Will Tuladhar-Douglas
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For all the much-needed bodhisattva aspirants out there. 🙏
Chewie
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@workersrights @povertyandinequality #china #asia #russia #iran #yemen #africa #sudan #europeanunion #southkorea #nato #war #genocide #stopgenocide #gazagenocide #mexico #colombia #honduras #trinidad #haiti #fediverse #socialjustice #resistance #protest #freespeech #censorship #trump #fascism #westasia #progressive #antifa #lawfare #ruleoflaw #politics #geopolitics #ndp #ndp2026 #government #foreignpolicy #surveillance #security #tech #ai #climateCrisis #uk #tiktok @environment @blackvoices
Fox Trenton 🎱
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*Cracks neck. "Yeah, I'll play."*
Greta Thunberg was arrested under the Terrorism Act for displaying a sign that read: "I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS".
The police allege she was displaying support for a proscribed (banned) organization. However, a linguistic analysis reveals a critical distinction. The police are reading keywords; grammar dictates she was supporting people, not an organization.
Here is how Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)—a tool used to analyse how language functions in real contexts—deconstructs the sign to show why the arrest is linguistically flawed.
In English, when we group words together to name something (like "Red delicious apple" or "Palestine Action Prisoners"), there is always one word that anchors the meaning. We call this the Head or the Thing. Everything else is just decoration or categorization.
Let's look at Greta's object of support: "Palestine Action Prisoners"
The Head (The Thing): PRISONERS
This is the core reality of the sentence. The physical beings she is referencing are incarcerated people.
The Classifier: PALESTINE ACTION
In grammar, this functions as a Classifier. Its only job is to tell us which type of prisoners we are talking about. It restricts the category.
To prove this, we can swap the classifier for something else. This is called the commutation test.
If she wrote "I support [remand] prisoners," she is not saying she "supports remand" (keeping people in jail). She is supporting the people subject to that condition.
If a lawyer says "I defend [murder] suspects," they are not "defending murder." They are defending the suspects.
The police have conflated the Classifier (the label) with the Thing (the people). Linguistically, you cannot simply lift the modifier "Palestine Action" out of the phrase and claim it is the object of her support. It is glued to the word "Prisoners."
Linguists use a system called Transitivity to map "who does what to whom." It traces the energy of the verb.
The Actor (Doer): "I" (Greta)
The Process (Verb): "Support"
The Goal (Target): "Prisoners"
Imagine the sentence as an arrow. The arrow of "Support" is fired by Greta. It flies over the words "Palestine Action" and lands squarely on "Prisoners."
Grammatical Reading: Greta → Support → Prisoners (who happen to be associated with Palestine Action).
Police Reading: Greta → Support → Palestine Action (the organization).
By ignoring the word "Prisoners," the legal interpretation creates a new sentence that Greta did not write. She is validating the human rights of the individuals (the Goal), not the manifesto of the group (the Classifier).
Language doesn't happen in a vacuum. We must look at the second line of the sign to understand the first. This is called Appraisal Analysis—how we judge value and stance.
The sign reads:
"I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS"
"I OPPOSE GENOCIDE"
The second line acts as a "decoder key" for the first.
"Oppose Genocide" sets a moral framework. It is a statement about humanitarian law and saving lives.
Because the bottom line is about human rights (opposing death/genocide), the top line must be read in the same context.
She is not supporting "Palestine Action" because she loves their logo or their specific tactics; she is supporting the prisoners because she views them as victims of the same system she is critiquing in line two. The sign frames the prisoners as humanitarian subjects (people suffering), not political agents (people acting).
The Verdict
The arrest relies on "Keyword Searching"—seeing a banned word and acting on it. But grammar relies on structure.
Structurally: She supported Prisoners.
Semantically: She supported Human Rights.
By ignoring the grammar of the Noun Group, the authorities effectively erased the word "Prisoners" from her sign, changing her statement from a defence of human rights to an endorsement of a banned group. 1/2
#HumanRights
#FreeSpeech
#RightToProtest
#CivilLiberties
#UKLaw
#GretaThunberg
#PalestineAction
#Activism
#SocialJustice
#PoliticalPrisoners
For all the much-needed bodhisattva aspirants out there. 🙏
*Cracks neck. "Yeah, I'll play."*
Greta Thunberg was arrested under the Terrorism Act for displaying a sign that read: "I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS".
The police allege she was displaying support for a proscribed (banned) organization. However, a linguistic analysis reveals a critical distinction. The police are reading keywords; grammar dictates she was supporting people, not an organization.
Here is how Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)—a tool used to analyse how language functions in real contexts—deconstructs the sign to show why the arrest is linguistically flawed.
In English, when we group words together to name something (like "Red delicious apple" or "Palestine Action Prisoners"), there is always one word that anchors the meaning. We call this the Head or the Thing. Everything else is just decoration or categorization.
Let's look at Greta's object of support: "Palestine Action Prisoners"
The Head (The Thing): PRISONERS
This is the core reality of the sentence. The physical beings she is referencing are incarcerated people.
The Classifier: PALESTINE ACTION
In grammar, this functions as a Classifier. Its only job is to tell us which type of prisoners we are talking about. It restricts the category.
To prove this, we can swap the classifier for something else. This is called the commutation test.
If she wrote "I support [remand] prisoners," she is not saying she "supports remand" (keeping people in jail). She is supporting the people subject to that condition.
If a lawyer says "I defend [murder] suspects," they are not "defending murder." They are defending the suspects.
The police have conflated the Classifier (the label) with the Thing (the people). Linguistically, you cannot simply lift the modifier "Palestine Action" out of the phrase and claim it is the object of her support. It is glued to the word "Prisoners."
Linguists use a system called Transitivity to map "who does what to whom." It traces the energy of the verb.
The Actor (Doer): "I" (Greta)
The Process (Verb): "Support"
The Goal (Target): "Prisoners"
Imagine the sentence as an arrow. The arrow of "Support" is fired by Greta. It flies over the words "Palestine Action" and lands squarely on "Prisoners."
Grammatical Reading: Greta → Support → Prisoners (who happen to be associated with Palestine Action).
Police Reading: Greta → Support → Palestine Action (the organization).
By ignoring the word "Prisoners," the legal interpretation creates a new sentence that Greta did not write. She is validating the human rights of the individuals (the Goal), not the manifesto of the group (the Classifier).
Language doesn't happen in a vacuum. We must look at the second line of the sign to understand the first. This is called Appraisal Analysis—how we judge value and stance.
The sign reads:
"I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS"
"I OPPOSE GENOCIDE"
The second line acts as a "decoder key" for the first.
"Oppose Genocide" sets a moral framework. It is a statement about humanitarian law and saving lives.
Because the bottom line is about human rights (opposing death/genocide), the top line must be read in the same context.
She is not supporting "Palestine Action" because she loves their logo or their specific tactics; she is supporting the prisoners because she views them as victims of the same system she is critiquing in line two. The sign frames the prisoners as humanitarian subjects (people suffering), not political agents (people acting).
The Verdict
The arrest relies on "Keyword Searching"—seeing a banned word and acting on it. But grammar relies on structure.
Structurally: She supported Prisoners.
Semantically: She supported Human Rights.
By ignoring the grammar of the Noun Group, the authorities effectively erased the word "Prisoners" from her sign, changing her statement from a defence of human rights to an endorsement of a banned group. 1/2
#HumanRights
#FreeSpeech
#RightToProtest
#CivilLiberties
#UKLaw
#GretaThunberg
#PalestineAction
#Activism
#SocialJustice
#PoliticalPrisoners
@workersrights @povertyandinequality #china #asia #russia #iran #yemen #africa #sudan #europeanunion #southkorea #nato #war #genocide #stopgenocide #gazagenocide #mexico #colombia #honduras #trinidad #haiti #fediverse #socialjustice #resistance #protest #freespeech #censorship #trump #fascism #westasia #progressive #antifa #lawfare #ruleoflaw #politics #geopolitics #ndp #ndp2026 #government #foreignpolicy #surveillance #security #tech #ai #climateCrisis #uk #tiktok @environment @blackvoices
Break up bad companies; replace bad union bosses
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/15/class-war-labor-peace/
#HackerNews #BreakUpBadCompanies #ReplaceBadUnionBosses #LaborRights #ClassWar #SocialJustice
[me]: I have to say, on a political note, I find the #Keet marketing of "The chat app for #FreeSpeech" to be quite triggering. That's far-right messaging, folks; and you're attracting the wrong crowd with it. 'Free Speech' tends toward ' #HateSpeech' pretty much every time.
What about "The chat app for oppressed minorities" or "The chat app for marginalised communities"?
(~2h 30m later)
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#Holepunch @holepunch_to community: absolute vitriol, violent #RespectabilityPolitics, content designed to escalate and exhaust the conversation that reads like AI-generated slop.
This would be silly if it weren't such a terrifying #culture indicator. I hope to hear a reasoned response about #HumanRights and #SocialJustice soon; and I'll be writing commentary when I'm recovered and ready to.
Just 0.001% hold 3 times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
#HackerNews #wealthinequality #economicdisparity #socialjustice #povertyalleviation #globalwealth
Billy Smith
and 1 other
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This almost seems … rational?
> Microsoft’s Nadella: #AI needs ‘social permission’ to consume so much energy. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/01/microsofts-nadella-says-ai-must-earn-social-permission-to-consume-so-much-energy-00671920
> “At the end of the day, I think that this industry — to which I belong — needs to earn the social permission to consume energy, because we’re doing good in the world.”
I would like to contest the claim about 'doing good in the world'. But I can't argue the other half of that statement.
And, right now? I'm withholding MY permission.
#economy #SocialJustice
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
Livestream: https://stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @JoBlakelyArt
#artist #oil #acrylic #digital #portraits #pets #commission #politics #socialJustice #symbolic #compassion #nonBinary #audhd #feminist
Date & Time: 2025-12-03 1400 UTC-5
After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live
#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
This almost seems … rational?
> Microsoft’s Nadella: #AI needs ‘social permission’ to consume so much energy. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/01/microsofts-nadella-says-ai-must-earn-social-permission-to-consume-so-much-energy-00671920
> “At the end of the day, I think that this industry — to which I belong — needs to earn the social permission to consume energy, because we’re doing good in the world.”
I would like to contest the claim about 'doing good in the world'. But I can't argue the other half of that statement.
And, right now? I'm withholding MY permission.
#economy #SocialJustice
hypebot
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#storySeedLibrary is proud to welcome Joan de Art with 9 new works - and 2 new illustrations from the awesome @jacobcoffin !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan_de_art/
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/jacobcoffin/
#art #illustration #climate #climateChange #futurism #socialJustice #lgbt #solarpunk #hopepunk
#storySeedLibrary is proud to welcome Joan de Art with 9 new works - and 2 new illustrations from the awesome @jacobcoffin !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan_de_art/
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/jacobcoffin/
#art #illustration #climate #climateChange #futurism #socialJustice #lgbt #solarpunk #hopepunk
Cory Doctorow
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This is a line from @pluralistic to remember going into the future:
" (policy) ... is the foreseeable outcome of specific policies undertaken in living memory by named individuals."
Written in closure on the summary of Pavlina Tcherneva's paper "The Death of the Social Contract and the Enshittification of Jobs"
Policy is not some amorphous natural law. Every fait accompli shrug should be met with torches and stakes.
This is a line from @pluralistic to remember going into the future:
" (policy) ... is the foreseeable outcome of specific policies undertaken in living memory by named individuals."
Written in closure on the summary of Pavlina Tcherneva's paper "The Death of the Social Contract and the Enshittification of Jobs"
Policy is not some amorphous natural law. Every fait accompli shrug should be met with torches and stakes.
"Who should pay?"
CW: controversial.
Many men are poor. But women, as a group taken together, are poorer. And this is true in all countries in the world, not just those known for gendered oppression.
If you’re a man who’s interested in having more connection & understanding, I think it's important to consciously know this, “I am richer, in money terms, as a man, than most women are.”
(Refs at the end)
A thread 🧵
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In a similar way to how I must acknowledge, as a white person, that I’m richer than most Black and brown people are.
These dynamics help those who hold the most power to become richer, and they foster division among us.
In this thread, I’ll cover a bit of ground on the gender side of things...
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#Patriarchy #Money #BlackLivesMatter #Feminism #SocialJustice