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40+ sources of news and information for the US in 2025
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Staying informed is critical, and a bit challenging these days. A revisionist and censorious US administration, a media and political landscape significantly captured by billionaires, misinformation and disinformation, and a flood of low quality computer generated text ... the deck is stacked...
on Feb 16
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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We've been driving a Polestar 2 since 2020. We wanted a nice EV and liked what I saw in modern Volvo... then we learned about Polestar, a performance and design-forward all EV ~spinoff with roots in motor racing. You can get an extra $5K off a Polestar 3 if you sell your Tesla 👀...
on Mar 19
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Trans joy and the search for a new middle name
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Choosing a new name has been a fun act of self-definition. And maybe a step closer to no longer getting email for so many other people named Joshua Simmons, too. (One can dream.) I chose Robin as my new first name because it doesn't tell you anything about gender, it
on Mar 7
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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I've long said Gavin Newsom wouldn't be my first pick in any primary. Now I'm not sure he'd even get my vote in a general election. No one who throws a vulnerable minority under the bus deserves our support....
on Mar 6
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Single-user instance for Robin Riley (formerly known as Joshua Riley Simmons), a community organizer living on Coast Miwok land in Petaluma, California.
on Feb 21
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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315 Posts, 2.78K Following, 3.72K Followers · A wild philosopher appears! Booster for the commons. Community is my practice 🌱 Painfully earnest. fka Josh Simmons they/them 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ queer & disabled 🦓 in <3 w/ @chrisjrn@social.coop Managing Director of @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org...
on Feb 21
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Single-user instance for Robin Riley (formerly known as Joshua Riley Simmons), a community organizer living on Coast Miwok land in Petaluma, California.
on Feb 21
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Single-user instance for Robin Riley (formerly known as Joshua Riley Simmons), a community organizer living on Coast Miwok land in Petaluma, California.
on Feb 21
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Single-user instance for Robin Riley (formerly known as Joshua Riley Simmons), a community organizer living on Coast Miwok land in Petaluma, California.
on Feb 21
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Single-user instance for Robin Riley (formerly known as Joshua Riley Simmons), a community organizer living on Coast Miwok land in Petaluma, California.
on Feb 21
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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@matrix@mastodon.matrix.org has gone from $0 to $561K in recurring revenue in just 2 years. But our expenses run $1.2M/yr. We've burned through reserves and are at a crossroads. It's the classic FOSS funding problem: use and adoption are at an all-time high, wealthy companies and countries use...
on Feb 20
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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Staying informed in the US is not going to get easier anytime soon, especially as old standbys fall to billionaires or preemptive obedience to the authoritarian regime. I've assembled a list of 40+ outlets that I find valuable, prominently featuring: * nonprofit, co-operative, and independent...
on Feb 17
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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"The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us" via @verge@mastodon.social. Indeed, the UK's actions imperil security across the globe. It's worth highlighting that open source comms tools, like @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org and @signalapp@mastodon.world, empower researchers and users: you'll...
on Feb 13
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Staying in the US and fighting
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I'm blessed with a family that crosses national borders, and the depth of care and concern I've felt from folks given current events has been moving. Naturally, folks have been asking: when will you leave the US? At time of writing, dozens of Executive Orders have been signed targeting immigrants,
on Feb 10
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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If you can, stay and fight. Especially if you're a white US-born person. It's our mess to clean up. When I see white folks thinking about leaving, I usually just give em space because it's often an emotional response from people who've never had to interact with any country's immigration...
on Feb 9
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Mask up: echoes of early 2020 as I travel to FOSDEM
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Later this week, I'm going to see a lot of people I care deeply about and a lot of people who have the connections and resources to make a huge difference for the Matrix.org Foundation, the nonprofit I lead. For that, I am genuinely excited. Unfortunately, my excitement is
on Jan 28
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In this blog post, I detail my approach to leaving Facebook and other Meta services, and to share my rationale. But I do not aim to persuade, and I don't judge people for making different choices – everyone's circumstances are different. If you're not interested in the "why," scroll on down
on Jan 20
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Robin Riley (@robin@riley.pub)
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How do you feel about the fact that in the United States people with disabilities can be paid a sub-minimum wage? Today is the last day to submit a comment to the Federal Register asking for an end to this practice. Right now, people who profit off the back of this exploitation are flooding it...
on Jan 16