Panama Red

@panamared27401@mstdn.social
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N.C., USA. Management consultant, but not the crappy kind. Old, sweary, and stabby when provoked. #Antiracist; #Antifa; #Resist; trying to be a good LGBTQ and BLM ally. Interests: #journalism #media #maps #dataviz #astronomy #management #leadership #LearningAndDevelopment #learning #uspol #ncpol #cats #mastocats #kittens #CatsOfMastodon.
SPORTS:#Heels, #Panthers, #Braves
PRONOUNS:He/him/coot
NOW READING:Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941-1945, by Martin Gilbert
NOW WATCHINGKAOS on Netflix. On deck: TBA
@burnoutqueen @paninid If Iran really wasn’t trying to get themselves a nuke *before* they sure will be *now*.
Netanyahu put pressure on Trump and once again he folds like laundry
@panamared27401 so you mean just a normal cat then?

For the last time:

Abyss = for staring into
Void = for screaming into

Please stop screaming into the abyss we are not insured for that

Hi, folks. Not having a good mental-health month. #Depression and #anxiety. The meds work great until they don't. This typically happens every year about this time (and I've got a pretty good idea why), but it's worse this year than it has been many years. Good thoughts appreciated.
What a week, huh?
The rabbi of our synagogue has an op-ed in the NYT on dealing with antisemitic terror threats. Proud to be part of this community.
https://tinyurl.com/RabbiKatz
Opinion | My Synagogue Was Attacked, but That’s Not What Scares Me Most

As a rabbi, I can’t prevent antisemitic acts in America, but I can work to alleviate the fear that threats create.

The New York Times

@gbhnews @damemagazine @TexasObserver @TPR @azpm @thexylom @TheConversationUS @wausaupilot @STAT

For #Newstodon Friday, we're going to share two pieces:

The first from the archives because it dovetails so well with GBH's excellent horror feature.

In it we try to get to the brain science of why we love to watch the same tv shows over and over

https://www.damemagazine.com/2020/07/31/the-science-of-watching-on-repeat/

Plus: Allison Hantschel's column on the media scolds annoyed by inclusive language <sigh>.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/04/18/that-time-euphemisms-got-too-woke-for-the-media/

The Science of Watching TV On Repeat | Dame Magazine

Are you caught in an endless loop of re-watching the same TV shows and movies? Your brain is trying to tell you something.

Dame Magazine

Buzzfeed is shutting down its news division because despite winning a Pulitzer Prize, “it never made money.”

And this is why publicly-funded media matters. News is of immense public value, whether or not it’s profitable. #media #Journalism #Democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/buzzfeed-news-shut-down.html

BuzzFeed Lays Off 15% of Staff, Shuts Down News Division

A quirky upstart that became a Pulitzer Prize-winning operation fell prey to the punishing economics of digital publishing.

The New York Times

When GOP Attorneys General Embraced Jan. 6, Corporate Funders Fled.
Now They’re Back.
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Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including #Amazon, #Walmart and #HomeDepot have resumed their contributions to the group.

#GOP #Elections #RAGA #AttorneysGeneral #Visa #CapitalOne #MasterCard #Intuit #Walgreens #GM #Altria #Comcast

https://www.propublica.org/article/raga-gop-jan6-amazon-walmart-comcast-contributions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

When GOP Attorneys General Embraced Jan. 6, Corporate Funders Fled. Now They’re Back.

Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot have resumed their contributions to the group.

ProPublica