Reminder that if you think technology is just bad in itself and just doing without it is edgy or punk or whatever, you're probably being ableist.
I wear spectacles for my eyesight, and an exoskeleton on some joints, and have been pretty dependent on a bicycle as a mobility aid at various points in my life (and expect to be again). When I get to the point where leaving the house means using a powerchair, then I'll do that too.
Things like Alexa or whatever aren't terrible simply because they are convenient, it isn't immoral to find that some services make life easier. What is immoral is organising our society in such a way that the easiest and most accessible way for many people, especially oppressed people, to get things they need is to use corporations that treat people so badly.
And yes, boycotts can be part of reorganising things, but I'm still not going to ask e.g. my blind friend to stop using Amazon.
via: https://sunbeam.city/@artsyhonker/102957181615130788
I wear spectacles for my eyesight, and an exoskeleton on some joints, and have been pretty dependent on a bicycle as a mobility aid at various points in my life (and expect to be again). When I get to the point where leaving the house means using a powerchair, then I'll do that too.
Things like Alexa or whatever aren't terrible simply because they are convenient, it isn't immoral to find that some services make life easier. What is immoral is organising our society in such a way that the easiest and most accessible way for many people, especially oppressed people, to get things they need is to use corporations that treat people so badly.
And yes, boycotts can be part of reorganising things, but I'm still not going to ask e.g. my blind friend to stop using Amazon.
via: https://sunbeam.city/@artsyhonker/102957181615130788
Forwarded from The common and his serious political stances (GiantDadInSky)
Fuck Tankies!
Think about what you're really saying with that. Yuck! And also as an imperative that can be read as telling others to sexually assault people. And it's very uncreative. Think of something better, like...
I hope all tankies will step on some LEGO today.
I hope all tankies will step on some LEGO today.
If you can't come up with something creative, you can still simply replace the questionable word with "screw" which works every time, e.g. "screw Tankies".