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Upscaled - an aggressive verb.

Mrs Miasma, Mother-in-Law Miasma and I went out for lunch yesterday.

We'd been to this particular restaurant several times before but we noticed they have put in nicer furniture and up-scaled the overall appearance in the interior.

The other thing we noticed was that the check for two cheeseburgers (with fries) and some salmon tacos was now $100.

I think we may have just purchased some of the wall art for their new look. 😲

#NotGoingBack
#OldPeopleOfMastodon

#NOTGoingBack !!! 🇬🇱

#DemocracyNow

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/20/greenland_denmark_trump

Pretty damned appalling.
Pete Hegseth’s recent support for the repeal of women’s right to vote and promotion of outdated gender roles is dangerous and regressive. This is not Gilead. We've said that for years!
#StandUpForEquality #NotGoingBack

If after everything we’ve experienced—from local violence to global chaos—you still find yourself longing for the “good ol’ days” of Trump-era delusion?

Then let’s be clear:
You were always the problem.

This moment isn’t just about politics,
it’s about truth, accountability, and whether we have the collective courage to choose something better.

#ProfitWithoutOppression #PWOCommunity #WhiteSupremacyIsTheProblem #AntiBlacknessIsViolence #CollectiveLiberation #NotGoingBack #DoTheWork

If after everything we’ve experienced—from local violence to global chaos—you still find yourself longing for the “good ol’ days” of Trump-era delusion?

Then let’s be clear:
You were always the problem.

This moment isn’t just about politics,
it’s about truth, accountability, and whether we have the collective courage to choose something better.

#ProfitWithoutOppression #PWOCommunity #WhiteSupremacyIsTheProblem #AntiBlacknessIsViolence #CollectiveLiberation #NotGoingBack #DoTheWork

If after everything we’ve experienced—from local violence to global chaos—you still find yourself longing for the “good ol’ days” of Trump-era delusion?

Then let’s be clear:
You were always the problem.

This moment isn’t just about politics,
it’s about truth, accountability, and whether we have the collective courage to choose something better.

#ProfitWithoutOppression #PWOCommunity #WhiteSupremacyIsTheProblem #AntiBlacknessIsViolence #CollectiveLiberation #NotGoingBack #DoTheWork

If after everything we’ve experienced—from local violence to global chaos—you still find yourself longing for the “good ol’ days” of Trump-era delusion?

Then let’s be clear:
You were always the problem.

This moment isn’t just about politics,
it’s about truth, accountability, and whether we have the collective courage to choose something better.

#ProfitWithoutOppression #PWOCommunity #WhiteSupremacyIsTheProblem #AntiBlacknessIsViolence #CollectiveLiberation #NotGoingBack #DoTheWork

If after everything we’ve experienced—from local violence to global chaos—you still find yourself longing for the “good ol’ days” of Trump-era delusion?

Then let’s be clear:
You were always the problem.

This moment isn’t just about politics,
it’s about truth, accountability, and whether we have the collective courage to choose something better.

#ProfitWithoutOppression #PWOCommunity #WhiteSupremacyIsTheProblem #AntiBlacknessIsViolence #CollectiveLiberation #NotGoingBack #DoTheWork

Pride is celebration—but it’s also resistance. 🏳️‍🌈

While we honor the progress made, the fight is far from over. This Administration and Republican leaders are actively working to roll back LGBTQIA+ rights—from attacking trans healthcare to undermining marriage equality and beyond.

Celebrate Pride loudly, but also:
✅ VOTE in every election
✅ Hold lawmakers accountable
✅ Amplify marginalized voices

#DemocratsAbroad #NotGoingBack #PrideIsProtest

Love it! #Resist #Pride #BLM #TransLives #NotGoingBack

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q3bbdtxch45wvfxrxpblphxn/post/3lqjjzqrn5226

"Because authoritarianism thrives on silence, and America, for all its flaws, still remembers how to roar."

https://closertotheedge.substack.com/p/the-day-the-streets-spoke-april-19

#SaveOurDemocracy #HumanRights #NoKings #NotGoingBack

A great day of community building, solidarity, and advocacy in Saskatchewan. #NotGoingBack #ElbowsUp

There’s nothing there for me
I’ve explored and found it lacking
The constant peace of mind
And the occasional euphoria
That evaded me in the past

I’m not going back...
https://buff.ly/49nepyt

#LGBTQ #Poetry #NotGoingBack #LGBTQNotGoingBack #ProtestPoetry #Resistance #QueerPoetry

There’s nothing there for me
I’ve explored and found it lacking
The constant peace of mind
And the occasional euphoria
That evaded me in the past

I’m not going back...
https://buff.ly/49nepyt

#LGBTQ #Poetry #NotGoingBack #LGBTQNotGoingBack #ProtestPoetry #Resistance #QueerPoetry

There’s nothing there for me
I’ve explored and found it lacking
The constant peace of mind
And the occasional euphoria
That evaded me in the past

I’m not going back...
https://buff.ly/49nepyt

#LGBTQ #Poetry #NotGoingBack #LGBTQNotGoingBack #ProtestPoetry #Resistance #QueerPoetry

There’s nothing there for me
I’ve explored and found it lacking
The constant peace of mind
And the occasional euphoria
That evaded me in the past

I’m not going back...
https://buff.ly/49nepyt

#LGBTQ #Poetry #NotGoingBack #LGBTQNotGoingBack #ProtestPoetry #Resistance #QueerPoetry

There’s nothing there for me
I’ve explored and found it lacking
The constant peace of mind
And the occasional euphoria
That evaded me in the past

I’m not going back...
https://buff.ly/49nepyt

#LGBTQ #Poetry #NotGoingBack #LGBTQNotGoingBack #ProtestPoetry #Resistance #QueerPoetry

We Won't Go Back.
our statement for the Won't Go Back protest.
#wontgoback #lgbtqia #trans #TransRights #usa #NotGoingBack
https://transrescue.org/lgbtq-people-are-not-going-back

#LGBTQ+ People Are #NotGoingBack

https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2024/12/03/lgbtq-people-are-not-going-back/

I know it's corny to say "read this!" But do read this article about how #Black women, the backbone of the wet noodle that is the #democrats , are done doing the DNC's dirty work. #feminism #representation #notgoingback
https://www.theskanner.com/news/usa/36529-black-women-are-rethinking-their-role-as-americas-reliable-political-organizers

@transworld

I disagree wIth a couple of things in the article, but that’s not important.

The important thing is an action, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024: “LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.”

The article suggests a few things but not everyone has a platform for that. Maybe I post something here for #JohnMastodon to read. But that seems like preaching to the converted. I have a few days to think of something else.

Maybe we need a hashtag. With my favourite hashtag as a free bonus.

#NotGoingBack #ChingaTuMaga

@transworld

I disagree wIth a couple of things in the article, but that’s not important.

The important thing is an action, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024: “LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.”

The article suggests a few things but not everyone has a platform for that. Maybe I post something here for #JohnMastodon to read. But that seems like preaching to the converted. I have a few days to think of something else.

Maybe we need a hashtag. With my favourite hashtag as a free bonus.

#NotGoingBack #ChingaTuMaga

@transworld

I disagree wIth a couple of things in the article, but that’s not important.

The important thing is an action, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024: “LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.”

The article suggests a few things but not everyone has a platform for that. Maybe I post something here for #JohnMastodon to read. But that seems like preaching to the converted. I have a few days to think of something else.

Maybe we need a hashtag. With my favourite hashtag as a free bonus.

#NotGoingBack #ChingaTuMaga

@transworld

I disagree wIth a couple of things in the article, but that’s not important.

The important thing is an action, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024: “LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.”

The article suggests a few things but not everyone has a platform for that. Maybe I post something here for #JohnMastodon to read. But that seems like preaching to the converted. I have a few days to think of something else.

Maybe we need a hashtag. With my favourite hashtag as a free bonus.

#NotGoingBack #ChingaTuMaga

@transworld

I disagree wIth a couple of things in the article, but that’s not important.

The important thing is an action, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024: “LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back.”

The article suggests a few things but not everyone has a platform for that. Maybe I post something here for #JohnMastodon to read. But that seems like preaching to the converted. I have a few days to think of something else.

Maybe we need a hashtag. With my favourite hashtag as a free bonus.

#NotGoingBack #ChingaTuMaga

The US prez election was a squeaker. No mandate. One of the lowest % wins in 160 years. The incoming administration is NOT popular. Spread the word. Don't let maga gaslight you. Good talking points here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUSVjSAyx4

#FuckTrump #FuckTheNazis #NotGoingBack

I'm old enough to remember an older kid on my block who DID contract polio before the vaccine was invented. He was fortunate that it was a mild case, but I frequently overheard my parents talking about how lucky we were that me and my sister were born after the vaccine was invented. #NotGoingBack

Well, I did it. I finally left the bird-hell site in the dust (Bite me, Elon!). Deactivated my account today. There is a lot of good info and good people still there but I simply cannot any longer.

I am angry, sad, frustrated, disappointed, confused, frightened . . . and determined that the darkness will not win.

But for now, I grieve.

#extwitter #resist #vivelaresistance #bethechange #notgoingback #nevergoingback

Coming back online to post this video series by historian Timothy Snyder. It is an adaptation of his work "On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century", expanded with additional commentary after Jan 6, 2021. It is 20 lessons on resisting authoritarianism. I found the videos clear and instructive.

https://youtu.be/9tocssf3w80?feature=shared

Lesson 1 is: Do not obey in advance.

#notgoingback

Going offline again for a while ✌️ It's time to engage a lot more organizing and acting IRL.

#notgoingback

I've been offline for a while due to IRL stuff and due to avoiding news about the US election. Now that the results are in though, I wanted to share this:

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

Many people in my industry / field of work / network are "institutional insiders". I think this is a really relevant quote from the article:

"By themselves, rulers cannot collect taxes, enforce repressive laws and regulations, keep trains running on time, prepare national budgets, direct traffic, manage ports, print money, repair roads, keep markets supplied with food, make steel, build rockets, train the police and army, issue postage stamps or even milk a cow. People provide these services to the ruler though a variety of organizations and institutions. If people would stop providing these skills, the ruler could not rule."

Finally, what I like about the article is that the author talked to people living or who lived under authoritarianism for a practical idea of what it's like and how to survive it.

#notgoingback

I saw the original cartoon by the unstoppable Mike Luckovich a few days ago and thought "oof, nice."

Then today... I saw this.

#MAGASplaining is now a thing... and about as deftly handled as Trump fellating a microphone.

#HarrisWalz #NotGoingBack #VoteBlueForWomen

HAVE YOU VOTED YET??

I have.

As a father of a daughter (19) and the son of a woman who wasn't allowed to hold a mortgage nor credit card in her name when our NYPD dad abandoned my and my 3 younger sisters when I was 8.... in 1972, you best well believe I sure AF have.

#NotGoingBack

#HarrisWalz

To all the women of #Arizona, #Georgia, #Michigan, #Nevada, #NorthCarolina, #Pennsylvania and #Wisconsin:

💠 #VoteBlue
☑️ 🗳️ ♀️ ✊🏻 🌊
💠 #notgoingback

Why we vote Kamala!!

#Election2024   
#AllGasNoBrakes
#NotGoingBack

#IVotedToday #VoteBlue #NotGoingBack #MakeAmericaSaneAgain

“In the Selzer poll, independent women are backing Harris by 28 points. Senior women back her 63–28. Sit with those numbers for a second. They’re staggering."

https://newrepublic.com/article/187847/donald-trump-fellatio-microphone-rally #uspol

// I thought the 18-30 women were going to sweep the numbers, but so far it's those of us who are #NotGoingBack

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wBCSdvf1c6w&si=DoNGFnx-loCxdtBZ
#HandsOff #VoteBlue #NotGoingBack

RFK Jr was a pretty normal guy until the worm ate a chunk of his brain.

As it stands he should be nowhere near any positions of power.

#Weird #RFK #Trump #DonOld #RFK_Jr #NotGoingBack #Odd #Strange #AntiVaxxer #AntiVaxx #TheCons #TheConsAreWeird #USpol #USpolitics #OrangeFreak #GOPfreaks #VoteKamala #GOPweirdos

If Trump wins, a man who literally had worms eating his brain will be in charge of approving drugs and ensuring that they are safe.

#Weird #RFK #Trump #DonOld #RFK_Jr #NotGoingBack #Odd #Strange #AntiVaxxer #AntiVaxx #TheCons #TheConsAreWeird #USpol #USpolitics #OrangeFreak #GOPfreaks #VoteKamala #GOPweirdos

If Trump wins, a man who eats roadkill will be in charge of food safety at the federal level.

#Weird #RFK #Trump #DonOld #RFK_Jr #BikiniPolitics #NotGoingBack #Odd #Strange #AntiVaxxer #AntiVaxx #TheCons #TheConsAreWeird #USpol #USpolitics #OrangeFreak #GOPfreaks #VoteKamala #GOPweirdos

Excellent Interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZIUUUWxz2c&list=PLGNXhNKeaOmVzplYxZ0IFB2nRn_r41GAC&index=1

#Dictator #NorthKorea #KimJongUn #DonOld #Despot #Freedom #Putsch #Patriot #USA #Constitution #Trump #Trumptards #uspol #uspolitics #Democracy #NotGoingBack #VoteKamala #AlwaysKamala

Iowa farmers got royally screwed by Trump's tariff's back in 2017. a bit of his poor showing in the Selzer poll is probably because he's gone hard on reckless and ridiculous trade war rhetoric over the last month or two.

#NotGoingBack #unfit #incompetent #ignorant #Dotard #Decrepit #DonOld #Senile #Dementia #ConvictedFelonDon #Tariffs #Trump #Criminal #USpol #USpolitics #AlwaysKamala

Iowa farmers got royally screwed by Trump's tariff's back in 2017. a bit of his poor showing in the Selzer poll is probably because he's gone hard on reckless and ridiculous trade war rhetoric over the last month or two.

#NotGoingBack #unfit #incompetent #ignorant #Dotard #Decrepit #DonOld #Senile #Dementia #ConvictedFelonDon #Tariffs #Trump #Criminal #USpol #USpolitics #AlwaysKamala

Iowa farmers got royally screwed by Trump's tariff's back in 2017. a bit of his poor showing in the Selzer poll is probably because he's gone hard on reckless and ridiculous trade war rhetoric over the last month or two.

#NotGoingBack #unfit #incompetent #ignorant #Dotard #Decrepit #DonOld #Senile #Dementia #ConvictedFelonDon #Tariffs #Trump #Criminal #USpol #USpolitics #AlwaysKamala

Iowa farmers got royally screwed by Trump's tariff's back in 2017. a bit of his poor showing in the Selzer poll is probably because he's gone hard on reckless and ridiculous trade war rhetoric over the last month or two.

#NotGoingBack #unfit #incompetent #ignorant #Dotard #Decrepit #DonOld #Senile #Dementia #ConvictedFelonDon #Tariffs #Trump #Criminal #USpol #USpolitics #AlwaysKamala

Iowa farmers got royally screwed by Trump's tariff's back in 2017. a bit of his poor showing in the Selzer poll is probably because he's gone hard on reckless and ridiculous trade war rhetoric over the last month or two.

#NotGoingBack #unfit #incompetent #ignorant #Dotard #Decrepit #DonOld #Senile #Dementia #ConvictedFelonDon #Tariffs #Trump #Criminal #USpol #USpolitics #AlwaysKamala

NYTimes Pitch:

"Yes, but when will Vice President Harris demonstrate her ability to open the doors of sanitation vehicles?"

@Emmreef1

#Garbage #NotGoingBack #Senile #Demented #Idiot #Gibberish #Bullshit #Clown #ConvictedFelonDon #moron #unfit #dumbAF #Trump #Ignorant #USpol #USpolitics

It was bad. Whether you remember it or not. Remind your friends. Offer them a ride to the polls. #NotGoingBack

https://youtu.be/EI0ggC51wP4?si=TfQBp9dLnaCUdwud

#Senile #Demented #Idiot #Gibberish #Bullshit #Clown #ConvictedFelonDon #moron #unfit #dumbAF #Trump #Ignorant #USpol #USpolitics