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Federal prosecutors looking into George Santos' seemingly sudden wealth, sources tell ABC News https://abc7ny.com/george-santos-income-wealth-federal-prosecutors/12623759/

Short rant.

Southwest Air has cancelled ~70% of its flights in an epic meltdown this holiday season.

Remember, Southwest took $3.7B in federal aid from 2020-21.

It’s CEO got a pay raise to a $9.1M package in 2022.

Yet Southwest employees are working 16 hour shifts & threatened w/termination if they refuse overtime or call in sick.

Socialism for the wealthy. Capitalism for workers.

Stop trusting billionaires. Start holding them accountable. And start protecting workers.

End Rant.

Everyone liked things that came out/happened in 2022; here are some of mine:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2022/12/28/some-things-i-liked-in-2022/

28.12.2022, #video:

#Buryat #Russian tells how they killed people in #Mariupol.

"It didn't matter that one hundred thousand civilians died there. Glory to Russia!"

#WarCrimes #RussiaIsATerroristState

Lakota families on Pine Ridge have been snowed in without adequate heat, water, and food. Some are burning their clothes to stay warm.

Please help if you can: donate or boost.

Mvto.

https://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/organizations/organizations-firstfamiliesnow/

#Indigenous #Native #NDN #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest

Ukraine’s representative to the Miss Universe pageant was a little different this year.

Incel influencer Andrew Tate tried to come for Greta Thunberg, and she absolutely murdered him with her reply. Thank you, Greta. 😂 😂 😂
https://god.dailydot.com/andrew-tate-greta-thunberg/

That feeling when you have to move to Spain because you’re an Iranian woman in public, at a chess tournament, without a hijab

Sara Khadem is a hero

Spike has let us know his time on this planet is coming to an end. I am heartbroken & also forever grateful to him for his 19 years of wonderful companionship. He’s fought & won many other health battles over the years, but kidney failure has beaten him this time. 💔💔💔#Cats #Kitties #SayingGoodbye #EndOfLife #BelovedPet #KittyCompanion #Grief #Love

Hmm. So let me get this straight. Meta are ponying up $725 million to settle a suit over it’s improper sharing of user data with Cambridge Analytics, and yet somehow the British establishment concluded that there was no manipulation of the electorate, no clandestine spending on advertising, no malfeasance, and nothing to see.

My emotional dumping this morning (thanks to everyone who answered and shared advice! ) has really solidified my belief that not being fully out is the source of a major chunk of my distress at this time.

It's going to take a little while to properly set up this conversation with my family, but I feel like I need to prove to myself that I'm not just going to delay these difficult conversations anymore.

It's time to tell my closest comedy friends. The ones I'm afraid to lose.

Hi.

Please capitalize Native, First Nations, and Indigenous.

Mvto.

@Cassandra @MJ @Karoli

Ronald Reagan hagiography sends me right up a wall.

On top of my earlier list, he traded arms for hostages in Iran-Contra to fund a genocidal war in Central America, created bogus supply-side economics that exploded the deficit with tax cuts for the rich, making budget cuts “necessary” but only for lower income people, Black people, people living with a disability, and older people, and cut funding for mental health, making millions unhoused. He also had the gall to tax Social Security to pay for the hole he blew in the budget. Ignored AIDS until Rock Hudson got it. The list goes on and on.

People who are need to stop venerating Reagan and pretending he was anything but a disaster for this country.

I was blessed to do a wee project up North some years ago renovating bikes and teaching bike repair to refugees. It was the most gloriously uplifting thing. A bike is simple, low cost and makes the most amazing difference to quality of life. If you are in Dublin and have an unused bike about the place maybe pass it on to The Good Bike Project #BikeTooter #mastodaoine
https://irishcycle.com/2022/12/17/the-good-bike-project-aims-to-step-up-efforts-to-provide-bicycles-for-refugees/

“Ah look there’s another idiotic thing Musk has done over on Twitter!”

After a while it gets repetitive

We have ample evidence now he’s not just erratic and unpleasant as CEO but downright dangerous

With Musk in control the place can’t be saved

The main point now: getting people to move en masse - here to Mastodon or indeed to whatever other network(s) make sense. Nothing else makes sense as a reaction

If you care, move

Dead eyes, denial beard, a million hobbies, constantly can't sleep, loves people but works in tech, constant undercurrent of anger about the treatment of women.

Dear god, babe, just take the fucking hormones…

I want to take a moment to brag on the #Jewish Mastodon community (aka, #Mazeldon )

I've had the chance to participate in several discussions on very touchy topics over the last couple of weeks (including about issues related to #Israel/#Palestine) and I've been very pleasantly surprised by the quality and civility of conversation, even when those having the discussion have very different perspectives.

It's not perfect, but compared to #Birdsite or FB, this is a breath of fresh air.

Now THIS is how we welcome strangers!💙

I wish I knew who this person is, because they deserve the kudos!

Seeing stories like this helps restore a bit of my faith in humanity. Especially at a time when so many people suck!