Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org

@Wileymiller Well that's ... disturbingly appropriate.

@RickiTarr You should get this "Welcome To #Adulthood Starter Pack" on your 18th birthday, and the congratulatory message should absolutely include this vital wisdom.

@ampersine Immediately after taking office, Biden should have started a program of de-Trumpification throughout the federal government. His failure to do so is IMO a big part of the reason for the mess we're in now.

@mike You monster!

@mike By using open source office software, you're actually stealing potential revenue from Microsoft, so sorry, we're going to have to pull your paper.

@mike Well, that's fairly horrifying.

@sheilasmall Yeah, it's epic trolling. I think I see Musk's hand in this.

#Kennedy for #HHS. There is no bottom to this well.

Seen in the wild: "Luckily all our #environmental laws are older than 18 years, so Rep. #Gaetz shouldn't have much interest in them."

Read the whole thread. This is serious. For better or worse (I think we can definitely say "worse" now) #Twitter used to a major way #science news propagated across the internet. Even after #Musk took it over, a lot of people who should have known better kept relying on it. Now we're seeing the consequences of that.

We can't rely on *any* one platform to get our messages out, not even #Mastodon. Post here, on #Bluesky, even on #Facebook while it's still not a *complete* shithole, and on any other platform you think might have a chance of reaching a decent-sized audience.

This applies to science and #politics and everything else, but I think with science it's particularly critical. #Xitter and other right-wing platforms are going to be pushing even more #misinformation than they already are. For #scientists to keep speaking up is one of the best ways to fight back.

@realTuckFrumper Pretty much as expected. 😐

#Gaetz as #AG. That's just ... [chef's kiss]

@Dhmspector Idiocracy looks like sheer genius compared to this shit.

@vivtek And the instant they get a degree, they automatically look down their noses at God-fearing salt-of-the-Earth working folks. Like a law of nature.

Ferocious and brilliant. I really don't know how much #election post-mortems matter at this point. But if you think they do, read this one.

https://www.quora.com/Why-has-the-US-allowed-such-a-despicable-person-to-become-president-again/answer/Kate-Stoneman

Brid is the wrod.

@DemocracyMattersALot Of course. We're just a bunch of suckers and losers, after all.

I hate that I have to agree with this. But I do.

@BrianJopek I'm not surprised Trump (or one of his writers) is making these demands. But I'm horrified at how quickly and eagerly Senate Republicans are rolling over and showing their bellies for him.