I think the boycotts are a good idea, a good start down the road that will likely lead to general strikes--just about the only thing I see getting us out of this mess (the only thing, that is, that is not incredibly unpleasant).
That said, even as I try to slay the beast, I feed the beast. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly uses amazon to print and sell our best-of anthologies. The beast feeds me!
Yep, there's that ol' Gordian Knot, presenting itself again. I'm going to recommend the TV series The Good Place to you. Not a lot of seasons, and they were shorter than the usual fare. Funny, with a lot of moral/ethical dilemmas and debates, and eventually, the writers themselves weigh in on things. Great social satire with some "Hmmm, makes you think, don't it?" moments scattered throughout.
Bluesky? Seriously? Only if you’re terrified of being confronted by any deviation from what’s considered acceptable by the C/PMC. As a student and analyst of social media for research purposes, if what’s wanted is the kind of diverse discussion that exemplifies freedom of speech and where the choice of who to allow into you’re room is totally your own, Notes here on Substack is by far the best option. And for those who prefer the Facebook interface, there’s MeWe, which nobody’s heard of because when I mention it the standard response is “I don’t want to have to learn something all over again” even when I explain it’s essentially Facebook without the nanny.
I don’t know what you’re referring to with BlueSky. I’m posting once a day over there but I’m also not seeing anything I didn’t ask to see. I just want to talk to my friends without being inundated by scammers and assholes.
You’d probably like MeWe, then. I’ve had people complain they couldn’t find anything interesting, but they have one of the better ways to search for like-minded groups, IMO.
I think the Friday boycott is more important for building a community, getting people to start thinking about banding together so that future protests might have more of an impact. Yes, one won't do it. As someone on the news this morning said, the boycots in the civil rights movement worked, but it took months and years for them to finally affect this.
I think the boycotts are a good idea, a good start down the road that will likely lead to general strikes--just about the only thing I see getting us out of this mess (the only thing, that is, that is not incredibly unpleasant).
That said, even as I try to slay the beast, I feed the beast. Heroic Fantasy Quarterly uses amazon to print and sell our best-of anthologies. The beast feeds me!
Yep, there's that ol' Gordian Knot, presenting itself again. I'm going to recommend the TV series The Good Place to you. Not a lot of seasons, and they were shorter than the usual fare. Funny, with a lot of moral/ethical dilemmas and debates, and eventually, the writers themselves weigh in on things. Great social satire with some "Hmmm, makes you think, don't it?" moments scattered throughout.
Bluesky? Seriously? Only if you’re terrified of being confronted by any deviation from what’s considered acceptable by the C/PMC. As a student and analyst of social media for research purposes, if what’s wanted is the kind of diverse discussion that exemplifies freedom of speech and where the choice of who to allow into you’re room is totally your own, Notes here on Substack is by far the best option. And for those who prefer the Facebook interface, there’s MeWe, which nobody’s heard of because when I mention it the standard response is “I don’t want to have to learn something all over again” even when I explain it’s essentially Facebook without the nanny.
I don’t know what you’re referring to with BlueSky. I’m posting once a day over there but I’m also not seeing anything I didn’t ask to see. I just want to talk to my friends without being inundated by scammers and assholes.
You’d probably like MeWe, then. I’ve had people complain they couldn’t find anything interesting, but they have one of the better ways to search for like-minded groups, IMO.
It's easy to boycott companies when you don't have any money to start with.
I am open to suggestions.
I think the Friday boycott is more important for building a community, getting people to start thinking about banding together so that future protests might have more of an impact. Yes, one won't do it. As someone on the news this morning said, the boycots in the civil rights movement worked, but it took months and years for them to finally affect this.
I agree with you on that. Hell, I would be okay with a recurring, every Wednesday kind of thing. Sustained pressure is the way forward.