In ancient Greece & today, "Democracy & Technology" means "[Partying aristocracy] and [new machines that make all of their slaves starry-eyed, convinced these inventions will help them save money towards buying some remote 'freedom' they see their masters enjoying right now.]"
Joe Miller
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Internet & Civil Rights Lawyer | Social Entrepreneur | Founder/CEO @WashingTech | Host, Tech Policy Leaders Podcast. Native NYer (#UWS). Views are mine alone.
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This is the best I have heard in a very long time. 🎶
Lakecia Benjamin - New Mornings (Whirlwind, 2023) https://open.spotify.com/track/3QDM1qBd5dp8iJlbfeJvuD?si=Ur5q2RHZTju5fFmXJoVa8A
Remembering Jazz Great, Wayne Shorter, 1933-2023. (Francis Wolff - Wayne Shorter, NYC, 1965.)
Davis, Coltrane, Adderley, Evans - On Green Dolphin Street (Kind of Blue - 1959)
https://open.spotify.com/track/0tUq1zaYNoV6ZiYRU2bjqf?si=JctzBog0SZm_G-TwhG31_Q
Eirliani A Rahman#Musk removed the #ThereIsHelp prompt on #Twitter this week. This prompt helped users get support on issues like #suicideprevention and #mentalhealth, #HIV, #vaccines, child sexual exploitation, #COVID-19, gender-based violence. My interview just out in #Reuters:
The pressure worked, folks! Update: #ThereIsHelp has been reinstated.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-restores-suicide-prevention-feature-after-reuters-report-2022-12-24/
Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp
Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.
Sharon Gibson MorganJournalist & suffragette Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a founding member of the NAACP. She was known for her tireless crusade against lynching.
After the lynching of her friend, Tommie Moss, https://tinyl.io/7Zwg, Wells-Barnett investigated the causes of lynching.
Her writings on white mob violence resulted in her Memphis, TN newspaper being torched; she moved to Chicago afterward. https://tinyl.io/7Zwi
#BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #Journalism #Lynching
Elon Musk & Megan Thee Stallion have the same lawyer: Alex Spiro. https://t.co/fNBXy1pN8P
