Brian Pagán (he/they) @brianpagan@social.privacytools.io
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I use (digital) design & art to make our world more equitable & loving. 🧠+💚
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They were so busy asking “will it scale?” they forgot to ask “does it need to scale?”
“...if your business model is threatened by the idea that people will be given a choice as to whether you can track them, your problem isn't Apple. Your problem is your business model.”
@JasonAten on Facebook
🕵️♀️ #privacy #surveillancecapitalism
I love, I hurt, I cry, I laugh, and I dream.
I am #Human, and no one will ever be able to take that from me.
"#Mindfulness eventually becomes an antidote to your psychological suffering. Now it's not that negative emotions & moods no longer arise, but when they do, you
can drop back & merely witness them."
@SamHarrisOrg on my new favorite @mastersofscale ep 🧘
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Small is Beautiful: The public stack and how to fund it
Live stream – tomorrow (Thursday) 5PM Cork (UTC +0) / 12PM New York (UTC -5) / 9AM San Francisco (UTC -8)
Join Sander van der Waal, research director at Waag, alongside Martine Delannoy, Chief Foresight Officer for the City of Ghent and Karl-Filip Coenegrachts from Cities of People as we discuss what the public stack is, why it’s necessary, and how we can fund it with public money.
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To continue improving the experience on /e/OS, it's important to have a clear visual identity. Read all about our ongoing work on streamlining the OS and the improvements in our latest update!
Read on Medium https://cutt.ly/Hj7koh1
Read on the community https://cutt.ly/Mj7kQ0X
#UI
“We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.” @TheAmandaGorman
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Privacy is the bedrock of personhood. It is the right that ensures the encapsulation of the person. All else – self-determination, agency, etc. – derive from this basic protection which we must treat as an inalienable human right.
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1) The consensus of the infosec community is that Telegram is significantly less secure than @SignalApp.
2) Signal is an independent non-profit with a $50m endowment—they can't be meaningfully influenced by money for a very long time. Telegram is a standard private company. https://t.co/d6nskMRxyP
The best way to make positive change in the world is to start with ourselves. @elle_hunt gives us 11 practical techniques for self-compassion to silence our inner critic.
Some achievements are sprints, others are marathons. Whether on the trail, at school, or at work, these 4 mental #habits help with long-term effort:
💚 Focus on your Why
🤦🏻♀️ Plan for the worst
🔭 Visualize before doing
💪🏼 Be your own coach
Here it is: Episode 7 with @AdedanaAshebir!
"The PhD-level [of #empathy] is: how to have grace for other people, when they don't have #grace for you."
#ImposterSyndrome #Love #Theater #Faith #CollectiveTrauma #Entrepreneurship #Ambition
Big monopolies like @amazon & @Facebook get millions in gov't subsidies + tax breaks while we pay more for schools, roads, electricity, & internet.
@manoushz explains #monopolies & what we Voters, Taxpayers, Parents, & Neighbors can do about them ✊🏼
You are stronger than this challenge. And this challenge is making you even stronger. 🙏🏼❤️✌🏼
“Technological inevitability is as light as democracy is heavy... If the digital future is to be our home, then it is we who must make it so...
This is our fight for a #human future.”
@shoshanazuboff on #Privacy & #SurveillanceCapitalism
Door de coronamaatregelen zijn meer mensen op het stembureau nodig om de verkiezingen in goede banen te leiden. Iedereen van 18 jaar of ouder kan zich aanmelden als lid van het stembureau.
Ga je gezellig mee? 😃
🙏🏼 @manuelame
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- https://mindfolkpod.com
I use (digital) design & art to make our world more equitable & loving. 🧠+💚
Joined Aug 2019
