Dianasaurus vexed

I'm not. I'm MANA.

#MakeAmericaNormalAgain

Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.

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How to Beat Trump in a Debate Unprepared and weak-willed opponents continue to play right into his hands.

As Trump floods the zone, here's my advice to the media on how to push back and still hold him to account without being disoriented or deflected by his 'gish galloping'.

An extract from my book, 'Win Every Argument,' published in The Atlantic in 2023:

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

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this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

Trump is erasing Black history : The Tuskegee Airmen no longer exist. Trump has removed them from Air Force teaching curriculum —

This MF 🤬

The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

A tale of Elon and his apologists:

Elon lets Nazis back on his platform - "he's defending free speech"

He regularly amplifies supremacist ideologies, memes and conspiracy theories - "he's doing it for engagement"

He does the Nazi salute (twice) - "he has autism-ish"

Elon is a Nazi.

The End.

This is the cowardice of The New York Times. Legacy media is failing.

I can’t deny my Toto love.

The guy spend a chunk of his childhood in an internment camp because our government thought he might be dangerous because he was of Japanese descent. He was also gay when you were forced to hide it. It’s been much worse for a lot of people in our history. George knows what he’s talking about.

Oh Canada... #Fathitler is intent on tanking the US construction industry. Lumber and paper pulp are significant imports from CA...

They were fresh when I froze them two years ago.

The network technology giant Cisco offers to turn Wi-Fi access points installed in offices and other buildings into a system that tracks the location of employees, customers, smartphones, laptops and other devices for a wide range of purposes #workersurveillance

I took a deep dive ⬇️ [thread]

Ukrainian boxing legend (and brother of Kyiv's mayor) Wladimir Klitschko responds to Joe Rogan...

Wisdom right here from @glenmatlock.bsky.social - they'll all find out soon enough.

Everyone in the media needs to read this comment below. While the legacy media is telling itself the problem is disappointed voters who need a break, the truth is customers disappointed in the content they are being offered and the patronizing responses.

Trump will not deport migrants working for the companies of his friends and donors, and he will grant tariff exemptions for the companies of his friends and donors. Watch.

And it’s also super romantic.

A world of no. Way before yacht rock. Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb are on another level from the yacht mob.

Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!

The Oxygen of Amplification New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas

Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.

1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators

Thank you. My friends are tired of hearing this from me so I’m glad you said it.

A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following: "I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two -- And see what worms are eating At the rind."

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry

Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”

A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:

STAND OUT

“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."

As everyone here has been saying, this is not an echo chamber

1.2 Millions Americans died because of his negligence, while he was sending our lifesaving supplies to Putin.