Notices by Jeff Byrnes (jeffbyrnes@better.boston)

@wdlindsy @inthehands @rbreich I kinda think this is the logical end state of white men getting a pass for all kinds of shit while BIPOC and women (esp. BIPOC women) are held to nearly-impossible & contradictory standards.

@wdlindsy @inthehands always lovely to see that most of us support each other’s rights to be who we wish to be.

@wdlindsy @inthehands I hear that, and know it too well as a fellow US-ian (I realize the “us” in my reply can be read as my being Canadian). I’ve family who are trans, and we’ve a long road to go before that hate is pulled out at the root!

This from @mmasnick is so spot on:

“your reputation when you refuse to moderate is not ‘the grand enabler of free speech.’ Because it’s the internet itself that is the grand enabler of free speech. When you’re a private centralized company and you don’t deal with hateful content on your site, you’re the Nazi bar.”

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/substack-ceo-chris-best-doesnt-realize-hes-just-become-the-nazi-bar/

@danlyke @XanIndigo “you must own a car” and “we don’t allow apartments here” are quite the combo to maintain segregation by race & class.

Single-family-house-only zoning & car-only policies + infrastructure both have got to go.

@XanIndigo @danlyke there was in most places! We ripped it out & razed downtowns to build parking lots & urban freeways.

Check out Jake Berman’s series on former & proposed US city mass transit systems: https://fiftythree.studio/collections/all