In separate legal rulings, Trump has been found to have committed rape, business fraud, and insurrection.
And yet he remains the Republican presidential front runner.
Don't ever tell me again that the GOP is the party of "family values" or "law and order."
@tchambers, author of the Twitter Migration report and admin of indieweb.social, is an internet steward everyone should know. In this podcast with @mike, Tim expounds on social media’s thorniest issues and explains how the Fediverse offers a better social home than anything we've had before.
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/tim-chambers/
#Flipboard #DotSocial #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia
@NewsDesk I suppose it’s better they break on the ground than the alternative
I’m a fan of the SecDev. This is unacceptable and potentially illegal. What on earth is going on here? https://ground.news/article/defense-secretary-remains-hospitalized-as-details-emerge-about-delays-in-notification-even-to-biden_fecf9f #news #secdef
In a compromise related to the Supreme Court hearing the appeal of Trump’s Colorado ballot case, while Justice Thomas will not recuse himself he has agreed not to wear his wife’s QAnon Shaman headwear at oral argument.
Some say the swordfish has no natural predators, often forgetting the penfish which is believed to be mightier.
Teacher: William Shakespeare is credited with the invention of over 1,700 words. He was a linguistic genius.
Student: Can I make up words and use them in my papers?
Teacher: Absolutely fucking not.
@Gazimoff Indeed! But they’re more bite sized. Doesn’t quite fit at least to me but I e been wrong at least twice today!
@Kurt it's kind of impressive they identify how many partners they're selling you too - that's a neat new something!
@TheConversationUS one would have thought, at least 20 years ago, that we'd be the absolute BEST at this given, you know, our history and the long dead separation of church and state. But now...oof
VC funding idea: Create a news organization that tells only the news and specifically EXCLUDES all political analysis or commentary. This happened. Next story. This happened. Next story. This important person said this in their official capacity as ____. Next story. Well, it wouldn't make any money, so...okay, no VCs...non-profit?
Under-the-radar late night launch: RSS Parrot is live! It talks like Mastodon, but it doesn't walk like Mastodon. BUT! It will relay any RSS feed straight into your timeline.
Turn Mastodon into your very own feed reader. Follow anything that has an RSS feed and get a toot about new posts.
How? Mention @birb with the address you want to follow.
More details at https://rss-parrot.net. Boost for visibility :)
@insideclimatenews this is a really easy solution to keep companies out of trouble: first, propose it next door to the richest and whitest neighborhood. If they're cool with it, build it anywhere.
@spencerdailey @tchambers Really a shame Christie isn’t swinging it. He’s the least awful among them.
Take a moment to remind yourself about – and gauge your own – intellectual humility.
Intellectual humility is about acknowledging your limitations.
Even if you’re an expert in your field, you should have the willingness to admit you don’t know everything there is to know about the world. And it’s a necessary characteristic of the great scientists and innovators.
https://theconversation.com/intellectual-humility-is-a-key-ingredient-for-scientific-progress-211410
#science #philosophy
@TechDesk he should worry about his colleagues' shocking anti-ethical behavior or the lurch to the extreme fascist right more.
@mikey that's been available for a bit with the "copy url" feature - or you referring something newer than that?