DebLindenas

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Listening more & talking less. ProScience, ProChoice, LGBTQ2S, BlackLivesMatter, MMIW, IndigenousDecolonization. Central Ontario, Canada 🍁
DebLindenasFeb 8, 2023
Jon WorthFeb 8, 2023

The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok
Or how, exactly, platforms die - by @doctorow https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

If you've been struggling with Musk's takeover of Twitter, Amazon not working for you, and a Facebook feed full of rubbish, this might help explain what is going on...

The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok

Or how, exactly, platforms die.

WIRED
DebLindenasFeb 8, 2023
Richard MurphyFeb 8, 2023
Fascism reaches the UK’s courts https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/02/08/fascism-reaches-the-uks-courts/. When a person is denied the right to discuss the motives for their protest in court, and is imprisoned for doing so, we have moved beyond authoritarianism and reached fascism, in my opinion.
The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

Funding the Future
DebLindenasJan 8, 2023
Plague PoemsJan 7, 2023
My resolution for the year
is the same as it was
for 2022
and 2021
and 2020 before that:
survive this year of plague,
and I am pleased to report
I have successfully stuck with
that resolution thus far
so now I have
only fifty-one more weeks to go.
DebLindenasJan 8, 2023
Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhDJan 8, 2023
No TRIGGER WARNING for those of us on the receiving end of this. What is Canada going to do about the barrage of antisemitic, misogynist hate and bigotry? Sent by gmail. Reported to police and @[email protected]. Nothing is done. @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
DebLindenasDec 25, 2022
Taylor LorenzDec 24, 2022
Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-orders-removal-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say-2022-12-23/ #twitter #twitterexodus #twittermigration
Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.

Reuters
DebLindenasDec 25, 2022
Robert ReichDec 24, 2022

Happy Holidays.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor.

Pass it on to a conservative family member near you.

DebLindenasDec 23, 2022
Mark CopelovitchDec 23, 2022

Heavens no. $15 <billion> out of $1.7 <trillion>

“Pet projects”

“Stuffed”

Leave it to the NYT to make “pork” the story, rather than “we’re here b/c the far right authoritarian party won’t participate in basic governance anymore.”

Once again, journalists are under absolutely no obligation to always use right-wing frames & pejoratives (“entitlements,” “court packing,” “tax relief”). It’s an intentional choice

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/us/politics/congress-earmarks-spending-bill.html

Lawmakers Earmark More Than $15 Billion in Spending Bill

The $1.7 trillion spending bill moving through Congress contains more than 7,200 earmarks for projects in lawmakers’ home states and districts.

DebLindenasDec 22, 2022
Lorraine SommerfeldDec 22, 2022
I won't be using this site to post my work (I've been reading people aren't fans of that, and hey, cool, I get it!) but this one is for the kids who might be struggling this year, and the parents and grandparents who love them. #LGBT
https://www.thespec.com/life/opinion/2022/12/22/a-different-kind-of-holiday-tradition.html
Opinion | A different kind of holiday tradition

It was never lost on me that if someone couldn’t respect the most basic starting point — my name — it would be impossible to trust them with anything else, Lorraine Sommerfeld writes.

thespec.com
DebLindenasDec 20, 2022
ChristyCeeCKDec 20, 2022

Nearly 80% of Ontarians believe health care to be in a 'state of crisis,' new poll shows

"The poll, published by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), which represents 54 unions, found that 79 per cent feel “health care is currently in a state of crisis,” and that 55 per cent of Ontarians blame the situation on the Doug Ford government. One thousand Ontarians were surveyed virtually between Nov. 29 and Dec.10."

#onpoli #onhealth

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/nearly-80-per-cent-of-ontarians-believe-health-care-to-be-in-a-state-of-crisis-new-poll-shows-1.6202202

Nearly 80 per cent of Ontarians believe health care to be in a 'state of crisis,' new poll shows

Nearly 80 per cent of Ontarians believe that health care across the province is in a state of crisis, according to a new poll conducted by Environics Research.

Toronto
DebLindenasDec 20, 2022
Robert ReichDec 20, 2022
The big news is not that a committee of Congress has made a criminal referral urging that the DOJ prosecute a former president. The big news is that the committee has compiled overwhelming evidence that the former president has committed serious crimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-news-about-the-january-6?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=91755428&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
The real news about the January 6 committee's criminal referral of Trump

They have an overwhelming case

Robert Reich