Jesus FUCKING Christ. People in my neighborhood had actual KKK flyers posted on their door today. One with a drawing of Uncle Sam kicking a family with the words "LEAVE NOW Mass Deportation January 20, 2025," and another flyer with "Tri-State* Konklave Saturday February 15, 2025: the Trinity White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is hosting a Tri-State Konclave. Other Klans and like-minded people are welcome to attend. Good food, fellowship, speeches, and Knightrides."
I'm officially fucking terrified.
*(Tri-state for us is Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky.)
I'll note that I learned that in my neighborhood's Facebook group, which is one reason I'm sticking around on FB.
That’s fucking awful. It’s going to be more of that I fear.
That is horrible and very scary, Teppy!!!
amped up power thingy. It jumps everything super easy but also can inflate a tire, provide a spotlight or charge devices.
Ooooh, link? I don't have a Costco membership but that sounds so useful.
Tep that is horrifying, I'm so sorry.
It happened basically as soon as 47 was sworn in. Clearly on purpose. I'm ready to punch some racist motherfuckers.
I'm not looking at FB as much but I do check in because I have relatives who use it
M deleted TikTok and is just acting like it never came back. He mostly watched video game content and some political stuff and would argue with people.
He downloaded Red Note and so far is just watching animal videos. He has run across a few Tiktok refugees but he doesn't pay attention to that. It's mostly "look!!! It's so cute !!.....look!! The monkey in its little hat !! Red Panda!! It's so fluffy!" So his mood is a lot better.
And there is a whole lot of monkeys taking things from people which he has dubbed "Evil Monkey" videos and made a theme song for them and narration and commentary.
It's cold today. So we are hanging out on the couch and staying warm.
Steph that is horrifying and scary.
I have a coworker who has been worried about how customers will start acting after today. I actually haven't seen that much Trump swag on people so I don't know what will happen . We have a lot of Hispanic customers so I am worried about them. Both what will happen with the administration and also how they will be treated by people around here.
I'm ready to punch some racist motherfuckers.
You were with me the whole time.
Seattle is such a deeply blue bubble that I don't expect my day-to-day experience to change that much, if last time is anything to go by...but that still leaves a lot to be afraid of. E.g. I'm in the process of building up our disaster kit beyond its current bare-bones state because if the Big One or some other like disaster happens in the next four years, any help we get from the feds will be late, reluctant, and woefully mismanaged. And no matter how personally safe I am, I don't want to live in a world where my safety is so contingent on where I live and my generic ordinary middle aged white lady presentation that protects me outside said bubble as long as I keep my mouth shut.
Also, I'd appreciate passport~ma for Dylan and more especially for Alex. Mine is good through 2029, but Dylan applied for a renewal and Alex for the first one under his current name back in November, and they're not here yet.
