If you think tech advocacy should be fearless and rooted in justice rather than pandering to billionaires @fight could really use your donations right now. We’ve already lost major funders because of our principled stands on Palestine and LGBTQ issues https://www.fightforthefuture.org/donate

I spoke to NBC about my decision to confront Nancy Mace at a conference in DC.

“My goal is to call to the progressive tech policy community and ask ourselves, what is our strategy?. “Are we going to try and curry favor with people whose goals are diametrically opposed to human rights, or are we going to draw some lines in the sand and build a meaningful strategy for collective resistance to the role that technology will play in carrying out human rights violations?”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna181408

The most meaningful resistance to fascism will come from grassroots social movements led by the people most impacted

We @fight will do our part as part of that broader movement: fighting for tech to be a tool for liberation, not tyranny

https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/technology-can-be-used-to-automate-fascism-or-to-revolt-against-it-fight-for-the-future-is-ready-for-the-battle-ahead/

like, i never wanna hear liberals say shit like "there is no legitimate use case for private money" in a country that is on the cusp of criminalizing all reproductive and gender affirming care

i also never wanna hear crypto industry lobbyists claim to care about privacy while backing authoritarians

it should be even more obvious now that there are clear use cases for private, censorship-resistant ways to transfer money.

it should also be obvious that "crypto industry" grifters who are backing trump don't give two shits about that & are cozying up to fascists for profit

with all love and respect to my friends that work there, big orgs like the ACLU have enough fucking money. if you're going to rage / panic donate today, please give to small frontline orgs that directly serve and are led by the communities most impacted. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-11-06-rage-give-to-frontline-orgs-not-the-big-national-groups/

You can't vote to end genocide. You can't vote to abolish police. You can't vote to stop the climate crisis. We do not have a system that allows for that.

But you can vote to impact, in a small way, the battle ground that liberatory social movements fight on. And that matters.

i've been avoiding all this mess because i have a lot going on and i doubt my platform will matter much here, but FWIW:

I'm an anarchist, an abolitionist, and a radical leftist.

I also vote and encourage others to vote. I believe in harm reduction and strategic action.