Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

We are now on the 7th or 8th Clarence Thomas revelation that would have resulted in the resignation of a Supreme Court justice in any other era of American history.

I’m so freaking tired of learning about how often rich people get all their debt forgiven, how they get free vacations, blah blah blah all while poor and middle class folks get told all the time how they just don’t know how to handle money and should stop eating avocados and getting coffee.

Harlan Crow and a few billionaires have provided Clarence Thomas with:

-38 destination vacations

-26 private jet flights

-6 helicopter flights

-Yacht voyages

And we're going to let Thomas rule on Moore v. US, which could permanently shield billionaires from a wealth tax?

A handy guide for all #DogsOfMastodon

Right-wingers relentlessly attack free speech and yet they have the nerve to call content moderation by private companies “censorship”

“Florida's #DeSantis bans pro-Palestinian group from state campuses”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/floridas-desantis-bans-pro-palestinian-student-group-2023-10-25/
#fascism #gaza

At 3:30, a reporter asks Speaker-elect Mike Johnson, “you helped lead the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Do you—“

She was cut off as House Republicans booed and shouted, “Shut up! Shut up!”

The other reporters let their colleague get shouted down by these goons and then immediately asked if he’s confident he can get 217 votes on the floor tomorrow.

Who cares about our democracy when there are important process questions to be asked?

https://www.c-span.org/video/?531389-1/rep-mike-johnson-elected-speaker-nominee

#media #j6 #gop

Do you find almost all animals cute?

Update. #Scholastic has backed down and apologized. (Protests work.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scholastic-ending-book-fair-separate-catalog-books-on-race-and-lgbtq_n_653889b5e4b0c8556103230c

"The Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue its separate selection of books on race and gender following criticism that segregating the titles caters to the right-wing censorship that is spreading across the country."

#BookBans, #Censorship

Link via @psilocervine on Cohost: Some investigative journalism inside Unity's road to briefly introducing a company-destroying "install fees" policy last month.

The most interesting takeaway here is the whole disaster really was just IronSource, who merged with Unity last year, puppeting the company into destroying IronSource's competitor AppLovin at all costs. An entire art form is a pawn to be sacrificed in a fight between two adtech companies you've never heard of

https://mobilegamer.biz/fuck-you-were-not-paying-inside-unitys-runtime-fee-fiasco/

I can think of one big reason this guy shouldn't be hitting on singles

Florida interprets it ban on DEI initiatives as " apply[ing] to all campus programs and activities in which the college or university “endorses or promotes a position” on “topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms.”" https://newrepublic.com/article/176402/desantiss-war-woke-colleges-absurd-dangerous

It is hard to overstate how unconstitutional this is.

#law #lawFedi #speech #FirstAmendment #censorship #Florida #freespeech #eduction #academicfreedom

I don't need innocent Palestinian civilians to support LBGTQ rights in order for me to support their human rights anymore than I need American conservatives to support LGBTQ rights in order to support their human rights.

Human rights are not earned. All are entitled to them.