this is just simply not true in the context of this discussion. these people want to grow native plants in a vulnerable ecosystem that has been limited down in scope through mining operations, human exploitation, and encroachment from non-native invasive species. in particular in central pennsylvania where this is occuring gypsome weed is choking out the native flowers that pollinators depend on.

in particular they are looking to grow sunflowers and goldenrod which are native to their area and offer a high value to local pollinators. however, these plants violate most HOA regulations because they grow taller than 6 feet

i often think about the writers’ dissolusionment with making copaganda and the fact that they had their main character assist in a convicted felon’s escape.

it’s a folk song written about the 1850s/60s abolitionist/terrorist who was put to death for treason in 1860 for attempting to inspire a mass national slave uprising in Harper’s Ferry, VA (today WV).

Fun fact, the guy who lives in his house is super cool! (i used to live down the street from his headquarters in West Virginia)

any song set to John Brown’s Body is a great song

hybrid warfare baybee! the northern empires are real good at it! it’s just mass media manipulation from the 1930s only this time again

“i gave weapons to people desperately fighting for survival to give to people desperately fighting for survival. when the didn’t enact my vision, i threw a tantrum”

what a fuckin’ loser

We’re the women of the union and we sure know how to fight.
We’ll fight for women’s issues and we’ll fight for women’s rights.
A woman’s work is never done from morning until night.
Women make the union strong!
(Chorus)

It is we who wash the dishes, scrub the floors and clean the dirt,
Feed the kids and send them off to school—and then we go to work,
Where we work for half men’s wages for a boss who likes to flirt.
But the union makes us strong!
(Chorus)

i’m interested in this. as a southerner, i offer everyone water when they arrive at my house because water is a basic human need and most people won’t ask for it when they need it because it can be a struggle to get it and they don’t want to put me out. it’s just like… a little showing of mutual respect and love for our shared struggle that takes not much to offer. if we’re eating, i’ll offer you food to.

if i don’t offer you water i’m communicating in the southern way that you are not welcome and your presence in my household has been imposed on me. i go by the standard Nikki Giovanni taught me: everyone gets fed, racists can fetch their own water.

but i acknowlege this is likely a cultural difference. my wife hates this pattern of showing solidarity and finds it confusing. so like… how do you and your people demonstrate that someone is welcome in your space?

and you’ve never run afoul of an HOA in a property you rent? my first time getting an HOA infraction was in an apartment i was renting for $400 a month because i put my clothes out on a drying wrack while i was at work because i couldn’t afford to run the drier

and the lower middle class homeowners, and the lower class renters. any development after around '98. you will deal with an HOA.

yes. HOAs primarily exist to serve capital, but they don’t always act as rules enforcement against the homeowner. often who gets the rules enforced against them is someone who picked that neighborhood based on it was what they could afford near enough their work for their whole life to be affordable.

somehow my point has been again lost so let me state it more clearly this time:

most people subject to HOAs are so because being picky about housing is a privilege it’s rare to have access to

yup. the cult won’t survive the loss of the cult leader. however, the cultists will still remain. 45/47 wasn’t even the cult leader until about 3 years after the cult had started reshaping republican politics. the death of 47 will bring about a great reshuffling, not the permanent end of all human suffering. the things that need doing are for us to educate the children on how to recognize and resist fascism. fascism will remain a threat to all humanity so long as a single person carries its flame in their heart. so learn: authoritarianism is not about the authority (person) it’s about the authoritarians (people). authoritarianism is only made possible by people voluntarily carrying out the actions demanded by dear leader. if you want to stop dear leader you have to gather a coalition of people who believe other things are possible.

it’s just that any development built after Clinton requires you to enter that contract or the bank won’t approve your loan

banjo combat of all forms is encouraged

ding ding ding!

you win the prize:

existential dread and a desire to put a nazis head through a banjo

i had someone tell me as an Appalachian, i didn’t understand the power of a union the way she did as a Michigander and i just stared at her, dumbfounded. America’s first unions were in the south. the most powerful union America ever had was based in West Virginia. we absolutely know the power of a union, and wrote many of the tunes that have been solidified as Union Songs. the reason our unions don’t have the power they once did is largely that we couldn’t get solidarity from the Industrial unions for our Primary Unions. our collective direct action was thwarted by class traitors claiming to act on class solidarity.

but the thing is, the southern libertarian trope? that’s not a fuckin’ act. southerners legit hate authoritarians. we hate them because we’ve suffered under them. we don’t need city folk telling us to hate authority. we need help educating our neighbors that a libertarian capitalist is just a fascist faking.

and i’m seeing something i’ve never seen before right now. there were zero pro-trump counter protestors at No Kings. zero nazis. people are unified in their understanding of who the problem is right now that i’ve never seen before. and i live in a right to work state. but still the union is gaining power. people would rather potentially get fired than have their boss be a local microgod.

our babbies didn’t run shine through these hollows for us to lick boots

i know a wide range of Appalachians who’d be helping

yes but Linux Mint XFCE doesn’t use all the heavy weight sytems that mean Ubuntu desktop needs 6 GB ram. for that matter, Xubuntu will, too, but fuck canonical.

however, as much as i loathe canonical i’m not gonna attract people to more secure from bullshit solutions if i’m net willing to meet them where they are. i’d rather we all be on debian however if even i can’t get my laptop to work properly with it, i’m gonna direct some people to mint just to get them a little farther afield.

or if you can’t get that to go (i had some hardware support issues) look to MX Linux or Linux Mint XFCE