ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

Aaron Rupar:

Rep. Michael Waltz says there may be congressional hearings about #DirecTV dropping #Newsmax

Oliver Darcy:

Just so everyone has the context here, the reason that DirecTV dropped Newsmax is because the right-wing channel wanted the satellite carrier to pay them a carriage fee. DirecTV said no, pointing to the fact that Newsmax streams for free on other platforms such as Roku.

#media #GOPfail

Kibble AND Bits? In this economy?

I don’t know if it’s just my experience, or more general too, but I’m noticing more journalists on #Mastodon posting breaking news. Which is a very good sign for the future of the platform.

I’m genuinely at the end of my patience with Twitter.

I have literally had a Law and Order episode made about harassment targeted at me on Twitter. My tolerance for it is extremely high. But something has changed about the character since Elon took it over.

The level of trolls are out of control. Every conversation is toxic. And it’s changing me in ways I don’t like.

I need to dedicate more time to Mastadon.

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I activated my Facebook to reconnect with old friends after disappearing for years and my god that is the saddest website. The vibe is like those rows of old folks playing slot machines.

BREAKING: Classified documents not found at the home of Ina Garten but investigators did find roast chicken and potatoes for Jeffrey, how fabulous is that?

Hares back in March doing March hare stuff

I must say I find the general journalist reaction (especially in Europe) to Musk banning a bunch of journalists to be a bit disappointing

It's sort of "oooh look there's an attack on journalism, that's wrong, but we'll keep using Twitter because we think there's no other option"

No. A social network that can ban or censor at a whim *is a central challenge to fair reporting*

Help build up alternatives *without* that central flaw!

Truth

Is it me, or does it feel like all the Fortune 500 corporations are demanding that we head into recession? I mean, they raised the price of everything and that didn't do it. Now they're laying off 10's of thousands while huge profits roll in.

Friends are getting burned out because corp stopped hiring and the work is still there. They would rather tank the economy then pay their workers more. Yay! Unchecked capitalism. ​

I got a little overwhelmed when that ISS lunar transit went semi-viral.

If you follow me (and have at least a minimal profile page) and I haven’t followed you back, just like this post and I’ll get on it.

Oh, and here’s a picture of Comet E3 I took last week.

@ScottSoCal 🍿 🍿 🍿 This should be fun. 😀

The GOP is now stating, in writing, that the history of African Americans is worthless and that only White history should be taught in American schools.

But please tell me again how I’m being unreasonable for calling the #GOP the party of #WhiteSupremacy and #WhiteGrievance.

When struggling with chronic illness, when spoons are hard to come by, it’s SO easy to be triggered. To go from “I’m okay” to “everything is hopeless” in the blink of an eye

Was tired, demotivated, & depressed
Started to pull myself out of the hole
Browsing Mastodon for funny posts, Star Trek stuff, etc
See posts about recent news
Reminded of all that is terrible in the world
Overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness & despair
Tired, demotivated, depressed

#JoinIn #MentalHealth

"Erasure of history is not a secret. There are 2.8 million students sitting in Florida public schools right now knowing that their governor does not want them to learn about Black history"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/25/desantis-african-american-studies-black-history/

This would lead to the absolute destruction of the GQP. Throw DeSantis in and whatever nutjob he would pick for VP and the circus will lead to a massive GQP dumpster fire. They think their base is the majority and it’s not, proven by Trump’s disastrous endorsements in 2022. I do believe some rabid cannibalism is about to ensue.

#schaudenfreude

‘Marjorie Taylor Greene Aims to be Trump’s VP Pick’