More good news from state legislature world!
Winnie Brinks was just elected as Michigan's *first* female Senate majority leader in the state's history.
I cannot wait to see what she, and the entire blue trifecta, are able to accomplish. The future is bright for progressive state power in Michigan. #Politics #progressive #Michigan
LANSING — Senate Democrats on Thursday elected Sen. Winnie Brinks as the next majority leader, the first time a Michigan legislative chamber will be led by a woman.Brinks, of Grand Rapids, is the fifth woman ever to lead a legislative caucus. The others, including Gretchen Whitmer, led…
MICHIGAN, Tomorrow:
Straight ticket DEM 🔵
Kyra Harris Bolden
Richard Bernstein
YES on 1
YES on 2
YES on 3
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/umichvoter/status/1589769258388848641
With Elon Musk now openly campaigning for the modern day Republican party anchored around conspiracy theories and authoritarianism (call it fascism) - there is no doubt left that the Twitter is not going to be a neutral platform for democracy.
I am not going to leave Twitter just yet but it's been breathtaking to see how Musk is destroying its credibility in real time right before an enormously consequential election. #Fediverse #vote #vote2022
I keep seeing people say Mastodon is nothing like Twitter. And they’re right.
Mastodon is an echo of the old internet, it’s decentralised, chaotic. What you get depends on your sysadmin. You can’t search, everything has to be shared to you by a human. Networks split apart and rejoin. What you see is your unique connection to it.
Is this good? Maybe. But for me that’s the internet I grew up with. No algorithms, no targeted adverts, just human interaction, and it was glorious.