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RT @Tom___Scott
This is how the birth of the #NHS was announced in 1948.

The Tories had tried & failed to stop the introduction of free, universal public healthcare.

They've spent the last 12 years undermining & hollowing out the NHS through underfunding & creeping privatisation.

#SaveOurNHS

Black Twitter's expected demise would make it harder to publicize police brutality and discuss racism

phys.org/news/2022-12-black-tw

How do we use #Mastodon to solve this? How can we organize information feeds so that we can bridge between here and where the "official" account are and should be pressured?

If there was another #Ferguson today, how would elected representatives be pressured from here?

How do we make #fediverse viral to mainstream TV?

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In homes and schools around Bosnia, youngsters this December have been preparing gift boxes they hope will put a smile on the faces of their peers living through war in Ukraine β€” just as such gifts did for many of their parents a generation ago. apnews.com/article/sarajevo-ch

RT @NBCNews@twitter.com

The RNC knew that then-President Trump’s claims about the election were false but continued to raise money off them anyway, the Jan. 6 report says. nbcnews.to/3jfoxU0

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/NBCNews/status/160

Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. for decades as a planner of the Montgomery bus boycott and as the primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington. A confidant and adviser, he introduced MLK to Gandhi’s principles of nonviolent resistance. His role in the civil rights movement was largely relegated to the background, however, because he was gay. In the 1980s, he became a public advocate for gay and other human rights. #BlackFriday #LGBTQ

So, I'm finding out the hard way that if you start a new Mastodon server, nobody can find you.

This is a shameless request for some boosts so some of the bigger instances see me.

#mastodon #twittermigration #mastodonserver #findme #helpimtrappedinawell #imlonely

How about this Christmas you try to worry less about getting what you want, and more about wanting what you already have?

To Recap:
β€’72% of GA WW voted for Kemp over Abramsβ€”a Black woman
β€’57% of NC WW voted for Budd over Beasleyβ€”a Black woman
β€’57% of FL WW voted for Rubio over Demingsβ€”a Black woman

But right now as Black women on TikTok follow other BW for solidarityβ€”WW are outraged b/c apparently that's unfair to WWπŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

Imagine denying incredible BW access to the halls of power, but feeling discriminated against because you're not centered in a conversation on a social media app. smh we have work to do y'all.

My dog came back in from the evening’s bio breaks in record time tonight. I’m sure that had nothing to do with it being 16 degrees outside.

#SanAntonio #Texas #OddBits

"This is just like 1987!" I scream at the shocked city council.

"What, you've never even read the book, by George Orville?!"

Hi Mastodon! Well I reached 100,000 followers! Thank you so much, I love you all!
As promised, I have brought the mighty Mastodon back from extinction, so watch out! They’re out there stomping around and tooting like crazy! πŸ’¨

A week ago I wrote about how the black lives matter movement wasn't exactly new-- how it was linked to a longer history of police brutality and fighting back against that brutality.

One of the most difficult things to understand about racism in America is how few of the worst atrocities are recorded, well known, brought to justice.

A story my dad told me made this terribly clear. 🧡

Oh, I have to hear that Elon Twitter spaces Tesla shareholders, meeting audio.

Muslim mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi is known as β€œThe Father of Algebra” so here's a "halal" way to say Merry Christmas to our Christian friends :)

They’d better call the first designer baby Gene Hackman.

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