Anarchists, academics, general interested political folks!:
I'm looking for writings on the importance of political imagination for political progress.

I feel like I often come across this kind of thinking in passing in radical literature (e.g. 'even just asking the question about what a world without prisons might look like itself makes it possible'), but I don't know that I know of an essay or book length defense of its importance. Ideas?

#politics #anarchism #leftism #ideology #theory

#PSA: posting photos and videos of your kids online ensures they'll never be able to meaningfully opt out of privacy invasion.

80% of children have an online presence by age two, with parents sharing an average of 1,500 images before their fifth birthday. —2017, Northumbria University

By the age of 13, children have had an average of 1,300 photos and videos of themselves posted to social media by their parents. —2018, UK Children's Commissioner

#Privacy #DataPrivacy

Pedestrians walk past the site of a Russian drone attack on the historic centre of Lviv. Russia launched a huge wave of nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine this week, killing at least seven people, as Moscow appears to be stepping up a spring offensive intended to break Ukrainian resistance along the front.

Photograph: Mykola Tys/EPA

#photography
#Ukraine
#Lviv

It's interesting to me how many self-proclaimed sci-fi fans have never internalized the lessons of these stories beyond "spaceship good."

Because sci-fi isn't just about modern social problems in a fictional context any more than fantasy is attempting to reconstruct or rehabilitate the past.

Oftentimes it's theory crafting around how to address these problems which necessitate radical change!

Critics say new IOC guidelines violate fundamental human rights

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/27/olympics-transgender-women-athlete-ban-human-rights-response-ntwnfb

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Kentucky Bill Declaring Trans People Mentally Ill and Banning Trans Teachers Set to Pass Largely Unopposed

https://transitics.substack.com/p/kentucky-bill-declaring-trans-people

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

RE: https://mastodon.com.pl/@UODO/116300607855709766

Każdego może dopaść… To akurat chyba przypadek koleżanki mojej żony ze studiów…💀

A szkoła, w której to miało miejsce to jest zbiorowisko dzieci TikToka…😅

Niedawno wizerunek nauczycielki został zmanipulowany przy użyciu AI i opublikowany w sieci jako nagie zdjęcie.

Prezes UODO skierował w tej sprawie zawiadomienie do prokuratury, wskazując na możliwość naruszenia art. 107 ustawy o ochronie danych osobowych.

https://uodo.gov.pl/pl/138/4182