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Colby

@Colby@mastodon.world

Woke, antifascist, scientist, very amateur gardner and photographer

Participate in democracy: it’s easy to write your representatives: https://resist.bot/

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StillIRise1963, to random
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US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says

https://apnews.com/article/biden-bombs-gaza-netanyahu-israel-rafah-432aa51e3569d1a73b22273295b1a53f

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 keep up the pressure. It’s working. You can use this site to send emails to your reps for free: resist.bot/

shoq, to random
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I lived through a lot of war in the Middle East and heard most arguments. Nothing will ever change so long as a terrorist organization is driving the bus for Gazans. You cannot convince a powerful enemy you’re interested in peace when continually supporting people whose only skill is war.

Colby,
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@shoq sure. likewise for colonizers leading Israel

Colby,
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@shoq nor is your apparent position that colonization is fine

Colby,
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@shoq i don’t know if this is what you mean but it sure sounds that way: the Palestinians should just put away their labels and baggage and let the Israelis wipe them from earth. Then everything will be fine

Colby,
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@shoq it’s widely reported that there had been Israeli attacks on the West Bank and Gaza in the weeks before the attack on Israel. Just as there have been unprovoked attacks by settlers for years as they continue their colonization. You conveniently neglect to call them acts of terror when they’re done by Israel

StillIRise1963, to random
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When your gay friends are stripped of their marriages, tell them you didn’t vote because you wanted to make a statement about Gaza.

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 sure, agree 100. Now, not Nov, is the time for statements. Loud ones. Of course we’ll vote Biden, but he should hear our dissent loudly now, today, everyday until he stops enabling genocide

Colby,
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@PJ_Evans @StillIRise1963
maybe you should take your own advice

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold

GottaLaff, to random
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Lawrence O’Donnell:

“We had a monster in the presidency not because of Donald , but because of the people who voted for Donald Trump and because of the people who worked for Donald Trump’s campaign to get him there. You get monsters like Donald Trump thanks to people like Hope Hicks.”

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-you-get-monsters-like-donald-trump-thanks-to-people-like-hope-hicks-210249285691

Colby,
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@GottaLaff I’m surprised some here express sympathy. Hicks was his confidant throughout the campaign and presidency, and she remains loyal. Indefensible

flexghost, to random
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That’s because TikTok’s goal wasn’t making money…

Colby,
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@bitcodavid @flexghost god forbid anyone have fun online

StillIRise1963, to random
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I’m interested to hear about this bond situation in the Tish James case.

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 this is the last I saw on it. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-letitia-james-arthur-engoron-manhattan-fraud-case-bond-knight-1890739

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 another update
https://newsie.social/@servelan/112299760226116375

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 me too. Here’s a more detailed description of the AG’s concerns: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-opposes-trump-bond-in-civil-fraud-case/

petersuber, to climate
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From @MichaelEMann: “I push back on [#climate] doomism because I don’t think it’s justified by the science, and I think it potentially leads us down a path of inaction. And there are bad actors today who are fanning the flames of climate doomism because they understand that it takes those who are most likely to be on the front lines, advocating for change, and pushes them to the sidelines, which is where polluters and petrostates want them.”
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/forget-doomers-warming-can-be-stopped-top-climate-scientist-says/

#ClimateChange

Colby,
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@petersuber @MichaelEMann the article concludes “It’s not too late for us to take the actions to keep warming below 1.5 Celsius. The obstacles at this point aren’t physical, they are not technological, they are entirely political”. I don’t feel any better.

aral, to Israel
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“The state department has a process in place. And to date … they have not found any incidents where the Israelis have violated international humanitarian law.”

– John Kirby, Whitehouse Spokesman

Who are you going to believe, your eyes and ears or us?

These bastards all belong in the dock at The Hague.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/4/3/us-says-israel-has-not-violated-international-law-during-gaza-war

Via @DrALJONES

Colby,
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@aral @DrALJONES statements like these bring me closer and closer to being unable to vote for Biden. I appreciate that not voting is a win for Trump. I also have morals. At some point the lesser of two evils becomes too evil to vote for affirmatively.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Netanyahu and Trump are birds of a feather who wield power for THEIR OWN PERSONAL best interest. Be careful about judging the populace when you live in a glass house. At least the citizens of Israel protest, which is more than anyone can say about what goes on around here.

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 why do you think Americans were so hesitant to protest during Trump’s presidency? I couldn’t understand then and don’t have much hope anything has changed should we need them in the future. We attended many of the (very small) nightly rallies at Lafayette Park across from the White House, but neither those rallies nor others ever got much traction. And now, no major protests against arming Israel despite widespread opposition to it.

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 thank you. It’s good to see some folks still appreciate the value of a serious protest!

atomicpoet, (edited ) to fediverse
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President Joe Biden’s Threads account @potus is federating on the Fediverse!

And I’m following him from atomicpoet.org!

Wow! This is as monumental as Barack Obama joining Twitter! A truly historic day for the !

@fediversenews

Colby,
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@stefan sure hope so. Biden is now posting on threads

Mrfunkedude, to random
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This is your reminder that "checking out" any website or service that you are ethically opposed to, adds to the value of that service.

Every "visitor" is counted and presented to advertisers to show interest in that website/service. Which means when you visit it, you add to their value.

It doesn't matter if you never click an ad. Your presence adds value.

Colby,
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@Mrfunkedude thank you. I’ve tried to explain this in various ways to several big “influencers” on here who often trend by posting screenshots from x. They’ve all blocked me, and I presume they continue to tacitly support x, musk, and trump through their perverted addictions to clicks

dangillmor, to random
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It's not just that Trump world is awash in lies, which it is. It's that they use dishonesty as a routine tactic, knowing right-wing media will amplify it (if not create it). Case in point: the Katie Britt fabrication about the Mexican drug cartel rape case. (It happened during the Bush term, not Biden's.) Listen to all of this. https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/7344090454985624862

Colby,
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@dangillmor agree. I saw this on TikTok yesterday, well ahead of when it picked up steam here. It was the second post fed to me. TikTok gets a bad rap but I’m often fed good content there. Just sayin…

GottaLaff, to random
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Stay to the very end.

Then share like crazy.

nailed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e4ruziZBI

Colby,
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@GottaLaff democrats better find a way to counter program these people effectively or we are doomed. Many Americans are highly susceptible to disinfo.

Colby,
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@GottaLaff the people we need to reach are not going to listen to a Biden ad. Sorry. They’re just not. We need influencers

Colby,
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@thepoliticalcat @GottaLaff of course I hope you’re right but I suspect many experts similarly insisted Germans wouldn’t vote for Hitler

davidho, to random
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‘Killed in vast numbers’: Horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/killed-in-vast-numbers-horseshoe-crabs-under-threat-from-overharvesting

Colby,
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@davidho I studied these ancient critters once upon a time. Their hemocytes gave rise to our innate immune and blood clotting systems through evolution

davidho, to random
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I’ve been so good at muting and blocking ads on Twitter that they’re now serving me just crypto and GOP ads. Really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Colby,
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@davidho so you’re still supporting Elon 😞

StillIRise1963, to random
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It's hard to turn on my TV and it gets on my nerves.

Colby,
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@StillIRise1963 we limit ourselves to msnbc from 5-7 on weekdays, and that’s enough to make me angry at both our media and our country nearly every time

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