Robert RutledgeThis is what I'm watching for, to figure out if #Mastodon is going to be long-term successful.
* Treatment of Black women
* Treatment of trans women
* Success in foiling institutional/organized information operations and attacks
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Refugee from Twitter. History, politics, science and lots of other interests. Southern California. Activist. Gardener. Former techie, small business owner, HS teacher (in that order).
Qasim Rashid, Esq.The week before Thanksgiving Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, Facebook fires 11K workers, and Disney plans thousands of layoffs—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳
A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers.
Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.
Robert ReichThe two largest US oil companies have raked in more than $30 billion in the last three months.
Don't tell me inflation is being driven by government spending or workers asking for better wages.
Why are food prices continuing to increase?
The four largest food companies control 82 percent of beef packing, 85 percent of soybean processing, 63 percent of pork packing, and 53 percent of chicken processing.
Corporations are raising prices because they can.
The Senate Judiciary Committee must investigate Justice Alito immediately, and if it discovers he leaked the Hobby Lobby decision, he should be impeached and removed from the bench immediately.
The SCOTUS already has a historically low level of trust & this further decimates it.
Sherrilyn IfillMany commentators are tweeting & tooting that we need to expand the SCOTUS. That is not the answer to everything. Unless you just want a larger Court, not bound by ethics rules, engaging in the kind of behavior described in the NYT piece. What we need are guardrails - an understanding that the Court sits w/i our democracy. Our job us to strengthen it by creating the processes that promote impartiality & insulation from lobbying, not crossing our fingers & hoping for the best.
Ticketmaster has exclusive deals with 80% of large venues in the country, allowing the company to set prices and gouge customers with fees.
Monopolization isn't just bad for the music industry, it's bad for the entire American economy.
I’m critical of Joe Biden. He’s not perfect and on some matters I think he’s downright wrong.
But please stop saying both parties are the same. They are not.
