Non-Stop Resister

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Twitter escapee. Democrat. Let's spread joy and peace
Still wearing my mask when I go anywhere. How about you?

Bird flu 'spills over' to otters and foxes in UK - BBC News

Because COVID19 (which is NOT over) wasn't bad enough!

(BOHICA.) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64474594

Bird flu 'spills over' to otters and foxes in UK

Scientists will monitor the virus, but UK health chiefs say the risk to the public is very low.

BBC News
My winter-blooming camelia

Trump paid no federal income tax in his last year as president

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/21/investing/trump-taxes/index.html

Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:

Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan

Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa

Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee

Tony Webster
@tony

Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder

#freepress #journalism #journalists #news

Delighted with how this turned out!
My great grandmother wore these swallow earrings when she came over on a boat in the 1880s. The mate is long lost, but I asked my favorite jeweler to turn this one into a necklace for my DIL's Christmas present. I hope she loves it ❤️
#antiquejewelry

"Parents of students with disabilities in Virginia public schools have won a major legal dispute, winning the right to require mask-wearing by teachers and students to help protect their children against COVID-19."

Yes! 👏👏👏

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

https://wtop.com/virginia/2022/12/students-with-disabilities-win-dispute-over-masks-in-va-public-schools/

Students with disabilities win dispute over masks in Va. public schools

Parents of students with disabilities in Virginia public schools have won a major legal dispute, winning the right to require mask-wearing by teachers and students to help protect their children against COVID-19.

WTOP News
"Although we can be heartened by the defeat of Christian nationalists and election deniers and other assorted weirdos, we should remember how, in a better time in our politics, these candidates would not have survived even a moment of public scrutiny or weathered
their first scandal or stumble."
Tom Nichols, in @theatlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/herschel-walker-is-the-new-normal/672377/
Herschel Walker Is the New Normal

Too many of us have simply gotten used to the corrosion of our public life.

The Atlantic

This is a terrible thing for humanity. There’s no other way it can be said.

I’m thankful to have a social media platform that understands the danger of misinformation about a pandemic.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/twitter-stops-enforcing-covid-19-misinformation-policy-00071110

Twitter stops enforcing Covid-19 misinformation policy

Several top executives overseeing content moderation policies and enforcement, including Twitter’s former head of Trust and Safety, Yoel Roth, have left the company.

POLITICO
It’s #FollowFriday so I hope folks utilize the hashtag to find my account here!
Give me a boost! Maybe if I can show some of the big accounts on Twitter that it’s possible to grow sizably and quickly here, too, they’ll migrate over!