White people today: the protesters in LA are hurting their own cause, they should be like MLK and the Civil Rights Movement!

Meanwhile, white people during the Civil Rights Movement:

#Oregon just became the first state to end private equity and corporate control of doctor and clinical practices.

This is huge. I do wish California and other states would follow suit, but the corporate money is so entrenched in politics here that it would take a miracle for it to happen.

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/09/bill-enacting-nations-strictest-limits-on-corporate-health-care-influence-signed-by-gov-kotek/

If you work with a database and are asked to alter the table structure to comply in advance for citizenship or gender categorizations it's really important to NOT do it.

"The governor is concerned about all this stuff they want us to update our record keeping so we store both gender AND biological sex."

"We need fields to store the country of origin of people's parents."

If you don't have the power to rebuff this yourself, ask for help. At minimum ask for help online anonymously.

🧠 Heading to a protest? Protect yourself from gov surveillance before you get there.

🔐 Use Signal, not SMS.
📴 Airplane mode > just "silent."
📵 No face unlock.
🎭 Mask up. Both kinds help.
🕵️ Don’t post live from the scene if it includes others' faces or locations.

We stand for privacy, protection, and public action.

📚 Full guide via @Wired@msdtdn.social 👉🏽 https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/

#PrivacyMatters #DigitalSecurity #CivicTech #ProtestTools #Surveillance #ACTNetwork

Glendale, which is a city in LA County, just canceled its contract with ICE.

Because protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works. Protesting works.

#LosAngeles #LosAngelesProtests #AbolishICE