Welcome @Tara Kelley, @Sharon Barbour and @Mary Hawk Can you tells us a bit about yourselves? If you could pick a color to be right now, what would you choose? If you wandered into a flea market and walk away with one used item, what would it be?

This Space works best when people talk like humans and stay grounded. Rise is here for orientation and traction. It is built for one next action that makes life less expensive. Humor belongs here too, and The Pineapple Express exists for memes.​ So here is a first conversation starter. Drop a hello in the comments and include: -Who you are, and what name you want to go by here. -Where you’re coming from, literally or energetically, both counts. -One thing you are building right now, or one thing you want to stop leaking energy into. -A meme, if you have one. If you do not, that is fine.​ Now the fun part. Imagine a book with your name on it gets sent to a different dimension. The history there is similar to ours, but not the same. The people who find the book will assume it is fiction, so the stakes are low. This book is not a reflection of your life. It is more like a late-night brain wander. Something got written fast. The next day, it still feels worth finishing. Fast forward a year. The book is published. It is sitting on your table. A portal opens. Your doppelganger shows up. They want to know how you think and create, so they read the back cover first. If you could write one book and only the back cover exists, what would the back of it say? Give 3–7 sentences. Make it sound like the kind of book someone would actually pick up. Make it weird if you want. Make it honest if you want. If it helps, include one concrete detail, like a smell, a street, a scar, a recipe, a tool, a tarot card, a deadline, a warning, or a promise.​ If you reply to someone else, help them sharpen it: -Ask one clear question that would make their back cover better.​ -If you have an example, include what you would add or change in one sentence.​ If someone’s post lands for you, hit like so they know it landed.

Rise Plus wants your Meme, to help us laugh. Once you post your meme, you can do the next thing: Sometimes we have unfiltered thoughts or gallows humor. Exhaustion can talk though us. This is where you can say the messy thing. The funny thing. The unhinged thing. The “okay but WHAT THE FUCK” thing. Rules: No fixing. No life lessons. No polishing it into something meaningful. If it’s dark, weird, inappropriate, or just needs to move through, it belongs here. (No politics, drama, self harm or culturally insensitive content.) Respond however you actually would. Laugh. Swear. React honestly. If something hits you, say that. If it makes you snort, say that. If it’s uncomfortably funny, even better. Same people. Different weather system. If you want to post a meme, or your cat, you can. (Memes are especially welcome). If The Grove is where we sit, The Pineapple Express is where the pressure moves. What you can’t do here: Do not trauma dump. Do not talk about politics. Do not talk about suicide, self-harm, or harming others. Do not attack or ridicule other people. Do not post about protests you attended or political actions you took. If your post needs content warnings, crisis resources, or a moderator check, it belongs somewhere else—not here.