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#Resistance Music MondayHashtags and why you should just accept that they are now part of modern American slang.
Remember when Daily Kos first started using hashtags for searching and everyone went “why do we have to change?!!” I come across people mistifyed by my (and other’s) use of hashtags in story titles or within the text of the story here at Daily Kos, still to this day, and I understand their point, but they miss mine entirely I think.
I tell them, I use them because they are how messaging spreads in social media, they are not for you the direct reader to find informative, unless you are a regular user of social media news and messaging, in which case, I don’t need to tell you why hashtags are so important.
Because they stand out, literally, on social media platforms, where that # symbol comes to life and does do something. It allows you to see what everyone else is saying about that exact thing, everywhere, right now and for the past day or so.
Hashtags rule the social media world, and those adept at keeping up with trending hashtags, can use them to further amplify their reach on social media platforms.
Not everyone’s cup ‘o joe, but something to keep in mind if you decide one day to build a 20,000 Twitter following. I did that in 2010, when I had about 700 followers. Today, I have 7,593 and I added the last 93 in the past week. (If you want to know how, ask me in the comments)
I want to have one of those “large, loud” voices that the wealthy and famous have, or at least one louder than most. I’m a bit egotistical that way, I tend to think I’m right all of the time and want to share what I know with others. It’s a family trait, my youngest (and smartest) sister doesn’t just think she’s right all of the time, she knows it. If you challenge her on something you’d better come prepared, because she’ll quote you chapter and verse if you don’t and leave you feeling 2 inches tall when she’s done. But at least when I find out I’ve taken a stand on a teetering ledge, I’m ready to accept that I was wrong and apologize with a mea culpa. Sometimes a mea maxima culpa.
On, to the Resistance MusicUnlike in the 1970s when Star Wars first graced the silver screen and we were all convinced it was a simple White Armor vs Lawrence of Arabia Robes tale of good vs evil, the latest episode in the series is an outright homage to #Resistance, and it comes with another stunning John Williams soundtrack, opening with the “March of the Resistence”
x xYouTube VideoBill Maher recently has been heard bitching about all of the “Comic book superhero movies” on Real Time on HBO. To me, that sounded a lot like an old man with a combover waving a cane and shrieking, “Get off my lawn you assholes!”
Because I LOVE the Marvel superhero movies. These characters are fully-realized and they have been members of the #Resistance since the damned 1940s!
They bring us music like this, and if “Divided we Fall” isn’t Resistance music, I don’t know what is...
x xYouTube VideoFrom the Women’s March is this acapella tune which instantly caught my attention the first time I heard it in January 2017, and still moves me, each time I hear it again… “I Can’t Keep Quiet” by MILCK. Just look at the faces of these women as they sing this ballad of the strength of women everywhere, who simply refuse to stay quiet anymore. These women are part of the movement that now says:
I can no longer accept that we cannot change things
It is time to change the things I can’t accept
#Resist
x xYouTube Video The Actual ResistanceThere’s a fellow out in Virginia running a local level group called Turnout Blue Virginia, whose entire focus and goal is to increase the turnout via GOTV actions in targeted precincts in Virginia. Using science and math to choose the place to put his time and energy to work, now that’s the sort of thinking the Resistance needs more of!
On DailyKos you can find him here: Turnout Blue and his latest story posted is Here
Online he is found here Turnout Blue Virginia
His ActBlue donation page to fund his GOTV activities and analyis
On twitter: @TurnoutBlue
He is actively seeking what? Donations and volunteers, like everyone. But he has a good method and is working in a state where the 90for90.org people have helped add 600K+ new voters in the past three years! Lots of new voters to turnout and the Democrats in Virginia have been winning seats, so if you are IN Virginia or already follow the BlueVirgina.us blog and their work?
From his “about me” page at Turnout Blue, contact him if you want to turn out more voters in Virginia, too:
I worked in politics several years ago, and as I began to see the level of energy among Democrats and progressives after the 2016 election, I decided to get active, and to use my experience to help.
Working in campaigns, I know that voters who only show up in Presidential elections are rarely targeted, because they are not likely voters. But this year is different, and if there was ever a time to get them to vote in an off-year election, this is it.
So, I have formed a political committee, and have begun raising money to activate these voters in targeted precincts.
To volunteer, or to learn more about Turnout Blue, e-mail me at: TurnoutBlue@gmail.com, or call me 703-623-0886.
What I did this weekendI didn’t sleep much, I can tell you that much. Wrote a lot, had two stories at DK on Sunday, one for the SuperPAC I’m helping with social media outreach (the tweet I sent out of the story has over 32,000 impressions as of today, not bad, eh?) and the other for the Freeway Blogger, where we launched a Labor Day challenge I invite all the readers here to go answer “YES” to!
Rewatched season one of the Aaron Sorkin series The Newsroom. I still love the hell out of this show. Because of Will McAvoy’s mission statement to Inform the Electorate, without a doubt.
Had my very first meal of food I ordered delivered to my home. It was really good, Chinese and was piping hot when it got here. You live in Vancouver, WA? Try them: Taste of Asia online here
How was your weekend?