David Emmett@ianbetteridge @pluralistic is very good on this. How network effects make leaving Social Media hard
https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-leave-dying-social-media-platforms-9fc550fe5abf
Lee Katherine
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Attorney and bird site refugee. Looking for interesting news stories and calm and reasoned discourse. Local historian with a passion for preserving history (and learning from it). Proud cat mom to two sassy and floofy Somali kitties. #TwitterMigration, #TwitterExodus, #NewHere, #Histodons
Lexi 🗽@BarboftheBay All the "calm down, let's just wait & see" in the presence of #Hatred, suppression of #FreeSpeech, #AntiDemocracy, and #Narcissistic lying by political leaders & prominent individuals is profoundly disturbing.
People said "let's just quietly wait & see" about #Hitler too and we know how that ended.
No, this is not the time to stay quiet and "just wait and see" when people's human rights and dignities are being threatened.
Jeff JarvisNever speak of "moderate Republicans." There aren't any.
House Narrowly Approves Rules Amid Concerns About McCarthy’s Concessions https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/house-rules-republicans-mccarthy.html?smid=tw-share
House Narrowly Approves Rules Amid Concerns About McCarthy’s Concessions https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/house-rules-republicans-mccarthy.html?smid=tw-share
TClarkIII#Naturephotography #Autumn #Macro #Colorado
Common cattail (Typha latifolia)
It always amazes me, how a plant I always seen as a weed, turns out to have a purpose. Just like the floss of the milkweed plant, the down (floss) of a cattail was also used as a substitute for kapok in life vests and aviation jackets during World War II.
Also known as bulrush, reedmace, punks, cumbungi (Australia) and raupo (New Zealand), most parts of this plant are edible to humans. It is one of the plants 1/4
ReutersICYMI: 📷 A look at some of our best fashion photos of the year from @reuterspictures photographers https://reut.rs/3PYKza2
Voron#FollowFriday is a good way for new people from #twitter to find new accounts to follow. Building lists helps, a #News & #Journalist list is a great way to have your own news feed here are some accounts
@NPR_USNews
@PBS
@bbcworld
@CNN
@TexasObserver
@ap
@reuters
@WashingtonPost
@RollingStone
@ProPublica
She’s enjoying her new toy! #catsofmastadon
Brennan Center for JusticeSome policymakers have blamed increased crime on criminal justice reforms. The data shows they’re wrong. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myths-and-realities-understanding-recent-trends-violent-crime
Colorado Times Recorder"Hate Group Targets Grand Junction"
Packets containing crayons, a flyer titled “Every Single Aspect of Mass Immigration is Jewish,” and a flyer featuring an antisemitic caricature were distributed throughout Grand Junction’s Redlands neighborhood yesterday morning.
#antisemitism #GrandJunction #Colorado
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2022/12/hate-group-targets-grand-junction/51174/
Packets containing crayons, a flyer titled “Every Single Aspect of Mass Immigration is Jewish,” and a flyer featuring an antisemitic caricature were distributed throughout Grand Junction’s Redlands neighborhood yesterday morning.
#antisemitism #GrandJunction #Colorado
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2022/12/hate-group-targets-grand-junction/51174/
