Doug

@dougdougdoug
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Gazabo leguleian with omphaloskepsis querkened by chthonic pettifoggers.

I was rooting for Mastodon, but it looks like Bluesky is winning the race of the open-protocol microblogging systems, so I'm also Doug3.bsky.social.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/02/scripps-spelling-bee-words-list-psammophile/

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As one would expect. People like it if they’ve tried it.

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#rcv #rankedchoicevoting #irv

Power is out, has been out for hours, at Tyson’s Corner mall. Nordstrom has power and is open, but nothing else.
Dare Obasanjo (@[email protected])

My favorite Donald Trump fact is that in 2016, there was a leak of a conversation during an Access Hollywood interview where what he said about his treatment of women was so egregious that the interviewer lost his job. Then Donald Trump went on to be elected president. Twice.

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Mastodon

The enterprise formerly known as Twitter is now understood by all to be in the service of right-wing authoritarianism in the United States and around the globe.

There is an uprising against Tesla, which is just a car company. Where is the uprising against X? How can any nonmalicious nonprofit or state or city organization continue to use it for its messaging? Or anyone else.

Rise up!

https://www.politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-opposition-accounts-turkey-protest-civil-unrest-erdogan-imamoglu-istanbul-mayor/

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest

Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.

POLITICO