AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org
Twitter refugee still learning all the things. She/her, nerd, ADHD, JD, vaxxed, cat staffmember, Open Mind, Open Hearts, Open Doors, unpaid shill for the imperfect. Still pulling for those taco trucks on every corner.
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Joined Nov 2022
Via Massimo:
That time photographer Scott Taylor caught an 'angry bird' in real life.
His camera captured a moment in which a cardinal’s wings were tucked tightly into its body, making the bird look like a fluffy red ball floating in midair
[read more: buff.ly/3CUPHGF]
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Incredible. On Facebook, a former cop espouses “misogynistic, transphobic, Islamophobic and anti-immigrant” views. He’s had posts flagged as false; at least twice he’s been banned from posting. But police agencies across the country can’t get enough of him and his absurd training, building criminal cases on the junk science he relentlessly touts.
by Brett Murphy for @ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts
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If you're tired of reading about a certain CEO of a certain social-media website, here's a terrific look at another CEO—who has turned around, of all things, Barnes & Noble. His super power? "He loves books," writes Ted Gioia.
https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/what-can-we-learn-from-barnes-and
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A partial list of our reporters you can follow on Masto:
•Caroline Chen @carolinechen
•Annie Waldman @AnnieWaldman
•Perla Trevizo @Perla_Trevizo
•Jeremy Schwartz @JeremySchwartz
•Emily Hopkins @emilyhopkins
•Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong
•Mariam Elba @mariamelba
•Jessica Lussenhop @lussenpop
•Ellis Simani @emsimani
•Justin Elliott @elliottjustin
•Max Blau @maxblau
•Andy Kroll @andykroll
•Kartikay Mehrotra @kartikay
•Jeremy Kohler @jeremykohler
•Neil Bedi @neilbedi
@robinsonmeyer I don’t question why journalists and experts keep a Twitter account going— what upsets me is when they don’t cross-post, or only sporadically. That forces their entire audience to be tethered to Twitter to see them, locking us all into a self-fulfilling prophecy. If more of you that are content-providers would just take a minute to cut/paste, you free the rest of us to vote with our feet, while you still retain maximum exposure and leverage.
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And phone scams. And scammy websites. And fake reviews intended to scam you.
Brace Yourself for a Tidal Wave of ChatGPT Email Scams | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/large-language-model-phishing-scams/
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Good lordt.
"That picture wasn't of Trump swinging a bat at anyone. That was a photo of him showing off an American made bat." - Joe Tacopina, Donald's lawyer, on Trump's post of himself swinging a bat next to a photo of DA Alvin Bragg.
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Ex-Amazon employees on the almost impressively cynical way Amazon smile started:
@MetalSamurai @DanaBlankenhorn @gunchleoc @pinkyfloyd @AlisonW @HistoPol @fediversenews @metalsamurai
What, you mean there’s no birth certificate with PopeHat on it?
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A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh https://www.upworthy.com/new-study-65-species-animal-laughter-rp2
@britishtechguru @QasimRashid so your best plan is to wait an unknown number of generations, while meanwhile not exercising responsibility over what this uniquely immature and bloodthirsty people can get their hands on, regardless of the consequences? You really haven’t thought any of this through, huh.
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RT @mayavada
This Chrome extension is very useful!!
Twitter now doesn't show whether accounts are verified or paid, but this plugin called Eight Dollars does.
Very useful in distinguishing a genuine account from the sad sap reply guys who paid for the blue check.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/eight-dollars/fjbponfbognnefnmbffcfllkibbbobki/related
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Hi! I'm Yasmin, a news editor @Flipboard. I'm based in the U.K., but I always have an eye on the news from both sides of the Atlantic.
I often find myself engrossed in topics like #ukraine #politics #tech and #history ...Did you know that Ulysses S. Grant was the first U.S. president to be arrested, that Black Tudors once existed, and one of Queen Victoria's associates, Catherine Duleep Singh, was dubbed the "Indian Schindler"?
@britishtechguru @amoshiashwili @QasimRashid do… do you think no one mistreats each other in other countries? Do you think ostracization, mockery, snobbery, abuse, religious bigotry, ethnic tension, body shaming, sexual assault, pressure to perform, existential despair and so on are mostly US things? I’m curious a) why you think that might be and b) what exactly you think schools, workplaces, and other community centers around the world are like.
@britishtechguru @Galliformesguy is rage simply not much of a problem in the UK, or Argentina, or Greece, or Germany, or Australia, or Japan? Did everyone else figure out the secret to a wholesome harmony that skipped over one country in particular? Big if true! Maybe the US should simply ask any of these places that don’t have a mass shooting every week or two how they’re managing that.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/school-shootings-by-country
Twitter refugee still learning all the things. She/her, nerd, ADHD, JD, vaxxed, cat staffmember, Open Mind, Open Hearts, Open Doors, unpaid shill for the imperfect. Still pulling for those taco trucks on every corner.
#JinJiyanAzadi
#SlavaUkraini
#BLM
#NeverTrump
#YIMBY
#Neurodiverse
#ADHD
#law
#gardening
Joined Nov 2022
