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How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/busines

Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
They increasingly see themselves as rank-and-file workers who have traditional gripes with their companies.

what is emerging? what is in the way? — https://www.brichapman.com/p/what-is-emerging-what-is-in-the-way?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn

The Elephants Remember: On Activism, Memory, and Holding the World Steady
Not all activism is about pushing forward. Sometimes it’s about remembering, holding, and steadying what’s worth saving. A reflection on emergence, tenderness, and what the elephants can teach us about endurance.

Members of Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (#DBNY ),
a campaign that organizes weekly demonstrations calling for the eviction of two companies from the city-owned industrial park,
said a new mayor won’t alter their activism.
“Mamdani’s electoral victory doesn’t change our mission nor does it change our work,”
said the group in a statement to Mondoweiss.
“We hope Mamdani heeds the …

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to enter City Hall he faces pressure from an unlikely source — Palestine activists
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City owed no small debt to Palestine activists, many of whom mobilized behind his campaign. But how will this relationship fare once he enters City Hall? There are some early tests that will let us know.

Disappointed to see that the author of "Literature for a Changing Planet" is creating lots of GPT bots to talk with old "masters" etc. Not even for activism. Sigh.

Reagan-appointed judge torches colleagues in Texas map fight, calls ruling 'fiction,' 'judicial activism' (Ashley Oliver/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/reagan-appointed-judge-torches-colleagues-texas-map-fight-calls-ruling-fiction-judicial-activism
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p75#a251120p75

Just had a visit from Fellesforbundet at the workplace. To be honest, we get a lot of visits from Fellesforbundet since they are located in a building right across the street from my well-adapted industrial company.
Fellesforbundet is a reformist, bureaucratic union affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). It is not syndicalist and operates with a hierarchical structure, including elected leadership and regional divisions.
The union primarily negotiates…

What We Build — #leadership

Grounded Urgency: Activism, Grief, and the Practice of Sustainable Love
This essay reimagines activism as an act of love, not obligation. When urgency becomes panic, we lose clarity; when grief is honored, it becomes fuel for compassion. Grounded in love and trust, sustainable leadership begins with tending what’s ours to do.

Måtte dette bli en trend i 2026!
Northern Playground - en liten norsk bedrift som lager miljŸvennlige, slitesterke og reparerbare klær - avslutter sitt forhold til Meta.
https://www.northernplayground…

It's over mark
Buy less. Play more.

Jane Fonda said, "Hope is activism."
Greta Thunberg said, "Don’t go looking for hope. Look for action and the hope will come."
Barack Obama titled his book "The Audacity of Hope (2006)."
Be audacious. Do NOT give up. Give hope.
#WeThePeople #HopeInHumanity

Estimated 4000 demonstrators converged Sunday in #DTLA to express solidarity with #Iranian protestors engaged in activism across globe in #Islamist Republic where hundreds have been reported killed recently by hard-line religious regime.…

love my fuckin Tons

Hey Generous Folks -- I wanted to put a message up for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. #16DaysAgainstGBV #16Days
Rather than an ask for donations, I want to encourage you to find your local spaces in your own community that help women and people of all genders who are fleeing gender based violence or intimate partner violence.
Maybe *you* can raise a few dollars, volunteer at a local space, or help out in other ways. Maybe you've never done that. It might seem scary! I guarantee you, you'll love it. Whether you raise $50 or $500, or nothing at all, by becoming part of it, you'll make a difference
I'm signing up, as I have for a few years now, for another year at Coldest Night of the Year (#IntimatePartnerViolence #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Det kan man godt blive i tvivl om. https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/918086726513983144

Stuff I found (@stuffifound@pixelfed.social)
Weren't humans the ones who were supposed to be compassionate? #vegan #veganism #veganuary #veganlife #veganfood #animalwelfare #animalrights #food #friendsnotfood #diet #activism

“This precedent could result in people facing terrorism charges for doing very simple mainstream activism.”
There is no doubt a police officer was shot at the Texas protest.
Prosecutors have brought charges against people they say helped the alleged shooter escape.
But the case has drawn considerable alarm because of the way that prosecutors have sought to create a criminal enterprise
– a “North Texas antifa cell”
– among a group of demonstrators who were uninv…

It is right to rebel.
#Activism

I keep seeing Americans who want to do something about the state of our #politics, but feel like no action they can take will do enough to fix things, so it’s not worth trying.
It’s easy to feel nihilistic. So I’d like to propose an alternative - a 10% improvement approach to political change, of sorts.
It comes from my #PTSD treatment: the idea that no one approach, skill, or intervention can make the #trauma just go away instantaneously. So instead, us humans are left with 10% solutions - things that help a little bit, for some amount of time.
The key to healing is to develop an ongoing set of multiple different solutions that you rotate through based on what feels feasible on any given day / moment. Each one helps a bit. 10%, 5%, 1%. But eventually, you get to making big changes that felt impossible at the start.
The same works for political change and activism. Sure, going to any one protest, or calling your representative, or boycotting a brand, or changing one person’s mind, or donating to one fundraiser won’t fix the entire broken political regime. But it will help A LITTLE.
And if a lot of us continue to find ways to do things that help a little, it will end up doing a lot more.
A movement starts with a thousand little steps that don’t look like much on their own.
Take that little step. Then another.
#USPol #activism #socialChange

My mayor:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-chicagoland-sets-the-example-for-countering-trump-s-abuses-251256389962

Maddow: Chicagoland sets the example for countering Trump's abuses
Rachel Maddow salutes the bravery and resourcefulness of people of Evanston, Illinois, who have not only activated to help protect their neighbors against the abuses of Donald Trump's ICE agents, but have rallied to collect food to help struggling neighbors as Trump's Republicans try leverage food assistance to force their budget to pass. Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss talks with Rachel Maddow about his community's activism and pushing back against federal agents going too far.

Never forgot how completely fucking cartoonish the entire Adams administration was.
And that our current NY City Council just stood by and watched the whole thing without doing much more than sternly-worded letters.
And Governor Hochul, when given the opportunity, decided *not* to remove Adams from office.

#Syndicalism #Activism

Drawing from a training with the Climate Psychology Alliance, I've been reflecting on the role of changemakers in our world.
Before, I saw activists as Sisyphus, straining to push the world uphill.
But what if we saw them as keeping the world steady?
https://www.brichapman.com/p/what-is-…

The Elephants Remember: On Activism, Memory, and Holding the World Steady
Not all activism is about pushing forward. Sometimes it’s about remembering, holding, and steadying what’s worth saving. A reflection on emergence, tenderness, and what the elephants can teach us about endurance.

For a long time, I thought activism had to mean constant urgency, burnout, and despair. But what if there’s another way—one rooted in love, not just resistance?
I started this Substack to explore activism that nourishes instead of depletes. You’re welcome here. 💖 https://substack.com/@bricchapman

Bri Chapman | Substack
➡️ systems thinking ➡️ multi-passionate leadership ➡️ climate change solutions ➡️ success, impact, and meaning

A Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University:
“The Government of Canada could easily decide that it was going to use LinkedIn or Instagram or wherever it posts, and journalists would switch to following them there because they want to access what they’re saying,” he continued. “There was zero audience for Truth Social when
Trump created and started using it, but the audience went to the politician. Carney and his government could take a principled position by leaving X and its horrible spawn, Grok, and his audience of journalists and politicos would go with them.”
“Apparently, our political leaders simply choose not to.”
YES!! #Fediverse #SocialWeb #Mastodon
As always a huge thank you for the Senator's @… ongoing activism. It WILL happen. (and by it I mean, government going to the social web... Bluesky is just a temporary blip until it too goes fascist or we get some proper digital sovereignty laws in place.)
https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics/115861469408403689

00:07—Good night #Fediverse! 😴💤
Time for bed, and yes, also time to shitpost the sacred image of the workers, activism at its finest.
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/1…

Store Norske Leksikon skrev at Norsk Syndikalistisk Forbund ble opplŸst i 1973, men heldigvis er de fortsatt her i dag, takk og pris for det, og for at jeg kunne opplyse dem om det!
NSF-IAA på Store Norske Leksikon:
https://snl.no/Norsk_Syndikalistisk_F%C3�derasjon

Beyond Resistance — #climate…

Ikigai and Eudaimonia: Rethinking Activism as Purpose, Balance, and Lifelong Growth
Activism doesn’t have to be burnout. Drawing from Ikigai and Eudaimonia, this essay explores how purpose, alignment, and integrity can transform resistance into creation — turning social change into a sustainable path of meaning, balance, and flourishing.

Sharing my findings from a recent workshop with the Climate Psychology Alliance: https://www.brichapman.com/p/what-is-emerging-what-is-in-the-way?r=1o5n19&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The Elephants Remember: On Activism, Memory, and Holding the World Steady
Not all activism is about pushing forward. Sometimes it’s about remembering, holding, and steadying what’s worth saving. A reflection on emergence, tenderness, and what the elephants can teach us about endurance.

Beyond Resistance — #substack

Ikigai and Eudaimonia: Rethinking Activism as Purpose, Balance, and Lifelong Growth
Activism doesn’t have to be burnout. Drawing from Ikigai and Eudaimonia, this essay explores how purpose, alignment, and integrity can transform resistance into creation — turning social change into a sustainable path of meaning, balance, and flourishing.

Behold this ridiculous shitpost about me, yeah, it gets even weirder.

Big thanks to @… for having me on his podcast. While I never actually went to Ottawa (though I have visited!), it has been quite a journey since landing on the Fedi in 2022.
The struggle continues to try to get our Canadian politicians to understand that *they* will drive viewers no matter what platform they're on.
Also, I am just one person. There are, thankfully, a whole bunch of people trying to accomplish the same goal!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Fediverse #DigitalSovereignty #Activism #Ottawa #Parliament

#Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism #Activism