David Wood @davidwood@qoto.org

Some inconvenient facts about immigrants that MAGAs hope you ignore:

•Seeking asylum is a legal & human RIGHT, protected by the US Constitution and the UN Convention on Refugees (to which the USA is a signatory)

•Both documented AND undocumented immigrants have LOWER crime rates than US Citizens (and usually higher vaccination rates too)

•Undocumented immigrants pay MORE in taxes ($12B annually) than Trump ever has or will (and get none of the tax benefits)

RT if you learned something new!

High Court rules against the Home Secretary re destitution of asylum seekers
https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/high-court-declares-home-secretary-acting-unlawfully-failing-meet-asylum-seekers-essential

A cryptobro DMed me to ask if I wanted to join his mailing list.

I spent slightly too long making this to send in reply.

Rishi Sunak's government has published the list of acceptable ID that will be required before people can vote in the UK. Six of the Government-approved IDs are specifically targeted at older people, while several forms of ID widely carried by younger people are excluded. https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/voter-id-its-far-worse-than-any-us-state/

Migrated from Twitter to Mastodon but finding it hard to find the folks you used to follow?

Fedifinder can help. https://fedifinder.glitch.me

Cool tool for finding your old Twitter buddies that have moved to Mastodon (and what you can do on your Twitter account to help others find you here)

Please reblog/boost to spread the word. (Liking/Favouriting won’t help)

If you are just joining Mastodon (as I am) a good basic explainer for what's different (and what's the same) about it.

By @clive

"Come Join Me On Mastodon, Folks: A how-to guide for joining the rapidly-growing social network."

https://clivethompson.medium.com/come-join-me-on-mastodon-folks-bbb073ff05d2

Twitter wonks and journos joining Mastodon

Twitter will soon introduce longer content messages. This opens the market for bigger smartphone designs. #consumption #joke