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#Introductions #MigrateFromTwitter. I'm a political junkie whose activism dates back over 50 years. I've have fought some of the very same battles we are facing today, in the late 60s. Not nearly done fighting for Democracy; till my last breath
@Small1ldy I haven't deleted my account but I am not tweeting. I just can't. You do you. You always have, and that is why I always have admired you.
Twitter allowed antivax grifters and charlatans to build and monetize massive followings while pumping out conspiracy theories that measurably aided the spread of covid and caused untold deaths. Now Musk and his PR team want you to think even the cursory measures the site took to curb disinformation were odious censorship on par with a dictatorship.

Another reason to love @Mastodon. Twitter rival Mastodon has rejected more than five investment offers from Silicon Valley venture capital firms in recent months, as its founder pledged to protect the fast-growing social media platform’s non-profit status. @Gargron

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status

Open source microblogging site has seen surge of interest since Musk took over Twitter.

Ars Technica

That feeling when you have to move to Spain because you’re an Iranian woman in public, at a chess tournament, without a hijab

Sara Khadem is a hero

RT @soulphoodie
Lyndsay Green Is the First Black Restaurant Critic at the Detroit Free Press — And She Feels Invisible https://bit.ly/3hS59MK via @EaterDetroit @ladyluff
Lyndsay Green Is the First Black Restaurant Critic at the Detroit Free Press

In her first year on the job, Green talks about a struggle that many BIPOC food writers experience

Eater Detroit

Mysterious circumstances surround deaths of these Russian tycoons - CNN's Melissa Bell looks at the deaths of multiple members of the "Russian elite" since the war in Ukraine began. #Ukraine #cnn

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/12/29/russian-oligarchs-deaths-putin-russia-ukraine-bell-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn

December 29, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

Explosions rattled villages and cities across Ukraine on Thursday in what Kyiv has called one of Moscow's largest missile barrages since the war began.

CNN

A common ingredient will join the major food allergens list on January 1, FDA says - Starting January 1, sesame will join the list of major food allergens defined by law, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. #cnn

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/health/sesame-joins-major-food-allergens-list-fda-wellness/index.html

One of the first things President Biden did when he came into office was put protections back on the American bald eagle & other protected wildlife that tfg (the former guy) had lifted (because he was an ass & didn't care about human life nor animals.) Thank you, President Biden from all wildlife & from wildlife lovers. #bird #birds #birdphotography #wild #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photo #photography #Biden #animals #PresidentBiden #eagles #baldeagle
@TrisResists this was my Greta "Person Of The Year" #anagram