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I guess some people thought it was AI, but just a cool moment in my basement window well.

Edit: taken with my iPhone several years ago since that’s all I had with me when it happened so quickly.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This really fits my two hot takes about how we need to fix the left:

  • (1) end purity tests: an imperfect ally is still an ally.
  • (2) we need to appeal to centrists more; ± straight cis white men feel alienated when we talk about privilege as though it's a bad thing. We could talk about privilege as though it's a great thing that you should be proud of instead. Then we'd have privileged allies, which would be really helpful.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think item 1 would be enough to vastly improve the left's appeal to centrists, many of whom are just liberals other liberals call centrist for not being liberal enough. Perfection is the enemy of progress.