Sasha Akhavi @sakhavi@qoto.org

there was a weird bit of discourse on twitter about “what would you, a white American, do if an Indigenous group rebelled” and the two responses allowed by the narrative were “i would do a genocide” and “i would happily let myself be merked”, ignoring the one actually good response: i would be providing them with material support so long as their aims and means were truly liberatory, and opposing them in addition to the state to the extent that they were not.

hell of a false dichotomy that implicitly supports genocidal behavior either way and like 90% of Twitter leftists fell for it.

stop understanding yourself as an oppressor and start believing you can help liberate yourself and others!

you can provide material support to existing indigenous rebellions RIGHT NOW! why are you instead engaging in maliciously framed debates about how to react *as the oppressor*??

Elon Musk has a lot of similar qualities to Donald Trump but the one I’ve found to be the most similar is how often his businesses break rules or even commit crimes with no repercussions.

Things I used to think got businesses fined massively and executives risk jail time are barely acknowledged let alone a wrist slap.

Could it be that this is how often the ultra rich get away with white collar crime and it’s just that Trump & Elon flaunt it while others wisely don’t?

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/tesla-whistleblowers-filed-complaint-to-sec-in-2021-what-it-said.html

Science & Technology Studies scholars near and far 📣the call for participation in the Danish #STS Annual Meeting is out. This time we will be @ The Technical University of Denmark where the STS community is growing and would love to see you.
Keynotes by
@nthylstrup and AnnemarieMol

Exciting!!!

https://www.dasts.dk/?tribe_events=dasts-konference-2024-elegies-of-waste-surplus-and-excess

I wrote about the often all-too-respectable urge to create safety by harming others, the spirit of lack informing that urge, and the spirit of solidarity and abundance that we might fight for if we are to find true human liberation. (By "we" I mean human beings.)

https://armoxon.substack.com/p/hurting-the-right-people

Phrases like “implicit bias” and “micro aggressions” may seem like DEI hokum but they actually describe the lived experience of under represented minorities all over corporate America today.

Leaving Twitter. And thriving. A true story 🐦👋🏼

“as a platform becomes less reliable — either editorially or technically — staying becomes more fraught. And as NPR has demonstrated, you may not be giving up all that much if you walk away.”

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

I think this should be the official dresscode for the #AoIR2023 closing party 🎃

Over 100K 18-year-old Ohioans aren’t yet registered to vote. They won't be able to vote in the November 7th election unless they register by 10/10. Reproductive rights are at stake. Here’s how you can help and spread the word.
https://thecivicscenter.substack.com/p/calling-ohio-100000-18-year-olds