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The left obviously has a huge language problem.
"Anti-DEI" is a prime example of the left accepting extremely problematic right-wing framing.
If you're anti-diversity, you're pro what now? Hmm?
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Unexpectedly triggering phrase: "mutable state" 😭
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Hooray, we're about to get a refresher on why all those pesky processes exist!
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base
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What a perfect end to #FluConf: a beautiful, short piece of writing on the need to dream bigger when small fixes just aren't working-
https://notapplicable.dev/daring-to-dream
Key question it poses: "Where are we escaping to, and how do we transform this imaginary world into reality?"
It's also a welcome call for more spaces in the spirit of #FluConf, trying to regrow conferences from principles of liberation.
Thank you, @anna and kudos to @fluconf !
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"The most effective tool for starting a collective of any kind is copy-paste" -Calix
[#]fluconf https://cast.coopcloud.tech/
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This writing from Erica (ERN) contributed as part of #FluConf speaks directly to the need to invent ourselves and our future: https://riveraerica.com/fluconf2025
If you already sense the importance of imagination in predicting-shaping the future, this article opens some windows to other thinkers in this area and gives some good reflection points.
And TIL the word "autofabulation," which I hope becomes Word of the Year 2026.
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In retrospect, this article doesn't go nearly far enough.
It's not enough to welcome dissent when it happens, I think it's essential to actively seek the views that are being systemically squeezed out of your field of view.
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I wrote about this with a software angle a while ago, but I really can't stand "nobody could have known."
Somebody knows, it's up to us to pay attention to them.
https://medium.com/@ElizAyer/nobody-could-have-known-inclusive-behaviors-to-counter-a-culture-of-short-termism-cf662e1bab26
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So the fundamental question of resistance isn't actually about you individually knowing the outcome. It's a question of who you're giving your attention and belief to.
Who do you believe, the marginalized people who have been screaming their warnings of disaster, or the powerful people (e.g. media) who are signalling doubt about the outcome?
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In fact, somebody could have known. In nearly all cases, somebody already knows. We're just dismissing them, out of well-ingrained habit. We lean into doubt about ever knowing the future. "Well, you don't know know."
But doubt is always applied more to the less powerful.
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In one sense, I love this question. I think perfectly describes the frustrating uncertainty of operating in any complex system, but especially in sensing disastrous outcomes.
But I also hate this question, because of its "nobody could have known" implications.
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