Kombiz Lavasany

@kombiz
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I'm a dad living in Iowa. I work on behalf of progressive causes. Mainly public education, labor, corporate, and wall street accountability.

Born in Iran, living in the US, and grew up in Southern California listening to new wave and punk.

I love my country, stupid and cruel

In Georgia, where they allow permitless carry, a good guy with a gun went to pick up his son from the restaurant where he worked and when he was told that the kid couldn't leave because he was still serving guests, the dude got his body armor and long gun and went around telling the diners that they had two minutes to leave or he'd start shooting.

This is a yet another example of the #GOPCrimeSpree. #politics #fascism

https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article270821712.html

One thing that Mastodon newcomers may not realize is how easy it is to turn Mastodon for web into essentially a Tweetdeck clone, with columns for search/compose, home, notifications, and any lists you've set up. It takes literally seconds.

Here's what mine looks like right now:

From Sam Brodey at the Daily Beast: "The Incredible 37-Page Guide for Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema"

Have to wonder if Sinema's Comms Director Hannah Hurley would make this same claim to the Senate Ethics Committee - under oath? Cause you can "spin" the media but....

Hurley added that Sinema’s office “does not require staff to perform personal errands.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-incredible-37-page-guide-for-staffing-sen-kyrsten-sinema

The Incredible 37-Page Guide for Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Aides to the Arizona senator were expected to get her groceries, fix her internet, and learn her very specific preferences for airline seats, according to an internal memo.

The Daily Beast
CNN, WaPo, NYT journalists' accounts were restored. The Intercept and independent journalists were not. We've gotten the worst of it all: the criticism of being the “mainstream media” but without the backing or protection of being the “mainstream media.”
This is what Twitter is now defining as "doxxing people's location." A factual piece of reporting about the company blocking a competitor. Can't do anything until I delete it.

My brother and sister-in-law are both nagging to know why I haven't been banned yet.

Trying to strategize how to go out in style...

Um. A founding investor of Post.news is going to participate in #QElon’s “Twitter Files” #psyop.

This seems problematic.

Imaging my surprise that incoming #GOP leadership gives zero forks about #PaidLeave #ChildCare #CTC & things kids need RIGHT NOW, but they are super interested in using their time on hearings to scapegoat “the most dangerous woman in the world” for Trump’s failure to address #COVID responsibly. https://twitter.com/rweingarten/status/1602460882319335424?s=21&t=lBA1DK-fmEdU7OgT5g5K5g
Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓 on Twitter

“It's rare to receive an invite to testify b4 Congress via Twitter & Politico,but I look forward to a real discussion-w/congressional leadership & appropriate notice-on the challenges educators, students & families faced during COVID & their efforts to help kids recover & thrive”

Twitter
Twitter just disbanded its trust and safety council, per an email shared with Platformer
Your direct messages aren't safe on twitter! Fyi! If bari weiss can get them.