Psst: you can mis-gender/deadname X by refusing to stop calling it Twitter.

Do it to just annoy Dilbert Stark.

Pass it on!

In the U.S., recent annual estimates of bird deaths due to:

Cats = 2.4 billion bird deaths

Collisions from building glass = 600 million bird deaths

Land wind turbines = <200,000 bird deaths

Some politicians claim wind turbines “kill all the birds.”

But… they’re not really worried about birds. Rather, they prefer we stick with oil & gas over renewable #energy.

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/15195/wind-turbines-are-not-killing-fields-for-birds/ #climatechange

US Marines without leader for first time in 150 years as Republican blocks nomination

The commandant of the US Marine Corps, Gen David Berger, stepped down on Monday, leaving the military branch without a confirmed leader for the first time in more than 150 years.

The vacancy comes as one Republican senator, #Tommy #Tuberville of Alabama, has staged a months-long #blockade of #Pentagon #nominations to protest against the department’s abortion policies.

Smith’s nomination is one of more than 200 high-level Pentagon nominations that have already been affected by Tuberville’s blockade.

In February, Tuberville launched his campaign of obstruction in response to the Pentagon’s new #policy, enacted after the reversal of Roe v Wade, to #cover #travel #costs for service members or service members’ spouses who have to leave their state to #access #abortion #care.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/10/us-marines-david-berger-republican-abortion-protest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A Brief History of Men and Women Are Trading Places

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Did you delete your old tweets but still leave your #Twitter account active? You may want to go check your account.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/deleted-twitter-messages-are-reappearing-for-some-users/

Over the weekend, white supremacists were out in force in D.C. and internet hero Joe Flood heckled their hate rally with the most on-point taunts.

The video is absolutely priceless. Way to go, Joe! 👏

https://www.comicsands.com/joe-flood-heckles-patriot-front-2660276960.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=SAND

President Biden cites facts that white supremacy terror is America’s greatest domestic security threat—and MAGAs lose their minds.

Here’s the thing.

I’m Muslim. I don’t feel attacked when people condemn the Taliban because Taliban do not represent Muslims and I proudly take the lead in condemning Taliban terrorism.

If you’re MAGA white and feel personally attacked when Biden condemns white supremacy terror—you are absolutely telling on yourself.

Twitter is not getting the hint (you've got 396 notifications!). Every time I read one of their email solicitations to get me to revisit the site, I'm reminded of this scene from one of the best comedies ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-DXFkrPHpY