There’s a good point in this thread. If you’re a privileged cis-white person who is likely to be able to talk your way out of a police situation. Don’t.
Aside from the risk that you’re wrong, every time you assert your right to be silent, you’re making it easier for non-cis and BIPoC folks to assert their rights. Normalize using your rights. https://mastodon.social/@D_J_Nathanson/112113370386181454
As a Canadian, I don't often post about American politics. But I have to share this here. Because I am scared too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfVn9vE1HBQ
Please vote in November my American friends. This is important for all of us 💚
I kinda super dislike my posts about politics and mostly Trump since it's often negative and I'm not about that but..
..it feels the threat is so incredibly high, I must do whatever I can to get as many of us to the "non destroying side" of history
Somehow the upcoming US election feels very definitive, even for a not-American. There is so much at stake on a global level
Exploring @eb's blog and oh my god how does this post have less than a hundred visits
"Our tears and blood have been sacrificed on the altar of this nation's avarice. Our unpaid labor has been a stepping stone to its financial success. Some of its dividends must surely be ours." Sojourner Truth #WomensHistoryMonth
👀Via Timothy Snyder:
#Trump's allies are selling out #Ukraine in exchange for #Russia backing in the election.
A Trump victory in November would finish off US democracy.
And a Russian victory in Ukraine would doom freedom generally.
If this minority coalition of international fascists wins in 2024, life will be rotten for everyone else indefinitely.
If you want a chance to live in a decent world, you've got half a year to act.
Sen. Ossoff Introduces Bill Guaranteeing the Right to Vote For All Americans
EFF and its allies are opposing Nevada’s attempt to stop Meta from offering end-to-end encryption by default to Facebook Messenger users under 18 in the state. Encryption is the best tool we have for safeguarding our privacy and security online. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/reject-nevadas-attack-encrypted-messaging-eff-tells-court
Gentle reminder that, compared to the phrase " #DarkPatterns ", #DeceptivePatterns is:
- more accurate
- less laden with unnecessary racist & colonial baggage from the Enlightenment
- already established within #UX conversations by the website https://www.deceptive.design/about-us , who prudently changed their name due to this whole set of concerns.
Thanks everyone for considering this small-but-important wording improvement.
Now back to doing whatever awesomeness you were doing!
Countries That Close Gender Gaps See Substantial Growth Returns
Empowering women economically is a powerful engine of inclusive growth
(Obviously this will be roundly ignored by conservative Christians, b/c it's antithetical to keeping women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen as domestic serfs. Which is obviously a higher priority than prosperity to a certain type of man …)
@alexwild - the most disturbing thing about the Heritage Foundation now is their plan for Trump to dismantle the US government:
"With a nearly 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army” of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on Day One to commandeer, reshape and do away with what Republicans deride as the “deep state” bureaucracy, in part by firing as many as 50,000 federal workers."
ok, so my sons bought a heavily discounted "smart" #tv last xmas. a TCL with Roku plastered all over the box.
is there a way to root these tvs and wipe their OS?
https://www.wired.com/story/roku-terms-of-service-update-locks-tv/
rooting and changing the OS of smart anything, especially phones, need to be at the center of the right to repair movement, not just getting access to software drivers or hardware.
Now at: @haiku_brian
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