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National Veter Registration Day: Register to vote online at VoteWA.gov

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National Voter Registration Day: 5 things to do after making sure you're registered

Time to start thinking about voting in the midterms!

A post-it note with the word "organize". On the left, a keyboard; to the right, a pen; above, a notebook.

Early results are encouraging: experiences organizing against the surveillance-industrial complex in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

Part 3 of The time is right

National Week of Action Against ALPRs: August 16-22, 2026

The National Week of Action against ALPRs -- in Washington and across the country

Just as with the fight against data centers, the energy is really coming from the grassroots.

Seattle looks to ban surveillance pricing with the "Fair and Transparent Pricing Ordinance" - and the disinfo has already started

surveillance pricing

Seattle looks to ban surveillance pricing with the "Fair and Transparent Pricing Ordinance" - and the disinfo has already started

As my Mom said when I described surveillance pricing to her, “How can they get away with doing that? That shouldn’t be legal!” Indeed.

Free Speech Coalition: SCREEN Act failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators.

Activism makes a difference: the SCREEN Act unexpectedly fails in committee! But KOSA advances, so keep up the pressure

The best way to build on this victory is to keep the pressure on with KOSA and other bad internet bills.

Say no to bad internet bills. Take action: Badinternetbills.com

"The S is for surveillance": fighting KOSA and bad internet bills in the ATmosphere and the fediverses (UPDATED)

Part 2 of The Time Is Right: shifting from theory to practice.

Above, a big fish chasing an unorganized school of smaller fish. In the middle the word ORGANIZE! Below, the small fish, organized chasing the big fish

The time is right: Organizing against the surveillance-industrial complex in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

If we organize, we can have a big impact in the fight against the surveillance-industrial complex.

Wow! in big pink letters

A bad week for Flock (but a good week for privacy and local organizing) in Washington state!

Good news from Issaquah, Redmond, Issaquah, and Auburn!

A flock surveillance camera, with a big red circle and slash over it

Flock is on the agenda this week at the Renton, Issaquah, Auburn, and Redmond city councils!

"This past year has exposed just how dangerous automated license plate readers are as Flock Safety’s products have reportedly been used in immigration enforcement, abortion monitoring, repeated incidents of stalking, and experienced major cybersecurity breaches. But Flock is not alone. Motorola Solutions has long partnered with federal immigration

Get FISA Right turns 18

Thanks to everybody who's been involved over the years!

A red circle and a slash over the words KIDS Act, KOSA, SCREEN Act

KOSA, the KIDS Act, AI, Bad Internet Bills, and a potential giveaway to big tech (UPDATED)

Just say no to bills that age restrict, censor, and surveil the internet!

Solidarity over surveillance.

Solidarity over Surveillance

The time is now to rein in the surveillance state

FediForum: Growing the Open Social Web??? Also, surveillance-capitalism-friendly images, described in the article

FediForum "Growing the Open Social Web" Un-Workshop position statement

Note: feel free to skip the narrative, and go straight to the position statement! ""Open Social Web" is a term surveillance capitalism companies and their friends have been using since at least 2008. The framing puts focus on the "openness," so erases the trans/queer/

The Washington state capitol in Olympia, with the dome reflected in a pond

#waleg 2026 at the midpoint: surveillance, privacy, AI, and age verification legislation overview

Things are moving fast in a short session.

Eight big question marks in various colors

What are you looking for in social media in 2026?

Enquiring minds want to know!

2026, with the numbers made up of multi-colored circles

Reasons for optimism at the turn of the year: reflections on the fediverses, the ATmosphere, and whatever comes next

There really is a lot of exciting stuff happening!

#GivingTuesday 2025

Don't limit your #GivingTuesday gifts to the non-profit industrial complex!

A chalkboard with the word Draft on it. Below, a hand with a piece of chalk.

N recommendations to improve accessibility in the fediverse and ATmosphere (DRAFT)

DRAFT! Work in progress! Feedback welcome! Here are some work-in-progress recommendations based on initial feedback to Improving accessibility in the fediverse and the ATmosphere. these! For everybody * Learn to avoid common accessibility mistakes * Take the time to compose good alt text for your images if you're

Media Liberation Day. Change the media. Change the future. 5th November 2025

Media Liberation Day: how can we help newcomers get started and have a good experience on fedi?

Media Revolution's Media Liberation Day on November 5 is encouraging people to liberate themselves from malignant corporate media to explore decentralized social networks. It's a great opportunity to bring people to fedi ... but as we all know, it's not always easy for people to

This is what solidarity looks like

Part 2 of "Decentralization" and Erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere

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Improving accessibility in the fediverse and the ATmosphere

One wonderful feature of many of the communities in the fediverse is that so many many people take the time to put alt-text on their images – so low-vision and blind people can participate much more fully than on other social networks. Just as importantly, some fedi software works

A sign saying "0 days without Mastodon users calling Bluesky decentralized" with Lenny from the Simpsons

Can we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized?

Nobody's changing their minds at this point, so let's stop wasting our time.

Please don't forget there are queer folks, black folks, disabled folks in Mississippi

age verification

Mississippi, Bluesky, Blacksky, the ATmosphere, Mastodon, and the Fediverse

Now's a good time to start thinking seriously about some hard questions

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Notes on genocide prevention and other kinds of organizing, mutual aid, and activism on social networks

Part 4 of If not now, when? Do you have thoughts on the general topic or specific feedback on this post? Please join the discussions on Mastodon, Bluesky, or Lemmy – or use the CryptPad form here if you prefer (don't be surprised if it takes a few seconds