dyedgrey @dyedgrey@qoto.org

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. - James A. Baldwin #quote

But there's more!

We can ensure that the situation does not develop in to a gmail situation through cultural pressure and education.

The power of a network is in the people who use it.

If a FAANG company (MAANG? MMAAG?) tries to step in to the fediverse, we have a duty to take the fight against them out of the fediverse and in to the larger internet.

Leverage the fact that they have brought attention to us to bring attention to the fact that they have a record of killing things that work the way our thing works.

We can, all 1,000,000+ of us, make it the worst PR move of their existence.

“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.” #hannaharendt

libertarians
librarians

"Given the myriad religious takes on abortion, why should the Christian nationalist doctrine take legal precedent over not only science, but also other religious (and nonreligious) convictions?"

https://freethoughtnow.org/reproductive-health-depends-on-religious-freedom/

A few weeks ago, the New York Times’ front page predicted the Democrats defeat writing: “voters are prepared to punish Biden.” It wasn’t an opinion piece, they stated it as a fact. This is the kind of “news “ I’m sick & tired of. They were not only wrong, but helped create a defeatist attitude that besieged the news pre-election. #media #election #democrats #nyt #fail

It costs corps like @LillyPad@twitter.com ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin. Yet the avg annual price of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $12K in 2022😳

A 17,142% markup isn’t inflation & it isn’t supply chain issues—it is 100% corporate greed.
#MakeInsulinFree

This is why I, and so many other Black voters, are so often right about who is going to win a US election, and your favorite statistician, or election pundit, is so often wrong.

Your polls don't matter. Campaign promises don't matter. It's all about turnout. And turnout is all about voter suppression. And voter suppression is all about racism.

Without understanding US racism, your election predictions will always be woefully wrong.

Let’s be clear that CWs are great. But someone existing as different from you, as a marginalized identity, does not go behind a content warning. And talking about the discrimination they experience might make you uncomfortable—trust me, when I experience racism, it’s very uncomfortable. The response is to try and do something about it, not to tell them they’re making you uncomfortable.

There once was a spaceman called Musk,
Who hollowed the bird to a husk,
We migrated and flew,
To find friends old and new,
And now we are fans of the tusk 🦣

#VerseThursday

"Good lord, that bird’s speaking a mixture of French and English!"

"You mean that pigeon?"

"Well, technically it’s a creole, but it’s still impressive."

#Joke

Because true freedom is a woman and her doctor making the health care decisions she needs.

True freedom means being able to spend time with your newborn child instead of being rushed back to work days later. It means being able to love the person you love without fear of discrimination.

True freedom means graduating college and being able to pursue a career of your choice without the burden of debt.

3/n

@knowtheory

You'll notice that in US society, Black people experience more repercussions for speaking about racism, than racists get for being racist:

* Kaepernick, fired and unhire-able
* Jemele Hill, fired
* Black employees at Coinbase, let go/asked to leave
* Inmates at Rikers who complained, email and letters taken away

So the "Hide your distasteful Black experiences" message gets mixed up in the "Use subjects" message, in a way that makes people understandably upset.

I’m struggling to remember a more consequential week in tech across so many different storylines. Entirely possible I’m forgetting some. But the Twitter implosion (and repercussions) and the FTX insolvency (and follow-on crypto market instability) feel monumental. Just me?