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 — 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 “mass demonstrations are useless”. 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 “food deserts,” which are neighborhoods … and sometimes entire towns and small cities … with no grocery stores? Part of the answer lies in federal antitrust regulations that once protected small, locally owned grocers but no longer do. Haven’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 D’s. The city also had supermarkets from classic New England chains like Star Market and Almacs. Over the years, however, the city’s economy took a turn for the worse. Factories closed and

99% Invisible

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I got frustrated by own-goal leftist arguments that “mass demonstrations are useless”. So I explained the strategy and social science that make them critical right now.

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