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Cake day: March 7th, 2024

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  • In my state, they (along with the Emergency Broadcast System) were part of the civil defense network created during the Cold War. They were initially intended for war, imminent threat of war, or other national crises. Their brief was later expanded to be used for state and local emergencies. Exactly what they’re used for (tornadoes, tsunamis, flood warning, etc) and under what conditions they can be used, depends on your state and local officials.

    I’d also add that the government has tried to be rather restrictive about what conditions it could be used under. They want the siren use to be unusual enough that people respond to it as it there’s an actual emergency. Unlike, for example, the fire drills you’d have in school or work, where people would debate whether to bother leaving their desks, head back to the office to get their things, etc.






  • 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated […] the cases had been concentrated in a “more insular” community in the county, among people who attend church and private schools together. Many of the children are also home-schooled

    After how groups like these actively spread covid, I’m really struggling to find any sympathy for them.







  • It’s not just the morale of the protestors, it’s the morale and courage of everyone. Lawmakers, judges, career civil servants, scientists, educators - they’re being attacked by the government and they feel helpless and alone. When you feel like there’s no one out there on your side, it’s easy to go along, to give up. To stop fighting back, to keep evil in check even if you can only do a small bit here and there.

    By going out and being visible, we’re telling judges and lawyers and lawmakers to keep fighting, to push back against fascism. By giving people in power courage to continue to stand up and fight back, we’re preserving some amount of political power for ourselves, slowing down the fascist speed-run, giving time, energy and momentum both to people who want to resist and those who need to hide. We’re making it less easy and less convenient for the administration, and making it more obvious that they’re lying when they claim to have a mandate.

    I’d love to live a quiet life, but if the price of that is giving up on equality and freedom, letting people I love and respect be trampled - how could I respect myself? Where is my honor and integrity? I don’t know where or how this ends, but if I come out the other side, I’d prefer to be able to live with myself.