I've done a ton of writing about platform transparency and user privacy issues. I just put together a list for someone, since it's not really collected anywhere. Here it is in case anyone else can use it. 1/
This is so good! Thank you!
You don’t need a traumatic or tragic story to deserve abortion care.
well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...
My heart cannot handle how consistently the disability community loses our most powerful voices to situations that amount to "they simply couldn't come up with the money to keep living." This fucking country is a systemically ableist eugenics factory backed by the Healthcare system and the US govt.
Tinu deserved so much more than she was given. her memory is a blessing, and it should also be a call to action: pandemic isn’t over yet, and people are still dying. Tinu was vulnerable, *anyone* can become vulnerable. you are only ever temporarily non-disabled, treat disabled people with care.
Calculating the bombs-to-aid ratio is left as an exercise for the reader
"The United States on Monday will announce nearly $336 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Palestinians..." meanwhile: "Israel said on Thursday it had secured an $8.7 billion aid package from the United States to support its ongoing military efforts..." www.reuters.com/world/us-ann...
The United States on Monday will announce nearly $336 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, according to a U.S. Agency for International Development statement seen by Reuters.
I host programming nights at the library and had a crypto bro come and argue my job (T&S, content moderation) shouldn't exist because free speech, while promoting his crypto scam 🫠
no one wants to hear it but the main obstacle to new housing is affluent incumbent homeowners using the state to protect their investments
Verso books lost one of its trusted partners - they are the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing one hundred books a year. Make a pledge and share please! There are rewards for supporting as well www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
Verso Books needs your help to launch its Autumn 2024 list of books after the bankruptcy of one its most trusted partners.