Morgan Knicely @morganizeit@social.privacytools.io

Lots to think about here. I understand some ways my housing choices and other actions can increase equality. But I don't understand what "giving up ... higher salaries" means. I work to recognize my privilege, like access to computing at a young age, and try to use it to benefit democracy, equality, and justice. It seems to me the right targets are consumption culture and accumulated power. Break those down and everyone everyone benefits.

White clicktivism:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/09/white-liberals-social-media-activism?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I'm hopeful that the US will adopt privacy legislation like the EU and Canada have, but it has to be done right.
> Any federal privacy bill must have a private right of action: if a company breaks the law and infringes on our privacy rights, it’s not enough to put a government agency in charge of enforcing the law. Users should have the right to sue the companies, and it should be impossible to sign away those rights in a terms-of-service agreement.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/dont-blame-section-230-big-techs-failures-blame-big-tech

Dog burrito!

> What if the trauma of living through real conspiracies all around us — conspiracies among wealthy people, their lobbyists, and lawmakers to bury inconvenient facts and evidence of wrongdoing (these conspiracies are commonly known as “corruption”) — is making people vulnerable to conspiracy theories?

I love me some Cory Doctorow. Keep fighting the machine!
https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59
#surveilance_capitalism #conspiracy #cory_doctorow

This was really helpful to get all my FB friends into my contacts app. Most ppl don't share their email but this gives me a list I can fill in later.

https://www.contactmapping.com/blog/2019/8/12/how-to-export-your-facebook-friends-list-to-google-contacts

#facebook #fediverse

> In other words, doing human rights advocacy through Facebook could be a case of “one step forward, two steps back”: Though awareness and even impact may be achieved on a particular progressive front, it comes at the cost of all the economic, social, and political problems associated with surveillance capitalism.

https://engagemedia.org/2020/fediverse-challenges-social-media/

#facebook #surveilance #capitalism

Another strip of grass converted to a garden plot for spring #yardening!

We can still win the Senate! This will enable Biden to get help to the people that need it. Sign up with Envoys for Humanity to help purged voters get re-registered: https://www.envoysforhumanity.org/postcarding #politics #progressive #senate #democrats

Camp Distance 2020 was lovely! https://photos.app.goo.gl/kok7wvpKKXG7KxtP9

@now Absolutely! I'm growing some baby kale but may have thinned it too much as if it were normal sized. Probably should just scatterplant them. :)

#bluesquad looks interesting! Trying it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluesquad.sma

How have the POTUS and his enablers gained the trust of so many people?

Worked great! They taste like normal pancakes with a slight parsley finish. So if you have kids or other green resistant family this is a cheap, tasty way to get vitamin C, folate, vitamin K, and antioxidants: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/parsley-benefits

Parsley pancakes! No idea if this is already a thing. Mix chopped parsley into pancake batter. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

Pickle ferment gear and tips
I've tried a lot of things and would love others to get started so here's my best advice on pickling equipment. Just to be clear though...

You don't have to have all this stuff!

You'll get good results with any old jury rigged system you come up with so long as you use the right amount of salt and keep the food under the brine at all times. Once you get hooke
https://morganizeit.com/2020/11/pickle-ferment-gear-and-tips/
#Uncategorized #ferment #pickling