There seems to be a subset of Americans who get actively offended if you admit that you actually prefer to get around in a local area in other ways than using a private car.

“ In less than two weeks I will have been an editor for 22 years. This project works because we all work, and especially because a small group of paid workers help make it work for everyone else. They deserve better than this, much better. In solidarity.” – Jessamyn

[1] https://w.wiki/TtmB

See the whole campaign: https://www.unionneeded.com/
#unionneeded #wikiworkersunited

White supremacists fascist kick more than a million voters off the rolls to steal the election

#Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it!

#Texas #registertovote #elections #midterms

Your fixes are scars now.

Now this isn't a bad idea!

@ian yes

@cultdev @csepp @andymouse I would sincerely doubt any could rightly challenge you on your choice to order delivery.

A middle-class family in a country with a lion's share of GHGe does however have the freedom to not buy a 2nd car that is also a Ford Ranger, or to not go on another Temu binge half of which will end up as landfill in <5yrs, or go to Bali for holidays (again).

They also have the choice to join a local climate movement, &/or support climate-facing advocacy in their community

It's interesting and a bit tragic how rhetoric around "consent" is used to get us to enforce austerity and cruelty. The rich man did not consent to be taxed, for instance, and the bully did not consent to treating their victims with kindness and respect. Consent is a seductive trap, something that seems unconditionally good, and anyone opposing it is unconditionally bad, and that's how they use it to get you to consensually screw each other over.

Consider the difference between a cheat and a thief. If you experience buyer's regret, how is that different from having your purse nicked? You're still left worse off than you were before, and your attacker still gains power and influence at your expense. Actual thievery is a tiny, tiny portion of the harm in our lives, and the vast majority is people pushing you into things that aren't any good for you, claiming it's your obligation, calling it a social contract, even calling you the thief, for not obeying their dominance.

The only difference between a thief, and a businessman who ruins your life and leaves you crying and homeless with unpayable debt, untreated wounds, and crippling depression... is consent. The billionaires make sure you consent, in ignorance or under duress, every step of the way until you're their loyal slave, or ground to dust under their boot. And in your suffering, you agreed to everything that led up to that point, so how can you hold anyone accountable other than yourself?

Now consider the situation, where you don't give a shit about consent. Suddenly you have every reason to fight back against your oppression, and demand an equal shot at a decent life. If I nonconsensually shove cash into your pocket, there's no problem there, least of all lack of consent. The problem is the abuse, the manipulation, the unequal opportunity, the cruelty of the few authoritarians lording over the many. If you eliminate that from your life, the presence of consent, or lack thereof, makes practically no difference.

So please don't talk to me about fucking consent.

#rant #politics

Now that LLMs can turn any dumb idea I might have into a functioning web app, should I give my agent the ability to register domain names itself?

Heads up Portland- quite a few Nazi tags have been going up. This style has been put up in three different spots around town since yesterday. All have since been covered but keep your eyes peeled. If you can’t cover it yourself please report it immediately.

These tags have all had the vertical stripe version of the cascadia flag (the version white supremacists use to advance their goal of a whites only PNW), swastikas, SS symbols, other Nazi symbols and very racist slurs.

I noticed tags of this flag going up early summer in Gresham and now around portland proper

#Portland #pdx #antifascism

@Steve @argv_minus_one it's not the only distro toying with the idea these days I'm sure

@AnarchoNinaWrites Ooof. Was this one ever a child?

"Life During Wartime" by the Talking Heads.

The band shows videos of ICE atrocities during their concert performance.

#music #uspol #politics #news #immigration