Daniel Simonds

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Concerned and engaged citizen. Living in rural western Maine (CD-2). Interested in (& worried about) the rest of the world, too.
Daniel SimondsJun 21, 2023
Justin ElliottJun 21, 2023

Our latest story on the Supreme Court:

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.

ProPublica
Daniel SimondsJun 21, 2023
Jeff JarvisJun 21, 2023
ProPublica asked about Alito’s travel. He replied in the Wall Street Journal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/
ProPublica asked about Alito’s travel. He replied in the Wall Street Journal.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was asked about a fishing trip with billionaire Paul Singer. He responded in the Journal before ProPublica could publish its scoop.

The Washington Post
Show threadDaniel SimondsMar 2, 2023
@MeanwhileinCanada Remarkable!
Show threadDaniel SimondsDec 28, 2022
@hankgreen Goonies?
Daniel SimondsDec 20, 2022
@Teri_Kanefield
A reminder about why folks like me remain so frustrated (stuff you probably know):
For many (most?), criminal justice looks like this: 1) police/prosecutor decides someone is criminal. 2) They ruin his/her life. No judge or jury needed. Protection from this requires $ and time. Lots of both.
Watching powerful people evade accountability for obvious crimes carries a special pain for us.
Show threadDaniel SimondsDec 20, 2022

Some things becoming clear:
1) Mastodon is the ‘serious’ platform for folks who don’t mind working at it a bit. De-centralized so can’t be high jacked be an oligarch.
2) Post is the user-friendly, upstart alternative, geared for casual users.
3) Twitter is legacy. Still relevant, but compromised and corrupt.

@Mastodon

Daniel SimondsDec 20, 2022
MastodonDec 20, 2022

#Twitter suspends #Mastodon account, prevents sharing links: Our statement

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/12/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-prevents-sharing-links/

Twitter suspends Mastodon account, prevents sharing links

On Dec 16, Twitter suspended our @joinmastodon account after we shared a link to the newly registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk’s private jet, which was previously suspended from Twitter itself. At the same time, accounts of multiple journalists from major publications such as CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, as well as various independent journalists, were likewise suspended for either linking to the account itself or talking about the event.

Official Mastodon Blog
Daniel SimondsDec 6, 2022
@WalterShaub So now, the consensus of the GOP is that it’s OK to elect a tax cheat as POTUS. Am I wrong?
Show threadDaniel SimondsNov 22, 2022
@georgetakei
I’m tolerant of the corp ad folks. After all - that’s what paid for Star Trek, right? The billionaire oligarchy is a different thing and very dangerous.
Daniel SimondsNov 21, 2022

Nice intro article for newbie’s like me by @jeffjarvis

https://medium.com/whither-news/on-joining-mastodon-d539eed5e41a

On Joining Mastodon - Whither news? - Medium

An academic friend asked for help joining Mastodon. I wrote a detailed email in response that I thought it might be useful to others. I’m also going to teach a master class in Mastodon at my school…

Whither news?