iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

@rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy

99 followers 7 following 752 posts

Two Spirit storyteller, strategist, & curious human on Ohlone land. Founded the @roots of change agency after Jan 6 to grow heart-first #activism and combat […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ federate.social/@rootschange, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

Posts Replies Media

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

Bear, the corgi, and I kickoff the @roots of change summer podcast series with literal waves crashing in! We touch on major news events that touch on the same root. Ultimately, our many crises are the same thing. In this week's podcast, we discuss how we […] [Original post on federate.social]

A white wave crashes in over the Golden Gate bridge in the background onto a person in a red hat and red and blue flannel and a orange and white corgi who's barking at the waves

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2026

Cubic, the horrible monopoly that owns the Clipper transit payment system in the Bay Area, didn’t pay their bills and caused a 27 hour problem with fare gates www.kqed.org/news/12085683/zero-cre… #Transit #Clipper […]

Original post on hachyderm.io

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

Leen Hijaz, valedictorian at her high school in North Carolina, said the following in her graduation speech: "My point is, we’re not given a voice to stay silent."

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

RE: federate.social/@rootschange/115935… Looking for healthy media & tech? 🗞️ Big Tech & Billionaire-owned media want us to feel like there are no alternatives so they starve and silence independent creators speaking truth to power. Consider following our many federated […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride 🌈 Creator was celebrating this morning. Trans and queer people have been and will always be here. We are nature. #Pride #LGBTQ #queer #PrideMonth

A faint rainbow arches from the grass field in front of a tennis court towards a signal tower painted red and white stripes. Sky is blue and sunny with green trees along the side of the hill

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg & the Pope are the Antichrist. Mark Zuckerberg created a woman-hating website and became a billionaire. Elon Musk is an Afrikaner. And we’re supposed to treat these guys as geniuses?! Sick of tech’s dominance? Check out our @roots zines to understand the […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

RE: masto.ai/@Nonilex/116652054945997940 The Post Office is a front for the fascist takeover & Democrats left the door open. Trump installed his corporate lackey to make the USPS a business in 2019. Joe Biden didn’t fire him. So he stripped the USPS, cutting services, making costs […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

If you have half a million dollars to spend against the Overpaid CEO Tax, you should be taxed. Thanks for proving the point, Google founder, Sergei Brin! Vote yes on Prop D! missionlocal.org/2026/05/san-franci… #SanFrancisco #Midterms #uselection #BigTech […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

You want me to go outside? In *this* economy?! #economics #finance #uspol

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

The invisible man had trans parents.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@MikeElgan/11662815… Don’t they understand economics! They should really stop buying avocado toast. They should stop buying iPhones and shop at the Dollar Store. This whole AI boom & busy sets a torch to the way elites shame people for their financial […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

“Things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. We must hold each other right and continue to pull back the veil.” - adrienne maree brown

Quote in an orange circle with colorful flowers drawn on the outside of the sun-like circle

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

Had a white woman bow to me after I shared that I was native. This is after she told me she wanted to retire in New Mexico, asked if Franciscans “discovered” Albuquerque, and told me a “native” story she knows. Please don’t do this. #indigenous #us #whitesupremacy #newmexico #native

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

Not enough people understand narcissism. Trump’s behavior is classic narcissistic, addict behavior. He’s actually very predictable. It’s all about Trump. It’s all about survival. It’s all about getting to the next day. No matter the costs. #trump #uspol #donjr #mentalhealth #disabilityjustice

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

aburtch @aburtch.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

Social media post lifted from elsewhere reads:

Every day I contemplate the fact that
we still don't know what causes left-
handedness. Ages ago we as a
society decided it was totally normal
and stopped punishing and ostracizing
kids for it. Today the thought of being
anti-left-handedness is bonkers to us.

This is a post about trans kids.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

RE: tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116609065… Another one bites the dust. Mainstream media is sinking into fascism faster than the Titan submersible. #usnews #media #fascism #rightwing

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

Because the world is dark and full of terrors, here’s my 2nd batch of fruit leather! 😋 Summer is my favorite fruit season with apricots, peaches, plums, and more. All reminding me of my ancestral home, New Mexico. 🍑 So I’m especially excited to release Casa […] [Original post on federate.social]

A baking sheet with a white mixture with pink and red specs next to a bowl of vibrant orange, red, and pink apricots and peaches

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

🪦 RIP Google Search We used to be close but you stopped caring and now you just want our attention and money. As Arianna says, it’s time to “break up with your boyfriend” Boy, bye. techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-se… For more on how AI impacts Google Search […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Looks like Google is killing off its search engine, in favour of just providing AI summaries: techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-se… It won't be an option anymore to get 10 blue links. Your query will be answered by Google on Google, without visiting a […]

gts.sadauskas.id.au

Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

In the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, two men have gotten most of the coverage. But Connie Chan is growing her momentum in the final stretch before the June 2nd primary with an endorsement from the speaker emerita herself. She’s the only candidate not taking money from billionaires or their own […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

000

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

“Let’s call this what it is: a billion-dollar #SlushFund for #Trump to reward #felons, #insurrectionists, & cronies, paid for by YOUR taxpayer dollars,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, a member of the subcommittee from Delaware, wrote on X. “It’s bad enough that this #DOJ believes it works for […]

Original post on masto.ai

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Friendly reminder that “it’s too expensive to fix the climate crisis” argument was trillions of dollars of waste ago! 💸 #climate #climatecrisis #economics

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

Anti. 🐘 @antiaall3s.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

Went to see a doctor last Friday. We had called ahead and asked the if they could please wear a mask. Already the fact that we needed to that lives beyond my comprehension. Doctor waltzes into the room without a mask, asks me if i would like her to wear a mask, while she already is inside the […]

Original post on chaos.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

San Franciscans! Feeling the starin of the news and social media feeds? Join me today at Sour Cherry Comics in the Mission to discuss how social media influences our emotions and how we can build stronger self-care and community-care practices to better […] [Original post on federate.social]

Gatherings for Change - strengthening our social care” text overlaid on a pink-hued picture of San Francisco skyline with palm trees in the foreground. Saturday May 16

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

It’s so disheartening to see so many nonprofits ask the question, “where can I find ethical AI?” Hint: there is no such thing The non-profit industrial complex is built on exploitative work and people’s desire to “do good” so AI is a natural fit for overworked employees. Except, it’s not. In […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

I’m deeply skeptical of people who know exactly how the world works. In my experience, humans fuck up and don’t know as much as they think. We gain knowledge in community. It’s like a power up. We gain energy when we combine our powers. People who know everything will only know as much as […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

RE: mastodon.world/@signalapp/116558180… If you are a human, add a profile picture. 🖼️ It doesn’t have to be your face or anything identifiable. But it does show that your a human with thumbs. Some folks are so security conscious that they turn into robots without anyway for […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

How can things ever change? By talking to each other! Big Tech’s algorithms have divided & enraged. We stopped listening and built walls to keep others out. Learn communications techniques like motivational interviewing and deep canvassing to deepen your chats. Want to stop AI? Want an […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

100

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

I’m a little behind this Monday 🍑 Emergency corgi booty to help kick off the week. We’re taking it one step at a time. #corgi #dogsofmastodon #monday #lgbtq

Corgi with his front paws on the stairs below looks back at the camera showing off his fluffy booty in a narrow alleyway with stairs leading to an LGBTQ rainbow flag with trans triangle

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

RE: mindly.social/@joewynne/11655178689… Mangroves are magic ✨ and a huge untapped climate opportunity. #climate #climatecrisis

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

I now understand why the mad scientists in movies always start with a coffee making invention ☕️ #coffee #silentsunday #tech #backtothefuture #movies

An older man’s with white hair and a silver and black tux wearing a metal dome with wires on his head greets a young man’s with a red puffer vest and jeans at the door.

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/1165395100… We are living in Biffs Tannen’s future from Back to the Future.

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Well hello, zines! Based in the Bay Area and organizing for change? Find our zines at your local salon, coffee shop, book store, & more! We’re steadily growing our footprint in the Bay! Check back for our latest locations to buy our @roots zine libraries […] [Original post on federate.social]

Small booklets with animated figures arranged in a circular fan with warm lights in the background

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

RE: flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-… Good! More of this, please. Avatar is a colonizer story and James Cameron is another white boy who exploits indigenous communities and our stories for Hollywood profit. #indigenous #movies […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

Doctor M. Popular @docpop.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

Gemini: A new kind of hell from Google. (a modified Google ad spotted this morning) #SFGraffiti #SanFrancisco

The advertising over the back wheel of a Bay Wheels bike. It is an ad from Google that once said “a new kind of help” but has been modified by vandals to say “hell” instead. They used a white sticker to block out part of the p. The sticker looks like it may have been produced in bulk (rather than handmade).

Another shot of the Bay Wheels bike with the modified Google ad.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026

The Supreme Court wants us back to Jim Crow where only white men of property can vote. 🗳️ “Gerrymandering is invisible which is why it feels like our democracy is deeply divided when in reality the Republicans have an unfair advantage in most aspects of our political system that makes it feel […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Reposted by Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/1153… For no reason at all, please take a look at this thread I wrote a few months ago to remind yourself how terrible Reflect Orbital is:

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

⭐️ May the 4th be with you today and every day! Star Wars is a story of light (community) vs dark (fascism) and one we can learn for our resistance here on Earth. To celebrate the best day of the year with some rebel spirit, I created our 1st specialty zine […] [Original post on federate.social]

Black background with stars with an illustration of BB-8 a white and Orange droid shaped like a ball. Text reads “Your Resistance Journey” and smaller text “community organizing for the young at heart” “zines by the roots of change agency”

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

#SilentSunday with my boy. #corgi #dogsofmastodon

Pointed tan-colored Corgi ears and face poke out from tall grass in the sun in front of a hill and trees

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@404mediaco/1165123… This is what organizing looks like #activism #resist #datacenters #bigtech

mastodon.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

“This rejection of empathy as a human value gives cover to people who don’t want to feel anything at all. If empathy is the problem, then lack of it isn’t a deficiency—it’s an advantage.” archive.is/arJG0 #tech #fascism #wealth #capitalism

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

Any good recommendations for free and secure JSON readers? #askfedi #json

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

With every stunt that Trump plays to keep the camera’s (our) attention, the story remains the same. Wrestling is a really good story to tell. It’s about winners & losers. Heroes and villains. It’s all a show, darling! 🎪🤹 spectra.video/w/nh7jtC4JjuyMURbUvAn… #uspol #trump #MAGA

WWE as Political Theater | Policy as Entertainment

Navigating heart-first activism & storytelling. We explore the 🌱 roots of our world to support communicators, organizations, and activists 🥵 to avoid burnout and 📚 tell empathetic stories that ...

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

Modern organizing has been so thoroughly captured by our tech, individualistic society. I organize across very different spaces. Political spaces aren’t trained to organize. They’re trained to look out for their interests and be selfish. Organizing with indigenous communities vs white […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

“It’s like we taped a ‘kick me’ sign on our own backs,” internal Slack message at #Palantir It’s not going great over there. futurism.com/artificial-intelligenc…

Palantir’s Employees Are in Crisis

"It’s like we taped a 'kick me' sign on our own backs." The post Palantir’s Employees Are in Crisis appeared first on Futurism.

000

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026

It doesn’t make sense that we’re supposed to go to work everyday when the billionaires keep making our home more hostile and unhealthy. #fascism #billionaires #economy #work

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

If you hate billionaire funded media, have you considered FUNDING independent media? I built the @roots of change agency to counter fascist media after January 6. My biggest takeaway? People are conditioned to think media is free. We’re sleep walking into a more aggressive fascist media […]

federate.social

Original post on federate.social