Special thank you to @nexusofprivacy and @n00q and to @rwg for the support and guidance, who I by far cite more than anyone else lol

"Closing the Door to Remain Open: The Politics of Openness and the Practices of Strategic Closure in the Fediverse" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323

If you'd like the Fedi to be less demographically-weighted towards white people, and you have a little bit of money to spare, here's an immensely practical way to nudge things in the right direction! Support Blacktwitter.io with running costs:
https://blacktwitter.io/@admin/112808464429032575

#Fediverse #antiracism

Metamates 4 Ceasefire: Open letter demanding Meta's leadership to stop internally censoring voices that support Palestine and the external suppression of Palestinian voices on Meta platforms -

"We, Meta employees, wish to express our disappointment and astonishment at the lack of acknowledgement and care the leaders of this company have shown toward the Palestinian community and its allies."

https://www.metamates4ceasefire.com/

Fork it! It's time for a Mastodon hard fork

https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-hard-fork-2

A Mastodon hard fork that focuses on safety, community, accessibility, and working well with others has a great opportunity to improve safety in the fediverse, the dynamics of the Mastodon ecosystem, and fediverse software development in general. #ForkIt!

Potentially interested in getting involved? See the polls in the replies!

Contents

Part 1

• A missing fork in the landscape
• Okay, but why a hard fork?
• There's a big elephant in the federated room (and I don't mean Mastodon)
• An opportunity for broad participation and a cultural reset

Part 2

• Safety is an especially good area to focus on
• There are also a lot of other areas for improvement

Part 3

• It's not as easy as it sounds ...
• But it's not like it defies the laws of physics!
• What about funding?
• Make sure most of the funding goes to Black, Indigenous, Muslim, trans, queer, and disabled people

Part 4

• It's not an either-or situation
• A lot of open questions - and a lot of potential upside
• Stay tuned!

There's a lot to discuss here, so this is a looong post. If there are some sections that interest you more than others feel free to skip around.

https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-hard-fork-2

@fediversenews

#ForkIt

Holy shit. Google fired 28 workers for protesting against its $1.2 billion contract with the IDF. Solidarity with these workers of conscience.

https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/statement-from-google-workers-with-the-no-tech-for-apartheid-campaign-on-googles-indiscriminate-28ba4c9b7ce8

Since I see that a notable VC-famous jerk is now telling us that he wish he'd "stood by" Eich way back, I'd like to tell you a true fact: Eich didn't lose the CEO's job for his (reprehensible) Prop-8 donation.

Everyone wants to believe that's true, because fits nicely into useful narratives a number of invested camps want to champion, whether it's somebody being ousted for reprehensible views or the woke SJW mob somehow pulling down a great leader (tm) but that's not what happened.