I see this “no politics” stance as censorship and dictatorship, really.
Everything is political, by default. Inherently.
Being in love with a fat person is political.
Dating someone who’s disabled is political.
Adopting a black kid when you’re white as hell, is political.
Being an independent business is political.
Wanting a two-lane boulevard because I use both bicycle and car daily, and that boulevards are for cars and side streets are for bicycles, which is in a way fucking common sense, is political yet doesn’t follow any narratives out there.
Everything that we do sends signals, and those signals build values at large. Asking folks to never engage about those from 9 to 5 five days a week, is not only quite impossible, it is very unhealthy and leads to fascism taking over, which is something we’re witnessing these days.
We don’t want that.
Good trouble. We need it. Things are moving so fast, we need folks to question and halt things if needed. From Google to USC, from Palestine to Ukraine and Sudan. From sharing information, doing the work to understand our accountability, voting to straight up immolation, shake things up. Be relentless.