them from taking root here. For example fakedisordercringe on Reddit was a vile place. The redpill communities were bad too.

Omg I saw this today. So proud of her. ^_ Thanks for sharing.