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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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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
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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:
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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
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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"?
Via Radley Balko:
Hunter Biden would have to serve on the Burisma board for at least 5,000 years to earn the money Middle East governments have given to Kushner’s firm since Trump took office. #Kushner of course had an official White House position, and worked on ME policy.
#Qatar #UAE #middleeast #ethics
He linked the original NYT story; non-paywalled v below.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/kushners-firm-was-backed-by-investments-from-the-emirates-and-qatar/?amp=1
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CDC team falls sick probing Ohio train derailment https://bbc.in/3m5ErlA
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Literally swiping money from charities. Just straight up evil villain shit.
Our bodies are temples— we pour way too much focus on the outside, but it is the inside that matters, and what defines us.
Our bodies are tools— if an eye or hand or any other body part distances us from God, it is better to cut it off and throw it away. Again, what is sacred is the spirit inside, and our flesh is diametrically not, it is a means to an end. The end of course of loving God, which He tells us means we feed His sheep. Not of winning a human consensus of propriety.
Our bodies are garments— and we are not meant to wear one wrong for us.
On this #TransVisibilityDay, let’s remember that what God sees is far beyond what man sees, because God sees our hearts. It’s time the #Church sees our trans brothers and sisters, too.
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"We are in uncharted—and risky—waters, but not because of the Manhattan grand jury. We are here because of the actions of Donald Trump." https://www.thebulwark.com/trump-indicted-three-things-to-keep-in-mind/
CW: racism, racial hate, trash
Like immediately after I posted that I saw another example:
I’ve been seeing a genre of post on #Mastodon where the poster just spams every popular hashtag they can think of, most clearly unrelated, paired with deliberately hateful memes and ugly remarks about how [slurs] should die and so on. Since they aren’t on my instance and I’m only seeing them from hashtag abuse, what happens when I report them? Who does the report even go to— my admins or theirs? And does it do any good if they can keep reaching everyone the same way?
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
