Seattle is the first city in the country to band surveillance pricing for groceries, and it's the first surveillance pricing ban to include a private right of action. It's a huge win that will build momentum across the country.

Congratulations and kudos to everybody involved!

I'll be writing more about election protection over the next few months, focusing on online organizing and fighting disinfo ... but this is a really good place to start!

In the right situations, there's already a lot of value -- and exciting possibilities!

If we organize, we can have a big impact in the linked fights against different aspects of the surveillance-industrial complex

As always, feedback welcome!

Some specific questions to kick things off ...

• How can the ATmosphere and the fediverses help your activism and organizing today on whatever issues you're focused on?

• How could they evolve to help even more?

• If you're already engaged in fighting the surveillance-industrial complex, what could help you and the people and organizations you work with be more effective?

• If you're not engaged yet, but would like to be, what would help you get started?

• If you're already organizing in the ATmosphere and/or the fediverses, what tactics are you finding useful, and what challenges are you running into?

• How can we leverage the people, organizations, communities, and technologies that already exist in the ATmosphere in the fediverses?

As the pushback against Flock and other ALPRs grows all around the country, Washington state is doing its part!

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/1634682/what-are-you-looking-for-in-social-media-in-2026

Enquiring minds want to know! > > Answers welcome here, in the pol.is conversation, or in a CryptPad form. There's also a series of Mastodon polls here if you prefer (or if you want to see what others think). >

"[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area."

What resources, suggestions, and support can those of us who are already here provide to potential newcomers? And what can we do to prepare for – and encourage – a potential influx?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1253759

While most of this post is about Blacksky, there are a couple of sections that focus on the fediverse -- "And yet..." and "A great learning opportunity for the ActivityPub Fediverse"

And if you're not sure why so many people on Fosstodon are considering moving, there are some links in the reply.

A deep dive into @FediForum's last-minute cancellation and the opportunities for a collective learning experience, catalyst for change, and perhaps an inflection point -- for FediForum and the broader ecosystem.

Contents:

• A last-minute cancellation has a big impact
• Acknowledgment, apology, amends, action
• "The Fediverse was built by many trans and nonbinary people"
• "Underrepresentation of marginalized communities"
• "Anti-Black incidents and lack of follow-up"
• Now what?
• Appendix: FediForum's response
• Terminology notes
• Notes (with additional references, examples, deeper dives into related points that I don't want to clutter the main post up with, and occasional snark)

This was originally going to be a #FediForum session ... oh well. But why let the FediForum organizers' screwups sabotage a worthwhile conversation? We decided to go ahead with the discussion anyhow. Here's the notes.

Feedback welcome! If you'd prefer to respond anonymously, here's a CryptPad form (it takes a few seconds to load, so don't panic; and it's kind of long, but all the questions are optional).

A summary of what I heard in a bunch of meetings with organizers.

Feedback welcome!

There's a lot of detail here. If you'd rather not deal with the complexity up front, and just want to get started as quickly as possible, there's a table of contents up front -- feel free to skip ahead!

And as always feedback is welcome!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21234278

Excellent article by Afsaneh Rigot, author of the Design from the Margins methodology.