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Hey_Beth

@Hey_Beth@sfba.social

Former teacher, attorney, foster mom, and Twitter user. Current wife, mother (biological and adoptive), and grad student.

M. Ed. in Trauma-Informed Practices

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One of the things I have loved about Mastodon and the fediverse is that it changed how I use social media. On Twitter, my feed looked like everyone else's: RTs of all the same big accounts.

The big accounts aren't here. They aren't dominating conversations or our feeds. We are finding new accounts, new voices, new perspectives, and new jokes. I realize that this wisdom and wit did exist on Twitter, but it was not easily discovered.

I just popped into Bluesky. Looked at the feed of a well-known Twitter account, and all it consisted of was interactions with that exact same select few accounts.

Twitter, Bluesky, and Post are spectator social media. There are people who prefer to be spectators, and some of the big accounts do provide important information and insight. But it's not conversational in a way that includes followers.

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Reposting after hearing about The Messenger:

Please follow the journalists and news organizations that regularly post here.

Also, click on notifications or set up a list, so that you do not miss any of their posts.

There really are some great accounts in the fediverse.

Steve Herman @w7voa and Kristza Satori @fulelo post a wide-range of articles throughout the day.

These news organizations and journalists post frequently:

Philip Bump Washington Post @pbump

Utah Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib

Colorado Colorado Sun @coloradosun

Nebraska Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreepress

Texas @TexasObserver

Boston @gbhnews

General

Alaska James Brooks @AK_OK

Bay Area CA @thevallejosun

Gil Duran @gilduran

Baltimore @BaltimoreBanner

General:

@Semafor

The Markup @themarkup

Bolts Magazine @bolts

@TheConversationUS

@damemagazine

Russ Contreras of Axios @russcontreras

@dangillmor

@ProPublica

@JamesGleick

@drewharwell

Art @hyperallergic

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Evening at the lake.

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Musk is an abusive narcissist.

I just jumped on Twitter to check something, and I immediately started thinking about the 600 limit. There was an uneasiness, a stress. Don't read too many things! Need to keep some "reads" available if needed later!

That unease and uncertainty is classic abuser behavior.

And when he steps in and allows things to go back, Twitter users will feel a gratefulness to him.

He's a sick mother fucker.

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Edit: Are you ready for some football?

Sports, Mastodon, and the Bird Site.

One of the biggest losses I read about from people who have left that other site is that they can't find a sports community.

With football starting and baseball playoffs around the corner, comment below with your teams, and let's find your tribe.

And use those hashtags!

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Asked to submit my resume. I haven't worked since 2020.

Tempted to list COVID for 2020-2021 and Realized I Hate People for 2022-2023.

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Looking for news?

Follow @w7voa and @fulelo. Both post a variety of news stories throughout the day.

After following, hit the notification button, so that you will not miss their posts. (You can set up a list that will do the same thing. Both notifications and lists set up what is a second feed.)

There are some news organizations to follow:

@gbhnews (Boston)
@TexasObserver (Texas)
@TucsonSentinel (Arizona)
@flatwaterfreepress (Nebraska)
@BaltimoreBanner (Maryland)
@coloradosun (Colorado)
@damemagazine (General)
@ProPublica (General)
@TheConversationUS (General)

Also, recommend the Flipboard Group. The one for news is @NewsDesk. Others are listed below in the comments.

All of these individuals and organizations have shown a commitment to the fediverse and Mastodon.

And I edited this post because we can here. 🤣

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My first photo.

He's been with us just over two months now.

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Pretty much.

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Entering Day 2 of my NYT boycott.

I will not be posting links to the NYT, boosting posts with links to NYT, or clicking on links to the NYT.

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I've been very fortunate to find myself in a nice career.

I know many people who haven’t had the same path and the weight of student loans is financially drowning them. I'm truly happy that this will do something to give back to people who put so much in, but can’t break out from underneath the system.

This kind of policy won’t be coming from Republicans. Joe Biden has my vote.

150,000 more student loan borrowers to receive debt relief beginning Wednesday:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/150000-student-loan-borrowers-receive-debt-relief-beginning/story?id=107395007

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@TonyStark

That's great!

And it reminds me that people need to be reminded that education is one of those 10th Amendment things. This is where state elections really matter.

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Another Musk post about birth control. We knew that birth control would be under attack.

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Another day adrift and unanchored.

But I see that another bearded iris has bloomed.

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"Taking their cues from the GOP, the mainstream press has devoted their front page coverage to “but her emails”-level scandals, like President Biden’s age and DA Fani Willis’s private life. What will this mean come November?"

DAME Magazine looks at how corporate media, like my boycott object of affection, the NYT, chase fake scandals and ignore Trump.

@damemagazine

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/02/20/media-cant-stop-stoking-outrage/

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Nate Silver needs to fuck off.

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"Using phrases, as Politico does, like “less draconian” to describe the 16-week national abortion ban, these stories are doing exactly what anti-abortion groups like the Susan B. Anthony List want: to create an imaginary — and false — middle-ground position that does not exist and just will it into existence by mere repetition."

Fantastic read by @chrisgeidner.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-abortion-scotus-cases

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This is where participation awards matter.

"President Joe Biden performed much better among frequent voters, while Trump had a large lead among people who haven't voted recently. Specifically, among respondents who voted in the 2018, 2020 and 2022 general elections, Biden outpaced Trump 50 percent to 39 percent. But among respondents who were old enough to vote but voted in none of those three elections, Trump crushed Biden 44 percent to 26 percent."

https://abcnews.go.com/538/vote-back-trump/story?id=109090626

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Twitter does not seem to have any resemblance to reality anymore.

And it is clearly dying.

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Talking about body parts and the need for privacy with my youngest.

"Wait. Does Daddy know you don't have a penis?"

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In October 2020, fertility doctors spoke out against Amy Coney Barrett.

The hand-wringing of GOP women shocked that their pro-life stance included IVF is disgusting.

It is basically them saying, "Wait! These restrictions aren't supposed to hurt me!"

They were warned. They didn't care.

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"One imagines that Nikki Haley and Liz Cheney, both shrewd realists who genuinely recognize the Trump threat, are unlikely to delude themselves into believing they’d function as anything other than spoilers."

Nikki Haley does not recognize Donald Trump as being a bigger threat than Joe Biden.

That is the problem.

Haley needs to go down. And not in a Lauren Boebart way.

https://newrepublic.com/article/179244/no-labels-spoiler-bid-manchin-meltdown-mode

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Blooming in my backyard.

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Just overheard a pundit say that talking about the Parasite that Ate His Brain is nothing that should be discussed as it is only a distraction.

No. If we are talking about Biden's age, we need to talk about RFK Jr.'s brain parasite.

He had a parasite that ate his brain OR he thought he had a parasite that ate his brain OR he lied in a deposition to get out of owing money in his divorce proceeding.

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The Democratic Party is hiring!

And it is interesting to see in which states this hiring is occurring.

Florida has eight jobs listed, and Ohio has 14.

Virginia and Oklahoma are next with each having four job openings.

https://democrats.org/who-we-are/state-parties/jobs/

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Ruben Gallego is a great candidate, and Kari Lake is not.

"In Washington, Republicans say there are more appealing Senate races on which to focus their limited resources. And in Arizona, they are increasingly warning that Lake’s divisive persona and instinct for provocation could sabotage them yet again."

When the GOP moves out of a state to focus efforts elsewhere, Trump's numbers will take a hit.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/gop-kari-lake-questions-00157290

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