Hello from Madison, new people 👋 I’ve been trying to figure out the most effective activism with my group’s limited resources.
Made the jump here because theres a lot of doom and gloom on reddit… nice seeing people here being active in their community outside of the online space. Ive already seen organizing/mutual aid work happening on here. Cant wait to explore more, thanks for having me
Since this place has midwest in the name, and the main mod is from Ohio, I’m gonna roll some dice here. If you happen to be anywhere near northeast Ohio, There’s a group in Cuyahoga Falls called “Meaningful Conversations Akron” that can be found on FB and meets every Saturday morning at 9:30 AM. They’re focused on leveraging principles of interfaith spirituality to stay focused on the sort of unity which is necessary as a goal in order to even begin winding down the division that dragged us here.
The old stickied post suggested going out and making friends in person. That effort is how I found that group. It’s been really good for me.
I’m glad you found some people. If you’re in the Akron area and are interested in doing some community outreach with other like minded people you should look into Serve The People Akron.
Oh, did you open up to new accounts again? People told me it was closed a couple of months ago.
It was for a couple weeks
Hmm, just bad timing then.
Not bad
I’m freely up voting things without repercussion. weeeeeeeeeeee
I’ve been enjoying it here! Much less toxicity and restrictions in comparison to reddit. I’ve been able to find a ton of communities I’ll participate in. I look forward to using this platform a lot going forward.
Glad to see all the new signups. What’s going on y’all?
I’m ok. Shit is rough out there right now.
I’m new here. What’s up with the frequent use of the word “rule” in post titles?
The rules for the various 196 communities state that if you interact with the community, you have to post a meme, or at least something before you “leave.” Shoehorning “rule” into the title is a high-effort way to indicate a low-effort post. Such is the mystery of 196.
Before Blaze shows up to funnel people to his 196 sub, all 196 communities are inclusive and people should contribute to whichever ones they feel welcome in.
Don’t let users identifying as sonic characters bully you into exclusively using the spaces they contol.
That’s a 196 thing I believe
Urban Dictionary to the rescue. Appearently this community has one rule: post something before you leave. The easiest headline is ‘Rule’, like in ‘post because of THE rule’.
Doing OK for being a lefty in a righty rural ohio county lol. But, at least it’s been nice weather…
Truckin’ along the best i can.
Finally armed up and got an AR-15, got a lower receiver from KE Arms and an upper off the shelf from my local gun store, haven’t gotten a chance to go to shoot it yet but it’s gonna be a fun day when I do!
Sweet! I’m new to owning an AR too. Recent events tipped me in favor of owning. I have a good amount of military experience though so the platform isn’t new. You should have a good time learning how to effectively use it. Just make sure you learn it. Be safe friend!
Hell yeah!
Trying by best up in Michigan
Doing pretty well! At this point it’s been over a year since I came over in the third-party app exodus and it’s been great. Haven’t really looked back all that much.
I’m glad to have picked this instance for my main account since it’s local to me, isn’t heavy handed with defederation (I like to watch the crazies from a safe distance) and performance has generally been good.
Outside of Lemmy things are pretty chill, no major complaints and my birthday is on Saturday, so it should be a good weekend :)
Happy birthday!
Happy early birthday!!! I hope it’s a great one!
