“We wanted strong female characters that are powerful and that own their own physical being and sexuality. And we wanted to portray #Native men kind of opposite to how they’ve been portrayed as kind of dangerous or scary."

North of North, a new #comedy series set in a fictional Nunavut community, premieres on CBC and APTN on Jan. 7.

#Indigenous #TV

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-comedy-series-based-fictional-inuit-community

It’s time to stop denying what we see with our own eyes and say plainly that Elon Musk is a fascist and the far-right project he’s pushing globally poses a serious threat.

He needs to be stopped before it’s too late.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-a-fascist

#tech #elonmusk #donaldtrump #politics #fascism

Got to respect AOC…

“When a prison camp opens in your town, when a dreamer is disappeared from your classroom, when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution, they will all say they didn’t know this was coming. I want the American people to know that they did.” #press #freedom #politics

Open source software on Kickstarter is my jam.

Ghost.org was born on Kickstarter, and now thrilled to be able to sponsor the amazing ActivityPub-driven @pixelfed on our collective quest to bring back the open web.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks

Tech's core regulatory proposition is "it's not a crime if we do it with an app." It's not an unlicensed taxi if we do it with an app. It's not an illegal hotel room if we do it with an app. It's not an unregistered security if we do it with an app. It's not wage theft if we do it with an app.

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https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/25/potatotrac/#carbo-loading

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