Apple has this State of Mind feature in their health app that has been so beneficial to me. You can log how you felt for the day and why. You can also put a few words in at the end. So I started writing 1 to 2 “delightful moments” of the day, even if I just logged a bad or neutral day. It’s helped me a lot in just the few weeks I’ve been doing it. Plus it keeps track every day so I can look back on what I wrote. It’s awesome.
this harris doc was really helpful ty. but her statements on palestine and israel are infuriating and i know we've probably always had presidents who supported genocides but idk how to stomach knowingly voting for one
Hi again, friend! Wanted to circle back on this now that Walz has been confirmed as her VP pick.
Several of the Pro-Palestinian activists who I have followed closely the past 10 months have come out in support of Walz (@LSarsour @qasimrashid @NickLaparra etc) along with the statement on Walz from If Not Now, I am really hopeful that this pick indicates a Harris administration will mark and change in course on the issue of Palestine.
I know that's not soon enough, though! So we gotta keep the pressure on from now through the election.
Pasting info from Tim Walz's Wikipedia page that summarizes his stance on Palestine to-date:
"Walz condemned Hamas's October 7 attacks in Israel and ordered flags to be lowered to half staff in the following days.[105] After the 2024 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary, in which 19% of voters cast "uncommitted" ballots, Walz took a sympathetic view toward those doing so to protest President Biden's handling of the war in Gaza, calling them "civically engaged".[106]
Of the protests against U.S. funding of the war in Gaza, Walz said: "This issue is a humanitarian crisis. They have every right to be heard... These folks are asking for a change in course, they're asking for more pressure to be put on… You can hold competing things: that Israel has the right to defend itself, and the atrocities of October 7 are unacceptable, but Palestinian civilians being caught in this… has got to end." Walz also said he supports a ceasefire in Gaza."
thank you for these responses! "Israel has the right to defend itself" is not great. but I see how he's much better than most. I've done some other reading and listening too. Feeling overall much more hopeful about Harris-Walz
I don't have all the answers and I don't know if this necessarily helps --- but I find her Black/Indian identity to be a bit of a solace in this area. Few people know much about the genocide in India waged by Britain in the late 1800s/early 1900s (https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/12/britain-100-million-india-deaths-colonialism/), but I'd find it hard to believe that Kamala's mother -- who was born there in 1938 --- and is freaking brilliant --- hasn't had these conversations with her daughter. The fact that Kamala's step-daughter, Ella, is involved in the movement for a Free Palestine also feels to me like a sign that important, complex conversations take place within Kamala's orbit.
I know it doesn't change the fact that she hasn't done enough and has abetted genocide to this point --- but I've gotta have hope that with continued pressure from the public AND the international community (which is...excessive at this point) the US will change it's stance on Palestine.
Apple has this State of Mind feature in their health app that has been so beneficial to me. You can log how you felt for the day and why. You can also put a few words in at the end. So I started writing 1 to 2 “delightful moments” of the day, even if I just logged a bad or neutral day. It’s helped me a lot in just the few weeks I’ve been doing it. Plus it keeps track every day so I can look back on what I wrote. It’s awesome.
this harris doc was really helpful ty. but her statements on palestine and israel are infuriating and i know we've probably always had presidents who supported genocides but idk how to stomach knowingly voting for one
Hi again, friend! Wanted to circle back on this now that Walz has been confirmed as her VP pick.
Several of the Pro-Palestinian activists who I have followed closely the past 10 months have come out in support of Walz (@LSarsour @qasimrashid @NickLaparra etc) along with the statement on Walz from If Not Now, I am really hopeful that this pick indicates a Harris administration will mark and change in course on the issue of Palestine.
I know that's not soon enough, though! So we gotta keep the pressure on from now through the election.
Pasting info from Tim Walz's Wikipedia page that summarizes his stance on Palestine to-date:
"Walz condemned Hamas's October 7 attacks in Israel and ordered flags to be lowered to half staff in the following days.[105] After the 2024 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary, in which 19% of voters cast "uncommitted" ballots, Walz took a sympathetic view toward those doing so to protest President Biden's handling of the war in Gaza, calling them "civically engaged".[106]
Of the protests against U.S. funding of the war in Gaza, Walz said: "This issue is a humanitarian crisis. They have every right to be heard... These folks are asking for a change in course, they're asking for more pressure to be put on… You can hold competing things: that Israel has the right to defend itself, and the atrocities of October 7 are unacceptable, but Palestinian civilians being caught in this… has got to end." Walz also said he supports a ceasefire in Gaza."
thank you for these responses! "Israel has the right to defend itself" is not great. but I see how he's much better than most. I've done some other reading and listening too. Feeling overall much more hopeful about Harris-Walz
I don't have all the answers and I don't know if this necessarily helps --- but I find her Black/Indian identity to be a bit of a solace in this area. Few people know much about the genocide in India waged by Britain in the late 1800s/early 1900s (https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/12/britain-100-million-india-deaths-colonialism/), but I'd find it hard to believe that Kamala's mother -- who was born there in 1938 --- and is freaking brilliant --- hasn't had these conversations with her daughter. The fact that Kamala's step-daughter, Ella, is involved in the movement for a Free Palestine also feels to me like a sign that important, complex conversations take place within Kamala's orbit.
I know it doesn't change the fact that she hasn't done enough and has abetted genocide to this point --- but I've gotta have hope that with continued pressure from the public AND the international community (which is...excessive at this point) the US will change it's stance on Palestine.