ContraPoints has her first new video out in ten months, and I couldn't be happier. It's about "The Witch Trials" which covers the J.K. Rowling story which was done recently in podcast form. Natalie was featured in the podcast.
Tim Miller from @bulwarkonline (The Bulwark) has a fantastic interview with Tennessee House Rep. Gloria Johnson about what happened there in the last few weeks. Also, she's been there for a while. It's not just what's happened in the last few weeks, but what has been happening for a long while.
I remember in the 90s, a lot of movies and shows were showing us "The New South". The non-racist South. The South that had "changed". All of that "nastiness" and "unpleasantness" was in the past, as they would have had us believe. It was "forgotten history" - pay it no heed.
Well, as it turns out, not so much. Not by a long shot.
https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/the-next-level/id1647085571?i=1000609201591
You can get "The Next Level" (part of The Bulwark podcasts) free on Apple or your other favourite podcast services.
@LouisIngenthron I've actually been against those as well since years and years. I have many posts online in different venues about it. In fact, I haven't posted on Facebook for a very, very, long time because of it. Same goes for Twitter and other places.
I just think that TikTok is a blatant security threat not just to the USA but to any democracy.
A lot of people don't appear to mind that TikTok is subject to Chinese Communist Party laws concerning the retaining of all of that juicy data they collect on everyone around the world.
Yet another story to remind us about just whom we are talking about:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/17/politics/fbi-chinese-agents/index.html
Do you /really/ want to give your data to them? Seriously?
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#RussiaIsATerroristState ⚠️🇪🇺UN Security Council Chair, Russia is now blocking about 50 ships with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea – Borrell (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3697099-russia-blocks-about-50-ships-with-ukrainian-grain-in-black-sea-borrell.html #Ukraine #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
@xenodium Heh yeah, I figured. For me as well. 👍
@xenodium I have to ask: Do you use the nyan-cat sound file in nyan-mode for scrolling or not? I haven't installed it yet. I would imagine it gets annoying after a while? 🏳️🌈🐱
@xenodium Yes but what does Emacs Plus offer that Railwaycat doesn't? That's what I'm curious about.
@davep @xenodium I've been using it for a few years now. I think since 2019 or something. It's very good. It is compiled with features for the mac environment such as trackpad gestures etc... I'd tell you to check it out, but I just asked about Emacs Plus so maybe I should take the time to check that out as well at some point. 😀
@xenodium I love your setup. I'm using Railwaycat on the Mac. I'm wondering if you've tried it? Are there any advantages of using Emacs Plus over it? Just curious.
Again: Great post and thanks for all of your other posts too. 👍
Let's see: I've lived in 9 US states (Mass, NY, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, California, Arizona, Vermont) and England, Belgium, France, Israel, and Japan.
I used to be a news photographer in Washington DC during the Clinton years. I've worked for Congressional Quarterly, UPI, Scripps Howard News Service.
Now I live again in Paris.