@everyone Hi, I’m performing a Human Resources role for the collaboration discord. I’m looking for help with the unglamorous work I’ve taken up. As Human Resources, I keep track of the introductions channel for skills, meet with individuals to understand them and their goals better, introduce people to groups and point persons and get them to connect, provide basal organizational support, mediate conflicts, understand what projects are unfolding, post help wanted ads on here and on the subreddit, and make sure that people are aware of meeting times. Does the above sound like anything you’d like to do?
I will likely be helping at a reduced level while I look for a new job irl, so I am in need for getting things off the ground.
@curcale You’re a godsend! I’m also pretty tuckered out today, so I’ll hopefully be able to get to you after the weekend. I feel like I need something like 5-10 people to meet with everyone here. By basal organizational support, I mean to be able to understand how pieces—people and resources—fit together and getting people who might be interested in collaborating with each other to talk. It is predicting a functionality.
gotcha, i definitely would like to contribute or help in some way.
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Skullmaggot
@everyone Hi, I’m performing a Human Resources role for the collaboration discord. I’m looking for help with the unglamorous work I’ve taken up. As Human Resources, I keep track of the introductions channel for skills, meet with individuals to understand them and their goals better, introduce people to groups and point persons and get them to connect, provide basal organizational support, mediate conflicts, understand what projects are unfolding, post help wanted ads on here and on the subreddit, and make sure that people are aware of meeting times. Does the above sound like anything you’d like to do?
I will likely be helping at a reduced level while I look for a new job irl, so I am in need for getting things off the ground.
I’ll also say that organization is only happening at a rate proportional to the number of people in Human Resources. So if you want things faster, I could use some help!
apologies, i haven't yet. Now that I think about it i'm going to be busy at a workshop in santa fe for the next two weeks... you might want to find somebody else
@curcale Okay, no that's perfectly fine. Life is the priority, things here are a "hobby." Thanks for letting me know. I'll see about moving Ozzy7 onto to this.(edited)
I did read the rules, I did try to do intros, I remember entering my state. I don’t know where it went. Like i said, I’m bad at discord. This is a new platform to me so I’m not familiar with how it works
briar
I did read the rules, I did try to do intros, I remember entering my state. I don’t know where it went. Like i said, I’m bad at discord. This is a new platform to me so I’m not familiar with how it works
I’m always looking to learn more. And to teach more. There are so many different roles that need to be filled. I’ve been working hard on making those connections in my area, people who want to make a positive difference. Like i know I’m not fantastic at technology (as you can clearly see) but I know people who are, and we need their strength. I try to bridge gaps so that we’re chasing the overall goal and not the perfect dreams we want. So I was happy to find this place too. It’s about the overall goal.
12:02 PM
I know what I’m good at and where my role in this is. I know I’m not a huge person or the strongest physically. But I am good at talking to people. And I would be remiss to say I didn’t use my looks to get those conversations started. They also get me harassed a lot, but still, if you have something that works, use it for good.
briar
I know what I’m good at and where my role in this is. I know I’m not a huge person or the strongest physically. But I am good at talking to people. And I would be remiss to say I didn’t use my looks to get those conversations started. They also get me harassed a lot, but still, if you have something that works, use it for good.
I've also given you the member role manually. Now you should be able to do roles and intros. Soon we will be transitioning to a new system for verification so the problem will be solved.
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C.J.
I've also given you the member role manually. Now you should be able to do roles and intros. Soon we will be transitioning to a new system for verification so the problem will be solved.
We’ll be asking you about your goals and skills and answering your questions to figure out what you’d like to help with or even open up new project potentials. Bigger problems involve amassing enough local density of people to be effective. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be getting to sleep now, but I’ll message you tomorrow.
If people drop in here, please @ me or I may not see you so quickly.
Skullmaggot
We’ll be asking you about your goals and skills and answering your questions to figure out what you’d like to help with or even open up new project potentials. Bigger problems involve amassing enough local density of people to be effective. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be getting to sleep now, but I’ll message you tomorrow.
Well, I think I gave a fairly rounded-out list of skills in my introduction, but as far as goals, I suppose I’m not 100% sure exactly what they are. I guess I’m interested in recruitment. Wyoming is…less than hospitable to anyone left of center or even from other states. It would be nice to start chipping away at that.
LikeTheBird560
Well, I think I gave a fairly rounded-out list of skills in my introduction, but as far as goals, I suppose I’m not 100% sure exactly what they are. I guess I’m interested in recruitment. Wyoming is…less than hospitable to anyone left of center or even from other states. It would be nice to start chipping away at that.
Coincidentally, it looks like we got our first two Wyomingans yesterday, you and TheHomelyToad. In general, we'd try to make contacts with others and other established groups around your locales to build density. Maybe see if there's anybody you can pull from r/liberalgunowners or r/SocialistRA or find a sympathetic gun range. As more people come in, I can send them your way.
LikeTheBird560
Well, I think I gave a fairly rounded-out list of skills in my introduction, but as far as goals, I suppose I’m not 100% sure exactly what they are. I guess I’m interested in recruitment. Wyoming is…less than hospitable to anyone left of center or even from other states. It would be nice to start chipping away at that.
My company installs cameras, access control, and other physical security, mostly network/IP based. High-level stuff including facial recognition and tracking. That’s the security part, but we have a media component as well. We install and coordinate tvs (on a large scale; think Jumbotrons and tv walls composed of 20 coordinated screens that can operate individually or as a unit), pro sound systems, and control software that runs it all from an app. My boss and I are also live sound engineers and provide professional audio for musical acts from time to time.
11:25 PM
Most of our contracts are with the school systems, but we do a fair amount of work for local businesses as well.
11:27 PM
In the interest of full disclosure, this is a very new venture for me and I am green as can be. I have basic electric skills but this is some pretty advanced shit and I’m just getting my feet under me.
Haha, yeah, I was hoping to do more fun stuff since we'd been barreling forward for two and a half months. We're ramping up now but people need a break this week...We got a movie night coming up once somebody figures out a date and movie! But......think you can do a concert?
You know, one thing I did when working at the theater during Covid was cut together a video showcasing local talent. We had all the artists send in a video of a song/dance/magic trick/whatever, then we cut it all together, recorded a really cheesy host introducing each clip, and put it online. It was fun and (relatively) easy. If we get a bunch of artists/musicians/whatever to send me videos, I could put it all together.
LikeTheBird560
Maybe! What are you thinking? Like streaming? I could rig something up. I play a bit myself but we’d want some artists other than me haha.
Oh yeah! I’m setting up a Taking It Easy category down below (I think I’ll move it up), and you can use the Movie Theater voice chat channel for streaming stuff (at all hours!). If anybody’s looking to stream stuff, we can make announcements. Just be sure to protect your identity as the Discord is a public space that can become compromised. Exercise appropriate caution. So, you also do video editing? What’s your skill level on that? We’ve been trying to get some film projects going twice now but they’ve faltered…it seems like a lot of commitment, but I’ll keep you in mind. We’ve got writers and people knowledgeable about fascism but can’t seem to hold onto any sort of video editor and my teams have been depressed :/ . We also have a Sunday meeting coming up if you want to present ideas. And of course movie night (movie, date, and time TBD) if you just want to hang out.
I have done some video editing, but purely as a functional project. Nothing artsy. I have no formal training, and don’t consider it something I’m particularly good at. I’m familiar with the basics and am capable of make a clip show look less-than-terrible haha that’s about it. I’m probably not the best option for that.
12:10 PM
I’ll check out the meeting on Sunday!
LikeTheBird560
I have done some video editing, but purely as a functional project. Nothing artsy. I have no formal training, and don’t consider it something I’m particularly good at. I’m familiar with the basics and am capable of make a clip show look less-than-terrible haha that’s about it. I’m probably not the best option for that.
That’s okay. I’m feeling that a film project manager should also be someone who has been active for a month since it is a big responsibility. I’ll figure this out in time.
@TheHomelyToad Hey, all I’m doing is writing and doing spreadsheets, and we can definitely use any and all help. I usually ask people what they want and figure out how to deliver on that. Do you have an idea of what you’d want to help with? If the structure doesn’t exist, we can build it.
@Skullmaggot Hi! Honestly no. I think I have a decent idea of what our goals are, but I don’t know how my skills can assist. If you have ideas I’m more than willing to help.
TheHomelyToad
@Skullmaggot Hi! Honestly no. I think I have a decent idea of what our goals are, but I don’t know how my skills can assist. If you have ideas I’m more than willing to help.
In general, as things grow, we could use more Human Resources Personnel. I’m also looking to automate intake if I can, so things might instead shift over to an Organizer role that I’m drafting up. People have permission to organize on this Discord in the sense that if we can organize it, we can make it official within AIF. If people want to organize, it’s handy for each organizer to keep track of skilled and interesting people. I’m putting people’s introductions information in a spreadsheet as well as chatting with everyone I can to discuss what projects people want to put their talents towards, and I want to encourage people to do the same since that seems an effective way to both keep people invested and to move things forward one step at a time. I’m also going to come up with starter assignments (e.g. networking, flyers) that everyone ought to be able to do simply and rapidly. Every little bit helps.(edited)
2:03 PM
We should be presenting our current projects at the upcoming Sunday meeting. There will also be meeting minutes in case you can’t make it.
Hello, I am new to discord in general (I've only ever used it once before). I think that it would be fruitful to post information about OpSec and InfoSec in the same place that you advertise the server invites so that security minded folk could take those in account before coming to the Discord.
suspiciously_suspicious
Hello, I am new to discord in general (I've only ever used it once before). I think that it would be fruitful to post information about OpSec and InfoSec in the same place that you advertise the server invites so that security minded folk could take those in account before coming to the Discord.
Well, I logged onto the discord with pretty public facing information. But it looks like there is an effort to keep things somewhat anonymous here. I'm brand new so I could be mistaken. If the intent is to keep this discord partially anonymous then I think a disclaimer would be helpful.
Yeah, good point. We’ve grown, but as more people come on, we need to put front and center what the privacy recommendations are for the Discord. I can write something up.
I have an idea for an epic troll.
To pull this off, I think we need the following skillsets and assets:
Someone with excellent knowledge of Q-lore
Someone with knowledge about boats
Someone from Massachusetts and/or Rhode Island
People with trusted troll accounts infiltrated into Q and MAGA groups online.
As far as I know, it's not illegal, and we don't even need to touch grass to do it.
Tek Jansen
I have an idea for an epic troll.
To pull this off, I think we need the following skillsets and assets:
Someone with excellent knowledge of Q-lore
Someone with knowledge about boats
Someone from Massachusetts and/or Rhode Island
People with trusted troll accounts infiltrated into Q and MAGA groups online.
As far as I know, it's not illegal, and we don't even need to touch grass to do it.
If you have an idea, you’d probably have to flesh it out further for me. You also have permission to organize within this space, and you might find more trolls in something like #chaos-monkeys .
Hi there, I just joined. The bot asked my state, and I replied New York, but nothing seems to have changed? Just a little confused is all. Happy to join up!
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Also, Skullmaggot is the dopest user name ever lol
Zig
Also, Skullmaggot is the dopest user name ever lol
@Jeffrey Epstein afternoon! There’s quite a few reasons why fascism is bad. Historically, fascist regimes do not allow for free elections or the population to have a say in government; eliminate due process in the justice system; mobilize the state against specific minority groups (the Jews in 1930s Germany for example), and generally just oppress the population.
@Jeffrey Epstein afternoon! There’s quite a few reasons why fascism is bad. Historically, fascist regimes do not allow for free elections or the population to have a say in government; eliminate due process in the justice system; mobilize the state against specific minority groups (the Jews in 1930s Germany for example), and generally just oppress the population.
Fascism is supposed to be the anti-thesis of what America stands for. But thanks to Trump and his sycophants its now mainstream. The media also doesn't help with this
Fascists are ever-present malcontents, but occasionally they win the sympathies of the populous when circumstances are convenient, like periods of economic, political, or social turmoil.
4:54 PM
All we need to do is slow it down and mobilize a counter movement to undo the damage after the favorable conditions pass.
4:56 PM
Popular support for fascism depends on anger and powerlessness, so humor and positive entertainment are surprisingly good tools from a distance.
4:58 PM
Up close... surprise them with overwhelming response. This takes organization, reservation, and discretion. If this can be done in a way that ridicules fascists, that ticks two boxes.
Not sure where to post this, do we have anyone involved capable of contacting or setting up meetings with organizations in a PR sense? Getting in front of representatives of different organizations to discuss issues in some capacity would be a solid way to move certain efforts forward.
I can't personally do it but maybe someone higher up and with an ability to represent us maybe?
I posted on r/TwoXChromosomes that “the only way to stop abortion is with an aborter with a gun,” being sarcastic about aggressors violently attacking abortion clinics to “save lives.” People didn’t seem to understand the reference I was making (though, I suppose it was in poor taste). I explained my reference and sarcasm, but strangely my explanation was removed (by the mods?), so now maybe it looks like I’m encouraging violence or whatever for those that don’t understand the reference. And then reddit banned me for a bit. Rule of thumb: subtlety in sarcasm is lost in this era, so end vaguely threatening statements with /s.(edited)
CaulPartBallMop
Not sure where to post this, do we have anyone involved capable of contacting or setting up meetings with organizations in a PR sense? Getting in front of representatives of different organizations to discuss issues in some capacity would be a solid way to move certain efforts forward.
I can't personally do it but maybe someone higher up and with an ability to represent us maybe?
I’m not sure that in a flat decentralized Hong Kong style movement that we exactly could represent anybody. We can reach out to organizations and network, we can pool resources, and we can share information. But, what efforts do you want to move forward, and are there other ways of doing so that circumvent a need for representation? What would you want representation specifically for?
@Skullmaggot lots of people don’t get sarcasm these days. It doesn’t translate too well over text
Skullmaggot
I’m not sure that in a flat decentralized Hong Kong style movement that we exactly could represent anybody. We can reach out to organizations and network, we can pool resources, and we can share information. But, what efforts do you want to move forward, and are there other ways of doing so that circumvent a need for representation? What would you want representation specifically for?
That's fair. I had done some research on the ULINE boycott idea in that chat and found out some places they work with, but I felt just sending a blurb email about ULINES leanings might not be enough for them to change vendors, so was exploring other options
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CaulPartBallMop
That's fair. I had done some research on the ULINE boycott idea in that chat and found out some places they work with, but I felt just sending a blurb email about ULINES leanings might not be enough for them to change vendors, so was exploring other options
Yeah, I’ve become aware of the ULINE boycott and am marking it down as something to develop.
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Skullmaggot
I posted on r/TwoXChromosomes that “the only way to stop abortion is with an aborter with a gun,” being sarcastic about aggressors violently attacking abortion clinics to “save lives.” People didn’t seem to understand the reference I was making (though, I suppose it was in poor taste). I explained my reference and sarcasm, but strangely my explanation was removed (by the mods?), so now maybe it looks like I’m encouraging violence or whatever for those that don’t understand the reference. And then reddit banned me for a bit. Rule of thumb: subtlety in sarcasm is lost in this era, so end vaguely threatening statements with /s. (edited)
I got a reddit ban a while back for saying I wanted to slap the shit out of Giuliani after that whole debacle where he freaked out after the guy patted his back in the supermarket
I think we just live in scary times and people are rightly being overly cautious. My sarcasm was parroting aggressive acts that didn’t fit the audience on that subreddit. I just found it more strange that half my comments were removed to make the offending comment seem worse than it was. Also, I’d slap Giuliani too.
@HalfDecent the way I see it, fascism is more about what you do, not what you are. So if someone in a religious group, for example, tries to make everyone do what they say and make others treated differently because they're not part of that group, that person is a fascist. If a person doesn't do or encourage those things they probably aren't. Most national militaries are at least somewhat fascist, so in that sense there are some of us on here who don't support the military, but on the other hand our military also directly opposed the attempted fascist coup here in the US so that makes them at least a little bit anti-fascist.
10:00 PM
But it's certainly very complicated, especially with larger organizations that aren't explicitly fascist in their values/mission statement. It's a tough issue and you're very free to have whatever opinion you want on it. The central goal here is anti-fascism and that can be a goal regardless of your stance on the military.
I also don’t support Lgbtq and blm. Not because i am homophobia or racist. It’s because I think its a big corporation/ organization trying to make a lot of money. I believe all lives matter, Even if they are different in there way of beliefs. Being gay is a personal choice in my opinion. I am not against it, but it shouldn’t be forced on those who decide not to be gay.(edited)
HalfDecent
I also don’t support Lgbtq and blm. Not because i am homophobia or racist. It’s because I think its a big corporation/ organization trying to make a lot of money. I believe all lives matter, Even if they are different in there way of beliefs. Being gay is a personal choice in my opinion. I am not against it, but it shouldn’t be forced on those who decide not to be gay. (edited)
And the movement isn’t forcing anyone to be “gay”, its just forcing them to be accepting that there are gay people and gay people shouldn’t have to hide their identity behind closed doors
3:53 PM
And while there is a blm organization, it started as a movement, and is still largely a movement
HalfDecent
I also don’t support Lgbtq and blm. Not because i am homophobia or racist. It’s because I think its a big corporation/ organization trying to make a lot of money. I believe all lives matter, Even if they are different in there way of beliefs. Being gay is a personal choice in my opinion. I am not against it, but it shouldn’t be forced on those who decide not to be gay. (edited)
Opinion??? Its what you feed into those people. You control the media you control everything. And the way people think
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OPRacoon
And the movement isn’t forcing anyone to be “gay”, its just forcing them to be accepting that there are gay people and gay people shouldn’t have to hide their identity behind closed doors
I haven’t seen anything about that being taught in elementary schools, so I can’t comment on its validity, but why can’t kids learn about it? Isn’t the job of a school to teach kids? What’s wrong with them being aware that some people don’t identify as a boy or girl?
HalfDecent
I have seen where SOME of them saying stuff like “Nobody wants to be straight ”
People have freedom of speech, they have the right to say whatever the fuck they want. No one has ever forced anyone into prison camps for being straight.
OPRacoon
I haven’t seen anything about that being taught in elementary schools, so I can’t comment on its validity, but why can’t kids learn about it? Isn’t the job of a school to teach kids? What’s wrong with them being aware that some people don’t identify as a boy or girl?
And who says they aren’t learning about history and space? You can teach gender without teaching sex. And it’s not like kids have a dedicated period every day to learn about gay stuff, its a seminar type thing, like how schools teach you not to smoke or do drugs etc.(edited)
OPRacoon
Yeah what attracted you to this organization in the first place? You do know that this is a leftist organization right?
All of out founding fathers were homophobia. Being heard wont change anything. Society is wasting its time on LGBTQ and BLM. There are more problems then that
4:29 PM
Tbh
4:30 PM
I don’t think this is the right place for me
4:30 PM
I’ll join the Conservative Party
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HalfDecent
All of out founding fathers were homophobia. Being heard wont change anything. Society is wasting its time on LGBTQ and BLM. There are more problems then that
Problems like black and gay people being discriminated against. And so what if our founding fathers were homophobic? Homophobia isn’t a core value of our country, and its a stupid idea to try to follow the exact ideals of people who died hundreds of years ago(edited)
4:30 PM
You’re not a patriot, you’re a nationalist
OPRacoon
Problems like black and gay people being discriminated against. And so what if our founding fathers were homophobic? Homophobia isn’t a core value of our country, and its a stupid idea to try to follow the exact ideals of people who died hundreds of years ago (edited)
Technically, this is intended to be "big-tent," including right, left, and center. I'm a centrist and I am also agender, which is a type of nonbinary/trans. Osprey, however, I would say is out of line.
HalfDecent
Founding fathers they are. It’s what a patriotic American does.
Fuck being the bigger person. That privilege should only go to those who actually acknowledge you as a human being. Be rude, harsh, give them fuckers no dignity to return to
My name is Sage, I'm from reddit,
(u/Autumn_Willows), I'm a certified 13-year-old libertarian leftist and a proud "social justice warrior," (I don't know what that means, but seething conservatives call me that 24/7 so I decided I'd embrace that term). I live in the USA in North America in the south, Arkansas, and I generally live in a small town where I live, it's pretty and green around here and nature is beautiful.
Anyways, I like debating people online!(edited)
Nothing is appearing in #introductions even though I am seeing that the channel has new content
Do I need to do an intro myself before I can see content(edited)
Nothing is appearing in #introductions even though I am seeing that the channel has new content
Do I need to do an intro myself before I can see content (edited)
I’m not sure about formatting, but did you do an intro yet? I’m directing people to human resources as a point of contact to talk about what you’re looking for, what you can do, and who we can introduce you to.
Skullmaggot
I’m not sure about formatting, but did you do an intro yet? I’m directing people to human resources as a point of contact to talk about what you’re looking for, what you can do, and who we can introduce you to.
From the #welcome-to-aif channel: “Please make sure to correctly format your introduction:
Required information: Skills you have that are relevant to the work of AIF (ex. Filmmaking, Graphic Design, Protest Organization)
Recommend information:
-Quick personal info like age, what you do/did as a job, your education, your hobbies.
-What you want to do for AIF
-Why you joined this server/AIF in general.
-Your location by U.S. state/country (if outside U.S.)”
skype society
I can't have a nickname on this server without Nitro?
One of the awesome things about Discord is that you're not just crammed into one small group of friends. You can join many different servers for all sorts of different purposes, class discussions, ...
Good evening,
Skills: Geographic Information Systems, Data Analyst.
35, bachelor's, fishing & woodworking
I am hoping Geo Info Systems can be beneficial to the AIF in times of need with planning, analysis, or documentation of fascist/alt-right/hate driven initiatives or events.
Joined because I've been an active antifascist for years. Would like to put my skills to use. For good.
Live in Georgia and if you've paid attention to recent elections and the past 8 years, Georgia has all the qualities a place needs to institute oppression of anyone, but in particular the POC communities and disrupting free and fair elections through legislature.
shit, didn't see this, my bad. If you define a SJW as someone who fights for civil rights, then technically almost any POC veteran of the 1960s would count given a factor in the civil rights movement was partially also about the mistreatment of Black Vets in addition to voting rights fuckery
Good evening,
Skills: Geographic Information Systems, Data Analyst.
35, bachelor's, fishing & woodworking
I am hoping Geo Info Systems can be beneficial to the AIF in times of need with planning, analysis, or documentation of fascist/alt-right/hate driven initiatives or events.
Joined because I've been an active antifascist for years. Would like to put my skills to use. For good.
Live in Georgia and if you've paid attention to recent elections and the past 8 years, Georgia has all the qualities a place needs to institute oppression of anyone, but in particular the POC communities and disrupting free and fair elections through legislature.
Great! we need more contacts in the south. You should know we have a flyer drive/weekend of action coming up on the 3rd. We'd love to see some representation there.
curcale
Great! we need more contacts in the south. You should know we have a flyer drive/weekend of action coming up on the 3rd. We'd love to see some representation there.
Go to the channels #flyer-drive#streetlamp-make-over#flyers-and-stickers for examples of flyer and sticker propoganda and our resources page on ironfrontusa.org has flyers you can print
skype society
Nothing is appearing in #introductions even though I am seeing that the channel has new content
Do I need to do an intro myself before I can see content (edited)