Whilst there is an actual genocide in Gaza...
".. what has finally driven David Lammy to direct real, righteous anger towards Israel – to describe its actions as “unacceptable, counterproductive and deeply concerning”? Two Labour MPs, Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, being denied entry to Israel and deported."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/israel-deport-labour-mps-british-government
#Genocide #WarCrimes #UKGov #UKGovernment #Privilege #WesternPrivilege #Racism #InternationalRacism #FreePalestine #StopIsrael #StopArmingIsrael #StopTheGenocide

Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

I remember when @scalzi wrote this back in 2012 (jfc, has it really been that long already??)

Have another read on it. It seems to me to have aged well.

#privilege

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/

Despite declining to lodge an official complaint, here I am, seven years later, still being ghosted (and gaslighted).

#PhD #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledInSTEM #Academia #PowerImbalance #Privilege

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-students-who-complain-about-supervisors-never-hear-outcome

#ThoughtProvoker

#FOSS = free software + *gratis* contributions ???

I was called out yesterday for stereotyping people who live in “Ravo” (a public housing area here in Launceston) I have been ruminating about it and have come to thr conclusion that I am a snob and I don’t want to be. I will try to be more aware of my privilege and prejudice #privilege

Why is having wealthy parents so important?

"Quantifying Privilege: What Research on Social Mobility Tells Us About Fairness in America"

https://www.skeptic.com/article/quantifying-privilege-what-social-mobility-research-says-about-fairness-in-america/?ref=mastodon
#inequality #privilege #dei

#privilege : special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden

- French: privilège

- German: das Privileg

- Italian: privilegio

- Portuguese: privilégio

- Spanish: privilegio

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.
-- Shirley Chisholm

#Wisdom #Quotes #ShirleyChisholm #Life #Privilege #Service

#Photography #Panorama #BWCA #RoseFalls #Minnesota

If anyone, anyone at all (?) was confused, the speaker has his nose well into the trough, a man who disregards parliamentary conventions (pretty much all they have In the place of rules) to suit whoever is in power.

Commons Speaker’s £180k bill for first-class flights and hotels. One trip to a luxury Cayman Islands resort by Lindsay Hoyle cost the taxpayer nearly £23,000

http://archive.today/2025.03.04-165935/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/commons-speakers-180k-bill-for-first-class-flights-and-hotels-lr9cj8g9c (archived)

“Wilhoit’s Law” about conservatives keeps getting credited to the wrong Frank Wilhoit.

#wilhoitslaw #composer #FrankWilhoit #conservative #privilege
https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html

Source: therapywithmaggielpc
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFQbgQou4Fo/

Privilege Under Pressure: The Shifting Data Breach Investigation Landscape

A number of federal court decisions have made it more challenging or harder for entities to shield forensic reports from discovery in litigation. This article mentions a few of the more notable decisions and their implications:

https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/2/privilege-under-pressure-the-shifting-data-breach-investigation-landscape

Important interview with #privileged #treasurysec #bessent on #BloombergTV
#federalworkforce #dogees #tusk #ukraine #zelensky

#Protip #media interviews: Never call anyone an “ #averageAmerican”. Nor their kids #average. You have no experience of life outside your bubble of #privilege. Working for the gummint was steady work with steady benefits. Your idea is to make everyone grovel.

And learn to stop smirking on camera. Save it for #SiliconValley @bloomberg