Katie Hoeberling

DIGITCORE - The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research

We’re excited to release the DIGITCORE Toolkit! The Digital Toolkit for Collaborative Environmental Research (DIGITCORE) outlines challenges, problems, and situations experienced in collaborative environmental research.

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And not just published writing! Please don’t use AI to write me an email. It’s not hard to tell and it feels disrespectful, like I’m a box to check, not a human to have a relationship with. If you have to use AI, I’d rather you not email me at all. I also don’t want your AI summary of our call, kthx

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The problem with trading government services for tax cuts is that there are a lot of essential services where no amount of additional money in your pocket makes up for their loss.

The DOGE dividend was a lie.

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Environmental Justice Data Symposium - FracTracker Alliance

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… with freedom of thought + expression for everyone on the other. But I think, at least for now, that this nuance is totally possible. And resisting terfs like jr could benefit from bringing the current fandom along, not least because it’s given so many queer + trans ppl the space to be ourselves

Of course it’s trickier when the artist actively wields power/influence to harm a group like trans people. And I understand what’s going on in the UK (+ arguably here in the US) makes it difficult rn to hold both needs for immediate safety + the right to exist for a vulnerable group on the one hand…

If you dig around long enough, you’ll find a lot of artists have harmed people in ways you don’t condone. But a person’s relationship to that art is their own, and you’re going to hit a lot of walls telling people to ‘just find something better’ which this thread is full of

The hp fandom—at least who I tend to interact w/—is very aware of what a pos jr is, and debates ethical interaction. I don’t think you’re giving us enough credit, and I’d really like to believe in and build a world where we can create our own shit *and* intentionally not support people who harm us

I guess I’m just trying to share my perspective as someone who reads fanfic and hasn’t contributed a cent to Rowling in years. And I know there are many many people like me.

Yes, fan content (and to be clear, I’m specifically talking about fic and fanart) contributes to a fandom, and brings attention. But does it really create material harm for trans ppl? From a harm reduction framing, it’s also building a safe space—often for queer people—to create and find community.

This is super helpful, thanks! I see your point (I think I saw it before), but I still just dont agree that fanfiction is “shoveling money” into rowling’s pockets.

I’m not a lawyer. And the point I was trying to make is that fan-created content, while technically IP, sure, cannot legally generate revenue. So any material profit would be indirect.

I’d love to see the regulation you’re referring to. I’ve never heard of anything close to this. Fanart is illegal if you profit off it, but most do not

I do hang out with trans people and you might be surprised by how many trans people write hp fic. Seriously. How engaged in fandom (hp or otherwise) are you? You might think differently if you interacted with creators

Im confused. I thought you all were recommending a boycott of Rowling IP?

I disagree, that’s not how IP works (I work on IP policy btw). It *is* about the money. Every time you stream you pay an artist (pennies). Every time you read fanfic, you pay no one. I think it’s totally possible to engage with a fandom without supporting the IP.

I’m not shocked. And I really think we’re on the same side. I don’t want to support Rowling at all. I also disagree that engaging w/ fan created things supports her. It’s a tenuous connection at best. + I replied elsewhere but it risks alienating people who could make a real difference thru boycott

Again, difference between fan-created things (which cannot legally be profited from by anyone) and paying for things whose profits go to Rowling.

Ok imagine this tho: mobilizing the thousands (millions?) of fans who create fic and art to stop watching the movies, buying the books, going to the parks, etc. that’s a ton of ppl and a ton of collective power that could really hurt her. Do we really want to alienate those people?

I think there’s a big difference between not wanting to hang out and telling people what they should or should not read/watch/etc. (Also lots of ppl read that reasons other than supporting nazis—understanding historical fascism is helpful for combating ongoing fascism.)

I disagree w/ a lot of this. I publicly disavow what Elon Musk is doing in the US. Does that mean I'm advertising for tesla? I think there's a real danger here in alienating a large (v. queer + often trans) group of allies who find joy in this stuff + could be mobilized to combat transphobic policy

Even if the fandom only interacts with itself and nothing she creates? I think the beauty of fanfic and fanart is that the ideas, which may have originated with the author, no longer belong to them; they belong to the fandom who gets to adapt them and claim them for themselves

Yeah, I'm saying you can engage in the fandom without paying her *anything*

This is good food for thought I'm going to chew on, genuinely. A consideration tho: this feels dangerously close to thought-policing. I truly believe ppl should have freedom to access art they want especially if done intentionally and work to not create *material* harm, which I think fic/fanart does

1. Maybe? In the grand scheme of things (ie ppl pay attention), sure. But I don't think we should police the kinds of art/content people want to interact with if they're not doing material harm.
2. Just because she says this, doesn't mean it's true. Case in point: she says trans women aren't women.

Curious what harm you see in people engaging with a fandom that doesn't support the author (politically or materially).

If you still want to engage with HP fandom, there's a huuuuge and vibrant community making fanfic, fanart, and podcasts that don't (and legally can't) contribute 1 single sent to this terf. find them on tumblr! ao3! deviantart!

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