Brian Beach @bwbeach@qoto.org

"’If technology is our master, it
dilutes our connections, erases our free time, and pulverizes our learning skills. But if technology is our servant, it deepens our connections, frees up time, and broadens our minds. All three connections can suffer from an unhealthy relationship with technology, and all three can gain from a healthy relationship with the same technology."

(Goodman, 2022)

There are cemeteries full of people we're all related to who gave their lives to thwart authoritarianism.

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 wish a lot more people would take to heart that life is fleeting, none of us is going to be here forever, and we owe a debt to both those who came before us, as well as to those who must some day take our places. Too many people can’t seem to accept any of these truths.

Becoming an adult feels like slowly being pushed into a managerial position you didn't really want.

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

Yes, I take it personally when you say you won't vote, or vote for the Dem. Why? Because among other things, the fascists tried to commit a Black GENOCIDE during the pandemic.

Exploring @eb's blog and oh my god how does this post have less than a hundred visits

https://boehs.org/node/npm-everything

"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.

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

https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/09/27/countries-that-close-gender-gaps-see-substantial-growth-returns

(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."

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981

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.

Stay to the very end.

Then share like crazy.

#Biden nailed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e4ruziZBI

can people please learn how to pronounce fentanyl? it’s not fentanol

Required or obligatory in France