Arg how long before news articles stop embedding X Tweets with media that cannot be viewed without an account?
You cannot use it as a public hosting service!
Mad about right wing conspiracies making me have to see sportsball and pop music people in my headlines news. I don't need/want to know about these things! #news#complaints
In 2017, an #RCMP unit called the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) was created to #police resource-related #protests in #BritishColumbia Since then, it’s been subject to #lawsuits and hundreds of #complaints . Critics argue that it’s a de facto private security force for resource companies.
So what exactly does #CIRG do? And who does it serve?
How Judge Tanya S. Chutkan became #Trump’s latest #target
Trump’s #lawyer stood in court in late Aug before Tanya S. Chutkan & told her he planned to challenge Trump’s case as a #PoliticallyMotivated#violation of the #FirstAmendment that would be decided by residents of a hopelessly “biased” city.
“I can’t wait,” #Chutkan responded dryly.
#Trump’s lawyers soon after put #Chutkan on the list of #complaints, arguing the #judge should #recuse herself because her comments in past cases involving the #Jan6, 2021, Capitol riot (stop calling it a “riot” msm! it was a freaking insurrection) make it impossible for her to give him a fair trial. Assuming he fails, as #legal experts predict he will, Chutkan will preside over the first #criminal trial of a fmr president in US history, …
I've been thinking about what to do with my #fediverse accounts now that they have become real, rather, now that I realize I will actually use them instead of elon's #digital#fleshlight.
At this point I think I will post most of what would be the #geographile account at Twitter onto my mastodon.social account, and my #sfba account will be more personal. I might change my name there to something more #personal but I don't know for sure. Feel free to suggest ideas. And of course, you may Feel free to file #complaints. There will probably be a fair bit of #crossposting, maybe about a third.
However, if you want the full effect from this "cooler by the lake" event, you have got to live in Superior, Wisconsin, the other half of the #TwinPorts.
Just yesterday, I enjoyed a 68° mostly #sunny day in July. No #complaints.
But letting the #government decide who gets to #speak and who doesn't is NOT something you should be cheering for. #Censorship is a dangerous road; we've seen where it leads.
What if the next government decides that your#media is "#hate#speech" and #blocks it from airing, while letting Fox or OAN on-air?