Golda Velez
@goldavelez.org
60% earnest 10% snark and the rest is random tree pics and stuff
volunteer human rights- RaisetheVoices.org
earned governance startup- LinkedTrust.us
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earned governance startup- LinkedTrust.us
signal: @minty.53
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Golda Velez
@goldavelez.org
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Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
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there should be a global democracy feed that also centers stuff like this dawnmena.org/the-crime-pr...
The Crime Prevention Law Exposes the Crisis of the Jordanian Regime
King Abdullah’s rhetoric regarding his “vision of political modernization” rings hollow when the system’s foundations rest on colonial-era instruments of control.
dawnmena.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
there should be a global democracy feed that also centers stuff like this dawnmena.org/the-crime-pr...
opus 4.5 w claude code really is noticably smarter. i use it on different boxes and environments and i find myself going "wait a minute, what model are you?" any place i hadn't upgraded...
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
opus 4.5 w claude code really is noticably smarter. i use it on different boxes and environments and i find myself going "wait a minute, what model are you?" any place i hadn't upgraded...
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hey, I work here! my team supported more than 3,200 journalists this year... that's 50% more than last year. if you've got donating to do, please send some $ our way!
2025 has been a year unlike anything we've seen in the US.
In the second Trump administration, attacks on journalists are no longer sporadic. They're systematic.
This #GivingTuesday, consider donating to support freedom of the press, so we can keep on fighting: freedom.press/donate
In the second Trump administration, attacks on journalists are no longer sporadic. They're systematic.
This #GivingTuesday, consider donating to support freedom of the press, so we can keep on fighting: freedom.press/donate
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
hey, I work here! my team supported more than 3,200 journalists this year... that's 50% more than last year. if you've got donating to do, please send some $ our way!
"“So we’re quite conscious of the risk we bear by doing anything that looks anything like buying favors or anything like that,” he continued. “We also have policies that we don’t do certain things because it just makes it easier for us.” -- JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
overlooked this til @ezralevin.bsky.social 's email today:
not resisting, but just avoiding the appearance of corruption as a business decision, this has to be the mainstream way forward, and I'll take it. #JPMorgan
Not everyone has to be a hero, just - this
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorga...
not resisting, but just avoiding the appearance of corruption as a business decision, this has to be the mainstream way forward, and I'll take it. #JPMorgan
Not everyone has to be a hero, just - this
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorga...
JPMorgan Boss Explains Why Bank Isn’t Donating To Trump Ballroom: ‘We Have An Issue, OK?’
The bank did support Donald Trump’s inauguration to the tune of $1 million.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"“So we’re quite conscious of the risk we bear by doing anything that looks anything like buying favors or anything like that,” he continued. “We also have policies that we don’t do certain things because it just makes it easier for us.” -- JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
overlooked this til @ezralevin.bsky.social 's email today:
not resisting, but just avoiding the appearance of corruption as a business decision, this has to be the mainstream way forward, and I'll take it. #JPMorgan
Not everyone has to be a hero, just - this
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorga...
not resisting, but just avoiding the appearance of corruption as a business decision, this has to be the mainstream way forward, and I'll take it. #JPMorgan
Not everyone has to be a hero, just - this
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorga...
JPMorgan Boss Explains Why Bank Isn’t Donating To Trump Ballroom: ‘We Have An Issue, OK?’
The bank did support Donald Trump’s inauguration to the tune of $1 million.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
overlooked this til @ezralevin.bsky.social 's email today:
not resisting, but just avoiding the appearance of corruption as a business decision, this has to be the mainstream way forward, and I'll take it. #JPMorgan
Not everyone has to be a hero, just - this
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorga...
not resisting, but just avoiding the appearance of corruption as a business decision, this has to be the mainstream way forward, and I'll take it. #JPMorgan
Not everyone has to be a hero, just - this
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorga...
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San Francisco wants to build social housing to make housing for all a reality, and the City needs a plan to get there. So we issued an RFP to develop one! Hope this reaches even one or two more people who could answer the RFP who wouldn't have seen this otherwise.
www.sfgov.org/lafco/rfp-mu...
www.sfgov.org/lafco/rfp-mu...
RFP for Municipal Housing Agency Study | Local Agency Formation Commission
Originally Posted: Febraury 9, 2024 Updated: November 17, 2025 The San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) seeks proposals to conduct a study to determine the viability and recommended...
www.sfgov.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
San Francisco wants to build social housing to make housing for all a reality, and the City needs a plan to get there. So we issued an RFP to develop one! Hope this reaches even one or two more people who could answer the RFP who wouldn't have seen this otherwise.
www.sfgov.org/lafco/rfp-mu...
www.sfgov.org/lafco/rfp-mu...
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I gave probably the most well received talk I've ever given last week about building "Networks of Consent" and about moving computing towards greater agency and empowerment spui25.nl/programma/we...
And the recording is up already! Lovely event!
And the recording is up already! Lovely event!
Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults
Christine Lemmer-Webber, best known as co-author of ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol, will speak about the crisis technologists face. Why must we revise the default assumption...
spui25.nl
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I gave probably the most well received talk I've ever given last week about building "Networks of Consent" and about moving computing towards greater agency and empowerment spui25.nl/programma/we...
And the recording is up already! Lovely event!
And the recording is up already! Lovely event!
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“On the frozen assets, security gurantees and EU membership, nothing can be finalised without the Europeans…this is not a complete peace plan, That needs Ukraine at the table, Russia at the table and the Europeans at the table.” ENDS
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“On the frozen assets, security gurantees and EU membership, nothing can be finalised without the Europeans…this is not a complete peace plan, That needs Ukraine at the table, Russia at the table and the Europeans at the table.” ENDS
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“One core difference between the fediverse and the AT Protocol seems to be that AT decouples many key building blocks – identity, moderation, ranking algorithms, even your own data to some degree – from your server. The fediverse, on the other hand, ties them all to your server and sees that as […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“One core difference between the fediverse and the AT Protocol seems to be that AT decouples many key building blocks – identity, moderation, ranking algorithms, even your own data to some degree – from your server. The fediverse, on the other hand, ties them all to your server and sees that as […]
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#MorningVibe
Did you know that
@metallica.com’s charity, allwithinmyhands.org, has donated more than $10 million to workforce education?
Good news is out there if you just look.
Did you know that
@metallica.com’s charity, allwithinmyhands.org, has donated more than $10 million to workforce education?
Good news is out there if you just look.
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#MorningVibe
Did you know that
@metallica.com’s charity, allwithinmyhands.org, has donated more than $10 million to workforce education?
Good news is out there if you just look.
Did you know that
@metallica.com’s charity, allwithinmyhands.org, has donated more than $10 million to workforce education?
Good news is out there if you just look.
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Lamar White, Jr. writes, “Ralph Abraham’s forgotten record on opioids, Medicaid, race, and self-dealing is far more alarming than his anti-vaccine posturing.”
His clinic/pharmacy doled out opioids like candy-creating addicts in a small town in Louisiana. Now he is in the upper ranks of CDC.
His clinic/pharmacy doled out opioids like candy-creating addicts in a small town in Louisiana. Now he is in the upper ranks of CDC.
Pharmland: How a Small-Town Opioid Booster Became a Big-Time Public Health Threat
Ralph Abraham’s forgotten record on opioids, Medicaid, race, and self-dealing is far more alarming than his anti-vaccine posturing.
www.imaginelouisiana.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Lamar White, Jr. writes, “Ralph Abraham’s forgotten record on opioids, Medicaid, race, and self-dealing is far more alarming than his anti-vaccine posturing.”
His clinic/pharmacy doled out opioids like candy-creating addicts in a small town in Louisiana. Now he is in the upper ranks of CDC.
His clinic/pharmacy doled out opioids like candy-creating addicts in a small town in Louisiana. Now he is in the upper ranks of CDC.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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PDS Gatekeeper has two new features for PDS admins who want to run a PDS that does not require invite codes, but want to gatekeep bots
- Captcha support on account create & migration (requires migration tool support, PDS MOOver does for approved PDSs)
- Block account create unless it's a migration
- Captcha support on account create & migration (requires migration tool support, PDS MOOver does for approved PDSs)
- Block account create unless it's a migration
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
PDS Gatekeeper has two new features for PDS admins who want to run a PDS that does not require invite codes, but want to gatekeep bots
- Captcha support on account create & migration (requires migration tool support, PDS MOOver does for approved PDSs)
- Block account create unless it's a migration
- Captcha support on account create & migration (requires migration tool support, PDS MOOver does for approved PDSs)
- Block account create unless it's a migration
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People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — we do. It’s Voters of Tomorrow.
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — we do. It’s Voters of Tomorrow.
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
ALWAYS hold them to the principles, everything is aspirational
Even lip service should be encouraged then hold whoever to it
Even lip service should be encouraged then hold whoever to it
While this usually isn't the intent, "no one will ever be held accountable for this" doomerism is an excuse not to try.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ALWAYS hold them to the principles, everything is aspirational
Even lip service should be encouraged then hold whoever to it
Even lip service should be encouraged then hold whoever to it
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I pushed a new release of 'goat' (v0.2.0)!
the main update is that most of the lexicon tooling from 'glot' got merged in, so you can 'goat lex pull app.bsky.feed.' etc
the commands changed a bit which might impact CI usage (hopefully for the better!)
the main update is that most of the lexicon tooling from 'glot' got merged in, so you can 'goat lex pull app.bsky.feed.' etc
the commands changed a bit which might impact CI usage (hopefully for the better!)
GitHub - bluesky-social/goat: Go AT protocol CLI tool
Go AT protocol CLI tool. Contribute to bluesky-social/goat development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I pushed a new release of 'goat' (v0.2.0)!
the main update is that most of the lexicon tooling from 'glot' got merged in, so you can 'goat lex pull app.bsky.feed.' etc
the commands changed a bit which might impact CI usage (hopefully for the better!)
the main update is that most of the lexicon tooling from 'glot' got merged in, so you can 'goat lex pull app.bsky.feed.' etc
the commands changed a bit which might impact CI usage (hopefully for the better!)
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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New Yorkers kept telling me the same thing: they’re thinking of leaving because they can’t afford to raise their kids here. Universal childcare isn’t just a promise — it’s how we make this a city for everyone.
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New Yorkers kept telling me the same thing: they’re thinking of leaving because they can’t afford to raise their kids here. Universal childcare isn’t just a promise — it’s how we make this a city for everyone.
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“The Holy See formally recognized the state of Palestine in 2015 and Leo has previously reiterated its long-standing position in support of a two-state solution. But his remarks on the plane were his most pointed appeal yet for Palestinian statehood in the context of the war in Gaza.”
Pope Leo XIV held a surprise airborne news conference during which he insisted on Palestinian statehood as the path to achieve peace in Gaza.
"Israel does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution," he said. www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
"Israel does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution," he said. www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
Pope says Israel does not accept 'only solution' to Gaza conflict in surprise press conference
The Vatican continues to advocate for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine and, despite resistance, will continue to seek mediation between Israel and Palestine, Pope Leo XIV said in an i...
www.ncronline.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“The Holy See formally recognized the state of Palestine in 2015 and Leo has previously reiterated its long-standing position in support of a two-state solution. But his remarks on the plane were his most pointed appeal yet for Palestinian statehood in the context of the war in Gaza.”
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It's your last chance of the year to grab some Bellingcat training! From flight tracking to scraping, here's what we've got available in December...
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's your last chance of the year to grab some Bellingcat training! From flight tracking to scraping, here's what we've got available in December...
had a really insightful conversation with @jaymashamoun.bsky.social he understands all the actors here and has good ideas of what to do, imho.
Recommended reading if you want to understand #Sudan
Recommended reading if you want to understand #Sudan
My new writing on #Sudan #Hemedti and the #Tasis Government a smokescreen of legitimacy: www.theafricareport.com/393907/sudan...
www.theafricareport.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
had a really insightful conversation with @jaymashamoun.bsky.social he understands all the actors here and has good ideas of what to do, imho.
Recommended reading if you want to understand #Sudan
Recommended reading if you want to understand #Sudan
ok, writing it is. goldavelez.org/center-us/. keeping my promise to myself to put something out, long-form, once a week or so. And its also a call for new atproto algorithms for feeds that don't center outrage...any thoughts on that?
Center Us
It is natural to center fear. Outrage algorithms do not even need to be intentional - "Popular with Friends", if you have my friends, is quite naturally full of mocking rage, some of which I find quit...
goldavelez.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok, writing it is. goldavelez.org/center-us/. keeping my promise to myself to put something out, long-form, once a week or so. And its also a call for new atproto algorithms for feeds that don't center outrage...any thoughts on that?
writing, and reading old writing, which is still what i have to say:
"Perhaps because it is difficult to see these things, and they trigger an emotional response, we do not also see them as engineering challenges to be solved....."
the old photo...i'm sorry, HK.
hackernoon.com/engineering-...
"Perhaps because it is difficult to see these things, and they trigger an emotional response, we do not also see them as engineering challenges to be solved....."
the old photo...i'm sorry, HK.
hackernoon.com/engineering-...
Engineering Purpose | HackerNoon
Engineers are good at solutions. We're even fairly good at problems. Give us a client, and we will interview for the pain points, carefully describe the key problems, and design the most effective, d...
hackernoon.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
writing, and reading old writing, which is still what i have to say:
"Perhaps because it is difficult to see these things, and they trigger an emotional response, we do not also see them as engineering challenges to be solved....."
the old photo...i'm sorry, HK.
hackernoon.com/engineering-...
"Perhaps because it is difficult to see these things, and they trigger an emotional response, we do not also see them as engineering challenges to be solved....."
the old photo...i'm sorry, HK.
hackernoon.com/engineering-...
this bombing the rescuers thing needs to have the highest penalties and we need to catch those mfers
also you can donate to Timothy's fundraiser.
also you can donate to Timothy's fundraiser.
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
this bombing the rescuers thing needs to have the highest penalties and we need to catch those mfers
also you can donate to Timothy's fundraiser.
also you can donate to Timothy's fundraiser.