Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

I also want to state: this decision from the joinmastodon.org website makes ZERO instances show up when a user selects the ‘LGBTQ+’ category. ZERO.

We all know these instances require manual sign-ups to prevent trolls and hate accounts from being created.

This decision is terrible.

Please Boost this thread for visibility!!

#Mastodon #LGBTQ #MastoAdmin

🔥This is what Law is for. This judge understood the assignment.
By Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: "In an unexpected order, the judge asked for supplemental briefing about whether the right to abortion is secretly protected by the 13th Amendment’s ban on 'involuntary servitude.' Was this an audacious judicial request? Maybe."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/federal-judge-abortion-still-constitutional-dobbs-13th-amenedment.html?fbclid=IwAR0ZXo50NFjoegC2Ts-uSG96TYDzon7IB-5RwO47Qbxwr4K_zeTDJIWXS3I

Elon is going to make the bird site unusable. Just make your account here and settle in. You won’t be sorry.

Anyway, now that a ton of journalists are flocking back to Mastodon... you should read my article about how all your articles about Mastodon "slumping" were bullshit. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/lazy-reporters-claiming-fediverse-is-slumping-despite-massive-increase-in-usage/

PAST:
Abolitionist believing that slavery was wrong and should be abolished is one thing

Abolitionist believing slaves were their EQUAL is quite another

PRESENT:

“Good white folx” believing that Black folx are treated unfairly is one thing

“Good white folx” believing that they benefit and perpetuate that unfair treatment is quite another

I hate it when you're doing an external faculty review, and they ask you to list a bunch of the candidate's peers and *rank them* in relation to one another. What a stupid, competitive way of thinking about value. Instead, I describe the unique mix of skills and sensibilities that make the candidate *incomparable*.

"Oh hey, Peanut Lady! Give me a sec, I'll be right down"

#Squirrel of the Day for February 8, 2023

#Squirrels #NaturePhotography

Hunter Biden's legal team asks Bannon, Stone, Giuliani others to preserve evidence for future lawsuits.

Biden "has nothing to hide," his lawyers said. "The people who have yet to be held accountable for their wrongdoing are the recipients of these letters.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-lawyers-bannon-stone-giuliani-lawsuits-rcna69824

@taylorlorenz

(Slinks back here from twitter)

@PaulDitz wow. Maybe it's meant to be that dense then. I have an allergy to processed flours so I make a lot of whole grain and nut flour breads and bakery goods. I don't like mine to be so gummy so I've learned how to obtain the texture I like

It does look yummy!

A Black church in Louisiana aims to educate people on how to be healthy

"A new study looks at whether placing health care workers in churches can help eliminate health disparities that disproportionately affect Black communities in the South."

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/07/1155014863/a-black-church-in-louisiana-aims-to-educate-people-on-how-to-be-healthy

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #health #community #PublicHealth #HealthDisparities #education #news ⛪️

To all that were attracted to the Libertarian Party by my 2020 candidacy: I am sorry. It has become a terrible dumpsterfire of a shitshow. I regret my involvement in such a non functional embarrassment full of paleo dipshits, pedo apologists, and culture war fuckwads.

PRICELESS

via @donmoyn twitter

#GoodGift

@hellmart Big thanks for all the boosts ( and for just being a nice guy)!

Who voted for this f$cking traitor?!? I want names!

SEN. MIKE LEE (R-UT) | DEMOCRACY REPORT CARD #MikeLee #SenMikeLee #TraitorMikeLee #IndictMikeLee #GOPRussians #GOPTraitors https://accountability.gop/profile/sen-mike-lee/

Just ignore science. That strategy work for COVID.
https://apnews.com/article/rail-accidents-evacuations-ohio-health-climate-and-environment-3f84663f0b97837cc74a8ce9a50ef6c7