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Twitter and Post Refugee. Lifelong democracy lover. 🌻 🇺🇦
Last night in the Netherlands: Boy (14) dies, another boy (13) loses hand, dozens need eye surgery, more fine particles emitted than all road vehicles do in a year, €118 million blown up instead of put to use, millions of pets in fear, wildlife disturbed. Private fireworks: great tradition.

X's legal filing in the InfoWars bankruptcy case is both batshit crazy and also what you'd expect. It asserts that X owns every account, can do whatever it wants with them, and can inject itself into legal proceedings that have nothing to do with it.

This is why it's incredibly important that people invest in platforms that they own, and move toward federated/decentralized/portable, noncorporate social media as rapidly as possible

https://www.404media.co/xs-objection-to-the-onion-buying-infowars-is-a-reminder-you-do-not-own-your-social-media-accounts/

X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts

"X CORP. OWNS THE X ACCOUNTS."

404 Media
(they also get stem cell treatment, we don't.)
I'm a 59 year old African American woman. I've desegregated a town, a school system and many other spaces. When I discuss racism in this nation, I'm not going to ameliorate my speech for the comfort of anyone. I don't exist to comfort others about the reality of what I was born into - what we all live in together. If that's a problem for you, I suggest you embark on some self-reflection to determine what your actual role is within this system.
#racism #politics #BlackMastodon
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What happened to all the election fraud? The caravan of immigrants invading our border? People eating the dogs and cats? The children being kidnapped from schools for sex changes? Funny how all those immediate and devastating crises just suddenly ended, huh?

This is as awful as it sounds. The House -- with a few Democrats in favor -- just voted to let Trump regime declare any nonprofit (e.g. university, civil-rights org, news startup, hospital and more) a terrorism supporter. No evidence required, but the penalty for the accusation is loss of nonprofit status. A financial death penalty.

School allows a pro-Palestinian protest? Nonprofit status gone. Watch for Planned Parenthood and ProPublica to be on the chopping block.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/hr9495-nonprofit-killer-bill-passes-house-trump-palestine-protest/

House passes bill allowing Trump admin to declare nonprofits terrorists

This time, only 15 Democrats voted for it.

Mother Jones

Medicare is not a money-maker. It’s not supposed to be.

This is what happens when right wing propaganda works hard enough and gets enough people to spread it. Everyone gets screwed.

There are many reasons Dr. Oz shouldn't run the Medicare program. Here's a big one:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mehmet-oz-medicare-advantage-trump-cabinet-rcna180911

There are many reasons Dr. Oz shouldn't run the Medicare program. Here's a big one.

History suggests Dr. Mehmet Oz will seek to boost the use of Medicare Advantage — and that he’ll do it with the support of Trump.

MSNBC

Let's not lose sight of what Trump & his thugs are really up to as corp news media focuses on each/every new atrocity:

Project 2025

Destroying democracy

Destroying our govt

Eradicating who they believe="the other"... Anyone who doesn't look, sound, or believe like them

Control women

Power/$