The left needs to get people comfortable with the idea that we have to take money from rich people.

Not through taxes.

It has to be a seizure of filthy lucre and assets, gained through quasi legal but bad faith tactics.

They must be humbled before the people and grateful to escape with their lives and an annuity that keeps them comfortable.

Until it becomes *culturally acceptable* to do that, the left and the people are fucked.

Very proud that my state's done this.

Washington state bans all law enforcement - including ICE agents - from wearing masks while on duty | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-bans-masks-ice-agents-b2942919.html

"The media won’t admit it, but the anti-ICE protesters in cities across the country like Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles, won big."

~ Ken Klippenstein

#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #GregoryBovino #MarkwayneMullin #DHS #ICE #Chicago #LosAngeles #Minneapolis #media #resistance #solidarity
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https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/kristi-noems-replacement-bows-to

sports labor unions like the #WNBPA prove collective bargaining is necessary to set the baseline in wages, earnings and benefits for workers of all kinds, including athletes.

tech workers, especially software developers, have been gaslit about not needing #labor #unions. if high-earning workers like multimillionaire athletes and actors can be unionized, tech workers should be too.

#WNBA, players' union reach verbal agreement on new CBA terms - ESPN https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48237252/wnba-players-union-agree-principle-new-collective-bargaining-agreement

Mastodon is 100% the early days of social media all over. Some of you will already be familiar with this story.

My weather station (a very nice Netatmo that has served very well) crapped out after nearly 10 years of excellent service. I asked for recommendations here for a new station that would play nicely with #HomeAssistant, and hopefully, also HomeKit. I received *many* recommendations, with Ecowitt (and the brands it manufactures for) taking the lead.

A connection on here offered me their *unopened* Ecowitt weather station for a very generous price. It arrived yesterday, and I set it up, and it's already doing a great job. Works offline, talks to Home Assistant without any problems. I just need to do a couple of bits of configuration jiggery-pokery and it will pass data to HomeKit.

This is very much how things were when I first joined Twitter in 2007. In spite of attempts at #enshittification of everything, the #fediverse is putting up a good fight.

May your day online be as satisfying as mine was yesterday.

LATER EDIT: I’ve been thinking, and I do realise this good experience isn’t necessarily what happens for everyone. It’s still the case that too many good people don’t find a welcoming place here, especially if they are queer or of color. If this is you, know that I see you, and that I will always try to be welcoming and listening, even if you have things to say that bring me discomfort.