Mary M. Kearney

Donuts are miracle food 🍩

Cutest black cat head ever.

Being cat-adjacent makes me happy.

Mozilla Social launches with a no-assholes rule: "Moderation is the product."
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/09/mozilla-wonders-what-social-media-could-look-like-if-it-started-with-a-clear-no-assholes-policy/

Hear hear. Imagine if social media sites had said, like 15 years ago, sorry, WE DON'T BEHAVE LIKE THAT HERE, and kicked 'em off. We'd still have issues, but not THIS one. Instead, they profited from hate replicating geometrically, like covid. And encouraged it. Because $$$. Ew.

Cancelled my WP subscription today. Enough.
https://bsky.app/profile/marymkearney.com/post/3jvcwcpv2p42r

Cancelled my Washington Post subscription today. Two final outrages: Kamala Harris story & trans hate story. My soul feels a little cleaner. Shoulda done this months ago.
https://bsky.app/profile/jeffjarvis.bsky.social/post/3jvc2i4u5s42n

https://bsky.app/profile/parkermolloy.com/post/3jvciw4ltys24

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I can barely stand to look at WP anymore. The headlines are inane early-Buzzfeed junk. The steady supply of oxygen fed to fascists, in that chirpy WP tone, is just revolting. Thanks for noticing this. I thought it was gross.

In law school, election law was kinda boring, right? Turns out that boring is actually what we're aiming for here. :o

Hi @salarrahmanian.bsky.social, I'd love an invite to Arc, thanks so much

🙋 Ok I'll start the dumb lawyer jokes. Q. What is the proper weight for a lawyer? A. Four pounds, including the urn.

Just noticed that my adjacent tab, by coincidence, is "Bird Migration Forecast" from birdcast.info. It's a portent.

Hello world! Settling in and arranging the furniture. Thanks for the warm welcome. :)