Notices by Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social)

@Popehat I’m probably mangling my arguments because I’m entirely out of my league when talking about law.

From a societal point of view though, I think giving groups the ability to exclude people who promote views that are harmful to vulnerable people within that group is something worth protecting. MAGA’s association with intolerance, authoritarianism, and bigotry is pretty clear in my eyes.

Reinventing #phrenology and #racism, with the help of #AI (via @pluralistic) https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/17/caliper-ai/#racism-machine

Be the light!

Artist: reddit user LilyMay89

#lightUpTheWorld

This warms my heart

#tesla #elon #coup

“Protesters target Tesla showrooms over Elon Musk’s cost-cutting”

https://archive.ph/vLVnv

Original: https://www.ft.com/content/69129b95-d8f9-4dc9-87fb-5d5a7892d320

Someone looked up medical facts and read them to me yesterday when my spidey-sense tingled because I thought they sounded *really* fishy. Turned out they were reading the #Google “AI Overview” result and it was…just wrong.

Folks, don’t use Google’s AI Overview.

#meme time

Shriveled brain: Use Google AI Overview

Normal brain: Don’t use Google AI Overview for medical info

Big brain: Don’t use Google AI Overview

Galaxy brain: Don’t use Google

#Disney is toning down their #DEI initiatives to kiss the ring. What a far cry from their challenge to DeSantis just months ago.

Capitulation. Capitulation. Capitulation.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/11/disney-tweaks-dei-programs/78434829007/

Progress! https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/113980002662665476

The American Medical Association is doing daily/weekly updates on Bird Flu, since the CDC isn’t.

#birdFlu

https://www.youtube.com/@americanmedicalassociation/

Credit: @SueInRockville

In a sane world, this would be an impeachable offense by the Executive. https://mas.to/@gleick/113975230336860454

Reminder that #Elon successfully stiffed former #Xitter employees who were laid off last year out of $500M severance payments.

Federal agency workers who take these supposed “buyouts” in return for their quitting have a real chance that they won’t see a dime. Congress hasn’t authorized those severance packages, and #deadbeats are running the show.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/10/business/elon-musk-beats-lawsuit-fired-twitter-workers/index.html

Someone just reached out to me asking to attach my name to a local #protest on social media. Yeah, no. If you want me to participate in your protest, we need to have known each other prior to the protest announcement.

Careful out there, folks. I sense a lot of astroturfing and “amateur organizing” going on. Don’t get yourself into trouble for nothing, and more importantly, don’t get swept up in a #honeypot operation. I know you’re mad (so am I) but as always, BE STRATEGIC. Don’t lose your cool.

I’m not discouraging you from protesting! But before you sign up, make sure you KNOW YOUR ORGANIZER and what kind of event they are trying to organize. Don’t be a sucker.

My credentials around organizing is approximately *zero*, and I will do nothing as absurd as demanding that people go on strike to satisfy my privileged sense of justice. Leave the strike planning to people who actually immerse themselves in the lives of workers and have experience generating genuine solidarity.

Before you call for a “general strike”, read this article, and think about whether you’re speaking from solidarity, or privilege.

“Unlike real strikes, which take a ton of work, calling a general strike is apparently a simple affair. A date is picked, a Facebook post is created, the labor liberal press picks it up, and a general strike is born. This raises the question of under whose authority they are being called.”

#unions #solidarity #generalStrike #privilege

“No More Fake Strikes”

https://organizing.work/2019/08/no-more-fake-strikes/

I know it sounds obvious but don’t do your #organizing on Meta or Google properties. IMO the chances that they will begin to search even your DMs for incriminating content and snitch on you at some point is pretty high.

Use end-to-end encrypted services like Signal.

In fact, switch to Signal even if you *aren’t* organizing anyway. Why give them the pleasure of hosting your content?

FYI #cars #lowriders enthusiasts in #SanJose #SFBA:

There is a pop-up #protest against mass deportations in #SanJose TODAY at King & Story. The Lowrider Council is looking for lowriders to come out in support.

King & Story Rd, 2:30 pm until evening.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFYN-bcyLrn/

“Narratives facilitating the rejection of the evidence of one's eyes and ears remain popular for millions of presently comfortable Americans who prefer comfort to truth. If the world's wealthiest man gave a Nazi salute, that means one will have to think about what it means, and thinking about what it means would mean facing a thing or two about one's country and one's self that aren't so comfortable. Therefore, no matter what the gesture obviously was, it must have been something else—anything else … the most important thing to understand is that the billionaire's gesture wasn't what everyone can see it was.”

https://www.the-reframe.com/the-bishop-and-the-billionaire/

@cwebber @FediThing This Getty Images photo should win a Pulitzer.

I have known, and will continue to know, zero undocumented immigrants. https://sfba.social/@catsrule0000/113884765244312051

Reposting for those who blocked threads.

Remember: you will NEVER be good enough, NEVER pure enough, for Fascists. You are safe only for the moment. They will always need another scapegoat to justify their existence.

Absolutely hilarious seeing USians in awe of how awesome and ahead of the curve China is by experiencing #RedNote. Come on, folks, it’s a social media app in a nation known for censorship. If an alien knew the US only from Instagram’s recommendation page they’d think the US is nothing but beautiful scenery and amazing cities.

About the only thing one should conclude from the experience is that China’s influencers have better production values than US’s influencers.