On the two year anniversary of joining #Mastodon I'm super proud to share:

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.13 👩‍🚀

"The #Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same."

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-fediverse-has-empowered-me-to-take-back-control-from-big-tech-now-i-want-to-help-others-do-the-same/

with mentions of @forgeandcraft (who made this awesome Fediverse t-shirt) @phanpy @ivory @Tusky @nimi @Roneyb @davidoclubb

#FOSS#FLOSS#Matrix#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #activism#BigTech #socialmedia #education

Such a succinct way to describe one of the main misconceptions in #education: "[The school] conceived of education as an adversarial process: The teachers wanted to cram education into the students' brains, and the students wanted to avoid being educated." Less than 5 mins into Vigilant by @pluralistic
https://craphound.com/littlebrother/2024/09/29/vigilant-a-little-brother-story/

MVP #KamalaHarris speaking soon in #Pittsburgh, #Pennsylvania about building an #economy that will work for all Americans.

#OpportunityEconomy#MiddleClass #labor #unions #protection #security #education #training #infrastructure

#Vote for #KamalaHarris & Gov #TimWalz to protect our fundamental freedoms & defeat #Trump & the #MAGA#Republicans this #election.

#VoteBlue
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XokApnr_Cak

The justices denied the admin's request to partially lift lower court injunctions that had blocked the entirety of the rule expanding protections under #TitleIX, a law that bars #sex #discrimination in #FederallyFunded #education programs, while litigation continues. The lower court decisions had prevented the US Education Dept from enforcing the new rule, announced in April & set to take effect on Aug 1, in #Tennessee, #Louisiana & 8 other states.

#law#SCOTUS#ActivistCourt#LGBTQ#FarRight

#SCOTUS won't allow #LGBT #student #protection in certain states

The U.S. #SupremeCourt declined on Friday to let President Joe #Biden's admin enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from #discrimination in #schools & #colleges based on #gender identity in 10 #Republican-led states that had challenged it.

#law#TitleIX #education#Hate#FarRight #extremism#ActivistCourt#SCOTUSreform
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-wont-allow-lgbt-student-protection-certain-states-2024-08-16/