James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

I believe in a livable wage for everyone. It baffles me business owners argue with me, and I’ve had many do so, that paying their staff a higher wage will destroy their business. They are always white dudes who fancy themselves clever businessmen.

Until I hit them with, “wait, are you saying you didn’t budget for employee wages that afford them the basics of life? Surely you budgeted for that, right, Jimothy? I thought you understood business?”

It’s a blow to the fragile biz man fee fees.

Have the optimism of my 5yo firmly and sincerely stating she'll be sufficiently quiet to let my wife nap while holding a pair of drumsticks.

A quick history lesson illustrating just how far detached from reality & humanity Taliban terrorists really are:
•In 610 Prophet Muhammad (sa) declared “Education is obligatory for every Muslim male & female.”
•In 859 Princess Fatima al-Fihri founded al-Qarawiyyin, the world's oldest existing university.
•In 2022 after promising to protect women’s rights, Taliban terrorists ban women from education.
See the problem? Taliban are enemies of humanity. May their reign of terror come to a swift end.

It's day 7 of me and some other journalists being suspended on Twitter because we reported factual public information that Twitter's "free speech absolutist" owner didn't like.

Weird how it keeps happening in spite of us. It's almost like we actually have nothing to do with it.

"Are you having a productive afternoon?"
"Yes, I think so."

Just a PSA this holiday season. Turn signals do actually work in busy parking lots too.

Hi there! I'm God.
WELCOME TO MASTODON!
Fascists got you down? Well they're not welcome here.
The motto 'round these parts is "be excellent to each other."
There's no algorithm.
We've got weed. Well, I've got weed.
Follow and talk to everyone but especially Me. Cuz I'm God.
See you around!

it is Wednesday my dudes

*burps my end of year presentation*

Dovetailing my recent post, @adamdavidson via @niemanlab: "Even if #Mastodon were to remain #Twitter’s very tiny stepbrother, I would still like to be part of a Mastodon #journalist community because I think we got lazy as a field, and we let Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and, god help us, #ElonMusk and their staff decide all these major journalistic questions." ~ https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/11/can-mastodon-be-a-reasonable-twitter-substitute-for-journalists/ ~ #news #journalists #socialmedia #tech

A castle in Italy has braille etched in the railing that describes the view for blind people🤎

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

For the record, releasing Trump’s tax returns in 2016 might have saved our democracy six years of pain and trouble. Every presidential nominee should be required by law to make their returns public.

All jokes aside, remember what Christmas is really about, people.

Rich people being terrorized by spectres until they agree to pay their employees a living wage.

Washington Post will be creating their own instance. They will add #mastodon accounts to journalist profiles.

Institutional #journalism embracing the #fediverse is important.

#commodon #journodon @communicationscholars

On how many Mastodon hosts do you have an account? (Please boost for wide sampling, thanks)

#xmas 2022

It is that time of the year. The Wreath of Khan.