Media, technology, politics, and saving the world in various combinations — author https://xitter.cf/t.co/UYqJ3tZYi5. Also https://xitter.cf/t.co/K8rrfZAbBl @slaby@mastodon.cloud
Rhinebeck, NY
Joined April 2009
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Michael Slaby retweeted
Humanities Week @virginia_tech! Very excited to host @scottehartley @slaby @RobertDNewman and so many others who will illuminate the role the humanities play, and ought to continue to play, in shaping and stewarding our inescapable technology landscape. vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/…
Michael Slaby retweeted
My father’s “dream” wasn’t palpable to the white masses, including politicians.
He challenged militarism and sought to eradicate it.
He worked to end poverty, as caused by extreme capitalism and materialism.
We need to know the authentic King…The Inconvenient King.
#MLKDay
Michael Slaby retweeted
Noncompete agreements restrict freedom, hold down wages, and make our economy less competitive. I’m very happy that the FTC has proposed banning them.
nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opini…
Michael Slaby retweeted
I don't know who needs to hear this, but stop fuckin around and go vote please. Thank you!
Michael Slaby retweeted
I grew up folding The NY Times at my family’s bodega, it was the honor of a lifetime to sit for this interview for the first time ever.
I hope you’ll give it a read, it’s full of urgency, cutting edge ideas and passion for the future New Yorkers need:
nytimes.com/2022/08/13/opini…
Michael Slaby retweeted
I want a soft life. I want ease. I want relaxation. I do not want to hustle. I do not want to grind. Grinding wears you down to brittle nothingness. I do not want to work my life away. I want enjoyment and rest, not as rewards but as practice. My life will be a practice in joy.
Michael Slaby retweeted
Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community...in a fundraising email, for herself.
Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't.
Michael Slaby retweeted
People often assume that capitalism is defined by "markets and trade". But markets and trade existed for thousands of years before capitalism. Capitalism is only 500 years old. So what is distinctive about this economic system? Three things (well, more, but three for now):
Michael Slaby retweeted
My love of Star Trek and my commitment to bettering the lives of Georgians has more in common than you might think.
Michael Slaby retweeted
Thinking of all the Black women in my life––mentors, bosses, peers, and friends––who have had to be excellent in the face of crushing mediocrity.
The stress behind that excellence.
The unfair burden of it.
#JudgeKetanjiBrownJackson
Michael Slaby retweeted
This #InternationalWomensDay, CARE has partnered with @LauraDern, @SaniyyaSidney & @SophiaBush to celebrate the generations of women who have inspired us, taught us, & moved us to change the world! Join the movement to amplify #HerVoice everywhere. 👉 bit.ly/3K2kz9w #IWD
Michael Slaby retweeted
me: happy intl womens day
tish: day? wait, we get one? shouldnt we get at least half the days?
be like tish. #HappyWomensDay2022
Michael Slaby retweeted
Please share this quote from my father through #MLKDay2022:
“I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting.”
@LeaderMcConnell @SenatorSinema
Michael Slaby retweeted
As you honor my father today, please remember and honor my mother, as well.
She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @TheKingCenter, which she founded two months after Daddy was assassinated.
Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no #MLKDay. #MLK
