I'm having a hard time seeing the long list of #banned #books in the US, on every day topics that happen in real life, but today Google notified me of when an #antivax video was posted on YouTube by someone who I have never watched because they spread #misinformation and is consistently, thoroughly debunked
This guy is taking a trip tomorrow to get irradiated and cure his hyperthyroidism. Send him your best wishes! #CatsOfMastodon
News is moving quickly tonight: Movetodon has gotten shut down by Twitter due to unspecified 'rule violations'. This makes it matter of utmost urgency to preserve as much of the Twitter bot developer community as possible, as the deadline of February 9th shutdown cannot be presumed to be safe.
If you have worked with the #twitter API in any capacity, please check out this work by @tchambers:
@e_urq@journa.host This is a bad take Evan. They want us identified, they want us in camps, they want us erased and they want us dead.
Tone policing how people talk about that isn't helping anyone, and just causes infighting and friction.
Let people talk about this in the ways they need to. It's real. It's happening. It needs to be talked about
Realizing that my opinion of someone is about 80% determined by whether they use the past or present tense when referring to "the pandemic."
Imagine being terrified by a Chinese spy balloon but ignoring a virus which is killing thousands of Americans a week and creating chronic disease and shortening the life expectancy of many others.
Know what the absence of racism would look like for Black folks?
Ordinary-ness.
Just life.
Ordinary life.
I think we deserve that.
Don't you?
@DeanObeidallah Will anything happen to him for it? I mean so far the DoJ is dragging ass in prosecuting him for literally anything so I'm not holding my breath on consequences anymore.
Did trump conceal the three Chinese spy balloons that happened during his term because Ivanka was getting trademarks from China? Or bc he didn’t want to hurt the trade deal with China he thought would help him win in 2020? We need answers. My article https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/why-did-trump-conceal-from-the-public
Internet services owned by billionaires:
1. Twitter
2. Facebook
3. Instagram
4. TikTok
5. Snapchat
Internet services not owned by billionaires:
1. Email
2. IRC
3. BitTorrent
4. RSS
5. HTTP
So don’t tell me that walled gardens are inevitable and we should just accept surveillance capitalism as the price of doing business.
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric