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BlackAzizAnansi, 7 months ago to random

I still haven't mentally left Halloween.

MissingThePt, 7 months ago to random

People are so mean on social media, sometimes they say I’m missing the point.

matt, 7 months ago to MiamiDolphins

Realising that the NFL kicking off earlier today (since the Miami Dolphins play in 🇩🇪 Germany) does not mean that it’s more convenient for me.

15:30 - I’m busy hanging out with the family

19:00 - I can sit back, relax and watch

:mia: 👀 :kc:

#MiamiDolphins #NFL #NFLEurope #FinsUp #AmericanFootball #KansasCityChiefs

SteveFaulkner, 7 months ago to politics

Big Tech’s “attention rents” by @pluralistic

“In the theory of Surveillance Capitalism, the algorithm was invented to make advertisers richer, and then went on to pervert the news (by incentivizing “clickbait”) and finally destroyed our politics when its persuasive powers were hijacked by Steve Bannon, Cambridge Analytica, and QAnon grifters to turn millions of vulnerable people into swivel-eyed loons, racists and conspiratorialists.”

#bigTech #politics

https://doctorow.medium.com/big-techs-attention-rents-fe97ba3fad90

nixCraft, 7 months ago to random

Math people 😂

MrLovenstein, 7 months ago to random

Secret Panel HERE 😪 https://tapas.io/episode/1615840

mastodonmigration, 7 months ago to random

It has been just over one year since Elon Musk walked into the Twitter lobby on October 21, 2022 carrying a bathroom sink and proceeded to transform the platform into a bastion for fascist influence. That transformation is now complete and yet 90% or more of mainstream journalism remains on the platform, their influence muzzled by algorithmic demotion and the fear of even further marginalization. A crucial election approaches. We are out of time.

lowqualityfacts, 7 months ago to random

Gun nuts get very upset when you mislabel an AR-15 as an assault rifle. So to avoid any controversy, please refer to the weapon using its proper technical classification, which is a mass murder rifle.

flexghost, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Well regulated militia strikes again

22 dead (number still rising), over 60 injured in Lewiston, Maine. One suspect in custody. Another on the loose.

2023 so far
35,175 gun violence deaths
564 mass shootings
1,402 children under 18 killed

It’s the guns.

🇺🇸

flargh, 7 months ago to random

Why is it that we keep blaming our kids' depression and anxiety on social media and smartphones instead of the fact that we've turned the entire planet into a burning dumpster fire for them to deal with

drewharwell, 7 months ago to random

New: X/Twitter just removed the gold 'verified' badge from
@nytimes's 55-million-follower account with no explanation. Musk constantly complains about NYT, and other news orgs' badges are untouched. Raises risk of impostors amid a flood of false information on X related to the Israel-Gaza war, some of which Musk has personally endorsed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/19/x-twitter-nyt-dispute-musk/

RollingStone, 7 months ago to random

EXCLUSIVE: Tax records reveal that Fidelity Charitable and other charities have funneled millions through donor-advised fund programs to groups pushing vaccine skepticism and Covid-19 misinformation.

Rolling Stone and Important Context tracked more than $15 million that donor-advised funds gave in 2020-22 to anti-vax or Covid-19 misinformation groups, like RFK Jr.'s Children's Health Defense. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rfk-jr-anti-vax-orgs-funding-major-charities-1234857214/

MarvinFreeman, 7 months ago to MLB

If #MLB must have playoffs with a bazillion teams playing, it should do what the #NPB (#Japan 's major league #baseball) does.

"the teams that finish the regular season with the second- and third-best records play one another in a best-of-three series. The winners . . . advance . . . to face each league's regular-season champion in a six-game series, which the regular-season champion starts with a one-game advantage."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_Series

GrimmReality, 7 months ago to random

I'm not gonna tell anybody how to live their life but if you have a going-out hoodie and a staying-home hoodie you can worry a lot less about shit like "oh no, does my hoodie have mustard on it" when you go out.

shoq, 7 months ago to random

Can we all please keep in mind that Facebook & Zuckerberg helped fuck the entire world? Are you REALLY sure you want their Threads product to become a de facto news outlet to replace Xitter? it should be clear now that social media isn’t just your entertainment. It’s a key influencer of our world.

ElleGray, 8 months ago to random

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MissingThePt, 8 months ago to random

Breaking: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La) withdrew from consideration for the House speakership, citing a desire to spend more time with his white robe.

josephramoney, 8 months ago to NFL

The hashtags for tonight's festivities are:

#DENvsKC #NFL #TNF

HowardTayler, 8 months ago to random

You take an arrow to the knee, and you're not an adventurer anymore.

Years later you still limp, but the arrow? Long gone. It did its work in an instant.

This is #LongCovid. You no longer test positive for the virus, but you're not an adventurer anymore.

"Long COVID" does not mean "having COVID for a long time."
It means the virus disabled you.

Yes, that's a thing viruses can do. Don't give this one the chance.

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

emarktaylor, 8 months ago to MLB

⚾ #MLB #Baseball @baseball @baseball

Via Super 70s Sports 🤖 @Super70sSports

Whitey Herzog’s keys to a great season: speed, defense, pitching, and cold beer.