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By VOTING for DEMOCRATS, WE PROTECT OUR FREEDOM

The Healey-Driscoll Administration in Massachusetts has implemented two standing orders allowing approximately 500,000 eligible Massachusetts residents to obtain free over-the-counter birth control pills and prenatal vitamins. #uspol #uspolitics #freedom #birthcontrol #health #massachusetts #mapol #mapoli

wgbh.org/news/health/2025-03-0

A woman in a waiting room has her hand on her stomach.
GBH · State orders open access to free prenatal vitamins, birth controlBy Sam Drysdale | State House News Service
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Among other steps, #Columbia said it would have 36 campus safety officers w/ #arrest powers, a shift w/enormous resonance at a university that has a long history of campus #activism & fraught ties w/law enforcement.Columbia also said it would adopt a formal definition of #antisemitism, review its #admissions policies &, in a turn that was especially alarming to professors who cherish #academic #freedom, impose new #oversight of the university’s #MiddleEastern, #SouthAsian & #AfricanStudies Dept.

Who wants to join my Anarcho Syndicalist Tech Collective? We buy some used Taco trucks except we fit them out with inverters and lots of networking tech, and we drive around Los Angeles doing guerrilla Debian installs and selling phones with Graphene OS pre installed. Bring your own laptop and we wipe it and have our FAI server give you preconfigured desktop environment. Sell mini PCs with Nextcloud and Photo prism set up as .onion dark web sites... #infosec #tech #freedom

newsletter.peoplepowerunited.o

Everyday Acts Against #Fascism and for #Freedom

..."1. Stay Informed and Educate Others

2. Use Your Voice—Online and Offline
Social media offers a powerful platform to speak out against injustice and raise awareness. amplify the voices of those on the front lines—activists, journalists, and grassroots organizations. Offline, writing letters to the editor, calling elected o...

3. Suppo"...

Noch ist die Kunst in diesem Lande frei. Die Pinselstriche, der Tanz, die Töne, die Worte... Noch. Was der Verlust von Freiheit bedeutet und wie viele hässliche Gesichter er hat, sehen wir gerade auf der Weltbühne.
Lasst uns die #Kunst feiern und vor dem Zugriff von Faschisten beschützen - als Kulturschaffende, als Publikum, als Veranstalter*innen und als politisch Verantwortliche.

Historian Timothy Snyder examines how freedom, often taken for granted, is, in reality, a fragile asset that demands constant vigilance and action. In this interview, he reflects on the threats facing modern democracies – from authoritarianism to disinfo – and explores how the control of history & the manipulation of the past can undermine our ability to freely shape the future.

youtube.com/watch?v=Rorpfw-SWh #Kyriarchy #Freedom

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@Tutanota As long as we talk about tech independence or digital #sovereignty primarily in terms of geography and jurisdiction, we will lose as users and as people with rights:

1. Because this narrative can easily be co-opted by antidemocratic, nationalistic forces.

2. It takes away attention from what actually provides us with independence: software #freedom, #interoperability, a power shift away from #bigtech to small, decentralised, ethical tech.

3. It gives praise to entities...

"Two major highway expansion projects were canceled because of the policy... used the savings to expand an intercity bus service that has soared in popularity... Colorado #transportation department projected up to $40 billion in savings through improved air quality, road safety... studies showing that #transportation ranks 2nd to #housing in consumer costs.

“Forget about the cost of eggs. It’s never been more expensive to drive” #CarSupremacy #freedom #Winning #FuckCars

apnews.com/article/green-trans