Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Seriously; how can folks like @marcelias and Sheldon Whitehouse even maintain a semblance of composure when speaking about our captured courts, dark money influence, eroding voting rights and democracy?
Especially when they understand how truly catastrophic it all is, beyond what most of us could possibly grasp.
These guys are literal modern day gladiators, imo.

#MastodonGuides Jan 24, 2022

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"Mastodon is the hot social media platform that journalists, (and many others) are fleeing to, now that the great #TwitterMigration is accelerating."

#twittermigration #mastodontips
More Guides >>> https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#014e

Based on the latest stats - it looks like we have a #TwitterMigration wave / surge happening again... Up to 1000 new accounts in the last hour (from previous ~400/hr for the last few weeks). #TwitterExodus #riptwitter

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I've seen two patients since lunch.

Neither can remember what we are talking about 5 minutes later, have Tachycardia sitting there that fatigues them, and they seem confused throughout.

This is the 3rd time getting COVID for both. Both got it over holiday break.

Both are PROFESSIONALS.

Avoid.

Covid.

#brainfog #covid #covid19 #longcovid #mentalhealth.

"The policy comes in response to HB 1467, which requires all reading material in schools to be selected by an employee with a valid education media specialist certificate."

Or, how the GOP learned to stop worrying and love the administrative state
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2023/01/23/fearing-prosecution-manatee-county-teachers-cover-up-classroom-books/69832276007/

Too many people still don't know Cop City— an attempt to cut down an Atlanta greenspace and neighbourhood food forest to build a COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY urban warfare training facility— is happening, let alone that APD has tear-gassed and even killed people protesting against them.

They claim that the protestor they killed shot at them first, but somehow, miraculously, only have video of the after-action, not the incident itself.

Y'know, back in 2014 many of us believed the proliferation of body cameras for cops would mean real oversight and accountability. Within months it became clear that the cameras would mean nothing, and not JUST because the cops themselves would oversee the footage rather than a 3rd party.

No, we realised then, and have had it proven time and time again, that bodycams don't mean shit for accountability, because no matter how much police negligence and malfeasance the videos show, LARGE SWATHES of the public and the media will go out of their way to excuse COPS' behaviour, and blame the victims for their own deaths. Especially if those victims aren't white.

Anyway. Check the tag #StopCopCity on some other platforms.

At this point, I recommend we all check our garages, attics, closets, and basements to see if any of us have top secret or classified files lying about.

Nice to know our nation's most sensitive secrets and security documents can be checked out like a damn middle school library book-on-tape!

Good Lord!

#NationalArchives #GetYourShitTogether

@juddlegum nice to see Pompeo can still see his phone well enough to be able to Tweet from the pocket of a Saudi Prince, it's got to be getting pretty crowded in there with Kushner and Musk. 😡

@juddlegum Republicans will not defend democracy at home or abroad. Keeping the money flowing is far more important.

Pompeo trashes a journalist who was brutally murdered by an authoritarian regime. Classy.

@ADDiane 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dangillmor they didn''t accidentally do this--the NYT does bad things because they want to do bad things, it's not some sort of slip & stumble problem

Every day that passes without an apology from the New York Times for its atrocious 2016 campaign coverage -- and a meaningful description of how it will do better -- is evidence that the "Paper of Record" remains broken in one of its most important functions. There is a fundamental arrogance to the institution, and a relentless insistence on business as usual in political coverage.

If and when democracy falls, the New York Times will have been complicit.

"Libraries aren't just a place to obtain books for free. They're one of the few public spaces left in our society where you're allowed to exist without the expectation of spending money."

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The empty landscape is silent, the ashes of the city’s long-dead inhabitants licking its dust-choked corridors. Tucking a stray tendril behind her ear, she stares at her hands and pretends she is cradling a cellular “smart” phone. “yes hello, I’d like to inquire about your tea kettle of the month club” she whispers