>> The clown show to elect a Speaker in the new Congress has been quite something, hasn't it? <<
Well, they aren't afraid to show their incompetence in public. I mean, it took them ... I think 15 tries ... to accomplish something that should've taken one or two rounds. I had all kinds of ideas for how to break a deadlock. They just didn't seem to feel obligated to get the hell on with doing their jobs. :/
Actual clowns who work in teams are much more organized. You should see rodeo clowns using expert bufoonery to extract a berserk bull from a downed cowboy.
* I'm running New Year's resolution check-in posts, if anyone wants a support network in January for their efforts. Activism goals, personal goals, whatever floats your boat. Today's is here.
* I launched birdfeeding which includes not only birdfeeding and birdwatching, but also related environmental stuff in hopes of preserving the birds we have left.
* My plans for the next two months include shopping for spring planting, which involves a lot of native species to support wildlife. I also belong to a local nature society; our reserve areas are up over 1000 acres now, and I'm pretty sure that's contributing to seeing more bald eagles in the area. \o/ Twice I've seen them use my yard as a pit stop -- they like the big old trees with some dead branches to perch on, as do our great-horned owls.
* A lot of my current work involves communities on Dreamwidth. I'm trying to encourage more folks to join and participate. So that should help the activism communities like this one.
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Date: 2023-01-14 03:28 am (UTC)Well, they aren't afraid to show their incompetence in public. I mean, it took them ... I think 15 tries ... to accomplish something that should've taken one or two rounds. I had all kinds of ideas for how to break a deadlock. They just didn't seem to feel obligated to get the hell on with doing their jobs. :/
Actual clowns who work in teams are much more organized. You should see rodeo clowns using expert bufoonery to extract a berserk bull from a downed cowboy.
Stuff I have been doing:
* I got my goals for 2023 set up.
* I'm running New Year's resolution check-in posts, if anyone wants a support network in January for their efforts. Activism goals, personal goals, whatever floats your boat. Today's is here.
* I launched
* My plans for the next two months include shopping for spring planting, which involves a lot of native species to support wildlife. I also belong to a local nature society; our reserve areas are up over 1000 acres now, and I'm pretty sure that's contributing to seeing more bald eagles in the area. \o/ Twice I've seen them use my yard as a pit stop -- they like the big old trees with some dead branches to perch on, as do our great-horned owls.
* A lot of my current work involves communities on Dreamwidth. I'm trying to encourage more folks to join and participate. So that should help the activism communities like this one.
* After exploring many different activist techniques, I found that the most effective in terms of throughput -- people telling me "I did the thing" -- turns out to be storytelling. My most popular series is Polychrome Heroics. My fans really, really like my descriptions of a generally healthier society and give me prompts that encourage me to dig into what makes it work. That increases the toolkit for those who want to make this world more like that one. You can see discussions and posts like "How to Make Your Hometown More Like Bluehill," "Value Per Acre," "How to Host an Introvert Party," "Quiet Rooms," "Addiction Care in Terramagne," "How to Write Social Stories That Work," "Encouraging Physical Activity in Terramagne," "The NAACP in Terramagne," "The Mall as Agora in Terramagne-America," "How to Use a Giveaway Box," "Emotional First Aid," and my Skills Heroes Need tag.