James Clay

@Panurge
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Just a regular guy. I am retired and make music as a hobby. Progressive politics. No religion.
I've been disappointed to see journalists I respect sticking with Twitter, but the more dangerous Musk gets, the more difficult it is to maintain that respect.

@Daojoan I didn't actually cancel because of the failure to endorse.

But that self-pitying bullshit did it. "Wah wah wah, I'm the real victim here." Stuff it into one of your penis rockets, sport, and blast it to where the sun don't shine.

Wellness influencers and anti-science activists bully scientists and healthcare providers who correct their lies in an attempt to abuse them into keeping quiet. That’s because their claims don’t have evidence, so they use threats.

That’s not how facts work.

That’s been their tactic for decades and social media has only made it easier to do so.

Scientists need societal support if people actually care about credible information.

Trump dismisses the 16M jobs created under Biden-Harris with the lie that they're just lost covid jobs coming back.

1. Trump's botched covid response is WHY he left office with a net loss of ~3M jobs.

2. It took smart policy to bring those jobs back.

3. 16 is more than 3.

The main threat if Trump loses isn't another January 6, but Trump's allies using these sorts of lawless procedural maneuvers to carry out what would still be, as @rickhasen1 says, a coup https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103

It amazes me that essentially NONE of the news articles that say anything about Trump's fascist plans also note key context:

The Supreme Court wrote a new amendment to the Constitution that gives him a get-out-of-jail-free card for the crimes he's planning to commit.

Zero accountability for crimes against democracy, adversaries, immigrants, and so much more -- not to mention even more rampant corruption than the unparalleled amount he engaged in the first time around.

Old news, I guess...

Politico exclaims that Harris out-fundraised Trump in September, but forgets to notice the hundreds of millions of dollars from oligarchs who are pulling out all the stops to elect Trump.

Journalism without a shred of essential context is just garbage.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/20/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/harris-trump-september-fec-fundraising-00184583

No matter what Trump says, tariffs aren’t paid by other countries—they’re paid by you, the consumer. If Trump were truly the business genius he claims to be, you’d think he’d understand that. But then again, his businesses have filed for bankruptcy six times.
They are "HUNTING" FEMA. Frightening. Appalling. Arrest their asses for threatening Federal workers.
Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/13/federal-officials-nc-temporarily-relocated-amid-report-armed-militia-email-shows/
North Carolina authorities arrest armed man after threats against FEMA workers

The actions underscore growing concerns about safety and security of federal emergency personnel in western North Carolina amid a raft of misinformation.

The Washington Post
Everyone that follows Food Babe:

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) is not banned in Europe. Or Canada. Or Australia.

In fact, the acceptable daily intake values or regulated amount of BHT that can be included in relevant foods is nearly identical in all of these countries - including the US.

BHT has been deemed safe at those levels (we are talking milligrams) by all of these countries.

Source: actual food safety agencies, not a meme created by someone who doesn’t understand science.