CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@thebrand That sounds similar to a quote by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy.

"If larger country oppresses a smaller country, I'll stand with smaller country. If smaller country has Majoritarian Religion which oppresses minority religions, I'll stand with Minority religion. If minority religion has caste and one caste oppresses another caste, I'll stand with caste being oppressed. In oppressed caste if an employer oppresses his employee, I'll stand with employee. If employee goes Home and oppresses his wife, I'll stand with that woman. Overall oppression is my enemy"

All these platforms are adding a requirement for a government ID and I keep thinking about this buddy of mine I went to college with. Same age as me but has never gotten a passport, never chose to learn how to drive, and it’s entirely possible that he doesn’t have an ID to show even if he wanted to do so.

There are broad swaths of people who will be unable to access some of these sites even if they were perfectly comfortable with the idea of handing over their data. As with so many parts of this world, I imagine it will be poor people, disabled people, people with developmental delays, and immigrants who find themselves unable to access this new internet.

If you have money to support your favorite open source initiative that has come out against things like age verification, AI, data mining, etc. throw a coin to your Witcher and help them stay afloat so that we can have an internet for everyone.

I *love* that #trump lost his shit in predictable fashion all because #BadBunny both spoke and sang in Spanish. Anything that continues to broadcast to the non-white voters who supported him that he is racist piece of shit. Maybe there's nothing that will break through that carapace of ignorance but hope springs eternal right?

My Great Aunt and Uncle were Puertorriqueño, if Uncle Juan was still alive today, I bet he would have been grinning from ear-to-ear watching that halftime show.