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EM is recreating every James Bond movie. Mass media control, rockets, outer space colonization plans, getting a government database decoder, wanting to get into Fort Knox, dominating silicon valley... I'm just waiting to find out he's got a secret base in a volcano and another under the ocean.

We can teach about inherent privilege without shaming/guilting. But, we avoid teaching it.

So, inevitably social dynamics get figured out amongst peers.

Similarly-resourced folks stay in closed group, and on discovering that others are different, they unfairly view them as criminal, lazy or crazy

Honestly, it's taking all of my restraint to not just go:

"I'm a trans person - BOOO! I'm using my magic DEI powers to raise prices so your breakfast is ruined forever. Boooooooo."

I'd probably get sued, though since they've already got a patent on wearing white sheets.

Remember: We have to fight the good fight on multiple fronts.

Stay safe. Stay alert. Stay hydrated.

So support the local businesses who support immigrants and DEI values, while you shun the ones who don't. (If you can't tell which they are, then look up their owners info in the FEC donation registry, or scan their social media.)

Bad or "partially true" intelligence, isn't good intelligence and could lead to creating more fear and confusion.

As far as boycotting: while big corps affect national and state levels, it's the local, smaller businesses have more influence at local levels.

Posting online doesn't equate to action. It's a placebo and won't influence real change.

Don't get into flame wars with trolls online or in real life - they want to exhaust and overwhelm you.

And only post what you personally know is verified - if you don't know the source, then don't share it.

Looking for ideas to resist and best react to all that's going on?

Call your legislators as often as possible; meeting with them or their staff is even better.

(Dog pic for the algo and because she wants you to fight the good fight.)

They're definitely causing this trans' panic.

And I promise I didn't use my crazy DEI powers to inflate their costs.

Eggs seem perniciously omnipresent in my life.

But after reading about the price of them lately, for the first time I'm actively happy about my allergy.

I've jealously watched as folks eat flan, creme brulee, omelettes, deviled, heck even those weird-looking brinded eggs at gas stations.

I can't get the regular flu shot as it's cultured or whatever in them.

Not to seem glib at the suffering of others, but I'm allergic to eggs.

My whole life, I've constantly had to ask if they were an ingredient.

Every.single.time.I.go.out.

Or a dog who insist on going out every single time you walk back in the door, even if you just took her out two minutes before.

I stopped wearing makeup to work this week.

Initially, thought it was because I was getting a root canal and didn't want anything touching my face.

Then, I thought that it was a subtle protest; I don't need to wear a mask to be me.

Today, I'm thinking it's so that my mascara won't run.

Does have a kind of a gneat and gnarly look to it, as scars go.

Speedy recovery to you too!

Don't know, but will definitely look for one.

I'm still recovering from back surgery I had in July. Pain is gone, but so is my stamina.

Try to be patient with yourself, and if you figure out how to do so, please tell me.

It wasn't that long ago that someone wouldn't refer to their significant other with a directly gendered pronoun unless they knew it was safe to do so.

Code switching and the pronoun game were just a way of life.

Hope we're not regressing to those days, but won't fault folk who do so to stay safe

Ever had one of those days when you wake up and your very existence is now an act of civil disobedience?