Tiktok is on FIRE calling out the white supremacy we witnessed today!!!!

[Video: a tik tok by user @o.g.u.n.xx where a Black, femme presenting person, is recording themselves in a mirror and talking. There are captions in the video but they are missing parts. "Regarding the news today, I don’t see a lot of people making this connection, so I’m gonna make this connection: This is not the first coup to happen in America.

The first successful coup in America was the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection, in which a biracial government was overthrown by white supremacists.

Sixty to two-hundred and fifty Black citizens were murdered and over a hundred Black politicians were removed from their offices. The aftermath? Over a hundred thousand Black, registered voters fled North Carolina.

They will not teach you this in school.

When I look at the attempted coup taking place right now, especially on the day where we just elected our first Black senator from Georgia, all I can see is a nation that has failed to deal with white supremacy and anti-Blackness at its core!

I’ve been sitting around all day watching people in the news say, “This is not crazy! This is America! This shouldn’t be happening!” Yeah!  This is America. That’s why it’s happening." /End description.]

"humans are naturally selfish and evil" factoid actually just statistical error. former united states president ronald w. reagan,

Low-wage, part-time positions

“More” jobs shouldn’t be the goal

Making jobs people can live on and providing enough of them for everyone should be the goal

this is the problem with statistic victorys, they declare they win because look at all the jobs, but in the process they cut everything that we needed from the jobs, but they dont care, they got a good looking statistic

There’s a saying from computer science. “Whatever you measure will improve. This is a warning” Whether it’s metrics you’re applying to employees, or unit tests of AIs, or fulfilling statistical victories. Want more lines of code written? Done, now no one writes short, snappy code and every if statement uses three different lines. Want this neural net that’s learning how to walk to reach the furthest distance? Now it makes itself impossibly tall so that when it falls down, the top of it reaches further. Want more jobs? Well, the finger on that monkey paw is curling up as you speak.

Goodhart’s Law

Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.

[id: a photo of a Walmart cashier and a man talking to each other as he pays, which has been overlaid with speech bubbles so he tells her “5 million jobs have been created since Trump took office,” and she, retail smile pasted firmly on, replies, “I have 3 of them and I still can’t pay my rent”.]/end id.

This is some cold-ass shit. As President, Biden has to say something. But he can say it in a way that says nothing and everything.

I want to shake the hand of the staffer that wrote this because this is absolutely fucking superb.

I know we (in general but especially neuroatypicals) prefer things to be clear and straightforward. But occasionally, you can do things in full view of the world like this. And that's kind of incredible.

If you're not clear why this message is so cold -

Biden (and/or the staffer who composed this) is using a technique called "damning with faint praise," which is the rhetorical equivalent of "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Nothing he says is untrue, he just ... doesn't say much.

"I'll never forget the first time I met Dr. Kissinger..." A statement like this would normally be followed by a personal anecdote of some kind. But here it just stands alone.

"Throughout our careers, we often disagreed....." One would expect a but to follow this part, some way of softening such a statement by complimenting Kissinger. There isn't one.

"...his fierce intellect and profound strategic focus..." These are the nicest things the statement says about Kissinger, and the second one is a bit backhanded - "strategic focus" could be restated as "ruthlessness" or "knack for scheming" if they were willing to be rude.

"...he continued to offer his views..." This could be restated more positively if Biden meant it to be positive - "contribute his insights" or "share his wisdom." By using the very neutral "offer his views," the statement implies that's neutral is the best they could do.

"...and all those who loved him." This final sentence is brief and direct, and again, the absolute minimum Biden could say to be polite. It also delicately implies that the Bidens are not among those who loved him.

The whole thing avoids mentioning Kissinger's legacy, or even his actual government role. It's barely more than a form letter, and for someone so historically consequential as Kissinger, that implies Biden couldn't say more without being openly rude.

And for fun context to the "I'll never forget the first time I met Dr. Kissinger" part?

The first time Biden and Kissinger met, Biden was a freshman Senator and Kissinger was Secretary of State. Kissinger thought Biden was a senator's aide, so when Biden asked a question at a briefing, Kissinger told him staffers weren't allowed to speak, and tried to order him out of the room.

Once corrected that Biden was a Senator, Kissinger mispronounced Biden's name, and Biden responded calling him "Secretary Dulles". [link]

Additionally, Biden was the first US President since Nixon to never invite Kissinger to the White House. [link]

For comparison's sake, here's the official White House statement on the death of Jimmy Buffett:

[Image: a tik tok by user @/alexander_larkin in which a pale person with a grey shirt and brown hair and beard, explains something. There is a comment shown on screen that reads, “Just saying my taxes went up when Biden took over and I barely make 30 000 a year 🤷🏼‍♀️”.

There are pretty accurate captions but I'll still type it up here. “Biden hasn't made any changes to tax law. The reason your taxes went up was because of the tax cut that Donald Trump made in 2017. You see, if you look at the fine print of Donald Trump's 2017 tax cut, the wealthiest and the corporations in America got a permanent tax cut, and the middle class got a temporary tax cut that is eclipsing.

And you're taxes are going up, and they're going to continue going up until, I think 2025. Don't quote me on that year though. It might even be 2027. It's almost like, it's almost like the people that wrote the 2017 tax cut, thought ahead of that ahead of time. So that you would blame the next guy, instead of Donald Trump. This is what Republicans do when people, aren't paying attention.” The “aren't paying attention” is shouted.

End description.]

Because, god knows when it rains it pours, there’s yet another horrible internet bill on the table, and it is a doozy! 

It’s called the Kids Online Safety Act and it’s basically designed to force internet companies to mandate ID for website logins, destroy websites with any hint of a kid looking at things they aren’t supposed to (With an extremely broad definition of “what they aren’t supposed to”), force companies to send data “for study” to the government (IE, spy on kids) force them to use an age-verification system that will likely include mandatory government ID checks, and put on mandatory parental controls cranked up to high by default for parents to spy on their kids!

Now, this is a nightmare for several reasons. The mandated ID checks are horrifying and intrusive violation of privacy for adults and the young alike, in a way that screws over queer sex workers especially, and the increased liability for websites will lead to truly biblical purges of NSFW content, but there’s another big one:

This bill will lead to kids getting abused and killed.

Like, imagine that parental spying being used on queer or mentally ill teens. Imagine the definition of “not okay for minors” being expanded by, like say, the transphobic push in Texas or Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill. You see where this goes.

Now, this is before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who’s members are:

You can find their contact info here, and if they’re a part of your state, contact them and tell them this bill is a spying bill that will kill children, it needs to die.

But, even in other state, contact your sentators any way you can, and tell them this is a bad bill, and if it gets out of committee, it needs to die.

Tell your friends IRL to do it too either way, because they measure this shit in terms of how many messages they get, and so we need to flood their offices, and this goes for the other bad internet bills I’ve talked about too.

Again, deeply fatigued by all the godawful internet bills, but this is a goddamn war, and nobody ever won a war by giving up…

Reblogging because the bill just left committee and is now in the full Senate.

And it passed committee fucking unanimously, which is terrifying.

Call your Senators and tell them this bill needs to be destroyed, make it controversial, make it legislative poison.

Blogging this again because it got worse, in that they are trying to push it through the “lame duck” session of Congress.

Which, for those who don’t know what that means, basically they’re going to try and sneak it into a big “must-pass” bill or just try and push it out while everyone’s asleep at the wheel.

Which has happened very recently with another bill, the awful streaming act by Thom Tills!

And, there’s a lot of people who want this shit passed, including fucking Frances Haugen who; if this passes; I guarantee will go down in history as the Frederick Werthan of the internet.

So, we can’t afford to do nothing on this. Again, here’s where you can find your representatives and senators and their contact information via your address or zip code.

Again, it only works if we do it in volume, so call them and tell them you want it dead!

Friendly reminder, there’s organized fucking parents groups pushing for this to indeed be added to those undemocraftic “Christmas Tree” must-pass bills, and we need to come out in enough numbers if we’re to put this in the grave.

Also, “shout out” to the Washington Post article that uncritically praises the bill without bringing up any of the shit I’ve mentioned here, by which I mean you should shout at its author on Twitter about how he’s uncritically advancing dangerous legislation in the same way the media did to FOSTA-SESTA when it was in committee…

You know if i could read about the USA prison system without having extremely bad effects on my mental state, I would post a lot more stuff about prison abolition, because it feels like any rational person who knew about it would conclude that we live under a monstrous authoritarian regime, and the fact that so few people discuss it feels like some kind of surreal nightmare.

Throughout my life, but especially since starting this blog, I've been a very conscientious chronicler of my own learning process. I put little flags in my head next to insights that unlocked a new realm of ideas, I closely observe my cognitive and perceptual biases when I notice them. I leave 'notes' for myself: This presumption CANNOT be left unacknowledged—you spent years trying to scale this boulder, remember?

I am studying the cognitive biases that I've found to be deeply wrapped up in being an American, some of which are still attached to my brain.

It is good practice to be cautious and wary of ideological extremes, and so we are trying to move forward as if driving a car on an icy road through thick, driving snow. There are threats hurtling through the blizzard, out of our sight: fascism, communism, dictatorship, totalitarianism, civil collapse, anarchy. But all we can see is through the window of an outdated and misleading high-school history textbook, the allegation of a friend who was lucky enough to have been to Europe, a voice we trust because its vowels are accented like the ones heard at home.

And even as the snow clears, through thankless and independent study of library books and articles and internet research dives, the instinct toward moderation is so strong, hitting cautious thinkers hardest: if the conclusion I have come to sounds extreme and radical in relation to the world I know, isn't it likely that I've missed something? This conclusion feels so certain, so obvious; why am I the only one disturbed this deeply?

It is so deeply ingrained into us that the USA is the best country on earth, that there is no better or more free place to live, that the atrocities are safely in the distant past—and even if this idea crumbles, a part of the brain still absolutely refuses to see the USA as a power of evil in the way other countries can be.

The politics of this country are shrouded in the fugue characteristic of a cult or an abusive relationship. We are certain that something is wrong, but an open confrontation of it is so destructive to our whole world and everything we know that we don't trust our own sense of reason and justice. The malice of our system is so blatant and extreme that we are vulnerable to the most flimsy, pathetic justification for it.

If the facts are just as they appear, why do we put up with it? Why does it feel so normal? If there really is no economic complication or thorny reality that explains the naked cruelty, then why would we have let it go on so long?

It's the spasming jerk of denial that comes in response to the truth when the truth is horrible—when the truth is: You've been swallowed by the thing you thought you could recognize. You're in love with someone who threatens to kill you.

America wouldn't do that, America is flawed but means well, America has changed, America makes mistakes sometimes, America didn't exactly, America isn't really, America responded understandably, America is good deep down, we must have done something to deserve it, we have to try to be good so America won't do it anymore...

Enough.

You are worth more than this.

We deserve better than this.

You are not naive or entitled to expect a fair, just, and compassionate world. We can rescue each other from this horrible machine. We have to.

Stop being thankful for the violence you were spared and treasuring the narrow ledge of security you have "earned."

Start getting pissed on behalf of the less lucky, and if you can't manage that, remember that good behavior will not save you forever. You can do everything right and still end up sick, homeless, disabled, addicted, incarcerated, and America will drop the 'nice' facade like it never loved you.

@i-speak-graffiti

As promised, I will address this. This response will discuss some very triggering things, including rape and abuse of minors, so tread carefully.

This response will also not be including any specific citations because I did not write down the books and articles (from my college library etc) that I read to reach my conclusions, and...honest to god this is a disturbing topic for me that requires the right mental place to dive into researching extensively and I am very sorry.

If you are able, I encourage you to research these things for yourself, preferably using an academic library or something like Jstor. Look the specific and personal accounts, look for info about prison riots and protests, and look for legal cases involving prisoners' rights (Wikipedia is pretty extensive in its treatment of USA supreme court cases).

Become curious. Resist the evil. Okay that's all.

So, imagine a Bad Person.

One of the sort you mention—someone that just wants to hurt people.

Now put this person in a situation where their basic needs are not being met and they are physically unsafe.

Isolate them from support systems, from adequate mental health services, from educational resources and from meaningful interaction with other humans and the natural world.

Now imagine this person re-entering society after ten years.

If the purpose of prison, or even A purpose of prison, was to protect people from violence and abuse, people would not go to prison for drugs or for stealing property.

With that out of the way:

Most criticism of the American prison system I have seen centers on the unfairness of the prison system—the fact that minorities are disproportionately sentenced and receive longer sentences—and prisons being run for profit.

What is falling through the cracks is that conditions and policies in American prisons are wall-to-wall just, monstrous violations of basic human rights.

[I am going to be discussing the sexual abuse of a minor here. This is your warning.]

Food does not meet nutritional and safety standards. Outbreaks of infectious disease are common due to overcrowding and filth. Health services are insufficient, mental health services in particular are poor to nonexistent. Prisoners aren't given enough menstrual products.

Long term solitary confinement is very common, and it is internationally considered to be torture.

The rates of reported rape are estimated variously, but incredibly high. By many reckonings, more sexual abuse and assault is perpetrated by prison guards than by other prisoners. It is a ridiculously abusive, traumatic, unsafe environment.

The information that scarred me for life was reading about a legal case involving young teenage girl (13-14) being admitted to a juvenile detention center, where staff literally held her legs open to forcibly "search" her vagina. This was ruled to be legal.

Forced body cavity searches still happen, even to minors, and it is not illegal. It is sometimes done in front of other prisoners and/or in unsanitary conditions. Forced strip searches still happen and are common place.

That girl I just told you about? She was raped. In a very real, literal way, the prison itself raped her.

Now, I have not read any theory, or anyone specifically writing about prison abolition. I don't know the first thing about anarchism or associated political ideologies. But here is what I think.

Our "criminal justice" system as a whole puts us all in danger by existing in its present form. How can a thing that regularly commits rape and murder with few legal consequences, be protecting us from rapists and murderers? If the state can take away all your human rights when it wants to, you never had them in the first place.

[Image: two replies from the notes by @i-speak-graffiti. They read, "But I believe there are specific instances where people who want to hurt others, not because of a mental illness or environmental issues, should be put in prison for the sake of the community. We don't need a for-profit prison system for these people. But we do need something so predators don't abuse our most vulnerable.

I've long shed the teachings of American Exemptionalism, but I still never was fully on board with abolishing prisons entirely. I believe in having places where people can do drugs safely under medical supervision. I believe in free food and water for everyone. I believe in community programs and funding social services so there's less of a need for police. I believe in free housing for all." End description.]

[Image: a tweet by Randi Mayem Singer @/rmayemsinger that reads, "Electrical activity in a group of organizing cells is not a heart beat. Know who has a heartbeat? Kids cowering in classrooms. Pro-life them." End description.]

You mean like slavery?

Image Description.

Facebook post from Matt Norris.

Post reads like a conversation between 2 people:

Prison labor is a problem we need to address soon.

Convicts in prison should have to work like the rest of us.

No, we’re giving them 3 meals and a bed, at our expense, while they just sit around and watch TV. They should have to work!

Right. Like slavery.

It’s not like slavery!

Can they leave?

No.

Can they refuse work?

No.

So how exactly isn’t this slavery?

We DO pay them!

Do we pay in accordance with labor laws?

No. We pay them between 33 cents and $1.41/hour with a maximum daily wage below $5, then take up to half of that as room&board fees and victim compensation.

Right. So like slavery.

BUT.

No.

Image then links to this url.

Below URL image reads “fun bonus fact: enough of our labor market currently relies on labor at these depressed rates, that it has a substantial downward pressure on both wages and job availability in low-skilled sectors. Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs. Slavery is.

End description.

I’d also like to add it’s not just private prisons. It’s also private detention centers where ICE keeps the immigrants.

-fae

The constitution even acknowledges that it’s still slavery

a hefty chunk of items with that ‘made in america’ sticker are in fact made by prison labor at the very least anything that is a product of prison labor should be required to have a similar sticker to inform consumers they are taking part of this system, which is difficult to track because prison made manufactured goods include almost the entire uniform of a US soldier, road construction in most southern states, and agricultural goods sold in most stores

this…. looks familliar

Prison is just covert slavery and that’s why they wanna keep so many black people in there for the smallest offences.

This is insane

(Just to clarify, I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m just giving you more information because you’re right, and I like your blog, and I want you to have sources in case you need them.)

It’s not even covert. It’s blatant and overt. It’s even called slavery in the constitution.

“Slavery is illegal except as punishment for a crime.”

People just don’t care because they think it’s all murderers and rapists, despite the fact that the number of violent criminals in jail is so small it might as well be negligible.

It’s literally slavery, just dumbass racists and capitalists don’t care enough to figure out why we’re calling it that.

-fae

Actually, no, I got something to add and it’s this video by Knowing Better on Youtube:

Slavery is baked into the US American system so much more firmly than anyone ever really acknowledges.

There’s a very good and very hard-hitting documentary about it on Netflix

5 states, tennessee, alabama, louisiana, oregon and vermont will be able to vote to ammend this in the midterms, which is horrifying that they have to, but this is really good, and might set a precedant for more states to start ammending it.

here’s an article on it:

On Wednesday, July 17th, a heavily armed police force arrested over 20 Native Hawaiian elders who were peacefully protecting Mauna Kea from desecration.

#TMTShutdown#AoleTMT #KuKiaʻiMauna

https://www.instagram.com/minouye/

I’m late coming to this, but it is something I’ve become aware of while here on the islands. I’m still learning about what’s been going on, but what I understand so far is:

Mauna Kea is (to put it very simply) a very sacred space for the native Hawaiians.

Land was ceeded to the University and the government to build several telescopes with the agreement that the land would be well maintained. It hasn’t been, and now the government wants to build an even bigger telescope on the mountain. Yes the For Science! aspect of it is important, yes there are already telescopes on the summit, but gven the contentious relationship between the US government and Hawaii, this is unquestionably yet another case of Washington bureaucrats bullying anyone who gets in their way.

It’s hard to be articulate when this is a message that has been overstated time and time again; the historical approach the US has had to indigenous people and sacred spaces both on the mainland and off is extremely disheartening and embarrassing to me as a US citizen. I don’t have a huge amount of optimism, but the least I can do is try to spread awareness.

The original tumblr post is from summer 2019

Boost the hell out of this. Liking is good. Reblogging is better.

I think a lot of people understand why this is bad, but in case some don't let me explain.

The nation was horrified by the recording of George Floyd being murdered. But what if it had never been recorded? Would Derek Chauvin still be out? Would they have tossed the case due to insufficient evidence?

Look, the 2020 protests resulted in laws being passed to hold police accountable. Were they fully successful? No. Does more need to be done? Yes. But there was more being done than I've ever seen.

Now, in the space of a few months we have

This is not an accident or a coincidence. Conservatives are sending a message that no matter what cops do, they will back cops up. They are saying that they don't like cops being held accountable. These rulings should be taken as retaliation for any policy passed that protects BIPOC and hold police accountable.

Tech companies are funding commercials against this. If you see something with a whole lot of fear mongering about prices and no more 2-day shipping from Amazon and finishing with "tell Senators Such-and-Such to vote no on S.2992!"...that's this bill.

^Also claims that antitrust "threatens national security"

hey so the Democrats are in charge at this very moment. They could enshrine abortion rights in the constitution at this very moment. Why would they wait until after midterms to do something, and if they aren’t gonna wait until after midterms, wtf does this have to do with midterms?

The only way to “enshrine it in the constitution” would be to make it an amendment. This requires a 2/3 vote from both the House and the Senate.

Which… wouldn’t pass.

I know this is shocking. But “being in charge” doesn’t actually mean unlimited power.

This post mentions the midterms because it 1. Could give us a super majority needed for this kind of amendment and 2. Would affect STATE governments which could safeguard abortion on a state level.

Vote these midterms. It has never been more critical to stop this shit. Those playing the long con game have been waiting for this most of all. The more freedoms they remove from us the stronger they get. Stop the backwards slide to remove rights from everyone but the rich white male.

Vote these midterms. If Republicans win any more seats in The House or The Senate, they’re going to use the opportunity to enshrine THEIR beliefs as much as they possibly can. It takes votes from two-thirds of Congress to overturn a presidential veto and force a law into place. HELP KEEP, AND FLIP, AS MANY SEATS BLUE AS POSSIBLE.

Being in charge doesn’t actually mean unlimited power.

Read that again and memorize it, people. They literally told you in 2020 that the goal was to get a supermajority, that they NEEDED a supermajority to get anything done, and then THEY DID NOT GET A SUPERMAJORITY. They got just enough to stem the tide and no further.

Anybody who says things are just as bad now as they were under Trump is full of shit. Don’t buy into their bullshit. There is a wide spectrum of people running under the democratic banner; find the most progressive one and vote for them. Move the party as far left as you can and, more importantly, get as many Republicans as we can OUT.

KEEP THE SEATS. FLIP THE SEATS.

I’m still amazed at the number of people on this site that have infantile takes on the Dems having a majority. Like fuck yall.

Once again, Women’s Health Protection Act. There has been an attempt to codify Roe v Wade into law every Congress for nearly a decade now. They got it past the House this year. It was all over the news when the Roe v Wade decision got leaked. It died in the Senate.

Next Congress, it will be back. And this time, we need to show up for it.

Beating my head against the wall for the incredibly dumbass take of “abortion rights could just be enshrined in the constitution right now” because beyond what @fandomsandfeminism said, the NEXT STEP is for THREE FOURTHS of states to also vote to ratify it. Which means you need 38 state legislatures to be on board with enshrining abortion in the constitution. Huh, I wonder if that’s possible.

fuck all the way off.

i am begging people to learn how pur government works before they unleash their idiotic fucking takes into the wild. schoolhouse rock will do the trick if you dont remember what you learned in history/civics/government classes in high school.

For those who would like that mini-education without Schoolhouse Rock (which is more fun & gives a great big picture gist-of-it explanation, but lacks details/depth): https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government

NOW! Relevant to all this working together: midterms don’t only get us people who can make or break *human rights* legislation, but *voting rights* legislation too. and yes!! the republican party has been using this to gradually erode both by leaning on the latter to get more of them into office.

guess what the democrats have been picking up steam on since 2016! getting rid of the electoral college, which is a voting rights issue.

They Might Be Giants released a song + video in 2020 called The Electors, it’s helpful for understanding the shitty electoral college presidential elections!

For the record, the electoral college is what has gotten us two Republican presidents who lost the popular vote. Here is a good rundown on that: https://time.com/5579161/presidents-elected-electoral-college/

You will note that this article reveals that the Electoral College is enshrined in the constitution, and what/how the Electoral College was originally for, and–

–wait for it–

Rusty Bowers (who did his job and kept his oath when it came to the 2020 election) said, and Liz Cheney (who also did, and who is also bucking her party for this one particular (very important) issue) reiterated, AT THE JAN 6th HEARINGS, that the Constitution is divinely inspired.

divinely inspired.

i don’t think i have to emphasize what a fucking horrible and dangerous idea this is. i mean this document is supposed to establish the separation of church and state. calling it divinely inspired not only attempts to kick that to the curb, but it ALSO makes it much harder to change, and it’s a document that NEEDS CHANGE (amendments) to simply be less racist.

Like if nothing else, read the TIME article. But we need amendments, and *even the likelihood of being able to make those changes* is in trouble. Like if you don’t care about voting it’s gonna go away, and *that is actually a for real problem*.

disney is now pausing all political donations in florida and is now supporting groups going against the don’t say bill but let’s get one thing clear: the ONLY reason they’re doing this is because they got called out by their employees AND lgbt people. if that didn’t happen they would’ve gladly continued supporting the suppression of human rights.

when pride month comes around do NOT let them pretend that they weren’t going mask off

I rarely add onto posts, but it’s also very important to note that only a PAUSE has been put on these donations. That’s the word used in all articles, quotes, and interviews. A pause. This use of language is very important. This is hardly a win. When attention dies down, it is entirely possible (and likely) that the company is going to silently continue these donations. Simply putting a “pause” on these donations isn’t nearly enough, especially considering this isn’t the only anti-lgbtq thing Disney has done by a long-shot. 

disney employees are starting a full week of walkouts leading to their big walkout on march 22nd, 2022. they’ve asked people to not use disney products during this week. (no disney+, hulu, espn, playing games, watching videos, reviewing/blogging about any of their IP, no going to the parks). this is a targeted and timed action you can concretely participate in.

they’re asking people to also support by using those hashtags and to sign their petition in solidarity.

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Tuesday Break Walkout Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Wednesday Break Walkout Wednesday, March 16, 2022 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Thursday Break Walkout Thursday, March 17, 2022 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Friday Break Walkout Friday, March 18, 2022 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Monday Break Walkout 2 Monday, March 21, 2022 3:00 PM - 4:10 PM

Tuesday Full Walkout Tuesday, March 22, 2022 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

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#DisneyDoBetter #DisneySayGay #DisneySayTrans #WhereIsChapek

So, while we’re occupied by the horrors of EARN IT, I feel I should also draw your attention to another terrible bill that will screw over online creators, SHOP SAFE.

It is, more or less, a bill requiring a photo ID on any potential service selling anything online, mandated Content-ID to trace your items for any Trademark Infringements in its sale, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

It’s difficult to exaggerate how this could destroy the livelihoods of online creators who sell physical goods. Unfortunately, the bill was attached like a tumor to the COMPETES Act, which passed out of the House just recently. The good news however, is that it still requires reconciliation with the Senate version, which does not have this terrible, awful, no-good bill attached

Contact your Senators, whether by writing them online or calling them or even using the EFF’s handy tool of their own, and tell them that if they get on that reconciliation committee, you want SHOP SAFE gone from the version of the bill that’s sent to Biden’s desk.

Go to my pinned to see how to fight this