Carol

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Long live Democracy
You never know how fragile it really is, until it's threatened.
CarolDec 19, 2022
Tom LevensonDec 19, 2022

Notorious socialist's quote of the day:

"“It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed and lodged.”

— Adam Smith, “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” (Via FTFNYT)

CarolDec 19, 2022
Maryn McKennaDec 19, 2022
New from me at WIRED:
The UK is enduring an historic outbreak of scarlet fever, caused by group A strep infection. Cases *might* be rising in the US too; it's hard to know, because we haven't built the data systems that could tell us.
But if a wave of serious group A strep is coming, what might protect the US is greater awareness of the illness —caused, sadly, by the death of a NY teen 10 years ago.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-is-enduring-an-onslaught-of-scarlet-fever-is-the-us-next/
The UK Is Enduring an Onslaught of Scarlet Fever. Is the US Next?

The US is more alert to the risks of strep infections, but the UK has better data. It’s not clear which makes more difference in controlling disease.

WIRED
CarolDec 19, 2022
Bob CescaDec 19, 2022
Mar-a-lago Ketchup Threat Level: Apocalyptic.
CarolDec 19, 2022
Tim Osborne PhotographyDec 4, 2022
Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar: Here's a group of young Barn Swallows receiving dinner from one of their parents. #wildlife #birds
CarolDec 19, 2022
Ryan SchultzDec 18, 2022

#JohnMastodon is proof that things *CAN* go viral here on Mastodon, but the key is that *YOU* are the algorithm. The reason that the John Mastodon meme showed up on other people's timelines is because so many users boosted the posts.

The lesson here is: please don't just favourite something if you really enjoyed it; BOOST it so that other people can enjoy it, too! This is the only reason why I bother to create as large a social graph as I can on Mastodon—to act as an amplifier. You can, too!❤️😉

CarolDec 19, 2022
MeidasTouch Dec 18, 2022
URGENT!!! Twitter is now BANNING all accounts that link to Mastodon. A mass purging of pro-democracy Twitter accounts appears imminent. Please consider BOOSTING this post and encourage everyone to follow us to help us build up this platform so we can continue to spread our pro-democracy messages. This is not a drill!
CarolDec 17, 2022
Show threadAmbassador G'KarDec 16, 2022

@Lady_Star_Gem

Agreed.

Reminds me of my favorite Orwell quote:

CarolDec 17, 2022
FrancoCarusoDec 17, 2022
For those of you that are new to Mastodon, when there is a huge number of users that join at once ( which is usually when Elon did something stupid on Twitter) the servers are a bit slow. Don't worry it's not always like that. #twittermigration
CarolDec 17, 2022
Dr. Jack Brown Dec 16, 2022
The US Government must stop any and all association with Elon Musk — in particular, SpaceX. Impulse Control Disorder has no place in space travel. Musk is a profound national security risk.
CarolDec 17, 2022
Greg SargentDec 15, 2022
Just infuriating: The deal to protect 2 million dreamers and overhaul our asylum system is dead. McConnell told Sinema and Tillis he wouldn't attach it to the omnibus, and other sticking points arose, sources tell me. Here's the ugly, awful inside story:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/15/dreamers-tillis-sinema-framework-dead-trump-immigration-gop/
The untimely, infuriating death of the deal to save 2 million ‘dreamers’

How the door slammed shut on a real opportunity for progress.

The Washington Post