@sonictyrant Lack of dignity and respect. Would have been fired by my company as well. It is called abuse.
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Cheryll1950
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Retired Advocate for Intellectual Disabilities turned Activist, Fighting Disinformation, Defending rights to vote, women's healthcare, common sense gun control, climate, gay rights and so much more. Love playing in the dirt and giraffe's. @AtelierGaia; #GOTV
@sigridellis Good luck. I was in ER for 12 hours suffering with kudney stones in severe pain, ultimately admitted. Staff themselves overworked, tried their best, kind and compsssionate. 60 years history of stones, never seen process like today. Four months to the day, two procedures later, sepsis infection and finally resolved. Medical community fantastic. Flaws similar to a socialized medicine system in our for profit system. Insane.
Sonya SteeleFrom @steveschmidtses
"The rise of Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is what mattered last night. He will be the first black Speaker of the House in two short years. He will be the balm over the next two years that inspires, leads and settles the apprehensions of a skittish country who will pay the price for creating the MAGA majority by their own free will. That is how democracy works.”
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/a-tragic-week-for-america
A tragic week for America
There is a contradiction inherent in this moment. It is the “best of times,” and it is the “worst of times.” Without question, there is no period of human history that has ever existed that is preferable to our own. There is no epoch that has been more just or peaceful. There is no time where there has been greater justice and opportunity. There is no era of utopia from which we have fallen back that is now unattainable.
Dan GillmorThe most corrupt president in American history, despite a law requiring IRS audits of sitting presidents, apparently ordered the IRS not to audit him while he held office. This was revealed when Trump's tax returns were released a few days ago, but Big Journalism has almost totally moved on. Here's one reporter who thinks maybe this -- and so much more in Trump's sleazy dealings -- is a problem. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-03/trump-s-tax-returns-reveal-murky-global-business-deals
Earl GrayI know letting the United States default on it’s debt would be horrible. But playing that forward, giving in to right wing radicals would be worse in the long term. Like it or not, this will now be a war. Do we keep Social Security? Medicare? Equal rights? Democracy for everyone? Or fall back to tge 1920’s. Our government and ultimately our democracy must hold the line against these radical terrorists and not give in like the Germans did in the 1930’s.
“Scott Perry (R-PA), who was a key figure in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, told CNN’s Manu Raju that among the many promises McCarthy made to get them on board was that he would not agree to raise the national debt limit without significant concessions.
The extremists wanted this control because they seem to believe that if the U.S. stops funding the government, the programs they hate will die. To kill off the government built by FDR’s liberal consensus, they are threatening to do as Trump has advocated: take the government into default.
That is, a few extremists are willing to take our government hostage to get their way, just as extremists did on January 6, 2021.”
Augie Ray3 things I wish everyone understood about #COVID19 now:
- The main risk isn't acute illness or death but chronic harm to hearts, brains & immune systems: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VbMkvqUF9eSggJsdsFEjKs5x0ABxQJi5tvfzJIDd3U/edit?usp=sharing
- You can get Long COVID following a mild illness: https://fortune.com/2023/01/05/origins-of-long-covid-90-percent-initally-mild-symptoms/
- COVID is evolving to be more dangerous by defeating our immunity protection: https://fortune.com/well/2023/01/06/kraken-xbb15-omicron-covid-variant-most-transmissible-yet-could-spawn-more-immune-evasive-variants-study-china-vaccine-monoclonal-antibodies-breakthrough-infection/
This means we should try to avoid spreading COVID & helping it evolve. And we should be more concerned for ourselves and others. #WearAMask
@edlouwe @QasimRashid TY, so glad to know I wasn't the only one that didn't know what it meant :D Live and Learn!
@alexwinter While I agree about not engaging, but with Twitter at 238 million (others report over 400 million globally?) and only maybe 1.6 million to date on Mastodon and Post waiting list up to 400,000, will it really? Read Twitter also gaining new users every day. This source interesting.... trying to vet #'s still, but enlightening if true. https://thesocialshepherd.com/blog/twitter-statistics#:~:text=When%20looking%20at%20its%20audience,Twitter%20has%20396.5%20million%20users.
flexghost.Here are the 21 Republicans who voted no on giving a Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol on January 6
Lauren Boebert
John Rose
Andy Harris
Thomas Massie
Bob Good
Louie Gohmert
Barry Moore
Ralph Norman
Matt Rosendale
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Chip Roy
Paul Gosar
Andy Biggs
Warren Davidson
Scott Perry
Matt Gaetz
Greg Steuben
Andrew Clyde
Jody Hice
Mary Miller
Michael Cloud
sortiusI'm noticing a lot of "I'm bored of Mastodon, I'm going back to #Twitter" posts.
In case they are genuine, here's what I've found works:
⚫ try to post content, not complaints. People want to engage with you, not your gripes
⚫ try to learn. If you're putting in an effort to be part of the community, the community will welcome you
⚫ Try to avoid posting links to tweets, definitely don't cross-post. People want Mastodon content
⚫ Reply! Reply! Reply! Everyone wants to know someone's reading and considering their content, even you
⚫ Don't lurk. Many of us check for a filled out profile, avatars, and posts, before we follow someone back
⚫ Chill. It's a big new world that doesn't serve everything up to you
⚫ Avoid the trap of rebuilding Twitter here
Feel free to link this post to people struggling with Mastodon. It's what I've found works, and may not work for everyone