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WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and BusinessHundreds of Video Game Workers Join New Union as Trump Attacks Labor Rights <a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-video-game-workers-join-new-union-as-trump-attacks-labor-rights/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-video-game-workers-join-new-union-as-trump-attacks-labor-rights/</a>

John Brown Type Beats"Building collective power reduces pressure on individuals and makes us less dependent on charismatic personalities"Anarchists have teeth—do anarchist collectives? <a href="https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/02/14/anarchists-have-teeth-anarchist-collectives-dont/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/02/14/anarchists-have-teeth-anarchist-collectives-dont/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollectivePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollectivePower</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Collective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Collective</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Horizontality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horizontality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchism</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo, I've been revisiting some of my past experiences with my old coven. I reunited with several coven-mates last year, and discovered that my old tradition -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alexandrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alexandrian</a> -- had split into two factions -- one that accepted transwomen, and one that didn't. If I ever decide to get back into it again, guess which faction I'd choose. And yeah -- unfortunately power dynamics, hierarchy and potential emotional and psychological abuse happens a lot in "religious" groups -- even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pagan</a> ones.I've managed to summarize the "Pros" and "Cons" of my joining a coven all those years ago...Reasons I joined the coven:1. Earth-centered religion with a political focus (Thomas Morton Alliance) 2. I learned Welsh from my high priestess. 3. My high priestess was a very intelligent, feminist, who espoused matriarchy, egalitarianism, and who was a Marxist anti-capitalist and a role model for me. 4. One of my coven-mates became my gay best friend (we're still BFFs). 5. Another coven-mate taught me traditional plant medicine and herbalism.Reasons I left the coven:1. I was pigeon-holed into "feminine" roles in rituals (even though I identified as NB and more masculine than feminine). 2. Over-bearing "acting" high priest (AIM member who was a bit of a bully). 3. Over-bearing coven-mate (AIM member) was distrustful of gay best friend (and was homophobic). 4. "Feminist" high priestess allowed herself to become emotionally and financially dependent on over-bearing coven-mate, refused to accept help from coven-mates (like having a room-mate, or other mutual aid), and when over-bearing coven-mate ran off with a younger, female coven-mate, high priestess fell apart -- eventually taking her own life (despite the support of the coven -- which soon fell apart as well).And some folks wonder why I'm a solitary (though most of my witchy / Pagan friends understand why). <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PaganPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaganPolitics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hierarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhatSomeWitchesDid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatSomeWitchesDid</a>

Animated Short Of The DayKids (2019) [9 min] by Michael Frei (<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@playables" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@playables</a>) | <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Switzerland</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeG_pKtp83w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeG_pKtp83w</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2D</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2DAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2DAnimation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedShort</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShortOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedShortOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Animation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kids</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/BlackAndWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhite</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Playables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Playables</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Experimental</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a>

The Conversation UKZuckerberg claimed moderation changes on Meta platforms promote “free expression”. But some experts worry he’s bowing to right-wing political pressure, and will effectively allow a deluge of hate speech and lies to spread on Meta platforms.Research on the group dynamics of social media suggests those experts have a point. 👉 <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-dynamics-that-polarise-us-on-social-media-are-about-to-get-worse-247027?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=The+Conversation+UK&utm_campaign=publer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/the-dynamics-that-polarise-us-on-social-media-are-about-to-get-worse-247027?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=The+Conversation+UK&utm_campaign=publer</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hatespeech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/groupdynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groupdynamics</a>

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