I wish the late night satirists would spend less time going "isn't this batshit?" with a grin and instead seek out people who are doing mutual aid and resistance work right now and platform them.
While I "get my news" via satire when I cannot stand seeing/hearing Trump on regular news, I think it's even more important right now to focus on empowering people, reminding them of what they can do together to resist and to build good things. #USpol
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Man, the emigration stuff is just making me resent yet again how much of many societies' structures are built around your worth as a reproducer or in relationship to someone else.
If someone wanted to marry me, there's a path. But me as a human individual? Esp an older disabled woman? I have no "worth", despite people loving to steal my labor all my damned life.
[#]Sexism #Ableism #Capitalism
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New California Bike and Pedestrian Laws for 2025
https://bikeeastbay.org/new-california-bike-rules-and-laws-for-2025 #California #BikeTooter #Law
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"Trump allies have already begun to attack Budde over her comments. Georgia congressman Mike Collins said Budde, a US citizen, “should be added to the deportation list” for her words criticizing the president. Trump has vowed as president to protect Americans’ free speech."
Again, this is what fascists unleash. Doesn't matter if you're a citizen. People will try to get you deported for calling for mercy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/trump-bishop-mercy #USpol #Georgia
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Remember how institutions rushed to make apologies and institute (performative, it turns out) DEI policies in 2020 when people were in their faces and on the streets in numbers?
They're yanking that stuff back because they've been chipping away at us, distracting us, making us fear and stay quiet and isolated from each other.
There's safety in numbers AND it's more effective.
We need to make THEM scared. #USpol
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There's an old comedy trope of someone asking a line of people for volunteers for dangerous or onerous work. And most people in the line step back, making those who did not the sudden "volunteers".
There's more safety in numbers. Don't back off and make someone else the volunteer.
As much as fear you feel may want to keep you from being vocal and active, staying quiet right now will only make it harder to protest later.
So stay vocal & active. Support each other instead of stepping back.
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I wish I had enough tech savvy because I really do think it's time for BBSes to make a comeback. Not that I don't like the Fediverse...I just think there need to be things it's harder for AI bots to scrape, etc.
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Well, I know who I need to write to ask for them to start a Mastodon acct...
I mean, here's someone who should know exactly what legal problems the media they're on pose. #California #Mastodon
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I've been doing this for a while due to how shitty search has gotten, but given the regime change, there's another reason to do it:
If you find a useful website, bookmark it on your own machine.
I'd say you should also print to PDF and/or archive sites you feel are likely to change for political reasons. (And donate to archive sites if you can spare it.)
archive.org
archive.is
ghostarchive.org
So many of the attacks fascists have made are on the ability of people to get factual information.
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If you don't have $ for a HEPA unit and/or you need something small you can take places as our society continues to be in denial about public health needs, you can build a Corsi-Rosenthal box small enough to take with you to a motel, the dentist office, etc.
https://www.texairfilters.com/a-mini-corsi-rosenthal-box-air-cleaner/ #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth
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For the love of mike, PLEASE design Mastodon to be better at showing threading and replies.
I keep getting nailed with the same question I've already answered in the replies.
I don't blame the people replying, I blame the interface.
But as I have a disability that affects my hands, having to do repetitive answers is not harm-free for me! #Accessibility #a11y #Mastodon #UX
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@cpm Sure, but I have local sources I know and somewhat trust so it's not pertinent to the reason I asked the question.
I'm trying to find suggestions.
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"Secrets of a Successful Organizer is Labor Notes' core organizing training, in three sessions full of lively participatory exercises. We welcome first-timers and repeat attendees looking to sharpen their skills.
These workshops are based on our widely acclaimed book Secrets of a Successful Organizer. These trainings will be held via Zoom."
https://labornotes.org/events/2024/secrets-successful-organizer-january #Union #Labor #Organizing
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We asked all 58 California sheriffs about immigration enforcement under Trump. Here’s what they said
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-sheriffs-immigration-ice-tracker/
[#]USpol #Immigration #California
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Still looking for webmail with encryption, privacy, hosted in the EU or somewhere with similarly good enforcement.
Dumped Proton Mail, but need a replacement.
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Today's installment of Biking In LA, a roundup of #cycling news not just from #LosAngeles https://bikinginla.com/2025/01/21/putting-bicycle-face-in-context-popular-bikewear-brand-hit-by-ransomware-attack-and-put-a-little-spring-in-your-ride/
@fedibikes
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S2 E8: Government Surveillance, Edward Snowden & Iran: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
A blast from the not-so-distant past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgTQDp1jwBw #USpol #Privacy #LastWeekTonight
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What is something cool that happened to you or that you enjoyed witnessing that happened as a result of you joining the Fediverse?
For me one thing has been being much more involved in online cycling community here than I was on Twitter (despite there being a cycling community there). 🤗
Shoutout to # BikeNite
[#]AskFedi #GoodNews
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So not only is this ableist language (so is the term "sanewashing"), but it's letting these fuckers slide for what they're really doing:
Willingly, enthusiastically being violent shitheels who are destroying democracy to install an oligarchy that holds a would-be dictator as their liege lord.
Use words that focus on their willing culpability, not mental illness. #USpol #Language #Ableism
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Once more:
Trump and other fascists aren't "insane", aren't "crazy".
Mental illness is a criminal defense BECAUSE it's something you cannot help.
Please stop using language that continues to slag off people who genuinely do have mental illnesses. Slagging off the mentally ill is doing fascists' and eugenicists' work for them.
Fascists want to do what they're doing. It's of their own volition. Please use your language accordingly. #USpol #Language #Ableism
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