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• Post #4456439

  "The Potluck": Musical Explores Trauma of 1979 Greensboro KKK Massacre of 5 Antiracist Activists "It tells the story of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, when Klansmen and American Nazis opened fire on an antiracist demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five members of the Communist Workers' Party. In 2020, the Greensboro City Council passed a resolution apologizing for the attack and the police department's complicity in the killings." https://www.youtub...

• Post #4435724

  It's #BandcampFriday I used to promote my album "Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me" and my original EP and singles on this day, but I'm rethinking Bandcamp due to the usual stuff when companies get sold. However, I still have a lot of debt to pay off for getting my mobility aid this year. It cost thousands of dollars to buy, and yet more to pay customs and taxes on it. If you can spare something to help a disabled musician/artist/scientist pay this off, I'd appreciate...

• Post #4415332

  Google Alerts mostly pushes right-wing shit to me now. One headline I can partially see (I don't want to give them clicks) is "WATCH: Smithsonian director admits she sees history as 'tool' of 'social justice' in-" It's interesting how this cult works. There are these trigger words, red meat for the cult... but if "social justice" is something you object to, the corollary of that is that you're a fan of social injustice. So few of them would admit...

• Post #4380473

  "I Received a Cease and Desist" Most people fold when they get these because they know they don't have the money to fight a corporation's lawyer. So corp lawyers depend on these to bully people into things they'd never win in court and they know it. May this Streisand Effect them to hell. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ha7Tehhasjg #Maine #USpol #Healthcare #Medicare

• Post #4376154

  Google profile suspension has led to major losses for air conditioner mechanic in WA It seems they do have their own website, but it's the Google Reviews part that was sending customers their way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXLZBUsHWI #Monopoly

• Post #4354035

  S13 E19: Cyclospora & Police Surveillance Technology: 8/2/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wagYax-0yJI #USpol #Satire #LastWeekTonight #Surveillance #Privacy

• Post #4352559

  I had to have the bike mech take this photo because my disabled hands were literally shaking so hard after having to push the e-trike 1.5 km to the shop. First time I've ever had a tire blow at the valve. At least that means it wasn't something that got past the Tannus Armour. I sure hope the rest of my day goes better than it's gone so far. #BikeTooter #Disability

• Post #4351055

  The trike flat gave me some time to ponder and I was thinking about world events (I do that at home, too). I was thinking that if seeking gold created GHGs on the scale fossil fuels do, we may have already been hosed completely as a planet millennia ago due to the greed of the few. Why do we as a species put up with the few who do this? I'd love to hear psychologists, cultural anthropologists, and others on the subject... #EatTheRich #ClimateEmergency

• Post #4245065

  This was inspired by a toot I saw recently, but also by MANY posts I've seen over the years. If you wish to speak about disability and cycling, disability and urbanism, and you're not disabled in ways that affect your mobility, PLEASE engage diversely disabled people (who've not got a ton of internalized ableism, who've got experience cycling, taking public transit, driving, etc) instead of speaking in our stead. We're here. We're as hireable as other folks who speak at...

• Post #4209018

  When abled progressives use ableist insults against right wingers, they're engaging in similar shit as right wingers do. "Cretin" is a eugenicist term. These fascists are eugenicists. "Personality disorder" would be a real disorder and something that person couldn't help. In other words, an alibi. So using it as an insult shows disgust for people with disabilities at the same time as it's exculpating fascists by not focusing on their CHOICE to enact violence. #Abl...

• Post #4198383

  Day 55 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania 55 ditë revoltë! Dhuna dhe arrestimet nuk e ndalin revoltën, qytetarët sërish sot në shesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADEkNPfdP4Q #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #Protest

• Post #4186250

  DIY Bike Trailer Build Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApQCePZpIY #DIY #BikeTooter #Camping

• Post #4163832

  Former NYPD Lt. Edwin Raymond on Race, Quotas, and the Future of the NYPD Mamdani just appointed Raymond as NY Sheriff (I didn't even know NYC had sheriffs). Since the NYT article is paywalled hard, I wanted to see what his background is. He's a brave dude if he's a whistleblower and getting on a retired NYPD podcast like this, IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNsf4BTBx_k #NYC #USpol

• Post #4070256

  India's 'Cockroach' movement: Accusations of police brutality in New Delhi | DW News There are some parallels between the Indian and Albanian protests. Both are student-led, both are anti-corruption, and both were peaceful protests where the cops got violent (and the young people were somewhat shocked by this). Both had the cops claiming the protestors attacked and wounded *them*. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebnVJaz-Sf0 #India #CockroachJanataParty #Protest #Corruption

• Post #4041402

  The Daily Show is celebrating 30 years of satirical political comedy and as much as I love the show, seeing the clip montage is very much like seeing a highly imperfect democratic republic slide into fascism...because it did. I don't even have the heart to post it here. #Satire #USpol

• Post #4031916

  Albania Takes a Step Closer to Adopting the Euro "Albania is preparing the legal framework for the adoption of the euro as its national currency. A new draft law on the Bank of Albania, released for public consultation, includes for the first time a dedicated chapter regulating the central bank’s role once the country joins the Eurozone. The draft stipulates that, once the euro is officially adopted as the currency of the Republic of Albania, it will replace the Albanian lek as the countr...

• Post #4005606

  Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. "The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for a reason. He should be arrested and stand trial. My administration examined every legal avenue available to determine whether New York City could execute that warrant. The law is clear: we do not have that authority. The federal government does. So we are calling on the United States to uphold international law, cooperate with the ICC, apprehend Benjamin Netanyahu...

• Post #3924829

  Venice protests greet US ambassador's arrival on superyacht https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgptIo4fQ4w #USpol #Italy #EatTheRich

• Post #3886515

  The ableism and survivorship bias in comments on yet another abled white male urbanist video saying that we don't need two stairways for a building and that having two stairways is the "big impediment" to building more affordable housing... Amazing how developers get abled white urbanist men to do their work for them. "We drove without seat belts and I'M okay. What a bunch of sissies, the people asking for seat belts." #Ableism #EmergencyPreparedness #Urbanism

• Post #3886086

  With fascist techbros cornering the market on RAM and now hard drives, it seems like a good time for the geezers to come out and teach old time spreadsheets, record keeping, abacus use, slide rules, math by hand, landline telephones, letterpress, etc. etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNUjg9X4g8 #FuckAI #EatTheRich #Monopoly

• Post #3866789

  :boost: Anyone here working for CNET? I used to ...years ago... and could use contact info for HR so I can get some info I need from them. I would appreciate help if someone here knows it.

• Post #3865530

  Why so many Albanians hate the Trump-Kushner resort deal so much | DW News Only towards the end do they get to the meat of it - Kushner's development was the straw that broke the camel's back. There were a LOT of straws on that back already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZJMPjUYvzw #Albania #USpol #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

• Post #3845724

  RE: https://mas.to/@meganL/116925172686959884 I'm trying to watch the livecast of the protest because in Day 46 of this, it is getting harder for protestors to keep their chins up, I think. It's hard to keep the numbers turning out on the street consistent for that long (esp with the World Cup on). The chat started out with people who benefit from the oligarchy trolling chat. If you have a moment, put this on even if it's in the background. The numbers watching can help lift spirit...

• Post #3829397

  Spain and Gibraltar remove border fence in a historic EU-UK treaty "Thousands of people who travel every day between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar will no longer have to cross a physical border beginning Wednesday after a border fence was fully removed, allowing a new freedom of movement under a historic European Union-U.K. treaty that came after years of post-Brexit wrangling." Wow. That is the first time I've heard a Gibraltar English accent a...

• Post #3764427

  Sex with Count Binface, live in Cheltenham God, he's quick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nHNaJzoCr4 #Satire

• Post #3756868

  More flock cameras cut down in Houston amid some privacy concerns A nice reminder that it's still possible to fight back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvPvmgD1BBc #USpol #Fascism #Surveillance #Resistance

• Post #3743050

  RE: https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/116902204170516740 This kind of ageism is encouraged by capitalism because it views humans as having worth only insofar as they're either very wealthy or being abled & youthful enough to "be good workers". Especially in countries where pensions are slim or non-existent, the years one is allowed to just exist as a person without doing a fucking job that isn't your passion are few. And younger people are conditioned to view those...

• Post #3737940

  Martha Lillard, the last US polio patient using an iron lung, dies at 78 This month is Disability Pride Month and July was chosen because it was when the Americans with Disabilities Act was finally signed into law (1990). A number of the activists who helped pass ADA were people who'd been disabled by polio in the days before the vaccine was available (Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, etc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GodTgZf5zQY #Vaccine #DisabilityPrideMonth

• Post #3735333

  When I see abled cyclists I know see my posts about accessibility say that an inaccessible rack is "cool", I get overwhelmed by what an uphill battle it is fighting ableism in cycling (and ableism in general). #Ableism #CycleParkingAudit #BikeTooter #Accessibility

• Post #3735270

  Retired judges take part in march, citing threat to rule of law in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3eKsygyrc #USpol #Law #Ohio #Resistance