Legal scholar, philosopher, progressive activist, and Emeritus Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, Heidi Li Feldman is one of those voices you may want on your side during these dark times.
"We are in a cold civil war that has been gaining momentum since at least 2017. In this sort of political and cultural situation, we cannot expect to change things in couple of months or even a couple of years. Indeed, we can’t sensibly declare a timetable for change. Instead, we must commit ourselves to the work of change no matter how long our efforts must go on." -- Heidi Li Feldman
You'll find Prof Feldman's newsletter here:
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/keep-your-bearings-and-know-the-fight-we-are-in/
Prof Feldman is also on the Fediverse: @heidilifeldman
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Keep your bearings and know the fight we are in

[Note: As readership of Heidi Says has grown, it has been brought to my attention that some background on me might be useful. I’ve expanded the “About” page accordingly.] The scale and pace of Republican Fascist activities escalates daily. Bizarre, sadistic, dangerous measures spew from Trump, his overlord Musk,

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A Precept For The New Year

Right action isn't optional.

A Precept For The New Year

Right action isn't optional.

A Precept For The New Year

Right action isn't optional.

A Precept For The New Year

Right action isn't optional.

"Your advertising by definition won’t work on the fediverse but organic, person-to-person organizing can, and in a way that is increasingly hard to do on the mainstream platforms."

#HeidiLiFeldman, 2024

https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/the-revolution-will-be-federated/

This! Unlike DataFarms, the fediverse is optimised for building *relationships*, not "reach". For all its present day flaws and limitations, the fediverse is already a better way of building movements through talking *with* people, not spending money to talk *at* them.

The Revolution Will Be Federated

Dr. Heidi Li Feldman and Tim Chambers make the case for the Fediverse and other decentralized social networks being crucial for enabling activism.

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"TikTok has a questionable algorithm and its fiscal ties to its Chinese parent company."

#HeidiLiFeldman, 2024

https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/the-revolution-will-be-federated/

A lot of big US DataFarming platforms, including dReddit, Discard and TrapChat, are also now owned or part-owned by Chinese DataFarmers TenCent (creators of WeChat).

2017: CNBC - What is TenCent;
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=m5yFhJFqw5w

2023: Magnates Media - The Secret Chinese Company That Owns Everything;
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=51fWzJ-A5w4

#DataFarming #China #TenCent

The Revolution Will Be Federated

Dr. Heidi Li Feldman and Tim Chambers make the case for the Fediverse and other decentralized social networks being crucial for enabling activism.

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"Organizations like Indivisible and hundreds of LGBTQ rights organizations have stepped back from posting on X altogether, with Indivisible encouraging all progressives to leave or at least do an 'X-last strategy'."

#HeidiLiFeldman, 2024

https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/the-revolution-will-be-federated/

Great start! But I'd love to see this broaden to a 'DataFarm-last strategy'. Or as the #IndieWeb folks have been calling it for years, POSSE;

Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere;

https://indieweb.org/POSSE

#IndieWeb #POSSE

The Revolution Will Be Federated

Dr. Heidi Li Feldman and Tim Chambers make the case for the Fediverse and other decentralized social networks being crucial for enabling activism.

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「重要: 米国の有権者は、登録を確認してください。一部の州では有権者登録の期限が早めに設定されています。他の州では有権者名簿を積極的に削除しているため、自分が登録されていると思っていても、必ず確認してください。詳細については、以下をご覧ください。」

結構大変な国のようです。「有権者名簿を積極的に削除」とは何事ですか?

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Mastodon を使ってハリス大統領候補への募金を始めた方がいます。

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/112833055935322980

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