Notices by kevin (feelnotes@alaskan.social), page 2

“we can’t let it happen here” in the country where Black southerners couldn’t vote before 1965

🔥 hot take: the u.s. liberal/left’s habit of comparing right-wing illiberalism to nazi history rather than the much longer (and more relevant) history of southern u.s. white supremacist authoritarianism is intellectually lazy and ultimately counterproductive

Happy Festival!
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For each night of Hanukkah this year, I am supporting charitable organizations working to save lives in Gaza.

On night 1, please consider joining me and donating to Doctors Without Borders https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org

“The Israeli state, through its settlers, is trying to take advantage of the fact that all eyes are on Gaza and is intensifying dramatically the pressure on Palestinian communities [in the West Bank] … Thirteen Palestinian communities have basically fled in horror in the three weeks since October 7th.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-gaza-ification-of-the-west-bank

@AmyZenunim fwiw this issue is more complicated for people living in remote communities without other high speed internet options

@mastodonmigration @AmyZenunim i completely agree that there are terrible costs to starlink. but in rural communities that don’t have other internet options, starlink means you can meet with a doctor through telemedicine, attend online classes and earn a degree, start an online business, facetime with a loved one. what do we tell these people? “sorry the technology we used to connect the world wasn’t designed with you in mind.” my only point is this issue isn’t so simple as “starlink bad”

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