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@PrivacyMatters @privacymatters.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

WTF

Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class.

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

https://migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-apple-quietly-made-ice-agents

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Explore this weeks digest for activists from @rootschange to get to the root of our world so we can build our agency for change.

1. How do you boil frogs without them noticing? Blame Palestinians.
2. Our Growing Zine Library!
3. Authoritarian Dream state […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

No matter where we stand in Palestine and Israel, the collective grief of the 2nd anniversary of October 7th can be felt.

This week, we trace Israel’s tech industry with the rising surveillance state across western countries. Plus, our latest zine is out to combat #ai & #bigtech
#cybersecurity […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Reporting from @erininthemorning.com

The Supreme Court’s white robed….i mean black robed white men are itching to destroy and disappear #trans people. #uspol

1. Allowing conversion therapy on “first amendment grounds” and her Christian beliefs. This is another fake case that leads to real […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

This is why transphobia is just gender policing.

“her co-plaintiff, Jane Doe, an anonymous student athlete who is not trans, but says that, due to her “masculine” presentation—an athletic build, a social group of mostly guys, a wardrobe devoid of many skirts or dresses—she faces imminent risk […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The #rapture happened and apparently it didn’t go to plan for some…

I grew up reading the #comics in the newspaper every single day. It’s always heartwarming to get to be a kid again at the #library

God on a laptop at the pearly gates letting people in. In the foreground, a line with ropes blocking their entrance reads “anti-vax station, wait here until the people you infected have gone in”. A man in a suit waits at the media VIP section line next to it

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene is an example of a passionate person who can get completely manipulated by our elite power structures.

Her beliefs are quite literally the opposite of mine but it’s fascinating to see her turn this year with the #epstein files. GOP leadership is showing her who they are […]

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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

"The U.S. economy is very close to falling into a damaging contraction — and many states are already experiencing a recession" according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Zandi estimates that 22 states plus the District of Columbia are now […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@mattblaze but I finally received my laminated rule book! 📕 it’s a good reminder that the social part of social media should mean fun.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

If you’re in #portland or anywhere #protesting remember that your safety also includes your emotional safety and cyber security! ❤️‍🔥

A few months ago, I share some precautions to take before and after. Be safe & check on your community! #MAGA #media#uspol #ice #cybersecurity […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Silicon Valley runs on H1-B visas. The Trump regime’s new policy charging new via holders $100,000/year will severely limit foreign workers in the Bar Area and not just in tech. This is a self own to make SF even more of a ghost town.

The new policy will directly hurt middle & low income […]

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Good News Community @good-news-community.mastodon.cosmicnation.co.ap.brid.gy · 3d

☀️💧 California’s first solar-covered canal is online! Project Nexus spans irrigation canals with 1.6 MW panels, generating clean power while cutting water loss & algae. A smart win for land-scarce farms—gigawatts possible nationwide! Read more […]

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Kiri 💾🐍 //nullptr::live @expiredpopsicle.vt.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Looks like we may have an influx of new people on the Fediverse after that mess on Bluesky.

Be kind to them. Adapting to the technical and social aspects of Fedi can take some time.

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

The conversation around Sinclair & local #news misses the much longer history and project on the right to takeover local news.

Sinclair Broadcasting has been building their consolidation and corporate power for years before the #kimmel incident. #uspol #media […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

This is like when the school bully steals everyone’s lunch and then demands that you buy it back from him at a premium…but he also farted on your sandwich. #ai #bigtech #enshittification […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

“So one thing with Obama, I had zero respect for him as a President, but he would bop down those stairs. I’ve never seen it. Da-da, da-da, da-da, bop, bop, bop. He’d go down the stairs. Wouldn’t hold on. I said, It’s great. I don’t want to do it. I guess I could do it.” - The Great & Powerful […]

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

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🎙️ Water is Life, Politics, & Liberation | San Luis Reservoir, CA - Day 1

Hi y’all! 👋🏽 We officially embark on our Road Trippin' for Change series. Our 1st stop in Central California dives into food sovereignty, water rights, the 2024 election, & Latino voters. Explor...

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

We officially embark on our #roadtrippin4change series!

Our 1st stop in Central California dives into food sovereignty, water rights, the 2024 election, & Latino voters.

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/h4lSlwTv-xg?si=azjWeejYKcQsIONl

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Easily listen to the roots of change podcast in your podcast app of choice

Quickly and easily listen and subscribe to the roots of change podcast for free in your podcast app of choice.

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 9d

The Reduction in Force of VOA staff announced by Kari Lake “is
SUSPENDED and may NOT be implemented, effectuated, or completed in any way until this Court has ruled on the plaintiffs’ Motion following the briefing submitted under Paragraph B of this Order.” - US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Referencing new statement from Deutsche Bank that #ai is a giant bubble propping up the US economy and hiding the massive wealth gap that once exposed will blow up the economy. It’s like being on a runaway train! 🚂

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/deutsche-bank-grim-warning-ai-industry

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

"AI machines — in quite a literal sense — appear to be saving the US economy right now." The post Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry appeared first on Futurism.

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

It seems the mainstream #media woke up to the AI financial bubble.

We should also be very clear about what it has done to accelerate Christian Nationalism & fascism across the world. Who could have seen this coming?! 😱 Oh wait…

🌱 AI's Power Shades Lead to […]

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Data colonialism was here. Just like colonial powers had exploited the bodies and mineral wealth of Africa, now digital bodies were being extracted to build the wealth of foreign companies. Was I contributing to the ongoing exploitation of people like me?” – Joy Buolamwini

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

@CosmicTraveler the best! 🤩🍑

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Google deletes history: https://www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-erased-7-years-of-our-political-history/

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 9d

The whole "discourse" meme is rotting people's brains.

(Original title: Doin’ Discourse With Ezra and Charlie)

https://leftycartoons.com/2025/09/26/doin-discourse-with-ezra-and-charlie/

Doin’ Discourse With Ezra and Charlie

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, all featuring the same three characters. Charlie, a white man in a suit and tie. Ezra, a white man in more casual clothing. And Reader, a Latina …

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🌱🏜️🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

At what point in fascism do people start listening to the people they called hysterical?

Or at least stop listening to the moderates who said keep the peace and now have no plan.

So much wasted energy on podcasts, videos, social posts….CONTENT that doesn’t say much and keeps us doing nothing […]

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