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shoq

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I'm @shoq from ExTwitter. Self-appointed evangelist for the #fediverse, working on open source projects that can help it become the communications backbone for the planet that Twitter might have been.

#fedi22 #opensource #sidetoolz #USpolitics #liberal #invention

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Twitter.com/shoq, @shoq; @shoq:sidetalk.net

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shoq, to random
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No One Wants To Talk About Judge Aileen Cannon’s Husband’s Mob Connections | Crooks and Liars

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/no-one-ever-mentions-aileen-cannons-mobbed

iuculano,
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@shoq

I guess somebody DID do some research since my post in March

https://masto.ai/@iuculano/112135045145495703

dangillmor, to random
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It is heartening that the editor of the New York Times is being widely condemned for his indifference to saving democracy. Dan Froomkin's piece today has a sampling of the loathing Joe Kahn unleashed. https://presswatchers.org/2024/05/new-york-times-editor-joe-kahn-says-defending-democracy-is-a-partisan-act-and-he-wont-do-it/

w7voa, to random
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In CNN interview, President Biden says he’ll stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if they launch major invasion of Rafah. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/politics/joe-biden-interview-cnntv/index.html

aaron.rupar, to random

Four years ago today, amid an out of control pandemic, the unemployment rate hit the highest level since the Great Depression. It's now been under four percent for more than two years. The Biden administration did a remarkable job leading us out of covid and bringing back jobs.

shoq, to random
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Notice how easily Americans just accept Cannon’s overt corruption. Despite the reputation of my father’s generation, who actually fought for small d-democracy, we look like spineless, complicit, serfs without even a hint of interest in making a ruckus about any of it. Good trouble, my ass.

StableGeniusLib,
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@shoq

My great grandparents generation accepted lynchings during the civil rights era and defended segregation.

So I'm not that surprised.

MissingThePt, to random
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Breaking: RFK Jr. announces Vice Presidential running mate. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

jeffjarvis, to random
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Medill's local news map needs work & investment, for the health of local news--as I've been saying--can no longer be measured according to the status of legacy newspapers but instead the larger Black, Latino, community, digital, & startup news & information ecosystem. 1/
https://www.localnewsblues.com/medill-map-local-news/

jeffjarvis,
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See my paper on California's news and information ecosystem to see why the health of hedge-fund-owned newspapers is increasingly irrelevant and what matters more is news and long-standing community news: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mJYxDwrSgIDjKVzUQlKRZG_I7hxq5OAT

charlesgaba, to Illinois
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augieray, to random
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"I'm so angry at Biden over Isreal/Gaza that I'm going to help Trump destroy democracy, weaponize the Justice system, send millions to deportation camps, lower the taxes on the wealthy and shift the burden to the middle class, cut Social Security, track and prosecute women having abortions, pardon the people who violently attacked Capitol police, dismantle NATO, help Russia, AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT do even more harm to Palestinians" is a take--it's just a really awful take, IMO.

Green_Footballs, to random
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Jump into my mentions with anti-vaccination garbage and I will not mute you. I will block your dumb anti-science ass instantly.

shoq, to random
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I’m not convinced of that. In much the same way that Israel accepted the UN mandate as permission to declare a nation, the Palis could hold a referrendum on a 2SS that could be enforced by global peacekeepers for a minimum of 15 years. Convince israel of peaceful intent, and even their hardliners would have trouble selling endless war.

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galad,
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@shoq One of the major barriers to Palestinian statehood is their consistent refusal to recognize the legitimacy of Israel. I don't see that changing any time soon.

w7voa, to random
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Body recovered of the sixth and final victim of the Key Bridge collapse. https://www.wbaltv.com/article/sixth-victim-recovered-key-bridge-collapse-baltimore/60722459

w7voa, to random
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The Royal Jordanian Air Force provided 25,000+ MREs which three USAF C-130 planes dropped over northern Gaza today, according to US Central Command.

shoq, to random
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@mmasnick Could there be more method to this madness than it appears? Could Jack and Elon be planning a Twitter/NOSTR venture to compete with the emerging Threads/Fediverse ecosystem?

mmasnick,
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@shoq i doubt it? but maybe. i doubt Elon would embrace nostr. fwiw, i just noticed that Jack's post on Twitter that got all this attention was actually a repost from nostr.

mmasnick,
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@shoq I think it's typical billionaire brainworms. nonsense about how "the woke are destroying the earth and only through bitcoin/AI can we save the world."

dangillmor, to random
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Blog post: NY Times editor: Democracy is good, but we won't actively defend it

https://dangillmor.com/2024/05/07/ny-times-editor-democracy-is-good-but-we-wont-actively-defend-it/

dangillmor, to random
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Stack Overflow's deal with "Open"AI is prompting the site's contributors to remove their posts and close their accounts. Good for them.

The "AI" cartel is telling the people who created and populated the open web that they were suckers.

shoq, to random
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Were only it televised, I bet Trump’s trial would get bigger ratings than the Apprentice ever did.

sekhen,

@shoq
Large parts of the western world, and probably even more, would watch that clown show.
I sure would!

shoq, to random
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Good afternoon. Is it dangerous to mention that you’re an American when traveling abroad lately? I’m getting nervous. But then, as a Jew, I’m nervous about traveling to the grocery store these days.

ckd,
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@shoq
Depends on where you're travelling...

Europe should be mostly OK - we're following the election campaign and mostly feel sorry for you.

North Korea might be a bit more difficult...?

MissingThePt, to random
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The missionary position is the closest Trump has come to religion.

Green_Footballs, to random
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Kristi Noem has all the vast emptiness of Sarah Palin, but with puppy-killing just to take it to the next level. Apparently this is what the MAGAs want now.

dangillmor, to random
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The Dallas Morning News' appointment of a public editor is a great move for that organization.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/04/30/heres-how-the-dallas-morning-news-is-investing-in-readers-faith/

And it highlights the New York Times' arrogant decision to get rid of that post years ago.

Would it have mattered if they'd kept the position? Maybe not, given the propensities of the most recent top editors.

But it sure couldn't have hurt.

shoq, to random
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I missed this event. I bet you did too. Just, just… ugh.

Tengrain,
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@shoq

Nope.

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/05/01/billionaires-seek-revenge-every-billionaire-represents-a-tax-policy-failure-part-infinity/

shoq, to random
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Is "fast fashion" just way the mass market apparel industry works now? Any chance it will fade away?

jacquelinemry,
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@shoq Pretty much. Fast fashion itself is just the extreme form of how mass market apparel works in an ecologically destructive and psychologically manipulative way.

charlesgaba, to random
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🚨 WISCONSIN Republicans recently introduced a 14-week abortion ban.

Dems have been gerrymandered into oblivion in WI, but that's about to change...in time for November!

Donate to bring Wisconsin back from the brink today.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wiblue24?refcode=gabamasto

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