random dentwhat was your first social network?
(plz boost for sample size) 
bbs/fidonet
usenet/mailing lists
irc
myspace
fb/tw/ig & later
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@GrannyClear
- 5 Followers
- 47 Following
- 18 Posts
Older than dirt, but not dead yet. Politically moderate, but currently voting for US Democrats because GOP has lost its mind. interested in geopolitical happenings, science news & everyday people. Have many facets like my avatar.
Lynn KellerHalf of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website. A report from Media Matters for America states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion on Twitter ads since 2020 and more than $750 million just in 2022.
Seven additional advertisers have slowed their advertising to almost nothing,
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139180002/twitter-loses-50-top-advertisers-elon-musk
AP: How to protect your Twitter account
Me: What Twitter account. Left months ago.
https://apnews.com/article/twitter-tips-to-protect-your-account-7f2eb222c81691fe2567718d601509fd
Me: What Twitter account. Left months ago.
https://apnews.com/article/twitter-tips-to-protect-your-account-7f2eb222c81691fe2567718d601509fd
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.
Putin ignores women in his country at his peril.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-women-lead-protests/32138270.html
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-women-lead-protests/32138270.html
'No One Is Listening To Us': Since Mobilization, Russian Women Have Stepped Up Protests Against Ukraine War
After the Kremlin launched a mobilization campaign on September 21, police began sending male anti-war protesters straight to the military. So women, who were already playing a leading role in the small anti-war movement, stepped up -- despite the risks.
Time to #introduce myself
I'm an elderly lady in Tennessee, USA, who is a caregiver to my husband with mid-stage dementia. Follow geopolitical news, health care news and US political news. I'm a moderate who used to split my ticket when voting, but have been voting straight blue since GOP lost its mind. Evangelical, but not the sort who hates others who believe differently or wishes to enact legislation to force others to live way I do. Believe Christian nationalism is the devil work.
I'm an elderly lady in Tennessee, USA, who is a caregiver to my husband with mid-stage dementia. Follow geopolitical news, health care news and US political news. I'm a moderate who used to split my ticket when voting, but have been voting straight blue since GOP lost its mind. Evangelical, but not the sort who hates others who believe differently or wishes to enact legislation to force others to live way I do. Believe Christian nationalism is the devil work.
A team of researchers led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have found a genetic marker for #autism.
ORNL said the team, discovered genetic mutations that underlie autism using a new approach that could lead to better diagnostics and drug therapies."
Previous research cited by the team suggests that Autism Spectrum Disorder estimated 80% of autism is inherited, but scientists have yet to identify what genes were behind that.
Charlotte ClymerTwelve GOP senators voted today in favor of marriage equality, overcoming the 60-vote filibuster threshold:
Roy Blunt (MO)
Richard Burr (NC)
Shelley Moore Capito (WV)
Susan Collins (ME)
Cynthia Lummis (WY)
Rob Portman (OH)
Dan Sullivan (AK)
Mitt Romney (UT)
Thom Tillis (NC)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Join Ernst (IA)
Todd Young (IN)
I wrote about why I don't like this bill, and why it absolutely needed to pass.
I'm glad it did. Read my piece on it here:
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/i-hate-the-senate-bill-and-we-need
I Hate the Senate Bill and We Need It to Pass
Listen now (13 min) | It sucks. And it's our only real option. We have to pass it.