If your project or organisation has a “no politics” clause, you’re saying you’re happy to exclude people whose very existence is political in our societies.
It’s only defensible if you’re coming from a place of privilege where the dominant politics are to your advantage so you can take them as given.
There is no such thing as “no politics”; there is only “no politics other than the politics of the status quo that I benefit from, which I’ve internalised as normal.”
🇩🇪Europaabgeordnete aus vier Fraktionen - Konservative bis Linke - fordern Schutz vor extraterritorialen Übergriffen der USA und Chinas auf unsere Daten.
Doch EU-Digitalkommissar Breton schafft es, mit keinem Wort auf unsere Fragen zu antworten. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2024-001342_DE.html
This month new EU rules on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products will enter into force – setting new standards for green products, prioritising circularity, energy efficiency and overall sustainability.
Here are some ways it will be making a difference:
💪 Products made to last, not for landfill
💧 Energy efficiency instead of waste
💯 Fewer toxic substances, more recycled materials
📊 Transparency will reign – you'll be in control
If Biden does decide not to run again, one of the worst effects will be the New York Times' conclusion that it can decide the outcome of our political campaigns.
The paper's campaign to remove Biden -- using its "news" and commentary pages -- has been unrelenting.
Rather angry at my congressional representative for being completely silent since yesterday’s disastrous Supreme Court ruling. I gave their office a call to ask them to support articles of impeachment against all 6 justices who agreed with the majority and to support expansion of the court.
Please do the same. Call your representatives! We need to push hard to get our representatives to act swiftly and forcefully. Even if the vote will fail the first time; that’s not even the point. Waiting for November is not an option.
I'm experimenting with https://honkasaurus.world which lets me use an identity on my own website without needing to host Mastodon myself. The hope is this way I don't have to move identities if want to switch my Mastodon host. Janky but promising so far!
This one's for the "nice liberals" who think gender stuff is just "too political".
Tough shit.
When you're in a position of influence in a community, then everything you do shapes the community. If you got this far by ignoring a social justice topic, good for you I guess. But you fucked up. There is no neutral position. Either you welcome marginalized people, or you welcome the people who want to keep them in the margins. You can't do both.
Today we're launching a new #Mastodon feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.
Know what would destroy the Roberts Court faster than anything? A Judges' Revolt.
If I were a federal judge, I'd decline to honor any of the controversial Roberts Court decisions. I'd openly say, "that decision is not good law because the Court as currently constituted is corrupt and illegitimate, and to follow its decrees would be to violate my oath to the Constitution."
Impeach me. Do it. See if you can get the Senate votes. Otherwise, I'm appointed for life. Now imagine if dozens of federal judges, trial and appellate, did the same thing.