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@YourNetworkIsHaunted I think I feel similarly. Things are pretty dire in Canada, too. Right-wing populism is polling very high, our media landscape is mostly conservative-owned, and our communities are fractured. I don't know what to do either, I've been feeling anxious and sick all week, but I think part of the answer has to be local, grass-roots community building, connecting disparate people together for empathy and communication, with minimal reliance on the institutions that got us here

@sailor_sega_saturn @BlueMonday1984 here in Canada our prime minister (who's no fan of Trump) used the word "decisive" too. I think at least some people are using the word because they know it's what he wants to hear. It makes my skin crawl, but I can't argue there isn't a logic in trying to maintain some power over him with flattery

@BlueMonday1984 @blakestacey I can't believe I'm siding with Michael Bay over James Cameron on a matter of artistic integrity. Make it stop!

@sailor_sega_saturn @gerikson it's very funny, but I wish they didn't AI clone David Attenborough's voice for it

@Soyweiser @bitofhope He was extrapolating lobster behaviour to humans before that whole mess. I think he might just be that dumb.

@sailor_sega_saturn @AcausalRobotGod It's literally the opposite of the categorical imperative, the philosophical equivalent of saying, "it's rare that ducks go quack"

@sailor_sega_saturn @AcausalRobotGod It's like someone read Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and proceeded to bash themselves over the head with it.