"Buy from artists and creators you like online, join their crowdfunders and Patreons, get their music on Bandcamp – not because this will shatter the hegemony of the five giant publishers, four giant studios, three giant labels, two giant app companies and one giant ebook and audiobook store – but because it will help people whose art you love pay their rent and buy groceries"

"Get off Facebook, Insta and Twitter and join Mastodon and/or Bluesky – not because you can disenshittify the internet by switching to federated social media, but because you, personally can have a less shitty time if you get away from the zuckermuskian rot economy"
"Buy from artists and creators you like online, join their crowdfunders and Patreons, get their music on Bandcamp – not because this will shatter the hegemony of the five giant publishers, four giant studios, three giant labels, two giant app companies and one giant ebook and audiobook store – but because it will help people whose art you love pay their rent and buy groceries" "Get off Facebook, Insta and Twitter and join Mastodon and/or Bluesky – not because you can disenshittify the internet by switching to federated social media, but because you, personally can have a less shitty time if you get away from the zuckermuskian rot economy"
Two people putting a $100 bill into a lottery box

Thanks to Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025)
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices

Just put in a Benjamin↵(have a photo of you and the serial number) and one winner gets the money  at the end of the week

Edited CC by @six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social
Two people putting a $100 bill into a lottery box Thanks to Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025) Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices Just put in a Benjamin↵(have a photo of you and the serial number) and one winner gets the money at the end of the week Edited CC by @six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social
"Buy from artists and creators you like online, join their crowdfunders and Patreons, get their music on Bandcamp – not because this will shatter the hegemony of the five giant publishers, four giant studios, three giant labels, two giant app companies and one giant ebook and audiobook store – but because it will help people whose art you love pay their rent and buy groceries"

"Get off Facebook, Insta and Twitter and join Mastodon and/or Bluesky – not because you can disenshittify the internet by switching to federated social media, but because you, personally can have a less shitty time if you get away from the zuckermuskian rot economy"
"Buy from artists and creators you like online, join their crowdfunders and Patreons, get their music on Bandcamp – not because this will shatter the hegemony of the five giant publishers, four giant studios, three giant labels, two giant app companies and one giant ebook and audiobook store – but because it will help people whose art you love pay their rent and buy groceries" "Get off Facebook, Insta and Twitter and join Mastodon and/or Bluesky – not because you can disenshittify the internet by switching to federated social media, but because you, personally can have a less shitty time if you get away from the zuckermuskian rot economy"
Two people putting a $100 bill into a lottery box

Thanks to Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025)
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices

Just put in a Benjamin↵(have a photo of you and the serial number) and one winner gets the money  at the end of the week

Edited CC by @six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social
Two people putting a $100 bill into a lottery box Thanks to Pluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025) Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/consumption-choices Just put in a Benjamin↵(have a photo of you and the serial number) and one winner gets the money at the end of the week Edited CC by @six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social

In America we make it
EASY TO DO THE WRONG THING, HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING

EASY TO ORDER ONLINE FROM AN OLIGARCH-OWNED, MONOPOLISTIC, UNION-BUSTING CORPORATION 

CLICK! DING!

HARDER TO SHOP LOCALLY AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY

Ye Olde Independent Shoppe



EASY FOR COLLEGES TO CAVE TO DEMANDS OF DICTATORS

PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY AND BASIC VALUES!

HARDER FOR SCHOOLS TO STAND UP FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM

WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING A UNIVERSITY IF WE AREN'T FREE TO FOLLOW KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE WHERE THEY LEAD?


EASY FOR MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROFIT OFF CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND INFLAMMATORY FALSE NARRATIVES

UP NEXT: IS YOUR NEIGHBOR A DEMOCRAT TERRORIST TRYING TO KILL YOU? 

HARDER TO SUSTAIN SERIOUS JOURNALISM THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON DIFFICULT TRUTHS

AND NOW A SPECIAL REPORT ON CORRUPTION.

SORRY, WE'RE REPLACING YOU WITH AI.




EASY TO STAY ON SOCIAL NETWORKS RUN ВY ANTIDEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ON HERE, IT MUST BE OKAY!

HARDER TO SWITCH TO AN INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE*

HMM... A SMALLER AUDIENCE, BUT LESS DISINFO AND NOT AS HITLERY!

*BUT NOT ACTUALLY THAT HARD!
In America we make it EASY TO DO THE WRONG THING, HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING EASY TO ORDER ONLINE FROM AN OLIGARCH-OWNED, MONOPOLISTIC, UNION-BUSTING CORPORATION CLICK! DING! HARDER TO SHOP LOCALLY AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY Ye Olde Independent Shoppe EASY FOR COLLEGES TO CAVE TO DEMANDS OF DICTATORS PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY AND BASIC VALUES! HARDER FOR SCHOOLS TO STAND UP FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING A UNIVERSITY IF WE AREN'T FREE TO FOLLOW KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE WHERE THEY LEAD? EASY FOR MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROFIT OFF CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND INFLAMMATORY FALSE NARRATIVES UP NEXT: IS YOUR NEIGHBOR A DEMOCRAT TERRORIST TRYING TO KILL YOU? HARDER TO SUSTAIN SERIOUS JOURNALISM THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON DIFFICULT TRUTHS AND NOW A SPECIAL REPORT ON CORRUPTION. SORRY, WE'RE REPLACING YOU WITH AI. EASY TO STAY ON SOCIAL NETWORKS RUN ВY ANTIDEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ON HERE, IT MUST BE OKAY! HARDER TO SWITCH TO AN INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE* HMM... A SMALLER AUDIENCE, BUT LESS DISINFO AND NOT AS HITLERY! *BUT NOT ACTUALLY THAT HARD!
Screenshot of the resolution at the bottom of https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschwitz-council/ - which is still there.

RESOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AUSCHWITZ COUNCIL ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN ISRAEL, APPROVED BY CIRCULATION ON 18 NOVEMBER 2023

The International Auschwitz Council by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland acknowledges with the deepest pain and sorrow the suffering of innocent Victims – tortured, raped, taken hostage, and murdered by Hamas terrorists.

We wish to express our unwavering solidarity with Israelis and Jews worldwide.

Threatened in its existence, the State of Israel has the right to self-defense in accordance with international law and the principles of humanitarianism. The existence of a free, sovereign, and democratic Jewish State is one of the pillars of world peace.

The unimaginable hatred and violence perpetrated by terrorists only results in extensive and more widespread suffering – affecting also the civilian population of Gaza, whom Hamas exploits as human shields.

An essential first step to halt the horrifying spiral of death and war is the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, a demand we make with all our might.
Screenshot of the resolution at the bottom of https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschwitz-council/ - which is still there. RESOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AUSCHWITZ COUNCIL ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN ISRAEL, APPROVED BY CIRCULATION ON 18 NOVEMBER 2023 The International Auschwitz Council by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland acknowledges with the deepest pain and sorrow the suffering of innocent Victims – tortured, raped, taken hostage, and murdered by Hamas terrorists. We wish to express our unwavering solidarity with Israelis and Jews worldwide. Threatened in its existence, the State of Israel has the right to self-defense in accordance with international law and the principles of humanitarianism. The existence of a free, sovereign, and democratic Jewish State is one of the pillars of world peace. The unimaginable hatred and violence perpetrated by terrorists only results in extensive and more widespread suffering – affecting also the civilian population of Gaza, whom Hamas exploits as human shields. An essential first step to halt the horrifying spiral of death and war is the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, a demand we make with all our might.
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