Hi all. Thank you for all your comments and responses on the rate increase. After considering your feedback and discussing options we have decided to increase the monthly rate to $15 instead of $20. We are also doing away with the annual membership option for now.
I also share some of your frustration that locals doesn't allow for tiered membership rates. I was under the impression that anyone could join our locals group without paying, they just couldn't access the group links unless they were paying members. Now it is my understanding that while anyone can read our locals posts, no one can post or reply unless they pay. That's unfortunate. Ideally we'd have some kind of free or very low cost (just to weed out trolls) option to engage on the forum, and a higher fee to join the zooms.
I'd love feedback from y'all on what platforms are good alternatives to locals.
Perhaps substack? Let me know what you think!
Happy new year to everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow at 3pm pacific if you are coming to my group this week.
Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com
Our very own @YayRain (after having imbibed some golden nectar), shares with us yet one more problem with CRT....
I'm halfway through and excited to share this. These are some Christian men concerned about what they are seeing happening in churches from the right (while also still acknowledging all the problems of the left). In particular, they don't think Christians should be engaged in a political project; and they also see how wokeness, victimhood, and blaming on either side doesn't uplift men and the broader society.
Michael Moynihan of the Fifth Column launched a show on 2WAY a month or two ago, and recently interviewed Doomscroll host Josh Citarella. I didn't listen to that interview at the time, but Josh got my attention when one of our SG members mentioned his interview with Catherine Liu. I watched and enjoyed that and started to watch his interview with Jennifer Pan from Jacobin, then circled back to this interview of Josh. He seems to be trying to earnestly understand the current political map and emergences, including understanding what's going on with the youth. His own leanings are as a social democrat, but he seems curious and able to converse with an array of people.
