Robert McNeesThis is probably the best thing I ever posted on Twitter. The memory is pretty dear to me; I'm sharing it here so it still exists somewhere if that place collapses.
space_wizard
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Astronomy postdoc. Cosmic warlock and astromancer.
HauntedDoctorNot sure who needs to hear this today, but remember, your local public library benefits from being used! Usage statistics are how librarians argue for funding! By using this shared service more, you are making it BETTER for everyone else!
It's the glory of the commons, not the tragedy of the commons. Go to the library!!!
Parker MolloyJust going to put this out there: you cannot vote for a Republican and pretend to care about LGBTQ rights. The two things are diametrically opposed. It's a party centered on restricting abortion, restricting LGBTQ rights, and that's pretty much it. If, in 2023, you're still ID-ing as a Republican or voting for Republicans, you don't get to pretend that you support these causes, because your actions speak much, much louder.
Remember when NYT got rid of the Public Editor, a position that existed to respond to feedback about the paper's coverage and whatnot? And replaced it with, "Hey, readers can just use social media!" And then whenever they'd get criticized on social media all the reporters would circle around to accuse critics of trying to silence them? And then they told their reporters to pay less attention to social media, making it effectively impossible to question the decisions of the people at the paper?
Juan Carlos MuñozLook, I'm biased, but this model of Barad-dûr that my dad built out of wood *from scratch* is pretty damn awesome! Check out this video for the making-of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNPfhXXMbc
BARAD DÛR, Maqueta en madera de La Torre Oscura.
Annalee Newitz 🍜I'm proud to be one of the many
New York Times contributors who signed this letter calling for the paper to stop its biased and often downright hateful coverage of trans issues. http://nytletter.com #transrights
New York Times contributors who signed this letter calling for the paper to stop its biased and often downright hateful coverage of trans issues. http://nytletter.com #transrights
jbouiei’m finally watching sarah huckabee sanders’ state of the union response and i…kind of can’t believe they let this one go to press, so to speak. it’s pure right-wing culture war id and completely alienating to anyone who doesn’t marinate in that stuff all day.
Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️⚧I feel as though "cancel culture" discourse these days boils down to:
"Tragedy is when my punditry faces even the mildest public criticism. Comedy is when your books are removed from libraries and classrooms, and heaped in a giant bonfire."
One month in Germany! To celebrate, here's a picture of the Great Refractor Telescope at Telegrafenberg
Cory DoctorowOf Course #Mastodon Lost Users: Scalloped growth is not evidence of a platform in decline.
https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891
