@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-25 00:34:54
"Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."
https://bsky.app/profile/democracynow.org/post/3md7h7tlw7v2f
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-02-25 16:44:33
As far back as 2011 I posited the idea of each state enacting laws over the corporations chartered on that state's laws as a means to restrict the effect of the Citizens United decision.
I have been glad to see that idea grow into The Montana Plan and now this piece and possible action in California.
(Note that this state by state approach will probably leave "corporate havens" by states that want to reap the benefits of attracting corporations to move their incorpo…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2026-02-23 14:08:51
Worth repeating: Claims of "AI" democratizing anything (coding, creative endeavors, etc) are always BS. The thing locking out people from doing that is not having the time/resources.
You want to democratize coding/art/creativity? Give people paid time off to do it and access to infrastructure. Easy.
@jrm4@mastodon.social2026-03-23 19:48:58
Idea I've floated over there (and on twitter) that I want to float here:
ATProto / Bluesky for social media is *bad* actually. Worse than here and even Twitter, precisely for the reason people might think it's better.
By "verifying" and rebroadcasting everything in a more precise way, you make it more dangerous by creating "better surveillance"
Mastodon ends up being better due to plausible deniability
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-22 16:00:23
House Rep. Rosa DeLauro (from CT) says:
❝I understand that many of my Democratic colleagues may be dissatisfied with any bill that funds ICE. …[But]… The Homeland Security funding bill is more than just ICE. If we allow a lapse in funding, TSA agents will be forced to work without pay, FEMA assistance could be delayed, and the US Coast Guard will be adversely affected….❞
And I am saying stop ICE if you have to ••shut down every airport in the country•• to do it.
That is the message I want Congress to hear. That serious. This is Trump starting a civil war.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/democrats-ice-funding-bill
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-01-22 21:13:29
"Let’s start with the Injustice Foundation, which has given more than £380,000 to the Free Speech Union in recent years..."
Well, at least the Injustice Foundation are honest about what they stand for.
Who funds the Free Speech Union? - by Peter Geoghegan
https://de…
@kctipton@mas.to2026-03-24 21:42:04
Pete Hegseth’s Pastor Says He Wants James Talarico To Die | HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-hegseth-pastor-james-talarico-death_n_69c18fe3e4b0964b57003b56
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-01-21 18:29:00
‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/21/paul-robeson-hollywood-blacklist-mccarthyism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-23 07:57:35
I've mentioned it before, and I'm sure I will again, but, as much as there's a reason why I reject Christianity, there were also a lot of good things. Churches have governing bodies (with varying degrees of democratic representation) that guide the ministry (preaching and actions) as well as managing logistics (building maintenance, accounting, etc). This provides opportunities for self-governed collective action.
Quakers are the most radical in terms of this, and are basically anarchists. Quaker circles often meet at people's houses and can be as small as 3 people. There is often no leadership. A Quaker service could easily just be everyone sitting in a circle and someone talking at one point.
I grew up in a Presbyterian church, and one of my first jobs (at 11 or 12) was landscaping there. Within the church there were a lot of different trades, which meant that you could volunteer time and learn basically any kind of maintenance. Basically everything that needed to be done was done in-house. This also meant that if you needed a plumber, an electrician, etc, that you could pick one from within the church.
I remember painting the church, learning how to paint, with a bunch of other members of the congregation at a work party. I also remember being volunteered for child care during choir. There were a few rooms around that were used for different things, such as music practice. But these rooms could be made available for any type of community activity. This can actually include community organizing. In fact, Seattle GDC was offered an occasional space for organizing in a church (we didn't take it, but appreciated the offer), and that same church hosted a lot of other community events. I actually went to a queer relationships skills class once hosted in a church, which was great.
What I'm saying is that churches often act as a kind of parallel society up-to-and-including acting as dual power structures....
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-21 19:19:40
To be clear: I have no realistic expectation any Senator would actually attempt to zero out the DHS budget. I just want to set a baseline for them, move the Overton Window, give them a taste of how angry the population is.
Yes yes yes, Reply Armada, “oh those terrible Democrats yada yada,” I know, I know. I am •not• waiting for politicians to save us.
I am also, however, quite ready to exercise political leverage and use politicians as our tools whenever I think that has a nonzero chance of being useful. Make that call — then back to the rest of the work.