David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto @Bertrecords@qoto.org
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I blog about transitions and change. Follower of music, analytical baseball, science, futurism and humor.
Joined Nov 2022
RT @WmKentKrueger
Simon and Schuster has put up a billboard in Times Square to advertise THE LEVEE! I’m so grateful for all the support they’ve given my novella. I hope you have a chance to listen to it. If you do, I’d love to hear what you think of it.
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I still remember when I caught Scott Adams red-handed around 2010 making fake accounts on MetaFilter to pump himself up, acting like he was a fan posting random fawning comments. I told Nick Denton and he published it all on Gawker, then it came out he had more sockpuppet accounts on reddit doing the same thing, arguing in favor of Scott Adams and his brilliance.
He's always been an awful human being.
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@ProPublica fans: I urge you to read this dark, lengthy story about a child who died.
Why? Because you'll feel better afterwards.
Counterintuitive, I know. Readers are burnt out on bad news, we're told.
But burnout isn't just about bad news. It comes from a sense of powerlessness over events.
At its best, then, long-form journalism can disarm bad news — by illuminating the structural forces and human actors at play.
And this is some of the best I've read in a while.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-dairy-farm-jefferson-rodriguez
RT @toreyvanoot
Update: The Strib has also dropped the cartoon, will stop publishing as of Monday: https://twitter.com/toreyvanoot/status/1629985861440774147
RT @CREWcrew
After the Jan. 6th insurrection, Donald Trump refused to be briefed on classified intelligence about the attack. Trump actually left office without ever being briefed on classified intelligence again.
We're getting CIA records to see why.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/foia-requests/crew-requests-cia-records-on-trumps-refusal-of-intelligence-briefings-around-jan-6/
RT @CREWcrew
Throughout Trump’s presidency, his conflicts with Indonesia were especially egregious—and we just found out that he made $14 million from his business interests in Indonesia while he was in office. This should be major news. https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trumps-tax-returns-confirm-millions-in-income-from-indonesian-business-interests/
RT @BerniePleskoff
Thank you for following me today. Baseball is back. And it makes everything better.
RT @egavactip
Kudos to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"We are dropping the Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams’ racist rant: Letter from the Editor" https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/we-are-dropping-the-dilbert-comic-strip-because-of-creator-scott-adams-racist-rant-letter-from-the-editor.html
RT @ErewhonBooks
@seeorsea @fran_wilde @trentonomicon @tanaudel @nprbooks @io9 @VictorManibo @sentencebender @PublishersWkly @OJCade @gaileyfrey @nytimesbooks @sapphomancer One of @tordotcom's Notable YA of 2022, @joeyverse's, The Nightland Express!
"Make no mistake, there is no fool’s gold to be found here: The Nightland Express is a poignant, gripping novel." — @lillielainoff, author of One For All
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With the future Vice President in San Francisco in 2019. #BlackJoy #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #SanFrancisco
Two more shovellings complete.
That morning one was a doozy though. Does doozy translate to 12"?
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Something very important is happening in Wisconsin, and we all need to pay close attention. A few states hold the key to the 2024 election and the future of our democracy, and Wisconsin is one of them. The stakes of an upcoming election in the Badger state, in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-little-known-election-in-wisconsin?sd=pf
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Today is Thursday, March 1089th, 2020. #CovidIsNotOver
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Three Zoom calls today and everyone is just going to have to deal with my hat hair and wind-burned cheeks from repeat shoveling. ❄️
Forecast says two more shovellings. Even if it adds up to 18", it is not so bad divided by five. #minnesota
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@mc_frontalot you be MC Restalot now, ya hear? Take careo’yourself.
David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto
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Well it took me three years but I finally caught me a nice big case of the covids. It sucks rocks I tells ya. Cannot recommend.
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In the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter, I explain why the corruption at Fox News
is much worse than you thought—from top (Rupert Murdoch) to bottom (the viewers) and in between (Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, senior execs, and just about everybody else).
Please read, boost, and share: https://link.motherjones.com/public/30620624
And please sign up for a FREE trial subscription to OUR LAND—yes, get it delivered right to your doorstep, that is, inbox—at www.davidcorn.com.
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I can’t bear to link to it, because the piece can only be meant as clickbait. The #NewYorkTimes has published an essay by Bret Stephens claiming that masks do nothing to reduce the spread of Covid. This is scientifically illiterate, intellectually dishonest, and actually dangerous.
Will there be a reckoning?
- blog
- www.crossingnewbridges.com
I blog about transitions and change. Follower of music, analytical baseball, science, futurism and humor.
Joined Nov 2022
