From 3afaa74e214ba49b051d583af9ef114d127cb9e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nasir Anthony Montalvo Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:14:55 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] changing language for ***** --- pages/about.md | 8 ++++---- pages/data.md | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/about.md b/pages/about.md index a4d63d8..03379f3 100644 --- a/pages/about.md +++ b/pages/about.md @@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ padding: 6em # **{B/qKC}** is a *decentralized* archival project challenging institutional practices within the frame and study of Black queer history. -Under a reinvigorated wave of white nationalism and fascism post-2016, our historical record continues to be warped, distorted, and erased; **we are actively being indoctrinated**. +Under a reinvigorated wave of white nationalism and fascism post-2016, our historical record continues to be warped, distorted, and erased. -Our treasured mementos, amassed by institutional libraries, archives and universities, are effectively being deleted by President Donald J. Trump and his Project 2025 agenda. +In the United States, treasured mementos for marginalized communities, amassed by institutional libraries, archives and universities, are effectively being deleted. -And across the world, the worst manifestations of fascist indoctrination occur in Palestine, where israel has deliberately bombed and destroyed museums, archives, libraries–as a result, destroying many significant historic materials to erase Palestinian existence from our memories. +And across the world, in Palestine, museums, archives, and libraries have been bombed by the IDF–as a result, destroying many significant historic materials important to our World's historical record. -There is a damning need to be stewards of our own histories and protect them at all costs. The ways we decide to document and collect our histories can no longer be done passively or uncritically. Memory work must be an *active*, radical process. +There is a damning need to be stewards of our own histories, protecting them under our rightful. The ways we decide to document and collect our histories can no longer be done passively or uncritically. Memory work must be an *active* process. {B/qKC} was founded as an official community archive on March 1st, 2024, operating on the principles of accessible *storytelling*, *repair* of our historical record, and intergenerational *power building*–all within the frame and study of midwestern Black queer history. diff --git a/pages/data.md b/pages/data.md index b30d740..ffb016c 100644 --- a/pages/data.md +++ b/pages/data.md @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ Rather than relying on a third-party service like Google, DropBox, or Squarespac ## Huh? Why all this in the first place? -It's hard to imagine our world without central governing authorities–which has ultimately translated to how a majority of us use the web. +It's hard to imagine our world without central platforms–which has ultimately translated to how a majority of us use the web. Need to search something? You Google it.
Need to share something online? You Tweet or Instagram it.
-Need to store something? You upload them to an arbitrary "cloud." +Need to store something? You upload them to "The Cloud."
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Ease of use has translated into intense consolidation of the internet. Just a fe - what content is promoted or hidden, - and whether entire archives can disappear overnight. -Billionaire Elon Musk, for example, infamously purchased Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion, and became its CEO. With nothing standing in his way besides capital, Musk was able to completely reinvent, albeit extremely controversially, one of the web's most used applications–all the while aligning himself with political leaders in the process. +Billionaire Elon Musk, for example, purchased Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion, and became its CEO. With just capital, Musk was able to completely reinvent, albeit extremely controversially, one of the web's most used applications–all the while aligning himself with political leaders in the process. However, there is a growing movement to "decentralize the web" by divorcing from these corporations and using technology to put power into the hands of the people. @@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ By choosing to host this website on our server, we get to control how this site # Our ultimate why -## We refuse to help Big Tech power destructive data centers and use our data for nefarious ends. +## We refuse to help Big Tech use our data for nefarious ends. In the 2020's, alone, we've seen Big Tech's concentrated, profit-driven power consistently put technological advancements over human beings. Some stark examples: -- [Google and Amazon's Project Nimbus](https://tech.co/news/what-is-project-nimbus-google): a $1.2 billion contract between Google and Amazon with the Israeli government and its military, signed in 2021, aiming to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services for its war on Gaza +- [Google and Amazon's Project Nimbus](https://tech.co/news/what-is-project-nimbus-google): a $1.2 billion contract between Google and Amazon with the Israeli government and its military, signed in 2021, aiming to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services for its war on Gaza. - [ICE and Palantir use 'probability' to detain people](https://newrepublic.com/post/205333/ice-palantir-app-raid-deportation): Palantir helped developed an application for ICE as part of a $29.9 million agreement called "Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement (ELITE)": described as "a targeting tool designed to improve capabilities for identifying and prioritizing high-value targets through advanced analytics."