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Help feed people in the liberated territories, currently deprived of water, electricity, internet...I saw World Central Kitchens helping people all over Ukraine last summer
wck.org/

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According to my chocolate Advent calendar there's just 3 days until Christmas.

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Welcome to the Fediverse, @hewittlaw! Casey is one of my favorite follows from That Other Site. Check out her posts on #DesignLaw, #ScheduleA shenanigans, and other great stuff.

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#covid is just a cold. Right. This cardiologist on YouTube is crying because of patients in their thirties getting heart attacks no one in their thirties should ever get in the first place.

youtube.com/watch?v=XKE1QcM7WU

This is: @Sunny_Rae1 Dr Rae Duncan MBChB,BSc(HONS), MSc,MD...

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This is what happens today on Twitter when you start typing hashtag Climate anything: it suggests "ClimateScam" which is the hashtag used by climate deniers and disinformation accounts (many linked to the fossil fuel industry) and sometimes the far-right just for the hell of it.

Who are the people most opposed to escapism? Jailers!

C.S. Lewis

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Accidental Tech Podcast is one of my favorite tech . It's Apple centric. This episode has a good discussion on the challenges Mastodon and any other twitter successor will face. They have time stamps for various segments so it's easy to listen to just this part of the podcast and skip the rest.

Accidental Tech Podcast  
510: It's Occupied by Bears https://atp.fm/510 Mastodon, date formats, testing, and what we're thankful for.
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510: It's Occupied by Bears
atp.fm/510

Mastodon, date formats, testing, and what we're thankful for.

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If annoyed by cross-posted RT's from the other site, under SETTINGS->FILTERS you can make a filter for "RT @" and they get hidden behind warning, or removed, as you prefer.

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I wrote an article diving into the statistics on far-right extremist violence compared to far-left extremist violence, and to say the least, it’s not a “both sides” problem. An estimated 75% of extremist killings in the US over the past decade are attributed to far-right extremists, compared to 4% attributed to far-left extremists — and that’s on the high end of the estimates for far-left extremist violence.
weaponizedspaces.substack.com/

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The New America Foundation, which breaks down the categories of extremist violence a bit more than ADL, found that only one extremist killing since 9/11 is attributable to left-wing extremism, compared to 122 deaths attributed to far-right extremism. Here’s what that looks like visualized:

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I have never received something like this. We are experiencing a rise in hate, while many look the other way or seek to profit from it. I refuse to allow this to be the norm and a part of my child’s future. I will fight against hate and extremism and for decency and acceptance.

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Russia attacking Kherson. So in Kremlinworld, Russia is attacking Russians. Yet the Russian media are not very outraged about this. 🤨

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