hcr and warnock
incredible. watch
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right?
that data needs to be secret
Meanwhile, Xcel's profits could triple to $1.9 billion by 2031, while electricity rates rise as much as 55%, according to state regulators. .... It's up to Colorado to shield consumers from the price shock of Xcel Energy’s data-center related building boom coloradosun.com/2026/03/12/x...
trouble
Sodomizing a Palestinian prisoner with a knife on camera is apparently legal in Israel
seems bad, like a public health, education, and prevention problem
4/6 We risk bundling a lot of assumed ATProto knowledge: customizable feeds, third-party feeds, open feed marketplaces, per-user choice of algos and feed options...
They have no idea.
5/6 Something as "obvious" to us as "there can be multiple topic-focused ATProto apps, each with their own algorithmic feeds" is a non-trivial leap for someone still thinking in Twitters and Tumblrs.
ok and what about
open source? no…
#Boulder Valley blocks ChatGPT on school networks due to concerns with two new features www.axios.com/local/boulde...
We've seen another morning of increased ICE activity with DHS helicopter out and about in Chicagoland.
Feds have taken people from Humboldt Park and Ravenswood. Vehicles also seen in Rogers Park. ICE watchers are asking north side neighbors to get outside and keep an eye on landscapers & laborers.
Here we go. A running list of studies that show the harm of using "AI" has on individuals. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
"to be a dues paying member of SURJ.
I am proud to have worked with hundreds of others to join the call of Pam McMichael and Carla F Wallace to build SURJ back in 2009.
And I am proud to work alongside a growing, working class justice movement in Maine, to elect Platner
"to actually fight for the lives and futures of white communities, to escape the death grip of white supremacy and join with broader society, for multiracial democracy, dignity for all, and economic justice.
I am proud
"movements for racial, gender, and economic justice.
And that what was critically needed was a welcoming home, and encouraging community.
And to organize at scale,
"And it is absolutely consistent with what SURJ has always been.
SURJ was formed because we believed that millions of white people could be part of powerful multiracial elect Platner
" ready to welcome me, to help me grow, to help me understand that which systems of oppression had lied to me about, kept hidden from me - then I would not be here.
This endorsement by SURJ is courageous. It is bold. It is beautiful. It is smart.
"into positive transformative beloved community.
If our movements do not allow people to change, to grow, to be influenced by one another, then we have failed in our fundamental task of advancing collective liberation.
If they were not people
" It can be hard to trust people. It can feel safe to seek out people’s past mistakes, and lock them into those mistakes, and then put a wall between us and them.
But this is not how we build movements that can win. This is not how we build movements, that welcome people
"and then exclude them, pushes people into the welcoming arms of the authoritarian right.
Yes, it can be really challenging, difficult, to work with large numbers of people who have made a wide range of mistakes.
"Purity politics, serve to weaken us, exclude people. In fact progressive purity that refuses to allow people to change, actually push people towards the authoritarian right.
Anti-racist politics that seek out peoples failures,
"To bring large numbers of white people into positive movements, we need a culture that actually allows people to change, have transformative experiences. To be able to acknowledge past mistakes, while still making profoundly meaningful and important contributions to justice efforts right now.
"for over 35 years. I want millions of white people who have made mistakes in the past, who have said the wrong thing, who even have questionable, problematic, awful tattoos from when they were younger - to be part of movements for racial, gender, and economic justice.
"and his commitments to both learn from those mistakes and be part of positive efforts Building into the future.
As you note, many are often bad at this. I think his campaign is doing an incredible job, doing this well.
I’ve been doing antiracist, organizing and white communities
"Social justice activist who had been with him in his journey of transformation.
I encourage you to go through his social media and the social media of his campaign. He has made some of the most authentic, meaningful, videos, explaining mistakes that he has made, changes he has gone through,
" trusted social justice activist who knew him.
Social justice activist in Maine, who have long track records of doing really important work. And every single one of them talked about how much they trusted him based on their experience of working with him - over years.
"This includes lots of racial justice leaders of color and white anti-racists. This includes lots of multiracial working class organizations and efforts in the state.
When the controversies about the tattoo, an old statements on social media surfaced - I reached out to a long time,
"Condeming SURJ for supprting someone who has made past mistakes.
I’ve been heavily connected with a wide range of leaders in Maine, about all of this.
There is strong support and engagement with the Platner campaign, in Maine, from a wide cross section of leaders and groups.
resposted from Chris Crass: "Response to criticism of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) for endorsing Graham Platner:
Grateful for the seriousness with which people are thinking about this. And it’s concerning to see people denouncing SURJ for supposedy endorsing a racist.