#consumeractivism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #consumeractivism, aggregated by home.social.
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Howdy, space nerds 👋
Giving this Mastodon thingy a go.
Into...
#music #scifi and #gaming ...mostly.
You'll often find find me void-screaming, ratbagging & disobeying.also like
#nature #photography #vanlife
#dogs #vinyl #roadtrip #auspol #consumeractivismCurretly immersed in #spaceengineers and building a re-imagined Jupiter 2 from the 1965 series Lost In Space. 👇
Where my engineers at?
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Carney Roasts Trump as Canadians Boycott U.S. and Liberals Win Big
Mark Carney calls out Trump as Canadians boycott U.S. goods and travel, boosting Liberal power and signaling global pushback against destabilizing leadership.
#authoritarianism #CanadaPolitics #consumerActivism #democracy #DonaldTrump #economicBoycott #ForeignPolicy #globalPolitics #LiberalParty #MarkCarney #progressiveAnalysis #USCanadaRelations https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oQL -
What could your minor act of resistance be today?
Set your default search engine to Ecosia, and divert some advertisement income away from Google, to Europe and plant some trees while you are at it!
It's a Europe based search engine company (I know, they still use American search indices...).
Desktop:
https://support.ecosia.org/article/657-installing-ecosia-on-your-desktop-deviceMobile:
https://support.ecosia.org/article/653-installing-ecosia-on-your-mobile-device -
Here's a nice list if you are looking for alternatives for #bigtech products.
It is a project in development, read about the 'why' on:
https://lukakopajtic.com/independence/
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Switching away from big tech not only makes you more technologically independent from these increasingly unreliable companies, it also breaks their monopolies and with that puts power back in your own hands.
#consumerawareness #consumeractivism #usa #fediverse #pixelfed #mastodon #firefox
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Interesting website giving Fortune 100 companies a grade for how they are treating democratic values. Some surprise entries (for me at least), like Tesla getting a B, and Alphabet (Google) getting an F...
Remember that the dollars they spend on lobbying are the dollars you put in these companies. By informing yourself and being an #activistconsumer you can nudge the world in your direction.
https://www.americandemocracyscorecard.org/
#USPolitics #us #consumeractivism #bigtech #boycott #awareness
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In the Netherlands today has become the national 'transfer day' #overstapdag. In other words: people are taking time today to leave WhatsApp and move towards Signal due to their concerns in relation to #privacy and the ongoing influence that #bigtech is having on #politics in the #usa.
Will you make the change?
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Target's political donations to Republicans backfired
https://www.newsweek.com/targets-political-donations-republicans-backfired-1804374
#Newsweek #TargetDonations #RepublicanBacklash #CorporatePoliticalSpending #BoycottTarget #ConsumerActivism #Politics #News
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@aweiss The same way if you are on the bird app, you are paying the jerk who doesn't even pay taxes. #ConsumerActivism