I, as a person, am very averse to conflict. I try to meditate, I try to compromise, I'm often silent if I think it's not worth going into people's faces.

I'm wrong.

Not all the time, mind you. I still understand the need for defusing conflict, but right now, I fucked up.

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But beyond that... have you heard about what's happening in Portland?

Because holy shit, it's turning into a literal fascist police state. Here's an article with some info. Or you can just check many many threads on Twitter to see horrifying videos in real time.

Black lives matter. Defund the police. Abolish the Department of Homeland Security.

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A troubling modern trend is complex issues being boiled down to pithy quotes. Nuance matters. Context matters. Problems that have a simple and easy fixes don't stay problems.

Nevertheless, sometimes the pithy quote is on point. This is one such time.

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Recently I was thinking of making a blog post teasing my next story as a way to generate hype. Doing so now feels wrong, though. So instead:

Black lives matter. Fuck all fascists. If you disagree with that don't follow me and don't read my fucking stories.

Here's a link to ways you can help out.

Here are some good blogs about the nazi problem within our own fandom:

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Oh, well.

Hadn't checked the site for a while. I've mostly been blithering on Discord, and elsewhere shutting up, signal boosting, and spreading moeyns around since I'm fairly white, very privileged, and have minimal platform/audience anyway. Buuut, what with the combination of greater-world and fandom-local current events, I guess at the least this is its own form of signal-boost in this particular microcosm.

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That time of year again. When ponies dress up in Spooktacular costumes for their Nightmare Night fun, and particle physicists thrill everyone with tales of ghost particles and the dark side of the universe.

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Link to origanol.

So, in light of a certain article that a certain paper recently printed that’s been going the rounds and drawing a lot of comment for… understandable reasons, I felt like trying to put my thoughts together. That was weeks ago. It took me that long. And since this is such a large and unwieldy topic I hardly know where to start.

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Illya Leonov proves he is the internet's classiest troll. (Read the description.)

This is a bio post for The Disharmonious six A.K.A the Elements of Destruction, these six are the opposites of the mane six in both personality and skill and are incredibly dangerous, do not attempt to approach any of them or you will not live very long...

1. Name:Sparkle Duskmoon

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Ok im gonna skip the introductions for this blog post ok? My grandmother is curently on her way to the hospital with some shortness of breath as far as im aware they dont think shes having heart attack but they dont know so at the moment shes fine but ill keep you posted. As of now im putting everything on hold until we get this all sorted out but hopefully it shouldent be long before im back at writing so. Just keep her in your minds ok?

I was happier being blissfully unaware this site, and fandom, had Nazis in it. But it's better to know, I guess. Allow me (or Valerio) to say a few words:

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Just thought I'd share a couple of interesting culture nuggets with you guys, with minimal commentary. The first is a quote from renowned, Nobel Prize winning physicist Max Planck, who I believe was also quite wise regarding people, as well as the rules which govern the universe.

"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."

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I am seeing first hand the pain and heartache over what has happened, and the underlying injustice that has allowed this to happen over and over again.

My heart is wrenched when I see the anger, hurt, and terror we are all feeling and experiencing.

But I realize, there are two open hearted responses to this. Both are heart felt. Both are valid. But both are not useful in this moment.

Me too. And What about Me.

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Aquaman's post has probably been the most resonant with me, and that explains things well.

However, my friend Seer also put how I feel well, and I will echo his words.

Black lives matter.

All POC lives matter.

The lives of indigenous people matter.

Queer rights matter.

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When it comes to the polarization and the diffusion of opinion, the demonizasion of perspectives contrary to my own and vice-versa, I find it handy dandy and most respectabandy to consider the definitions of words such as respect, respect for positions respect for oppositions and beliefs and figures in things that matter

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I pasted it into the comment section of a couple blogs related to the protest movement posted by far more prominent authors. Well, apparently, it got printed. And they didn't even tell me as much. Like, they had my phone number and email, I was under them impression I'd be notified somehow. Instead, a friend of my mother's happened to stumble onto it and let us know.

Story advice and nothing else at all