Notices by Ya favorite tho(ugh)t (are0h@playvicious.social), page 62

.@AOC was among progressive #NewYork #Democrats who had objected to the US$2.8 billion in incentives from the city and New York state to woo #Amazon to build a new headquarters in the city's borough of Queens. #AmazonHQ2 https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortezs-Pro-Workers-Organizing-Pays-off-as-Amazon-Cancels-HQ-Plans-in-NYC-20190216-0012.html

First and foremost, we're building for people. We not building for PowerPC or the RISC-V. I get wary of platforms that do a hard rejection of interaction with other communication platforms because of what happened with corporately-controlled "solutions"/silos.

Ari Fitz is really great and I like this reminder about self deprecation. https://youtu.be/eD0LbgJF53I

The U.S. effort to distribute tons of food and medicine to needy Venezuelans is also designed to foment regime change –– which is why many international aid groups want nothing to do with it.
https://n.pr/2UX4Ui0

Another day another wish for a pixelfed app.

This press release from Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib is FANTASTIC https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/joint-statement-reps-ocasio-cortez-omar-pressley-and-tlaib-fy-2019-government

Sooooo, 🍊 is declaring a NATIONAL EMERGENCY for lack of healthcare? disaster relief? green infrastructure? response to a spike in mass shootings?

Nope. We need a NATIONAL EMERGENCY to build a wall to make white people feel better about a problem that doesn't exist.

White America just keeps showing us what they are and what they care about.

https://bit.ly/2tkoER4?cc=83318c653dc1f6c8c369a5f9411388f8

Growing up the way I did, it was just kind of expected to put your feelings aside and push forward. That's just what you did in conservative and very religious household.

So for a long time I didn't put much stock in the idea of self affirmations because it just felt silly.

It wasn't until I started figuring out who I was outside of that context to realize how valuable affirmations are.

It is a wonderful practice to remind yourself you matter and you are capable.

Because you do and are.