Richard Burman

Too many people haven’t touched a book since they graduated high school and it shows.

21.11.2024 18:58 — 👍 47464    🔁 5157    💬 1440    📌 352

Post from writer Tom Nichols: If you want to subvert a democracy, the first three institutions you try to capture with loyalists are the military, the justice system, and the intelligence community. Trump is on the offensive against all three.

The point of bringing in Hegseth, Gaetz and Gabbard is to burn it all to the ground. Senate: You must recognize this and stop it.

17.11.2024 11:44 — 👍 27845    🔁 6864    💬 704    📌 240

This is fantastic!
And has made me aware the US had a grey Big Trak – mine was white. (An earlier version of Space Gray vs. Silver…)

17.11.2024 11:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

How to deactivate your X account You can leave X for greener social meadows.

Here's a 'How to deactivate your X account' guide published by The Verge: www.theverge.com/24293448/x-t...

15.11.2024 13:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❎ My Twitter/X account had been on ice for the last year; with the US political situation in mind – not to mention the absolute state of that platform in general – I've now joined the #Xodus and fully deactivated it.

15.11.2024 13:21 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hello 👋 Not sure if you're aware but your profile is showing '⚠Invalid Handle' (I looked it up and a post elsewhere suggested changing to a 'default' handle and then back to custom solved this problem…)

14.11.2024 15:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Susan 👋🏻
I’m in the UK and dipping back into Bluesky to diversify a bit (have mostly spent time on Threads since Twitter started amplifying everything bad, wrong and unpleasant).

12.11.2024 13:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0