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.
I made this for my friend's daughter who is trying out pottery. I've been making her little instructional videos and this one is a timelapse of me trimming and putting a handle on a mug. Thought I would share in case you guys find this interesting.
Someone shared this with me who said it had been circulating in the Hasidic community. Will likely offend a lot of people these days.
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
Holy cow.
I asked chatGPT about being asked to “respect” using pronouns in email w a lawyer.
A canadian lawyer is using manipulative language ie: “please respect someone’s pronouns” regarding our email correspondence. How could one make an argument one way or another, in detail, that the canadian charter of rights argues for a freedom of expression and from tyrannical policing of language OR for a “respect” for the identity language claims/impositions.
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The Canadian Charter, freedom of expression, and pronoun disputes
The strongest legal analysis begins with a distinction: there is a difference between asking someone to use respectful language, criticizing their refusal to do so, and using the force of law to compel them to use particular words. Those are three different things, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may apply differently to each.
A Canadian lawyer's statement, “Please respect someone's pronouns,” is not, by itself, proof of censorship, coercion, or a Charter violation. It may simply be a request for professional ...
Apparently this happened. In our church we have separate women’s and men’s meetings (in addition to Sacrament services and Sunday School where we meet together). I value the opportunity to meet with my brothers in Church, and as well for the sisters.
But yeah some men go to Relief Society (women’s organization). Some women are “welcoming” (how progressive) and some are protective of biological women’s spaces, as they should be.
