Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

If you have a uterus and you live in the UK, it's time to update your threat model to include police testing you for the presence of abortion meds and requesting data from period-tracking apps: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/30/british-police-testing-women-for-abortion-drugs/

Tell me this is not the cutest little tufted titmouse you’ve ever seen! 😍 #birds #BirdsOfMastodon

Neo-Nazis across the US are attempting to embed themselves within rallies in support of #Palestine. But neo-Nazis aren't 'anti-war' or in 'solidarity' with Palestinians - they're white supremacists attempting to use the movement as a way to mainstream their anti-Semitic and racist conspiracy theories. They don't oppose settler-colonialism or State violence - its at the heart of their entire political project.

https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazi-groups-are-attempting-to-worm-their-way-into-rallies-against-the-war-on-gaza/

"A hurricane gutted a city of one million, leaving no food or water and the dead to rot."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/29/2202303/-A-hurricane-flattened-a-city-of-one-million-leaving-no-food-or-water-and-the-dead-to-rot

"One would think that an unprecedented category-five windstorm that flattened a resort city of one million people on Mexico’s Pacific coast might be mentioned at least below the fold of mainstream media cable and print outlets. In general, it has not."

#Acapulco #Otis #Mexico #journalism #climate #hurricane

Typical story. Flight attendant won't believe black woman is doctor, believes random white guy instantly. 🙄 So typical it's boring.

One thing.
If you are ever that white guy-- the one who's believed without jumping through hoops & if you notice what's happening. (which isn't a natural thing to notice, but perk your ears up. you'll see)

Say something! It can be mild. Dry even. But, *don't* let it roll by. No one will think *you* are being angry & unreasonable.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-woman-doctor-racial-profiling-airplane_n_5bdaf2dde4b0da7bfc177a77

i appreciate whoever writes the @signalapp release notes

So McDonald's is giving away free fries for the rest of the year...

... if you use their mobile app

... and agree to the updated terms and conditions

... which say: if you use this app you waive your right to trial in any class action lawsuits against McDonalds."

We live in the lamest dystopia.

The stuff that got edited out of Snow Crash.

@pixelpusher220 @Hey_Beth See posts I posted from #CapitolHunters....Johnson could be the most dangerous one yet, almost like they set i up that way.....he's quiet and sneaky and the one Trump really wanted all along??????

I listened to Trump’s latest speech and it’s horrifying. I got to the point where he talked about purging universities of liberal presidents and professors and had to turn it off. Just the way he said the word made me think of Hitler whipping crowds into a frenzy of hate.

The modern corporate obsession with data is beyond incorrect, it's obscene.

If I order a pizza, there's no universe where the social contract should include a follow-up email about a survey. IT'S A PIZZA. And moreover, I PAID FOR IT WITH MONEY. You are not entitled to 5 minutes of my time to fill out your fucking survey.

Any marketer, any data scientist, who tell you that every pizza that gets ordered should also generate a survey request email IS FULL OF SHIT and is ABUSING YOUR CUSTOMERS.

"Elon is garbage, and this place is now a white supremacist Nazi haven." So said, correctly, @badastro when he completed his exit from X, where he had 600K followers.

Phil is an amazing science explainer and nonsense debunker. Do consider giving him a follow here :-)

You can’t delete your past, MAGA Mike Johnson. The internet is forever, and so is your vile hate.

Wait … what? 🤔
Mike Johnson's campaign contributions from company tied to Russia.

A group of Russian to donate to newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson's campaign in 2018 by funneling the money through a U.S. company.

https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501

#putinstooge #putin #stooge

No one could have predicted this. Universal mask wearing in hospitals significantly reduces hospital-acquired respiratory infections.
https://x.com/JoePajak/status/1718074314577322381?s=20

Republicans in Congress wear AR-15 pins where their American flag pins used to be.

Let that sink in for a moment.

They pledge allegiance to a machine that slaughters children for profit — rather than the country and flag and Constitution they swore to protect.

This shit is why we need to bring back guillotines if weren’t not gonna tax billionaires into nonexistence.

This Billionaire Hedge Funder Is Quietly Financing Anti-Trans Advocacy Across The U.S.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-edelman-political-donor-transgender_n_653a8605e4b0783c4ba04deb

Lentil Soup With Smoked Sausage and Apples Recipe - NYT Cooking https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021681-lentil-soup-with-smoked-sausage-and-apples

We kept hearing that the "moderates" were finally fed up, were rebelling against the fringe. They stopped #JimJordan , who overplayed his hand.

But *here we are*. With a fringey fringe Speaker, an election-denying Dominionist. Voted in UNANIMOUSLY by the #HouseGOP present.

There are no "moderates." There are the bomb-throwing reactionaries, and the rest who go along "reluctantly" for the ride, because of the personal cost of not doing so. Which is ... kind of how the Nazi party rose to power.

Broke 150 ratings on Amazon.

Thanks, everyone.