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Dec 8 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
just gonna say it: I'm seeing a lot of trans people on here showing solidarity with @nytimes staff and ... jeez it would be really nice if they could return the favor
Workers don't need to be perfect to deserve our solidarity. I'm never gonna not support striking workers. But would love to see some of this collective leverage be used to push back on the tranphobia, imperialism, and racism that the NYT peddles on the daily
Apparently it was not clear from my many other posts today and the previous two tweets but I SUPPORT THE @NYTimesGuild UNION AND ALL UNIONS (except cop unions). I SUPPORT THE #NYTStrike. #NotAllNYTstaff or whatever
lol @ cis people in my mentions explaining unions to me
i wrote this song in like 2004 lol evangreer.bandcamp.com/track/picketli…

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Nov 8
Okay despite being a tech policy "expert" I am actually not very tech savvy. I was pretty confused when I first started getting myself set up on #mastodon, but i figured it out pretty quickly (with some help from friends!) and you can too. Here's the steps I took if helpful🧵
First, our brains our so trained to think of social media in a centralized way, so some of the terminology around #Mastodon can feel a little confusing. But really it's pretty simple. Think of it like email. Choose an address on a provider (server) you trust, or host your own
I kind of agonized a bit over choosing a server. I thought about hosting my own on a domain that I own like evangreer.org (this gives you the most independence and control, and means you aren't relying on someone else's server or trusting some admin with your DMs)
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Nov 8
🧵Okay it's #ElectionDay (go vote! voting is a valid harm reduction strategy.)

I know this birdsite is going to hell in a handbasket, but while we're all still here, I put together a THREAD on what the midterms will likely mean for tech policy fights that impact human rights.
This is going to be a bit of a ruthless analysis of how I see the election results impacting hot button tech policy issues like Section 230, content moderation, privacy legislation, the FTC and FCC, antitrust and Big Tech accountability, etc.
I'm not gonna spend as much time explaining the substance of each issue, more just how the political dynamics around them are likely to shift depending on the makeup of the House and Senate. But I'll try to link to relevant campaigns / news coverage to dive deeper.
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Nov 7
Honestly mad respect to @elonmusk for making the new Twitter TOS so much more transparent, clearly readable, and easy to understand Image
I was really skeptical of his leadership but if it's gonna be straightforward and transparent like this then I'm feeling a lot more optimistic time.com/6228045/elon-m…
If I get banned for this one catch me on mastodon shortly
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Oct 26
not today, satan
nightmare shit
"we heard that no one likes doing their Toggl so we're replacing it with CONSTANTLY SCANNING YOUR FACE AT ALL TIMES"
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Sep 30
I can't believe this is actually a thing I have to tweet, but the @TrevorProject, who are supposed to help queer and trans kids, have signed school surveillance software company Gaggle (notorious for outing LGBTQ+ children to school administrators) up to be a corporate partner.
What. The. Actual. Fuck? @TrevorProject you need to immediately cut ties with Gaggle, and apologize to the queer and trans youth who you are supposed to serve. Boosting school surveillance is the OPPOSITE of what any organization supporting LGBTQ+ youth should be doing right now
In states like Texas, law enforcement could easily direct a school district to use Gaggle to monitor student communications for LGBTQ+ or trans related content and then use that to investigate and prosecute families who are just trying to love their kids. Do better @TrevorProject
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Sep 29
Hi, I'm director of @fightfortheftr, a working musician, & helped organize this letter along with my colleague @liaholland (also a writer and longtime music industry worker.) You may disagree with us & the 300+ authors who signed but calling us "tech astroturf" is an absurd lie
Do a quick news search for "Fight for the Future." We are literally leading the fight against Big Tech monopoly power and abuse. We've helped organize some of the largest efforts in support of antitrust and privacy. We are actively fighting AGAINST actual "tech astroturf" groups.
While it's amusing to be called a "tech shill" and an "anti-tech luddite" at the same time, let's focus on the actual facts. You claim that our letter conflates the activities of the nonprofit @internetarchive with "the important work of real public libraries."
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