Thread by @ABdesign_PoW

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I am a Mom, first.

This is why I am donating to @ks_found today. #GivingTuesday

I am also a designer, citizen, and individual, who believes in freedom of body, mind, thought, words, choices and knowledge.

On the earth now, we are at a crossroads & at every point we must stand up for freedom. Each of us, at every point, in any way that we can.

Freedom is not for free, never has been. Many of us see before us tyranny. Tyranny of ideas, words, information, education, knowledge.

We see it. We know it in our bones.

It is a dark road ahead if we do not stand up now for freedom, in any way that we can.

I am a designer & former professor. I have taught the history of propaganda, know the symbols, the cadence, nuance and power of imagery, color, typography.

I can readily spot the patterning of messages, verbiage, visuals and understand the depth and power of their sway distributed across diverse media and platforms. We are being led through the most powerful, most unwavering propaganda machine in the history of civilization.

I have lived freely for my whole life in the most beautiful country in the world during the most prosperous time in history. Besides hard work & the foundation provided by my parents & family, most of my success stems from the gift of freedom of knowledge, words & access to books

I am a mom. I have kids and what prompts me now, is their future freedom. Freedom of everything. Freedom to live, freedom to choose, to freely go, learn and grow in life, without being tracked, monitored, maneuvered what to read, think, say or do.

I want them to have the freedom to read what they want to read, see what they want to see, go where they want to go and choose for themselves what to do for their mind, their body and their family.

If we do not stand up at each point for freedom, we may lose it altogether. The propaganda machine & algorithm vectors are too complicated. Most of us can hardly find our phone, much less dissect how it is tracking & assessing our every movement, photo, message, thought.

I am neither a politician, nor journalist. I am not an engineer, nor software coder, not a mega billionaire, fortune 500 CEO nor influencer. If I were, I would throw all my weight & spend all my chips at keeping freedom of speech, knowledge, mind & body available for my children.

But I am not, so I can stand where I am, at my point and stand for freedom. I have donated to politicians, I have tweeted to ceos @elonmusk, I have contacted my congressmen, but time and tyranny move swiftly, and I realize access to knowledge is where power and freedom begin.

I believe we should always have access to world’s knowledge that is not censored or concealed. I believe my children should be able to search, access & read books & the world’s knowledge freely, without filtering, algorithmic sifting, censorship or sieving of ideas. #decentralize

So today, I will donate to @ks_found they are building the #Encyclosphere a #decentralizedknowledge network of encyclopedias, articles and old books. Where the world’s knowledge is not connected to any central hub, collective government, corporation or single power. @mightycause

Where anyone, anywhere can access the world’s knowledge, undistorted, uncensored, unfiltered, anonymous & secure. givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/K…

Learn more at encyclosphere.org

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