Emotions themselves are neither good nor bad, but they *are* powerful. Especially anger. It has some uses we need right now.
Many of us were literally told there were things we were *not allowed* to be angry about. That is authoritarian control. People "above you" do NOT get to tell you what you may or may not be angry about.
Lavonnia Moore, a 45-year-old library manager, who had worked at the Georgia library for 15 years, was fired after displaying When Aidan Became a Brother, a children's book about a transgender boy.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/christian-extremists-get-librarian-fired-for-displaying-book-about-transgender-child/
#politics #USpol #Georgia #books #bookstodon #censorship #LGBTQIA #trans #transphobia #library
For everyone who was sad to miss it, the recording of the Data & Society event about THE AI CON (me and @alex) and EMPIRE OF AI (@karenhao) moderated by @tamigraph is now online!
https://datasociety.net/events/challenging-ai-hype-and-tech-industry-power