frankmseattle

@frankmseattle@mindly.social

Poet | Painter | Taoist/Dudeist/Buddhist

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anneapplebaum, to random
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"X users were presented with video game footage passed off as footage of a Hamas attack, images of fireworks in Algeria presented as Israeli strikes on Hamas & old video from the Syrian civil war repurposed to look like it was taken this weekend"

https://www.wired.com/story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/

frankmseattle,

@anneapplebaum Why does anyone still use that garbage fire?

frankmseattle,

@anneapplebaum I've gone on Xitter a handful of times over the last year or two, and every time its been some form of broken/unusable.

georgetakei, to random

The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza as part of its campaign to stamp out Hamas terrorism. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. It is what my community once endured in World War II, all because of the actions of others who happened to share our ethnicity. Have we learned nothing? How will this possibly help deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.

frankmseattle,

@georgetakei In my experience you can trust most people to do the dumbest, most harmful thing possible given any situation. Sadly we've got a long way to go before we grow up as a species.

evacide, to random
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The story of why Elon Musk fired most of the election integrity team after saying he would expand it is stupider than I even imagined. The team's manager liked a tweet calling Elon a dipshit.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/28/elon-fires-half-of-extwitters-election-integrity-team-because-a-manager-liked-a-tweet-calling-him-a-fucking-dipshit/

frankmseattle,

@evacide Right Wingers are the most thin skinned losers in the history of the species. This wouldn’t be a problem except that so many of them don’t know any way to respond except violence. We’re giving a toddler adult proportions, strength, and access to guns then wondering why the giant baby with no emotional intelligence responds to everything by shooting it.

gratefuldread, to LGBTQ
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    frankmseattle,

    @gratefuldread He's a social conservative, so I'm going with yes.

    EU_Commission, to random
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    Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft

    These are the first 6 companies designated as ‘gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act.

    They have 6 months to ensure their core platform services comply with our rules, including:

    ✔ Allowing users to unsubscribe and remove pre-installed services
    ✔ Allowing the download of alternative app stores

    ❌ Banning tracking outside of their services without consent
    ❌ Stopping ranking their products more favourably

    ➡ https://europa.eu/!NbfBbn

    A plain visual that vaguely resembles the format of a digital letter, with the European Commission logo in the top-left corner and the following text as the body: " 6 September 2023 Re: Digital Markets Act Core platform services: Ads: - Amazon - Google - Meta - Browser: - Chrome - Safari Number-Independent Interpersonal Communications Services: - WhatsApp - Messenger " In the bottom-right corner a stamp-like text that says: “6 months to comply.”
    A plain visual that vaguely resembles the format of a digital letter, with the European Commission logo in the top-left corner and the following text as the body: " 6 September 2023 Re: Digital Markets Act Core platform services: Intermediation: - Amazon Marketplace - App Store - Google Maps - Google Play - Google Shopping - Meta Marketplace Search: - Google Search Video Sharing: - YouTube " In the bottom-right corner a stamp-like text that says: “6 months to comply.”
    A plain visual that vaguely resembles the format of a digital letter, with the European Commission logo in the top-left corner and the following text as the body: " 6 September 2023 Re: Digital Markets Act Core platform services: Social Network: - Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn - TikTok Operating System: - Google Android - iOS - Windows PC OS " In the bottom-right corner a stamp-like text that says: “6 months to comply.”

    frankmseattle,

    @EU_Commission @Krosen_nw
    The US government should do this. But they won’t since bribery is legal in my country and politicians care more about corporations than people.

    GryphonSK, to Freedom
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    want only for themselves.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=hz9Dqb_jyjk&feature=shared

    frankmseattle,

    @GryphonSK

    Getting rid of might not fix all our problems, but it’s a good start. Bunch of hypocritical, bigoted, hateful snowflakes.

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    frankmseattle,

    @harriettmb @irelandpolitics

    In what world is protesting a pride parade okay?

    lothcat, to StarTrek
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    frankmseattle,

    @lothcat @UnaMcCormack

    The Gorn are federation members in Prodigy and Lower Decks? Must've missed that.

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random

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    frankmseattle,

    @Teri_Kanefield
    is by definition a right wing ideology. Don’t equate people wanting a known criminal to be locked away with wingnuts who want to lock up a political enemy for something she didn’t do.

    frankmseattle,

    @Teri_Kanefield
    Personally I hope he has a heart attack and dies, removing himself from the equation. He deserves to be in jail, but I’m worried that if he does go to prison, no matter how definitively guilty he is, his cultists will lose their minds and we’ll see blood in the streets and a repeat of January 6.

    frankmseattle,

    @cadenza @JaneDoeTheFirst @Teri_Kanefield
    How many crimes does someone have to be found guilty of before they face consequences for any of them? If trump wasn’t “rich” he would’ve been put in prison ages ago.

    flexghost, to random
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    Biden to the U.S. women’s national team defeat:

    “Congratulations on an incredible run. This team is something special and I’m looking forward to seeing how you continue to inspire Americans with your grit and determination – on and off the field.”

    Trump’s message:

    “Many of our players were openly hostile to America. No other country behaved in such a manner or even close. WOKE EQUALS FAILURE. Nice shot Megan the USA is going to Hell!!! MAGA”

    Only one of these men is fit to be a leader.

    frankmseattle,

    @flexghost
    The fact the right worships childish assholes tells you everything you need to know imho.

    frankmseattle,

    @flexghost
    I’d forgotten, but only because of all the crazy they’ve done since. I definitely can’t see the Left making an idol of Obama.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    I don't want to hear what Elon Musk did to your account. At this stage of the game, you're doing it to your fucking self.

    frankmseattle,

    @StillIRise1963
    Tried to check my account a couple days ago and all I got was an error message.

    e_urq, to trans
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    Good morning, Mastodon!

    I just read an unsettling story about the continuing knock-on effects of the right's all out war on trans people.

    In the Beechmont neighborhood of Louisville, KY, an open-air market has lost its manager and perhaps its future existence after a Baptist pastor objected to how the marketer, a transfemme, was dressed.

    https://www.lpm.org/news/2023-08-07/in-beechmont-a-pastors-complaints-led-to-a-transgender-market-managers-resignation

    frankmseattle,

    @ned @e_urq
    They’re hypocrites. It’s what they do.

    TonyStark, to random
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    President Carter put solar panels on the White House, Reagan tore them down after taking office, and the White House remained without solar for some time. Imagine what our energy and climate situation would look like from the 80s on if we’d had Presidents who thought long term.

    U.S. Department of Energy Announces Over $450 Million to Increase Access to Rooftop Solar Power for Puerto Rico Residents | Department of Energy
    https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-announces-over-450-million-increase-access-rooftop-solar-power-puerto

    frankmseattle,

    @TonyStark
    The more I learn, the clearer it becomes that Republican presidents have contributed nothing beneficial to the country since before Reagan. Which isn’t to say everything democrats have done has been good, but there seems to be a definite pattern of the country getting worse under Republican administrations and better (relatively) under Democrats. Neither party is perfect, but Republicans are a definite detriment.

    geographile, (edited ) to Economics

    I love the ideas of both and , but I have not yet come to see how either will be useful globally, unless every single adopts them, and because are the way they are, I struggle to see how they will be possible to maintain within .

    Ideas?

    https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics

    https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/why-degrowth-only-responsible-way-forward/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x


    frankmseattle,

    @geographile
    That’s really the problem at this point. We’ve reached a point where we kind of need to do the right thing all at the same time, and we’ve created a system where that’s highly unlikely.

    GoodAaron, to StarTrek
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    🚨 RED ALERT 🚨

    fans, you’re being heard!

    As of today, all 20 episodes of Season One are available again digitally on Amazon, Apple, Google, etc.

    And I can OFFICIALLY confirm the BluRay for episodes 11-20 is coming September 26th loaded with extras!

    frankmseattle,

    @mikey @NeilaK20 one wonders why said execs work for these companies. They certainly don’t give a shit about the arts. Might as well go apply to be ceo of a canning company for all the interest in and understanding these idiots have about their product.

    TheConversationUS, (edited ) to news
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    Even a 1-minute gun safety video got 8-12 year-olds to behave more responsibly when allowed to find a real (but disabled) gun one week later.

    Important new research into preventing accidental gun deaths today in JAMA Pediatrics

    https://theconversation.com/a-1-minute-gun-safety-video-helped-preteen-children-be-more-careful-around-real-guns-new-research-207404

    frankmseattle,

    @TheConversationUS not sure how the gun lobby was convinced to allow this, but glad for the research. Now if we could find a way to not let the gun lobby block similar research.

    liztai, to ChatGPT
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    So I asked to list 10 facts about me ("Elizabeth Tai the Malaysian writer"). The results are hilarious if you know me.
    No, I was not the co-founder of The Nut Graph though I know the founder. I hate politics so much that I stayed away from so that I can avoid any news of it.
    And my sci-fi influences were none of these authors... novels is what got me writing sci-fi. It has references
    So please for the love of God do not use ChatGPT for research.

    frankmseattle,

    @liztai the idea anyone uses chatgpt for anything but idle amusement is alternately scary and confusing to me. It’s a language model. It’s making stuff up. Yet we still literally have shit like lawyers using it to do their legal research. Humans confuse me. Tell them what something is, and they won’t believe you because it looks like it’s doing something other than you tell them it is, even if you’re the programmer or know how it works.

    timkmak, to random
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    Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. With the nation concerned about a potential nuclear catastrophe near Zaporizhzhia, we take you behind-the-scenes with the people watching 24/7 to ensure the levels of radiation in Ukraine’s capital city are safe.

    frankmseattle,

    @timkmak the US still can’t be made to accept that climate change exists, meanwhile other countries have entire departments devoted to dealing with its effects. When is my country going to stop politicizing everything and obsessing over wedge issues, and deal with reality?

    StillIRise1963, (edited ) to random
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    I'm 59. When I was born, segregation existed, interracial marriage was illegal and women were not allowed to have credit cards in their own names until I was 11 years old. CIVIL RIGHTS ARE A NEW THING.

    frankmseattle,

    @StillIRise1963 and the Republicans are working as hard as they can to take them away again. And a LOT of people apparently think that’s just fine. What the fuck America?

    taylorlorenz, to random
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    Things seem to be going just as Musk planned over on Twitter

    frankmseattle,

    @mvario @taylorlorenz same. How do people think that the Nazis, the people who have been commonly accepted shorthand for “evil bastard” for decades, were the good guys?!

    canineical, to disabled

    hi there y’all ! here’s my mastodon !

    my name is xalli (though i go by many other names as well), and i use she/him and zie/hir pronouns ! i’m & and am

    i’m a young and and work largely with magical realism and surrealism ! i also really love and and i’m pursuing both and being a ! i’m also an & though i mostly focus my energy in and !

    nice to meet y’all 🥰

    frankmseattle,

    @canineical Does “she/him” mean you use both male and female pronouns? Possibly dumb question, but I’ve never encountered that before.

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