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  Today is #BandcampFriday, when they waive their fees so artists can take home more of what you're paying for the music. I'm a disabled person who's falling behind due to medical, mobility aid, and other costs. If you buy my music with a '"tip" as a form of #MutualAid today, it would really help me keep my head above water. https://meganlynch.bandcamp.com/album/the-krakatoa-sessions #Disability #Cycling

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  Home early again from Spezi. There's only so much I can do per day, especially when there's a significant walk (for me) from the hotel to the conference hall and back. Had a great time meeting fellow Mastodonians @spmrider@berlin.social @miq@berlin.social and @FolksVelo@mas.to, the latter of whom has the photoevidence. And spotted @RostundRad@sueden.social again on the way out! Will be posting more pics as I can catch up with things! #Spezi2026 #BikeTooter #Recumbent #CargoBike

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  Day 112 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania Qytetarët nuk e ndalin aksionin dhe kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Ramës, mbahet sot protesta e 112-të #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Protest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DdOD-S6J-Q

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  Day 103 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania. Very feisty tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnBAj_Rx7o #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Protest

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  De Niro is a notoriously hard interview. Amy prepared well. And she clearly moved him when she talked about what the country is like right now, and thanked him at the end for using his privilege to speak up when so many white dudes of his prestige and power do not. I've linked directly to that moment. https://youtu.be/LsQN3RinNRU?si=D479dxlOtvnVGoB6&t=3914 #USpol

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  I kept having to switch services or warn people off services. They would ask why and ask for more info. But tech is so thick with white supremacists that I was actually losing track of the issues. So I started a database for my own use, an Asshole Tracker, where I could put the company/product, the white supremacist/s, and links to blogs and news items that would bear that out. I wish there were a website I could go to that already had this. Maybe there is? In the meantime, I'll keep putt...

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  Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group • FRANCE 24 English "The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday because of a strike by staff over the removal of female colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group, workers and management said." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRp34WkjBbw

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  Today is #BandcampFriday I'm a disabled scientist/creative who got stolen from several times while exiting the US so meager savings are nearly gone and income is puny. - I have yet to pay off my mobility aid (which I desperately needed, doctor's orders). - A fall last Dec worsened one of my disabilities and I've started PT again so I can get out of pain enough to sleep through the night. -And my survival plan is getting into a PhD program and there are unfortunately costs involve...

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  Repeating copaganda is a bad look for TLDR. Cops showed up in force that day after weeks of peaceful protest & were planning on instigating something. They moved a water cannon in in the morning before protestors were even there. Cops assaulted protestors after some few protestors threw eggs *at MP's cars*. Mention injured cops, but they neglect to mention the cops assaulted protestors both on video and reportedly inside police vans & police stations. One protestor had his nose broke...

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  "The Potluck": Musical Explores Trauma of 1979 Greensboro KKK Massacre of 5 Antiracist Activists "It tells the story of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, when Klansmen and American Nazis opened fire on an antiracist demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five members of the Communist Workers' Party. In 2020, the Greensboro City Council passed a resolution apologizing for the attack and the police department's complicity in the killings." https://www.youtub...

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  It's #BandcampFriday I used to promote my album "Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me" and my original EP and singles on this day, but I'm rethinking Bandcamp due to the usual stuff when companies get sold. However, I still have a lot of debt to pay off for getting my mobility aid this year. It cost thousands of dollars to buy, and yet more to pay customs and taxes on it. If you can spare something to help a disabled musician/artist/scientist pay this off, I'd appreciate...

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  Google Alerts mostly pushes right-wing shit to me now. One headline I can partially see (I don't want to give them clicks) is "WATCH: Smithsonian director admits she sees history as 'tool' of 'social justice' in-" It's interesting how this cult works. There are these trigger words, red meat for the cult... but if "social justice" is something you object to, the corollary of that is that you're a fan of social injustice. So few of them would admit...

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  "I Received a Cease and Desist" Most people fold when they get these because they know they don't have the money to fight a corporation's lawyer. So corp lawyers depend on these to bully people into things they'd never win in court and they know it. May this Streisand Effect them to hell. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ha7Tehhasjg #Maine #USpol #Healthcare #Medicare

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  Google profile suspension has led to major losses for air conditioner mechanic in WA It seems they do have their own website, but it's the Google Reviews part that was sending customers their way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXLZBUsHWI #Monopoly

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  S13 E19: Cyclospora & Police Surveillance Technology: 8/2/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wagYax-0yJI #USpol #Satire #LastWeekTonight #Surveillance #Privacy

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  I had to have the bike mech take this photo because my disabled hands were literally shaking so hard after having to push the e-trike 1.5 km to the shop. First time I've ever had a tire blow at the valve. At least that means it wasn't something that got past the Tannus Armour. I sure hope the rest of my day goes better than it's gone so far. #BikeTooter #Disability

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  The trike flat gave me some time to ponder and I was thinking about world events (I do that at home, too). I was thinking that if seeking gold created GHGs on the scale fossil fuels do, we may have already been hosed completely as a planet millennia ago due to the greed of the few. Why do we as a species put up with the few who do this? I'd love to hear psychologists, cultural anthropologists, and others on the subject... #EatTheRich #ClimateEmergency

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  This was inspired by a toot I saw recently, but also by MANY posts I've seen over the years. If you wish to speak about disability and cycling, disability and urbanism, and you're not disabled in ways that affect your mobility, PLEASE engage diversely disabled people (who've not got a ton of internalized ableism, who've got experience cycling, taking public transit, driving, etc) instead of speaking in our stead. We're here. We're as hireable as other folks who speak at...

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  When abled progressives use ableist insults against right wingers, they're engaging in similar shit as right wingers do. "Cretin" is a eugenicist term. These fascists are eugenicists. "Personality disorder" would be a real disorder and something that person couldn't help. In other words, an alibi. So using it as an insult shows disgust for people with disabilities at the same time as it's exculpating fascists by not focusing on their CHOICE to enact violence. #Abl...

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  Day 55 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania 55 ditë revoltë! Dhuna dhe arrestimet nuk e ndalin revoltën, qytetarët sërish sot në shesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADEkNPfdP4Q #Albania #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #Protest

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  DIY Bike Trailer Build Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApQCePZpIY #DIY #BikeTooter #Camping

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  Former NYPD Lt. Edwin Raymond on Race, Quotas, and the Future of the NYPD Mamdani just appointed Raymond as NY Sheriff (I didn't even know NYC had sheriffs). Since the NYT article is paywalled hard, I wanted to see what his background is. He's a brave dude if he's a whistleblower and getting on a retired NYPD podcast like this, IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNsf4BTBx_k #NYC #USpol

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  India's 'Cockroach' movement: Accusations of police brutality in New Delhi | DW News There are some parallels between the Indian and Albanian protests. Both are student-led, both are anti-corruption, and both were peaceful protests where the cops got violent (and the young people were somewhat shocked by this). Both had the cops claiming the protestors attacked and wounded *them*. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebnVJaz-Sf0 #India #CockroachJanataParty #Protest #Corruption

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  The Daily Show is celebrating 30 years of satirical political comedy and as much as I love the show, seeing the clip montage is very much like seeing a highly imperfect democratic republic slide into fascism...because it did. I don't even have the heart to post it here. #Satire #USpol

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  Albania Takes a Step Closer to Adopting the Euro "Albania is preparing the legal framework for the adoption of the euro as its national currency. A new draft law on the Bank of Albania, released for public consultation, includes for the first time a dedicated chapter regulating the central bank’s role once the country joins the Eurozone. The draft stipulates that, once the euro is officially adopted as the currency of the Republic of Albania, it will replace the Albanian lek as the countr...

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  Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. "The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for a reason. He should be arrested and stand trial. My administration examined every legal avenue available to determine whether New York City could execute that warrant. The law is clear: we do not have that authority. The federal government does. So we are calling on the United States to uphold international law, cooperate with the ICC, apprehend Benjamin Netanyahu...

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  Venice protests greet US ambassador's arrival on superyacht https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgptIo4fQ4w #USpol #Italy #EatTheRich

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  The ableism and survivorship bias in comments on yet another abled white male urbanist video saying that we don't need two stairways for a building and that having two stairways is the "big impediment" to building more affordable housing... Amazing how developers get abled white urbanist men to do their work for them. "We drove without seat belts and I'M okay. What a bunch of sissies, the people asking for seat belts." #Ableism #EmergencyPreparedness #Urbanism

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  With fascist techbros cornering the market on RAM and now hard drives, it seems like a good time for the geezers to come out and teach old time spreadsheets, record keeping, abacus use, slide rules, math by hand, landline telephones, letterpress, etc. etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNUjg9X4g8 #FuckAI #EatTheRich #Monopoly

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  :boost: Anyone here working for CNET? I used to ...years ago... and could use contact info for HR so I can get some info I need from them. I would appreciate help if someone here knows it.