#citizen

A quotation from Molly Ivins You have more political power than 99 percent of all the people who have ever lived on this planet. You can not only vote, you can register other people to vote, round up your friends, get out and do political education, talk to people, laugh with people, call the radio, write the paper, write your elected representatives, use your email list, put up signs, march, volunteer, and raise hell. All your life, no matter what else you do — butcher, baker, beggarman, thief / doctor, lawyer, Indian chief — you have another job, another responsibility: You are a citizen. It is an obligation that requires attention and effort. Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins] Essay (2004), Introduction, Who Let the Dogs In? More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85973/ #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #activism #citizen #civicduty #civicvirtue #politicalpower #politics #power #protest #society #voting

I just discovered that to resign in #Italy, if you've got young children, you must attend to an interview with an italian #work agency (called Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro)... on #MicrosoftTeams . WTF?!? How, exactly, a relationshib between an #italian #citizen and an italian agency is mediated by a #multinational company tied to the most powerful government in the world? Also, one that didn't prove very savy, lately... Sources: https://www.ispettorato.gov.it/servizio/convalida-di-dimissioni-o-risoluzione-consensuale-lavoratrice-madre-o-lavoratore-padre-richiesta-colloquio-on-line/ (download the PDF module and read the part saying "[...] COMUNICO INOLTRE che l'indirizzo email a cui inviare il link per il colloquio online sulla piattaforma Microsoft Teams è il seguente [...]". 🤦 Wonder what @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz thinks about it... #microsoft #gafam #digitalsupremacy #italy

Awww Yeaahhhh 1 step closer to becoming an official #Canadian #citizen. If any followers have advice &/or contacts, the Bill C-3 law has finally given me the ability to realize a long held hope. Any advice would be accepted with much gratitude. I hope to also bring along my baby sister & elderly mother. I am a direct Canadian descendant. I was even named after my Nova Scotia badass great grandma. But my C-3 status doesn’t even have to go back as far as her. 🤞🏻 #ExPat #democracy 🇨🇦

Will Hollingsworth is his name Give him a listen Talking against a #dataCenter proposal in Ravenna, #Ohio Speaking eloquently on how he trained the #AI that replaced him, bad #regulations, lying #techBros... Witty, passionate, persuasive Will is a #citizen in the finest sense of the word "I am not a cynic when it comes to #technology. I am believer in #community. I believe that a drop of clean #water for a Ravenna child is worth more than a billion #AI generated images" 👏 👏 👏

I want to make it clear: opposing #fascism is not political. It is not a #Conservative thing, it is not a #Liberal or #Progressive thing. It is a #democracy thing. It is a #citizen, a #community thing. Because a #fascist government is effectively indistinguishable from feudalism. There are a few nobles, and everyone else is a #slave. We have been here before. It is not good for anyone. There isn't a 1%. There are a couple dozen individuals, maybe. Being #antifascist is being #human.

It tells them that even if they effectively execute a #US #citizen who presents no threat on camera on a public street, they will face no consequences—a recipe for future tragedies. The state’s interest in finding a way to at least create some deterrence to deadly federal lawlessness is not just a matter of #justice: It is also a way of keeping its people safe moving forward. #law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExtraJudicialKillings #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung