to find the silver lining:
large slow movements take time to gather momentum
but when they do they steamroll everything
i'm watching #ElSayed and #Mamdani here in the #USA and i am delighted:
people are waking up from their #perfectionism and #cynicism and figuring out they have to fucking participate, and not just sit on the sidelines and judge
so yes the wait is excrutiating
but relief is coming, as you say, and i also believe
⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)
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2026-08-06 21:09:34 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…jt2a
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