#privilege

Gayle King is quick in defending her space trip.
She doesn't seem to be as eloquent when it comes to Black female scientists being fired by the Trump administration, supported by Bezos.

She refuses to see she's just the token Black woman used to justify billionaires' support of racist and misogynistic policies but we're not blind.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/gayle-king-defends-space-flight-backlash-1235318753/

#taxtherich #racism #billionaire #amazon #bezos #space #science #women #privilege

Judge #Boasberg cites the #Trump admin’s gloating after his order was violated, noting the “oopsie”tweet from #Bukele & its amplification by admin ofcls.

Boasberg says the admin can “purge” its #contempt by bringing back the people he ordered not to be sent in the first place & giving them appropriate #DueProcess. If not, he will conduct further proceedings.

Boasberg said he’s skeptical of the admin’s invocation of #StateSecrets #privilege.

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #judiciary

Whilst there is an actual genocide in Gaza...
".. what has finally driven David Lammy to direct real, righteous anger towards Israel – to describe its actions as “unacceptable, counterproductive and deeply concerning”? Two Labour MPs, Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, being denied entry to Israel and deported."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/israel-deport-labour-mps-british-government
#Genocide #WarCrimes #UKGov #UKGovernment #Privilege #WesternPrivilege #Racism #InternationalRacism #FreePalestine #StopIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #StopTheGenocide

#peterkalmus #climatehuman #climatechange #interesting #privilege #metacrisis

"Normally we'd say that #Columbia University & those #law firms taking in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars annually are powerful. They're #rich, they're highly visible, but in their acquiescence they have proven they are weak rather than strong, that what is supposed to be their power is their accumulation of #privilege they are so afraid to lose they turn out to also be afraid to use. If you can't use it, it's not #power and you're not powerful."
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/people-have-the-power-week-whatever-of-the-stupid-coup-and-the-pushback/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter

#USA #Politics

Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

I remember when @scalzi wrote this back in 2012 (jfc, has it really been that long already??)

Have another read on it. It seems to me to have aged well.

#privilege

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/

#ThoughtProvoker

#FOSS = free software + *gratis* contributions ???

#privilege #inclusion #sx

@GottaLaff They don’t believe the rest of us are actual people, we’re just game pieces on their silly board games.

#whitesupremacy #privilege

I was called out yesterday for stereotyping people who live in “Ravo” (a public housing area here in Launceston) I have been ruminating about it and have come to thr conclusion that I am a snob and I don’t want to be. I will try to be more aware of my privilege and prejudice #privilege

You can be both privileged and marginalized at the same time. That's because, you can be privileged in one aspect of your life and marginalized in another.

#privilege #marginalization #marginalisation #Intersectionality #minorities

It's easy to have a "no politics here" policy when you are privileged. Everything is politics if you are marginalized

#privilege #marginalization #marginalisation #Intersectionality #minorities

Why is having wealthy parents so important?

"Quantifying Privilege: What Research on Social Mobility Tells Us About Fairness in America"

https://www.skeptic.com/article/quantifying-privilege-what-social-mobility-research-says-about-fairness-in-america/?ref=mastodon
#inequality #privilege #dei

@tarheel

yup

voting is part of the struggle to maintain your #rights

ignorance of the consequences comes from #privilege

nonvoters on the left are exactly like #MAGA this way: they don't know and they don't care how *they* are fucked

because what's important to nonvoters is masturbating their ego in an ivory tower of perfection, and if they don't get perfect, they feel #entitled to not #vote

utterly fucking ignorant to the fact they live in fucking reality and they are impacted, personally

“No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils.” Well that’s a shame. Perhaps the tax should be raised to 40%. #Education #PrivateSchools #Privilege

If anyone, anyone at all (?) was confused, the speaker has his nose well into the trough, a man who disregards parliamentary conventions (pretty much all they have In the place of rules) to suit whoever is in power.

Commons Speaker’s £180k bill for first-class flights and hotels. One trip to a luxury Cayman Islands resort by Lindsay Hoyle cost the taxpayer nearly £23,000

http://archive.today/2025.03.04-165935/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/commons-speakers-180k-bill-for-first-class-flights-and-hotels-lr9cj8g9c (archived)

#UkPolitics #LindsayHoyle #HouseOfCommons #Privilege #Trough #Excuses

i know all ye #vegans will call me (#vegetarian) crazy but i had the #privilege to grown up on #organic #rawmilk and let me tell you this no #dentist will tell you about the #biome (!!!) in your #mouth
and that there are also #good #bacteria in your mouth that will prevent the #bad #bacteria from destroying your #teeth via #Caries
no kidding! i ate so many #sweets for so many years and NOTHING happend to my #teeth NOTHING

but when i abandoned #rawmilk #Caries #problems started to take off :(

"over 700 separate types of bacteria commonly found in the human mouth" https://www.smilesbyshields.com/different-types-of-bacteria-present-in-the-mouth/

but then again there is this problem, should i be worried? https://www.science.org/content/article/bird-flu-discovered-u-s-dairy-cows-disturbing #birdflu in #cow #cows #tooth #dental #health

while #rightwing has the #privilege (?) to live a #life in #ignorance and #stupid and thus not fix any #problems (until they become so big that everyone starts running in circles in #panic)

#lefties also have the #right to a #happy #life

i know it's #hard being #positive #optimistic #inspiring when #madness is getting so much attention (which can lead to #depression)

but he is right, if it's financially possible without breaking your back: go #travel do something positive :D

do whatever u can to become your own #antidepressant

#Capitalism #Privilege #Exploitation #EndCapitalism #RutoMustGo

How did you use your privilege today? How are you planning to leverage it tomorrow? It's a cold hard rain pummeling us; maybe think about sharing your umbrella with someone who doesn't have one.

#privilege #privileges #SocialContract #MutualAid #racism #disability #fascism #masking #CovidIsntOver