Mastodawn

Just imagine this happening to all our cities - especially the blue ones

“The agents "boxed her in" and "demanded her paperwork," Bruley said. “

"When she became concerned about the rhetoric and the way she was being treated, she pulled out her phone in an attempt to record incident. The phone was knocked out of her hands," Bruley said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/off-duty-twin-cities-officers-profiled-ice/

Off-duty Twin Cities officers among those "targeted" by ICE agents looking for proof of U.S. citizenship, chief says

Off-duty police officers in the Twin Cities have been "targeted" by federal agents looking for proof of U.S. citizenship, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said Tuesday.

Russ Skinner May 26, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/stop-using-x/682931/

Why I no longer check my account there.

What Are People Still Doing on X?

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout.

The Atlantic

Russ Skinner Mar 27, 2025

Steve Herman Mar 27, 2025

The decision to shutter VOA “portends ever more troubling repression of independent journalism in the United States.” - Jim Friedlich https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/25/trump-voice-of-america-press-freedom-public-media-npr-pbs-wbez-chicago-jim-friedlich

Now that Trump has silenced Voice of America, could U.S. public media outlets be next?

The president's decision to shutter the global news organization portends ever more troubling repression of independent journalism in the United States.

Chicago Sun-Times

Russ Skinner Mar 27, 2025

Chris Trottier Mar 27, 2025

Of course Canadians don’t want Canada to become the 51 state!

Even in Alberta, the most right wing province in Canada, only 13% of people there are pro-annexationist.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/26/canadians-overwhelmingly-oppose-becoming-the-51st-u-s-state-poll/

Canadians overwhelmingly oppose becoming 51st U.S. state: poll

Canadians are overwhelmingly oppose becoming the 51st state of the U.S., according to a CityNews-Leger poll conducted earlier this month.

CityNews Toronto

Russ Skinner Mar 27, 2025

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Mar 26, 2025

Our national shame knows few bounds these days.

Russ Skinner Mar 27, 2025

mhoye Mar 22, 2025

During COVID we learned that we could run conferences remotely, making a lot of conferences accessible to people in less affluent countries and much of the global south. And when the risks of COVID waned and vaccines made travel tolerably viable again, we learned how many people - often people who claim to champion diversity and inclusivity - saw conference travel as a job perk they didn't want to give up, even if it cost less affluent countries and the global south that access.

Russ Skinner Mar 27, 2025

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Musing Mouse Mar 26, 2025

@cryptadamist they should be pissed. This administration violates every rule. A fed worker can’t even accept a lunch from someone who may later be involved in a contract, while the grifter in chief openly sells cars and meme and shitcoin all to enrich him and his friends #impeachtrump #25thamendment

Russ Skinner Jan 23, 2025

Natasha

🇪🇺Feb 14, 2024

The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can't put into words

Russ Skinner Jan 23, 2025

Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░Jan 23, 2025

Russ Skinner Jan 23, 2025

Chad

Jan 23, 2025

So let's talk about Xitter, owned by a Nazi.

We have no reasonable way to block folks from posting links on this platform. Reddit has AutoModerator, but our moderators are real people with real lives.

We can't stop you from posting links to the Nazi Xitter, but we can ask you not to post links to the Nazi Xitter.

Screenshots are one thing, links are another.

So let's all be good citizens of our wonderful community and not post Xitter links, okay?

Okay? Okay. Good talk.

#mstdnca