This week, 4 prominent Chicago faith leaders called on Illinois to adopt #RankedChoiceVoting to mitigate polarization and vote-splitting.

Read the article: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/01/opinion-illinois-2026-primary-election-vote/

Did you know?: FairVote Illinois is advocating for ranked choice voting in Illinois? SB2004 is currently in the State Senate, which would allow Illinois municipalities (including Chicago) to adopt RCV if they choose to do so via referendum.

#RCV #Democracy #Faith #Chicago #ChicagoIllinois

I felt that Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Office, could use a mascot. So I asked Copilot to design something in the spirit of Clippy.

Let me introduce you to Sloppy, a cheerful slightly gooey assistant with glasses and a headset.

#Microslop

Learn how to feel safe carrying a 🔫 in a space that won't make you feel unsafe.

https://readyrainbow.com/ccl

#lgbt #lgbtq #trans #guns #chicago

In light of US tech oligarchy setting its sights on Wikimedia Foundation, a historical detail I did not know before: #Wikipedia became the non-profit it is today partly as the result of a labour strike of Spanish Wikipedia editors who disagreed with the proposed inclusion of advertisements. Initially, it was not clear what revenue model Wikipedia would get, and Wales moved towards a for-profit model already a year after launch. However, rather than working for free, so Jimmy Wales could profit from their labour via advertising, Spanish contributors forked Spanish Wikipedia as the Encyclopedia Libre Universal. Under the threat of losing the editorial community of such a large language, Wales conceded and set up the non-profit.

That is to say, however imperfect they are, all the digital commons we have are the result of ongoing struggle and hard work to keep them as commons.

Via Las Redes Son Nuestras (https://www.consonni.org/es/publicaciones/las-redes-son-nuestras) by @teclista

Update with more info:
https://post.lurk.org/@rra/113873611500414068

Hey, I'm gonna start a campaign to print and hang these around #chicago today. Put them in local businesses and other such things. I have turned them to hopefully get people off of fascist platforms. This is a small way we can take back power from the people who control our communication. Share where you can!

#signal #x #xitter #TwitterMigration #threadsmigration #signalMigration #chi #illinois #illinoisDems #printer #printing

P.S. there is no alt text on these images because they are meant to be printed and distributed. Sawrry. Please don't shame me I'm normally much better about this stuff.