It's like how if you go to a reputable martial arts dojo, they will teach you that actually using the techniques in a real world situation is only to be done if violence is inevitable.
I'm a huge fan of respectful parenting /gentle parenting / whatever you want to call it.
I get frustrated by misconstrued criticism that the idea is to be soft or permissive. You still have to be the adult. The idea is simply how do you do that without physical or emotional violence. That's what spanking and shouting is. That's what most punishment is (note, this is different from natural consequences).
It's not easy to do, and no one is perfect at it. But I 100% believe this type of parenting works. I've never been more sure of anything in my life.
#parenting #gentleparenting #respectfulparenting #nonviolence
@dtgeek that was a tough one. Bad day for the engineering team, I'm sure.
@schmudde I use the Twitter web experience and it gives me the choice right up top, and seems to remember between sessions. Which I think is new post-Elon.
In Mastodon, what I'd love to see would be an ecosystem of algorithms.
Probs an unpopular thought, but the For You tab on Twitter brings something useful to the table that Following (simple reverse chronological) doesn't, and Mastodon doesn't have an equivalent.
Sometimes I actually do want to know what's getting interacted with and not just what's most recent or who posted most frequently.
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This would be great, hope it happens - #hashtags are a twitter hack that we don’t need to keep reproducing 👇
https://www.theverge.com/23673125/mastodon-separate-tags-hashtag-navigation-accessibility
@TheWarOnCars I lived on a precinct block. Ours wasn't as egregious as some they discuss in the article, but it's still pretty ridiculous the extent to which the police department that exemplified broken windows policing has so little respect for following the law itself.
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"For people who live near precincts, their most frequent interaction with the police will be observing them breaking the law, forcing them to walk in the street."
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Hello, @nytimes @washingtonpost: When there's a mass shooting, you don't have to quote Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Paul Rand saying that they're praying for the victims. Those quotes add nothing at all to the news
You can simply note that Republican lawmakers offered no new comments or actions in response to [whatever number] mass shooting in the US this year
@caseynewton It continues to amaze me that so many are clinging to a Twitter, as though it's going to get better. 1) it's not. 2) even if it did, the primary beneficiary would be a reactionary gremlin who is already the wealthiest man in the world.
Next season is Welcome to Wrexham is gonna be so much fun
@RadicalRuss makes sense!
Ezra Klein is probably my favorite commentator. I can't say enough about how impressed I am with the way he digs into topics.
Here, he's got the best take I've heard so far on the AI moment we're in.
[Hard Fork] A.I. Vibe Check With Ezra Klein + Kevin Tries Phone Positivity
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/155844506
@popcornreel Wouldn't be the first time I've seen foolish Dems
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This is textbook fascism where problems are being blamed on a marginalized and powerless minority.
As other previously targeted minorities have become politically necessary to appease, right wingers have found a demographic small enough to abuse without election consequence risk
Donald Trump's criminality unleashed a bitter new phase of American politics.
The Global Entry program is a disaster. The length of time and lack of availability of interviews is absurd.
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This is actually false, New York Times. Ex-presidents have never been “shielded from indictment.” There is no “taboo.”
Ex-presidents have always been subject to prosecution for their crimes. Vice-presidents, state governors, and congressmen have all been indicted and even imprisoned.
Only one thing is new here: an incorrigible career criminal became president.
@lucabartoletti @caseynewton nice! And the bot didn't even fall in love with you?
I am now @acjay
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