@DrBrainNerd

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Refugee and migrant, this time from The Twitter. Not for the first time in my life. And probably not the last.

Had some people asking why I am posting about this again when I posted it last month.

The reason is the above sites and instances all generate bills every month, which I have to pay.

Almost all donations happen within a day of me posting an appeal for help. If I stop posting monthly appeals the donations mostly stop, but the bills do not.

(And I am a volunteer, I am not being paid by anyone to do these accounts and sites. I have to cover their costs.)

@PuririSplinter @olaolarolla
Muttering only once you're out of hearing range - gold
This winter is going to be amazing

This looks like the most brazen and direct government attack on freedom of the press in a long, long time.

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

No doubt, Big Journalism will speak as one to denounce this almost certainly illegal raid and confiscation of computers and more.

I hope our nation's journalists will realize that the extremists who run one of our two major parties are itching to bring our news media to heel, and killing democracy is the way they will start.

Wake the hell up, folks.

#journalism

Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones • Kansas Reflector

In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.

Kansas Reflector

Many universities have freshman orientation (and move in for returning students) next week, the semester starts the following week.

I fear the semester is going to get off to a plague ridden start…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/08/08/walgreens-shows-highest-covid-19-test-positivity-levels-since-may-2021/

Walgreens Shows Highest Covid-19 Test Positivity Levels Since May 2021

This week 44.7% of Covid-19 tests performed at Walgreens locations have come back as positive, which is up 3.4% from 41.3% the week prior.

Forbes

With the stroke of their pens, six unelected Supreme Court justices blocked student debt relief, ended affirmative action, and made it easier to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people

What happened to the belief that the Supreme Court had no role in legislating?

You know. All the old people in your life. They are waiting to hear from you. They wait for your emails. Your letters. Your post cards. They print your emails and put it all in a folder. It gives them life. Write to them. Right now. No matter how. Just write.
The secret to a long lasting marriage is to know the exact moment when you need to walk out of the room.
@amydiehl Finally.