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Mike Mar 2, 2023

A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Mar 2, 2023

Like, we know what you think. We know, OK? We fucking KNOW.

We know what you think about guns, about unhoused people, about climate catastrophe, about immigrants, about health care, about education, about trans people, about government, about democracy, we've heard about everything you think, OK? There is VERY little variance. We've heard it all. It's exactly whatever they say on all your little blogs and channels. We never stop hearing it all.

We KNOW.

We just oppose.

Mike Mar 1, 2023

Drew Harwell Mar 1, 2023

"Fox News is a right-wing talk channel that profits off Republican propaganda. This isn't an opinion. It is a fact laid bare via the hundreds of pages of legal documents in the Dominion lawsuit. And yet, credible newsrooms continue to describe the outlet as a "news" network. This does a disservice to readers ... Fox News' business model is not predicated on informing viewers. It's dependent on feeding them lies that validate their views"

Preach, @oliverdarcy: https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1677641642131a48fca269f90/raw

Mike Feb 22, 2023

The Bulwark Feb 22, 2023

This is funny until you realize it is the world many people actually inhabit, over and above the real America. https://www.thebulwark.com/a-catalogue-of-the-gops-paranoid-preoccupations/

A Catalogue of the GOP's Paranoid Preoccupations

From COVID vaccines, to unsecured borders, to commie public schools, to an abusive executive branch, the right is scaring itself silly.

The Bulwark

Mike Feb 9, 2023

Chad Loder Feb 8, 2023

Senior Twitter employee admits under oath that Twitter made exceptions to its racism policies to accomodate racist tweets by Trump, even going so far as to change their polices to avoid having to enforce them on Trump's tweets.

Mike Feb 6, 2023

Mike Masnick ✅Feb 5, 2023

Ever since I've focused on Mastodon over Twitter, the one major thing I've said over and over again that was missing (but I was sure was coming) was a Mastodon version of Nuzzel or Tweetshelf. A tool to find what news links your followers are sharing.

And... @decius has just built one! Just released today, so may be buggy, but already looks amazing and INCREDIBLY useful.

https://news.feedseer.com/

FeedSeer News

FeedSeer News shows you the most popular links and news articles being discussed in your Mastodon feed.

Mike Jan 29, 2023

Democracy Docket Jan 29, 2023

"A party that mocks acts of common decency cannot be trusted to campaign fairly within the rules. When one party targets minority voters with gross acts of suppression and intimidation, we cannot celebrate the democratic process regardless of who wins."
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/santos-mccarthy-and-the-shameless-republican-party/

Santos, McCarthy and the Shameless Republican Party

From Marc | The Republican Party today embraces crooks. It revels in cheating. It celebrates fraudsters.

Democracy Docket

Mike Jan 27, 2023

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A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Jan 27, 2023

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim."

These days, those are deemed partisan words. They're seen as attacking one side.

We know which side.

Mike Jan 21, 2023

Mastodon Users Jan 21, 2023

9,227,184 accounts
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Mike Jan 13, 2023

Steve Herman Jan 13, 2023

A wide range of #Twitter third party apps (including Twitterrific, Tweetbot and Echofon) appear to have been disabled. https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/state-of-the-twitterverse/

State of the Twitterverse • The Breakroom

Last night at about 7:30pm PST, Twitterrific customers started reporting problems accessing Twitter via the iOS app. News quickly spread on Twitter and Mastodon that a wide range of third party apps like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, Echofon, and many others had been disabled. Strangely, Twitterrific for macOS continues to work normally. We cannot say for certain […]

Iconfactory Blog

Mike Jan 13, 2023

Hearing stories that Twitter has locked out third-party apps. Can’t login to Twitterrific.