Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

Let's be clear: America's “moral crisis” isn't about pregnancies, contraceptives, or which bathroom people use.

It's obscene CEO pay, wage theft from workers, Wall Street gambling, money corrupting our politics, and the failure of those with power to serve the common good.

The Google-owned video platform's reversal comes as former President Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim the 2020 election was stolen.

https://bit.ly/3N8OUHI

The right to repair is gaining momentum in a number of states, and California should be next. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/right-repair-law-minnesota-california-should-be-next

Elon Musk takes over Twitter and immediately fires a whole lot of people.

Soon after, several huge Silicon Valley companies fire a whole lot of people while the suits get huge payoffs.

Elon Musk starts charging bizarre extortionate rates to access Twitter’s API.

Other big companies start charging crazy-ass rates for API access. While the suits continue getting huge salaries and payoffs.

Coincidence?

happy pride, be gay, punch nazis 🏳️‍🌈

Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has defected to Russia

E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexual assault, won in court.

BoTh SiDeS

Politics Editor for @gbhnews here.
Waking up from Mastadon hibernation. Is anyone there? Political junkie or not, interested in hearing from you, and meeting some Fediverse inhabitants.

Twitter Blue throughout history

Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship should he be elected president. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-promises-end-birthright-citizenship-undocumented-migrants-1234744159/

#Texas AG says Trump would've "lost" state if it hadn't blocked mail-in ballots applications being sent out https://www.newsweek.com/texas-ag-says-trump-wouldve-lost-state-if-it-hadnt-blocked-mail-ballots-applications-being-1597909

#Politics #Republican

Wait, so you're telling me when the Republicans accused people of stopping and stealing the vote, THEY WERE PROJECTING?

This is my shocked face.

You cannot tell me there is no racism in America when shit like this happens. This is why we have #MMIW...

#MikaMatters #MMIW #MMIWG2S

@Radical_EgoCom @enorazza Anyone who thinks that there will be *any* safe place in the world for very long after the US goes fully fascist/authoritarian is delusional.
Fighting for democracy & peace in America is absolutely necessary to secure democracy & peace anywhere else.

this is disgusting even for Elon

(in case it's not clear, the "verified" account is not actually AOC)

Happy Sunday!

A reminder:

The Catholic Church spent $11 mill in the NE US to fight legislation that would help victims of clergy sexual abuse get justice
In NY the Catholic Church spent $3 mill lobbying against the Child Victims Act
The Catholic Church donated over $3 mill to limit abortion access in Kansas
The Catholic Church refused to pay $20 mill to residential school survivors
- then they paid $30 mill for a new cathedral in Saskatoon

* This post was written at a drag brunch

Henry #Kissinger turned 100 today, so it's a good time to remind people of Anthony Bourdain's quote about him. And all other amazing quotes by Bourdain.
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/8/17442194/anthony-bourdain-ally-marginalized-voices

> Witness what Henry did in Cambodia — the fruits of his genius for statesmanship — and you will never understand why he's not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milosevic.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

The people who won't get a vaccine because they think it contains digital trackers are cheering Elon Musk's brain implant.

The people who think we need government out of people's lives want government telling us what to read.

The folks who think every life is sacred before birth refuse to do anything about an epidemic of school shootings.

People who hate anything anti-American want pardons for the Jan6 insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol.

🙄

A new 'File Archivers in the Browser' phishing kit abuses ZIP domains by displaying fake WinRAR or Windows File Explorer windows in the browser to convince users to launch malicious files.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clever-file-archiver-in-the-browser-phishing-trick-uses-zip-domains/