Joe Cardillo (they/them)

@joecardillo@federate.social
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Opinions my own until the bear/dolphin takeover of 2026

Communications & research for ProgressNow NM, plus coaching leaders of small/medium sized teams. Also: reinforcing local news, journalism, and job seekers

Previously: marketer, journalist, operator in startups/tech

Based in #NewMexico on Tiwa Lands

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Trump tried to fire the Inspectors General who keep government accountable.

Trump successfully fired the FBI agents who prosecuted Jan 6 Nazis (then pardoned the Nazis).

And now, Trump has fired Maurene Comey, who prosecuted Sean Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell, and one Jeffery Epstein.

A man who fires Inspector Generals, pardons Nazis, and fires the people prosecuting sex criminals is a man who is telling you clearly that he is a Nazi and sex abuser who wants to avoid accountability. BELIEVE HIM.

Short coat. Long ears. #dogsofmastodon
@trabern That is a Very Good Dog
Good evening friends
@blogdiva - a shout out for #mojeek, they are one of the few alternatives that actually runs their own webcrawler and indexer, instead of just anonymizing search requests to Google & Bing (which is what DDG does)
https://mojeek.com
Mojeek

Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.

U.S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/16/cbp-ice-trump-gang-tattoos-cecot
CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos โ€” as Long as They Cover Them Up

U.S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them.

The Intercept

I got frustrated by own-goal leftist arguments that โ€œmass demonstrations are uselessโ€. So I explained the strategy and social science that make them critical right now.

https://ninelives.karawynnlong.com/strategic-resistance-mass-demonstration/

Why do we have โ€œfood deserts,โ€ which are neighborhoods โ€ฆ and sometimes entire towns and small cities โ€ฆ with no grocery stores? Part of the answer lies in federal antitrust regulations that once protected small, locally owned grocers but no longer do. Havenโ€™t heard about this part of the food desert story? Here you go. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/634-food-deserts/
Food Deserts - 99% Invisible

Woonsocket, Rhode Island was once home to many locally owned and regional grocers. There were small stores such as Fernandes Produce and Big Dโ€™s. The city also had supermarkets from classic New England chains like Star Market and Almacs. Over the years, however, the cityโ€™s economy took a turn for the worse. Factories closed and

99% Invisible

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i put up a couple pendants and 7 new bolo ties in the shop https://nora.jewelry