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reginasbread, 10 months ago to random

just watched a video about the lack of bicycles in hollywood productions. e.g. there are post apocalypse shows where there's no fuel or they can't use engines for other reasons, and the characters are shown walking or riding a horse. they never try bikes even though it's the most popular mode of transportation on the planet. Daryl from TWD on a bicycle? uncool. if a protagonist is doing it, it's a comedy. riding a bicycle is seen as a ridiculous thing to do unless you're a child. I am stunned.

Teri_Kanefield, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

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timkmak, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

Are you finding Mastodon to be less vibrant/active?

I’m worried that we are not getting as much engagement on our Ukraine war reporting as we used to.

We’re trying to decide which social media platforms to continue posting on, given how much effort it takes to replicate across all of them.

If you want to send a signal to us that we should keep posting here, will you sign up for our newsletter? http://Counteroffensive.substack.com

I’m only asking Mastodon users today so we can gauge impact.

breadandcircuses, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to environment

⬇️ This is a fact. ⬇️

It’s not a meme. It’s not an opinion. It’s a fact — a fact I wish everyone could accept, take to heart, and use to motivate action!!

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

lowqualityfacts, 9 months ago to random

Things I have been told to do on Mastodon:

-follow more people

-follow less people

-put content warnings on anything related to politics

-put content warnings on anything related to dogs (seriously)

-use alt text to translate my posts into French

-delete my Patreon because I don't deserve to make money

-sell merch with my facts on them because I deserve to make more money

-stop doing satire because it is enabling fascism and will get Trump reelected

Moral of the story: I have no idea.

rbreich, 10 months ago to random

Never forget that nearly half of the Pentagon budget goes to private contractors.

Investigations show these companies make egregious profits overcharging DoD.

The Senate is now debating an $886 billion defense bill.

Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare on steroids.

davidsirota, 9 months ago to random

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Documents obtained by The Lever show that a Trump-appointed judge’s anti-abortion ruling yesterday followed payments to his wife from the anti-abortion group leading the case.

The ruling limits women’s access to mifepristone. https://www.levernews.com/trump-judges-anti-abortion-ruling-followed-payments-from-group-leading-case/

davidho, 9 months ago to random

Back in 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise.

His solution: Fewer government subsidies for fossil fuels and use of renewable energy.

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design_law, 10 months ago to random

"Mastodon is far from perfect. But I only have so many hours in the day, and only so many days left in my life. I would much rather spend those precious hours making a open service better than using a temporarily superior closed one. I have seen that movie. I know how it ends."

• @pluralistic

https://doctorow.medium.com/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again-20074e311f1f

Popehat, 10 months ago to random

This is an excellent time to be skeptical consumers of legal takes and be cautious about both Trumpist pseudo-legal disinformation and Resistance pseudo-legal wishcasting.

TexasObserver, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Texas

“When people form a shell LLC to hide a #Texas donor and then the very next day make a million-dollar donation, we know they’re up to no good.”

Special Correspondent on #Extremism @stevanzetti teamed up with #Virginia journalist Goad Gatsby to uncover this bizarre situation, which links a billionaire investor with Glenn Youngkin. Experts say it reveals flaws in campaign finance laws: https://www.texasobserver.org/joe-liemandt-glenn-youngkin-donation-austin/

#corruption #democracy #GlennYoungkin #CampaignFinance #news #Politics #USPol

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

BIG:

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the Fed is no longer forecasting a recession. What a turnaround!

Meanwhile, the Dow has had its 13th straight day of gains. The last time that happened, I believe, was 2017.

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

This is a record scratch moment for me. 👽👽👽 Link to testimony: https://twitter.com/brianroemmele/status/1684233888871362560?s=61&t=dlYuBcwzZXmET9Xd_RRdaQ

TheWarOnCars, 10 months ago to TeslaMotors

"Instead of giving the biggest incentives to the biggest batteries, government policy should focus on electrifying the vast majority of daily trips, which start and end at home and could easily be handled by vehicles with 100 miles of range or less.... That means incentivizing e-bikes, plug-in hybrids, and other small battery electric vehicles, not holding fleet electrification hostage to the 5 percent use cases."

#EV #climate #cars #climatechange #tesla #ebike

https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/tesla-range-complaints-deception-electric-vehicles-battery-size.html

flexghost, 10 months ago to random

Birds don’t exist.

GottaLaff, 10 months ago to random

President Biden is set to sign an executive order that will overhaul the Uniform Code of Military Justice, stripping commanders of their authority over cases of sexual assault, rape and murder to ensure prosecutions are independent of the chain of command. https://t.co/aOoHKEuL0I

Garwboy, 10 months ago to random

So many people lining up to see the new Margot Robbie movie. Which is fair enough. After all, summertime is...

[Lowers shades]

Barbie queue season

[Flees]

sysop408, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to twitter

Heckuva job executing on the rebrand, Elon! 👏

Let's rename the company without first securing the account for that name. @x is already taken so the official account of the company formerly known as Twitter is... (wait for it) @twitter.

The @x name belongs to Gene X, a San Francisco based photographer. His tweets are now private, but the account still appears to be owned by Gene.

Today would be a beautiful day for Gene to reactivate his account and start promoting Threads. (Nothing personal, Mastodon, this is a street brawl.)

#Twitter #TwitterDown #Elon #TwitterX

BlackAzizAnansi, 10 months ago to random

It's kinda surreal seeing so many people fleeing the rise of fascist governments on a global level

jayrosen_nyu, 10 months ago to journalism

Amazing story. Have you followed it?

Texas A&M announces a new journalism dean. She's black and she's qualified— and an alum of the school! Ex-New York Times too.

They announce her appointment in a splashy event.

Dark forces of reaction mobilize.

The offer is watered down to one year, with no tenure. She says no way, and withdraws. National news is made. It's negative. And today, the president of A&M resigns!

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/tamu-president-resign-journalism/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/11/texas-a-m-kathleen-mcelroy-journalism/

#journalism #uspol #science

GottaLaff, 10 months ago to random

She's despicable. Beyond despicable.

Via @atrupar

Marjorie Taylor Greene is currently brandishing Hunter Biden nudes during a House hearing. I'm not going to post it. Disgusting.

Adding:

Goldman: "My understanding is that this committee was provided the suspicious activity reports on the condition it not publicize them, for the reason that they are not even allegations much less evidence of anything, and [Greene] has now just revealed it publicly."

justyourluck, 10 months ago to random

Is anybody surprised??

Breaking
Teen Suicide Plummeted During Covid-19 School Closures, New Study Finds

Rates of suicide and suicide attempts among teenagers were at their lowest when schools were closed for the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study published Wednesday shows, pointing to an overall pattern that shows mental health in children and teenagers is at its worst while school is in session.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/07/19/teen-suicide-plummeted-during-covid-19-school-closures-new-study-finds/?sh=2342af47dd9b

GottaLaff, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Michigan

👉🏼#BREAKING: #Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be "duly elected and qualified electors" for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
#legal #Jan6 1/...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/michigan-attorney-general-charges-false-electors-efforts-overturn-2020-rcna94838

erictopol, 10 months ago to random

No, Covid is not an ordinary illness.
https://nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
For accurate information, see Katelyn Jetelina's newsletter today
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-catch-up-quick

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