Policy work isn’t about convincing people to do the right thing for the right reason; it’s about convincing people to do the right thing for *their* reasons.
Even—especially!—when they’re annoying and wrong.
PSA
Wikipedia is a REALLY good resource. Its editing, sourcing, and fact-checking are better than the average print encyclopedia, and even than many peer-reviewed publications. In many cases reading the basic Wikipedia article on a topic will greatly improve your understanding and basic knowledge.
How AI is going: I googled “they pay me in woims” looking for this Nancy panel and the third result was a straightfaced SEO article called “They Pay Me In Woims: The Truth About This Bizarre Form Of Payment”
This is actually a terrible move. Giving people the illusion of privacy when you can't give them actual privacy is extremely dangerous, because they always think there's more privacy than there is. Even if you set this flag on your account, anyone in the world will be able to see your posts.
We previously shared that we’re releasing a public web view soon so that you can view Bluesky posts without being logged in.
The upcoming release will not have the public web view enabled yet, but it will have a tool to opt out of it.
More details in this thread 🧵
I’m grateful to Shado Mag for commissioning me to write on direct action, Palestine and international resistance beyond a ceasefire. I hope it is useful, in some way, to those interested in organising beyond marches. 🇵🇸
shado-mag.com/act/beyond-a...
hello it is very cold and I can't afford to top up my gas could anyone spare a fiver so that it can be above 10C in my flat please
PayPal.me/winterslex
hi i'm currently out of work while recovering from GRS, and benefits arent enough
my bank is projecting a shortfall of £225 this month.
even just a few quid my way helps cover the smaller bills like gas so i can have hot water.
if you can help i would appreciate it.
paypal.me/winterslex
Hey everyone, I could really use 1 day / week of tech contracting to fund my aid work right now. We're kinda at a pivotal moment, but donations are still catching up.
I'm good at:
- web dev
- domain modeling
- project management
- IRL ops
- networking
- startups
Techies plz share <3
We are sad to hear that Daniel Ellsberg has passed away. His work bringing the Pentagon Papers to light, advocating for government transparency, and co-founding the Freedom of the Press Foundation, has immeasurably improved the world. We are grateful to have known him.
Normally I organise in a very feminist space(cos I made it so) and with people who are primerily feminists(of various stripes, it'd come to mind like, first second or third when describing themselves) and I _really_ hate not doing that.
Also organising with men fucking sucks
It's funny, men love to threaten to get out of their car and murder you, but if you give them a wave later when you're locking up your bike with the big heavy D lock, suddenly they wouldn't hit a faggot.
