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RaymondPierreL3<p>Yet more hapless victims of the mess successive administrators and 10 yrs of LNP cuts foisted on the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TertiarySector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TertiarySector</span></a> :</p><p>"ANU’s recent announcement to slash three full time positions at the ADB, and “disestablish” the Australian National Dictionary, another priceless project which has tracked the changes in Australian English from colonial times to the present, represent cultural vandalism on a breathtaking scale."</p><p>Still the Govt, looking at you Minister, is silent and looks upon the unfolding <a href="https://aus.social/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> ... with arms crossed.</p><p>Read More: <br><a href="https://insidestory.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tkllhidl-nuikumtyk-d/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insidestory.cmail20.com/t/r-l-</span><span class="invisible">tkllhidl-nuikumtyk-d/</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>When the Set Turned Sour: Kamala Harris Walks Out on Meghan Markle’s Netflix Debacle <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1152584/when-the-set-turned-sour-kamala-harris-walks-out-on-meghan-markles-netflix-debacle/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/1152584/when-the-s</span><span class="invisible">et-turned-sour-kamala-harris-walks-out-on-meghan-markles-netflix-debacle/</span></a> #<a href="https://channels.im/tags/when" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>when</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BritishRoyalFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishRoyalFamily</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DuchessOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuchessOfSussex</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DukeOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DukeOfSussex</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/HARRY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HARRY</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/kamala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kamala</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Markles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markles</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Meghan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meghan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MeghanMarkle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeghanMarkle</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netflix</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/on" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>on</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/out" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>out</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PrinceHarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinceHarry</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Royal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Royal</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalFamilies</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalGossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalGossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Royals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Royals</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RoyalsGossip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalsGossip</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/set" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>set</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/sour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sour</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/The" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>The</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/turned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turned</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/walks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>walks</span></a></p>
Scooter :polyamoryFlag:rant, baseball
anilmcUnarmada for Gaza: Long bars, extreme content
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>I'm probably pissing in the wind with this request...</p><p>Does anyone know of a stock tracker site that won't keep crashing?</p><p>I'm following the Tesla debacle with great interest. I was on Google Finance, but I'm de-Googling myself, and, as mentioned, it keeps crashing.</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/StockTracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockTracker</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/deGoogling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogling</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/deGooglization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deGooglization</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a></p>
ClareBear 💚 :tinoflag:nzpol school lunch provider goes into liquidation
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Japan’s Fuji Media tries to defuse ex-Smap member Nakai’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexscandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexscandal</span></a>, but it all backfires<br>"Corporate governance experts told The Straits Times that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FujiTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FujiTV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> exposes the dangers of poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGovernance</span></a> Network president Shin Ushijima noted that the absence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/directors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>directors</span></a> on Fuji Media’s board means a lack of different perspectives that cld have prevented the missteps which plagued the company along the way" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkInProgress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkInProgress</span></a><br><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-fuji-media-tries-to-douse-fire-over-ex-smap-member-nakais-sex-scandal-but-it-all-backfires" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">straitstimes.com/asia/east-asi</span><span class="invisible">a/japans-fuji-media-tries-to-douse-fire-over-ex-smap-member-nakais-sex-scandal-but-it-all-backfires</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Commentary: Why do so many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> 'solutions' only seem to create more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/problems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>problems</span></a>?<br>"The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lack</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/user" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>user</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consideration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consideration</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techsolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techsolutions</span></a> isn’t noticeable only in airport food courts. How many times hv u argued w your rideshare driver abt e best route to take to your destination? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LTA</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SimplyGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimplyGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> is still fresh in many minds.. if the point of tech is to benefit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> then it shld be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/designed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designed</span></a> in a way tt maximises said benefits without causing undue disamenities"<br><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/tech-solutions-problems-smart-city-user-design-4788581" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/commentary</span><span class="invisible">/tech-solutions-problems-smart-city-user-design-4788581</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“BREAKING: the DWP has JUST published the winter fuel payments cut ASSESSMENT – undermining Keir Starmer”</p><p>by Steve Topple in The Canary <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://independent-media.co.uk/@thecanaryuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thecanaryuk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“However, late on Friday 13 September the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) threw them [<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Streeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streeting</span></a>] and Labour under the bus – by PUBLISHING an Equality Analysis it did in July.”</p><p><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/09/14/winter-fuel-payments-dwp-impact-assessment/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/</span><span class="invisible">09/14/winter-fuel-payments-dwp-impact-assessment/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg</span></a></p><p>#<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WFA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debacle</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equality</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Assessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assessment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LabourLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourLies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LabourCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LabourFriendsOfBigBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourFriendsOfBigBusiness</span></a></p>
okie in fenoki<p>This substack post by Heather Cox Richardson helped me feel better about the CNN debacle...ERRR...debate:</p><p>&gt;Stuart Stevens warned: “Don’t day trade politics. It’s a sucker’s game. A guy from Queens out on bail bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade, said in public he didn’t have sex with a porn star, defended tax cuts for billionaires, defended Jan. 6th. and called America the worst country in the world. That guy isn’t going to win this race.”&lt;</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-27-2024?r=47xyw&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/june-27-2024?r=47xyw&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</span></a></p>
Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@harld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>harld</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErikBloemkolk49" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErikBloemkolk49</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@yamuis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yamuis</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mfierst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mfierst</span></a></span></p><p>Om je te schamen toch...</p><p>"Wat hebben jullie in 5 maanden onderhandelen bereikt?" <br>"We gaan ONDERZOEK laten doen naar 130km/u op de snelwegen"</p><p>Is er dan écht helemaal niets belangrijkers te bedenken dan een hogere snelheid die overdag in de meeste gevallen toch al volstrekt onhaalbaar is wegens de drukte? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Dievier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dievier</span></a> lijken al uitgeregeerd lang voordat ze over een mogelijk kabinet kunnen gaan zitten denken.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Politiek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politiek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Formatie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Formatie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debacle</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Will the media learn the right lesson from the Ronna McDaniel debacle? </p><p>Sadly, <a href="https://c.im/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSNBC</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> couched the decision to drop <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ronna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ronna</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McDaniel</span></a> in a blizzard of corporate speak. </p><p>(“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned … It has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”) </p><p>Funny — the journalists who spoke up said McDaniel’s departure was required to <br>🔸preserve their journalistic mission and the network’s credibility, <br>🔸not out of any need for “alignment.”</p><p>We can only hope that NBC and other news organizations take away something more than “don’t hire a MAGA mouthpiece” </p><p>A few ideas:<br>
• Create a <a href="https://c.im/tags/mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mission</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/statement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statement</span></a> that affirms your goals are telling the <a href="https://c.im/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> and defending <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, which protects the First Amendment — not fake balance.
• <a href="https://c.im/tags/Stop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stop</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pretending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pretending</span></a> four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump and his movement are presenting <a href="https://c.im/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternative</span></a> “<a href="https://c.im/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a>” as a normal party would. They are fighting for an alternate system: authoritarianism.
• Politicians’ outright <a href="https://c.im/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> must be identified, not just labeled as their “response” or “position.”
• Instead of obsessing over <a href="https://c.im/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a>, devote extensive coverage to <a href="https://c.im/tags/analyzing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analyzing</span></a> the Heritage Foundation’s “<a href="https://c.im/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>” and Trump’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agenda</span></a>. Feature <a href="https://c.im/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> and political <a href="https://c.im/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> during news segments (not only on panels) to put Trump’s views and statements in context.
• <a href="https://c.im/tags/Don" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Don</span></a>’t excerpt a few words from a Trump rally or speech, dub it an “argument” and <a href="https://c.im/tags/ignore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ignore</span></a> his mental short-circuits and <a href="https://c.im/tags/deteriorating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deteriorating</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/intellect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intellect</span></a>.
</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/newsletter-ronna-mcdaniel-media-alsobrooks/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">24/03/29/newsletter-ronna-mcdaniel-media-alsobrooks/</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RonnaMcDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonnaMcDaniel</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debacle</span></a></p>
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦<p>I think I'm through with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a>. I've been moving away from it for decades now, but between the sublimated left-flavoured racism over the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chengdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chengdu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> and the overt right-flavoured racism, sexism, and nationalism of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SadPuppies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SadPuppies</span></a>, I just can't stand being a part of that community any longer.</p><p>The trigger was this: <a href="https://locusmag.com/2019/11/cory-doctorow-jeannette-ng-was-right-john-w-campbell-was-a-fascist/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">locusmag.com/2019/11/cory-doct</span><span class="invisible">orow-jeannette-ng-was-right-john-w-campbell-was-a-fascist/</span></a></p><p>Not the article, naturally. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> is a good writer and an even better thinker. It's the comments. I can practically hear the arms flap in anger!</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debacle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bolsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Progressive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Case</span></a> Against <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorkRequirements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkRequirements</span></a></p><p>"While <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> continue playing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> with people's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lives</span></a>, Georgians are <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dying</span></a> because they can't <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/afford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>afford</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/georgia-medicaid-work-requirements" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/georgia-</span><span class="invisible">medicaid-work-requirements</span></a></p>
SherBeareth<p>Per <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheNewYorker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNewYorker</span></a> </p><p>American Chronicles: </p><p>WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE U.S. FAILED TO PROSECUTE AN INSURRECTIONIST EX-PRESIDENT?</p><p>After the Civil War, Jefferson <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Davis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Davis</span></a>, the President of the Confederacy, was to be tried for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treason</span></a>. Does the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> hold lessons for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trials</span></a> awaiting <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/11/what-happened-when-the-us-failed-to-prosecute-an-ex-president" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12</span><span class="invisible">/11/what-happened-when-the-us-failed-to-prosecute-an-ex-president</span></a></p>
Bruce Sterling @bruces<p>*Tune in to all OpenAI nerd-drama, all the time. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goofy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goofy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ludicrous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ludicrous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hubristic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hubristic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bensbites.beehiiv.com/p/whats-going-open-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bensbites.beehiiv.com/p/whats-</span><span class="invisible">going-open-ai</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/manufactured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufactured</span></a> a "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a>" — now they are ready to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploit</span></a> it. </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> has resulted in the most <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/leader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leader</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Representatives</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>. </p><p>— Now let him be a cross-shaped wooden stake to the heart of the Republican Party. </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/11/01/manufactured-a-crisis---now-they-are-ready-to-exploit-it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2023/11/01/manufactu</span><span class="invisible">red-a-crisis---now-they-are-ready-to-exploit-it/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Two recent <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transphobic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/incidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incidents</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> make it clear: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a> is not <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linear</span></a> </p><p>First, was the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a>'s anti-trans gathering at a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/restaurant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restaurant</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanBites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanBites</span></a>, where events were unveiled by Chronicle columnist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SoleilHo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoleilHo</span></a>. then, there was the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dodgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dodgers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrideNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrideNight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/trans-rights-california-18116874.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo</span><span class="invisible">rum/article/trans-rights-california-18116874.php</span></a></p>
Kevin Leecaster<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <br>Oh just noticed that this is an old post, but it reminded me about last night's <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TwitterSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterSpaces</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeBacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeBacle</span></a>. </p><p>I bet that new CEO must be glad she'd not already started. I expect that ELoon would have fired her in order to try to deflect blame from himself.</p>
HillaryGail<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@shawngoldwater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>shawngoldwater</span></a></span> here are clips from the excellent reporting from the guardian. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TownHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TownHall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debacle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cnn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cnn</span></a> 🤮</p>