Michèle St. Clair

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Closed my Elon account. Love democracy, anything green, painting (oils), reading and writing, humor. Former Peace Corps Volunteer, government and politics are my thing (and work), habitat gardener. Writing three books concurrently.
#TwitterFindMe#Twittermigration
Any Floridian parents of school-age children on here who are horrified by the book and poem banning going on? I have a private suggestion. #fightfirewithfire #bookbanning #floridaman #floridabookbanning

@JuliusGoat @robchandhok Well said.

In Germany we also say that if at a dining table there are a Nazi and nine more people, then there are ten Nazis dining at that table.

So happy with Apple’s new Classical Music app! Well done! #classicalmusic
I don’t understand … where are the photos and graphics? All I see are blank squares. Am I doing something wrong?
#nopictures

This isn't a cost of living crisis. This is an excess profit crisis.

Our climate, energy and economic crisis is caused by the extreme greed of the richest 1%.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/shell-makes-record-40-billion-annual-profit-2023-02-02/

Shell 2022 profit more than doubles to record $40 bln

Shell <a href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/SHEL.L/"target="_blank">(SHEL.L)</a> delivered a record $40 billion profit in 2022, the energy giant said on Thursday, capping a tumultuous year in which a surge in energy prices after Russia's invasion of Ukraine allowed it to hand shareholders unprecedented returns.

Reuters
How about we focus on control of violence in general — I’m just watching today’s sad news about Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin — and fold gun safety into that large umbrella?

Framing authority George Lakoff @georgelakoff yesterday quoted the brilliant Eric Blair's @protecttruth article:

Twitter is being used by a billionaire to shift public opinion. Time to go elsewhere >>> https://deepnarrative.substack.com/p/twitter-is-being-used-by-a-billionaire

"Twitter is now a danger to American democracy. The only effective solution now is to move to new platforms. There are other social media platforms... we can build them up to support honest debate and provide some replacements to Twitter."

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#twittermigration

Twitter is being used by a billionaire to shift public opinion. Time to go elsewhere

When your opponent controls the playing field, you will always lose that fight. Let's democratize our media.

Deep Narrative
Opinion | Cheer Up! The World Is Better Off Than You Think.

The year 2022 was not great. But even in the midst of overlapping calamities, progress is being made.

Already joined Mastodon and want to bring your friends? We've got a new post you can send them that walks through all they need to know to sign up:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/how-make-mastodon-account-and-join-fediverse
How to Make a Mastodon Account and Join the Fediverse

The recent chaos at Twitter is a reminder that when you rely on a social media platform, you’re putting your voice, your privacy, and your safety in the hands of the people who run that system. Many people are looking to Mastodon as a backup or replacement for Twitter, and this guide will walk you through making that switch. Note this guide is current as of December 2022, and the software and services discussed are going through rapid changes.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Elon Musk, Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss and the rest of their sleazy little cabal are trying to pull a pizzagate on former Twitter employees and this is all going to get so much worse.