Will_Riot

He/they, college student, writer, and all around general nerd.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests. Access to adequate food is a fundamental human right grounded in the dignity of every person. Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability. Indeed, food security is an essential component of global and integral security. https://t.co/DgkM9RegJ7

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

On June 19, 1865, African American communities in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from slavery — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.

For 161 years, Juneteenth has been a day of remembrance for the freedom that was delayed. It is also a celebration of the joy and resilience that flourished despite that delay.

The contributions of African Americans, whose struggle for freedom shaped our nation, are immeasurable. Yet too many Black families continue to bear the brunt of an affordability crisis that has pushed them out of the neighborhoods and communities they've built.

True freedom has a tangible impact on daily life: the ability to afford housing, earn a living wage, put food on the table, support a family, and create a future for generations to come.

As we celebrate today, we must recommit ourselves to ensuring this freedom is fully realized.

Happy Juneteenth, New York City.

[Lars Andersen @LarsAnders1620]

Police go directly for the circuit breaker panel to avoid being filmed

This post will be in English, because there apparently is a lot of interest in what happened to me yesterday.

I'm a libertarian danish privacy activist and former police officer and I have been doing activism for about 15 years.

I have had a bit of time to think about my arrest and the actions of the masked police that broke down my door - with no prior warning.

The prefece to the story is, that I in a kind of roundabout and (I think) humorous way published "my two favorite numbers" by spelling out a 10 diget and a 8 diget number with letters. I didn't tell what they ment, but they where prime minister Mette Frederiksen's social security and phone number.

I also published a screenshot of me trying to interview Mette Frederiksen on what app, asking her about her wanting to ban encryption (CSA) and introducing mass surveillance via granting the police intelligence services access to all sorts of information (medical journals, social media posts, DNA registers ment for research and so on).

That resulted in me being arrested by armed and masked police breaking down my door without me having any chance of opening it for them.

When the two civilian dressed masked men entered the apparentment one of them immediately went for the circuit breaker panel to shut off the power to my router. They then removed my Google Nest cameras - because they knew that the cameras contains local storage.

That way they could avoid having video of the (in my view) illegal arrest. Only the few moments before the power is cut was filmed. There is video of me asking them for the charges - and them refusing to tell me (which is illegal). But I can't access it, because they took the cameras.

I'm not even sure if that is legal. In Denmark it is (nominally) totally legal to film the police. That way it is possible to know what happened and it's not just your word against there's.

Denmark and the West are moving in the wrong direction, and it makes me sad.

[The SCP Foundation 🏳️‍⚧️ @scpwiki]

in case you forgot that it's pride month here's your reminder that like most of this account and a very good chunk of the scp wiki exists because of weird trans women. thank you weird trans women

[Will_Riot @Will_Riot_]

@LittlesLewds Congrats! was wonerding if you got one of these

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

Just so we’re clear: these sickos are ignoring the law to protect pedophiles. Impeach them ALL!!!

[Mikey Intifada @MicSchirtzer]

hi so we've actually reached you don't need to know the numbers of the deaths camps stage of the US holocaust

[Will_Riot @Will_Riot_]

@Michaeldudufudu Bruh get glasses she doesn't have a belt, or maybe the brain damage is showing

[BlackRedGuard ☭ 🇵🇸🔻⛓️‍💥 @OGBlackRedGuard]

it’s great and useful that he is focusing on candidates like Rabb but we should not get in the habit of attributing the hard work of hundreds of organizers and Rabb’s own record to a single individual. The Black working class of his district voted for him because they know and respect him, and because they are tired of the machine, not because they saw him interviewed by Hasan. Comrades in Philly DSA organized to help him win because this was necessary political work, not because Hasan told them to. The masses make history, intentionally. This is the victory of the working class.

[Rones @RonesRexouium]

Stolen from discord but very important

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

without class consciousness & political education, the masses in the imperial core will continue to self id w the politics of liberalism even if their desires for change go far beyond.

most communists/socialists in the us went on their ideological journey because of bernie’s insurgent “democratic socialist” campaign in 2016 when he ran as a democrat against hillary clinton. the electoral system is a viable route to reach the masses w an alternative. this is what the moneyed interest in both parties fear, this is why they spend against their left flank & fight it tooth and nail.

we must continue helping people awaken to the reality of this systems design that creates such inequality, it is not the migrant workers, nor trans people, or muslims or jews- but the billionaires and the parasitic forces of capital and its servants that are responsible for the deteriorating material conditions.

[Chris Rabb @chrisrabb]

Today, we recognize the Nakba never ended. The genocide in Gaza and horrific erasure of communities across Palestine & Lebanon must end now.

In Congress, I will join @RashidaTlaib @IlhanMN on a resolution to recognize the Nakba and reaffirm Palestinian refugees' right of return.

[Will_Riot @Will_Riot_]

@LittlesLewds Is this your first time playing?

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state.

those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable

[Jenni @hashjenni]

Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during his two terms.
We don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Sincere question: do Trump supporters who genuinely want to reduce political violence actually think that lobbing transparently hypocritical accusations about the left's rhetoric is in any way effective?

Are we really gonna go through another cycle where MAGA folks point out incendiary rhetoric on the left without ever acknowledging that some of the most violent and incendiary rhetoric in America comes from the President and his supporters? Do you not think the rest of the country has eyes and ears?

It's truly awful that President Trump has been the target of political violence. It's also truly awful how he's frequently talked about his political opponents: accusing them of treason, amplifying calls for their execution, publicly celebrating their death, calling them scum, garbage, vermin, animals. It was like 3 weeks ago that he threatened the annihilation of an entire civilization! It was just a few months ago that he and his White House knowingly smeared two Americans who'd been killed by federal agents as domestic terrorists!

I hate political violence. I hate what happened last night. Probably 99% of Americans agree. But let's not insult everyone's intelligence by pretending that the most powerful person in the world isn't a huge part of the problem here.