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2026-07-29 01:00:31 UTC

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THANK YOU

2026-07-28 18:09:52 UTC

C’mon Michigan!! I hope you’ll show us you have what it takes. TBH, I would be a little surprised if even $40 million from AIPAC can get someone like Haley S. elected she’s so bad, but we can’t take it for granted that Abdul Al Sayed is so on point and clearly the best candidate. Gotta VOTE for him!
Or it looks like a Republican will be your next Senator ☠️💀☠️
#Michigan #USA

2026-03-15 12:56:53 UTC

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sorry I didn’t realize others had asked this already. (Interactions don’t show up for me until after I engage with a post.)
I’ll have to pay attn to whether this is a mastodon thing or my particular app

2026-03-15 12:51:36 UTC

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i’m curious, what is it meant to protect against?

2026-03-11 22:25:37 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/116212523638563334
The country needs you, Illinois! Please check out this article and see how you can make sure the Epstein class loses in 2026. Your primary is happening NOW.
#USPol #Illinois
#note139z…5rzp

2026-03-09 16:49:00 UTC

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I do wonder *why* an adblocker lets them know about the block

2026-03-02 21:38:08 UTC

Forgiveness doesn’t mean you have to let that person back into your life.
Remember what happened. It’s possible they mean to get better and will. But you get to decide if/when they’ve earned that trust back.

2026-02-23 16:41:04 UTC

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@katemorley/116119748350922878
I wonder if @npub1kq5…y3sx knows the answer to this

2026-02-17 01:41:03 UTC

RE: https://thepit.social/@tsyum/116083223408190676
Common Dreams confirmed a few days ago that Washington purchased facilities in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas in recent weeks.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/list-of-ice-detention-centers
They are pursuing options in Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York.
#currentEvents #history #Arizona #Georgia #Maryland #Michigan #NewHampshire #NewJersey #NewYork #Pennsylvania #Texas
#note1kxp…amdx

2026-02-17 00:50:19 UTC

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Last I heard, New England, one is planned for location in New Hampshire.
Let's get sand in the gears. Whatever we can to dissuade folks from participating, because ethnic cleansing is unacceptable.
#NewEngland #NewHampshire

2026-02-17 00:46:30 UTC

"Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933."
https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-the-camps
What can we do? Add resistance ASAP.
"Cities, counties, and even states can create local ordinances that make clear that company that has provided services to the detention facility cannot get other municipal contracts, that any state or county licenses may be revoked, and that employees will not be able to work in schools or government positions going forward."
More above 👆
#USA

2026-01-09 21:45:43 UTC

ICYMI, some 10 million people in Tehran have run out of water. Climate change and land use decisions (e.g. Do we allow data centers for “generative AI”) have incredible potential to threaten a *necessity* around the world.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/
I hope we keep fighting for our future.
#climate #water #Iran

2026-01-04 01:31:17 UTC

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🤤

2025-12-25 21:10:41 UTC

So.... does iPhone STILL lack temporary notifications? It isn't hard. Like I want weather notifications that disappear once they aren't relevant. I want a little wave every fifteen minutes (so I can snap out of a hyperfocus that may not be good). Hello?
I'm researching this, but figure I would offer the question meantime to see what you all think. Kind of ridiculous that we have to manually clear irrelevant notifications in 2025.
#iPhone #iOS #tech

2025-12-03 14:42:22 UTC

Do we know if Linux plans to deal with the keyboard problem soon? This is a big issue. (And I’m not running some obscure distro, but Linux Mint.)
Right now a user has to go into the keyboard app EVERY TIME they start up the machine, and modify settings, before getting to work. Why can’t we have a default keyboard layout? This is a big deal because English cannot be assumed in 2026….
#Linux #keyboard

2025-11-25 04:23:54 UTC

Someone I know is looking to join the fediverse, has wondered how the different servers handle a VPN. (For example it looks like Vivaldi's social instance doesn't cooperate.)
Tips on choosing a server? #FediTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

2025-11-14 18:47:28 UTC

People have been suggesting that since demand for alcohol is down, the industry doesn’t want to adapt in a free market but is behind the push to ban THC instead:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DnWrka/
It reminds me of our common problem with car brain. Let’s team up to support public transit so people aren’t forced to have a car or truck 🤝
#alcohol #cannabis #publicHealth #transportation #USPol #USA

2025-11-11 20:21:40 UTC

https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/532/919/782/925/725/original/ce0bbb451a454359.jpeg

2025-10-31 22:10:25 UTC

We remember that the "weekend" was a radical leftist idea in 1886. Thank god for the ancestors who have fought on our behalf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_View_massacre
Wisconsin's governor had seven union members killed during what is now referred to as the Bay View Massacre. Thankfully the vast majority of people (some 14,000) went on to live beyond the strike.
#history #remember #USA
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2025-10-30 14:19:53 UTC

The first honest American president?
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/30/the-first-honest-american-president
"Rebuilding an ethical imagination will require more than exposing corruption."
Thankfully, I see people doing the work - building relationships, striving to organize and find each other, creating in the midst of hardship. Hang in here 💗

2025-10-29 21:22:10 UTC

Democratic run State and County Govts contribute 71% of the United States economy, and it's past time they flexed their muscle to protect our humanity
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/blue-states-it-is-time-for-soft-secession
"[We] are far past the time to simply *talk* about soft secession. We must act upon it immediately."
Let's go, Massachusetts!!! Time for Karen, Ron, and Governor Healey to get real.
#MAPoli #MA #USA

2025-10-24 14:42:55 UTC

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wait the CITY sued to prevent people from hearing these facts?

2025-10-16 13:56:23 UTC

CW : fascism
I don’t think it’s possible to say this too loud:
FCK ICE
Earlier this week, agents kidnapped a 13-year-old in Everett, MA. Local police cooperated and would not tell the mother where he was taken.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/13-year-old-arthur-arrested-everett-massachusetts-later-taken-ice-detention-facility-mother-josiele-berto-speaks/18012998/
Every Republican is responsible for this - and #Massachusetts needs to take real action to make the violence end. Mystery detentions are NEVER acceptable. I don’t care what the po wants to claim was in their possession.
Bring Arthur home.
#ICE #MAPoli

2025-10-08 13:39:04 UTC

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hey all, I’m curious to hear about others ‘ experience with video here on mastodon. Can you navigate to a particular point in the vid? If I accidentally move away, it starts way back at the beginning 👀

2025-10-02 19:09:40 UTC

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hell YEAH - thank you, Colombia! 🇨🇴

2025-10-02 12:42:33 UTC

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As far as I know, there are people on hunger strike in greater Boston as well. Too much for me to provide more info right now but I wanted to share. Please don't wait until things are "perfectly organized" to join this fight if you haven't yet. Because your freedom is linked to the freedom of Palestine.
#GlobalSumudFlotilla #hungerStrike #protest #Boston #greaterBoston

2025-10-02 12:20:21 UTC

Activists to go on hunger strike
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/live-gaza-flotilla-faces-israels-blockade-activists-call-aid-access-2025-10-01/
saying they will not accept food from an entity that is starving Palestinians.
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
People are protesting around the world today. Much of Italy will shut down on Friday as a general strike has been planned. Colombia is ejecting their Israeli diplomats from the country. Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Germany,...
The tide is turning against the apartheid state

2025-10-02 12:05:47 UTC

LIVE: As of an hour ago, one aid ship from the flotilla has not been intercepted. Otherwise the pariah state has committed yet another vile, illegal series of actions this week in abducting unarmed volunteers at sea. As with the U.S. it cannot be trusted
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/live-gaza-flotilla-faces-israels-blockade-activists-call-aid-access-2025-10-01/
#GlobalSumudFlotilla

2025-10-01 20:39:32 UTC

“This mission is peaceful, non-violent, and urgent,” the group said. “The people of Gaza are starving and under siege. We cannot stop.”
#GlobalSumudFlotilla

2025-10-01 18:52:59 UTC

LIVE : Thank you to the roughly 500 people bringing aid to Palestine at this very moment. We see you and are fighting for this too. Let’s break the blockade!!
What has been intentional starvation and a war crime will end. Stay strong! 💪❤️
#GlobalSumudFlotilla

2025-09-25 13:55:20 UTC

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I'd say "would" because we can stop it

2025-09-23 18:44:00 UTC

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for those who would like to contact the City, I want to note that this looks to be NEW YORK, not Boston. Or did I miss something? (Definitely a fair mix-up considering racism is something Boston knows well.)

2025-09-22 11:37:48 UTC

Does your motivation come from a survival mindset (how to avoid death, pain, vulnerability….) or do you have a positive vision for your life? I’m curious to hear from folks

2025-09-18 13:36:06 UTC

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let’s go Jimmy! 💪
My sense is that this could go either way. I hope Jimmy chooses a legacy over capitulation

2025-09-04 19:03:04 UTC

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of course, thank you for all the hard work. I’m just a bit stumped on this particular issue - which seems relevant to many, many people and is at least five, if not six, years outstanding

2025-09-04 16:00:26 UTC

Okay #LibreOffice, a huge number of people have tables with headers that they just want to be able to sort in different ways. I've been trying to figure this out for like 20 minutes now. WHY make it so hard???

2025-09-01 11:59:56 UTC

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/1/the-global-sumud-flotilla-to-gaza-everything-you-need-to-know-2
A coalition of at least 50 vessels, carrying humanitarian aid and representatives from 44 countries, will hopefully break “Israel”’s naval blockade of Palestine.
#FreedomFlotillaCoalition #GlobalSumudFlotilla

2025-08-15 17:35:32 UTC

Okay #LibreOffice users, what does it mean to change the "theme" of a document or presentation? I've tried this in LibreOffice Impress, but nothing is different. Not the color scheme, not the font.....

2025-08-15 00:47:48 UTC

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From DBCo on Mass Ave.
#Boston #photography
https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/030/018/455/770/317/original/1023166b09ca5eac.jpeg

2025-08-15 00:42:23 UTC

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A bunch of lightning in this slow-moving storm

2025-08-15 00:41:39 UTC

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I hope some patient photographers are catching this. #Boston #photography

2025-08-14 23:55:58 UTC

The sky out here is stunning - or it was ten minutes ago - if you can take a moment to enjoy it. #Boston #greaterBoston #Massachusetts #MA

2025-07-17 20:19:03 UTC

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article is behind a paywall 😐

2025-07-16 03:30:19 UTC

Hey all, I'm trying out a gluten-light to gluten-free diet and could use some tips. Especially if you're in greater Boston. What has helped you avoid wheat? I like my pasta, bagels, and English muffins..., so this could be a challenge.
What do you enjoy for a salty crunchy snack?
If you eat alternative pasta, what have you found that is good?
#food

2025-07-09 01:21:50 UTC

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it was a fun little AI thing to do at the time, tho I’m feeling a little conflicted now - knowing the possible copyright issues with this kind of image generation

2025-07-07 03:28:06 UTC

If you say something like, "ICE raids have been a complete game changer for the used car market. Get on facebook marketplace before the market recorrects," may you fall quickly and die a slow, miserable death.

2025-07-05 15:16:03 UTC

PSA, especially to our younger folks here: Don’t try to color match paint and then cover a small area. You don’t have to do a whole room before calling it a day, but always PAINT THE WHOLE WALL - corner to corner, edge to edge - because the color *will not* match.
Alternatively, you might save a small amount of money on a quart of #paint versus a gallon, but then you pay the price of looking at this (see photo) for as long as you procrastinate dealing with the consequence 🙂‍↔️
https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/114/801/271/756/045/805/original/9a4dcadbdba0e004.jpeg

2025-06-27 20:05:37 UTC

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they will. Hopefully sooner than later

2025-06-19 01:57:31 UTC

Language learners, do you use Mango Languages? I have what could be an interesting question. For Spanish in particular, I’ve noticed what sounds like incorrect audio. Audio for,
“Permítame su abrigo,”
puts emphasis on ME. (Unfortunately it looks like Ice Cubes or something Mastodon-related is keeping me from attaching an audio recording.)
Is Mango wrong here, or is there something I can learn about #Spanish pronunciation? Computer-generated audio? I will see if I can find the A..
#language

2025-06-19 00:57:47 UTC

So much is said about the people killed in Palestine. And I can’t help thinking about everybody who has so far SURVIVED - the grief and the injury and the trauma. If you have a heart then it should be angry af 😡
Those who have bothered to listen at all, we know the point of Israel and we know what our governments have been doing. Jewish people should not be a tool, used for the purposes of testing out cruel surveillance and weaponry on a people. Let them live in peace. End the project

2025-06-12 03:28:11 UTC

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I’ve gotta take a break here soon, but one more note: the calmness of numerous demonstrations. AP News has reported that today’s demos are quite different from what we saw in ‘92. And The American Prospect (https://prospect.org/justice/cries-defiance-songs-joy-los-angeles-ice-protests-immigration-raids/) reminds us that no official in California asked for help dealing with any riots.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MoFCeU/
Abuelitas singing to the shielded goons ⬆️
#LosAngeles #LA #Mexico #USA

2025-06-12 03:08:58 UTC

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Another example with two sources that cover overlapping segments of an amazing 44 y.o. Mexican American mom’s speech shredding the Musk-Trump admin with leafblower - ICYMI:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3454641/Leaf-blower-wielding-LA-native-mom-gives-wild-speech-ICE-protest.html
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Mod8YU/
Thank you, DM, for sharing this. Truly wild
#LosAngeles #LA #Mexico #USA

2025-06-12 02:55:34 UTC

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One example - and I’m sorry I haven’t found a copy outside of 🕰️⏰
CONTENT WARNING suicide reference
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8METNGQ/
but also I’m not mad at this point?

2025-06-12 02:50:34 UTC

Multiple amazing protest vids today. Anyways remember we outnumber the oligarchs and their goonery, 100:1
They may have some weapons. But they lack just about everything truly powerful
#USA

2025-06-03 13:25:37 UTC

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💯

2025-05-21 17:54:07 UTC

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thanks for sharing. It’s not a “war on Hamas” and clearly never has been. Our language here matters

2025-05-15 13:31:35 UTC

How is Boston doing with car dependence? As it is, I get the sense that most residents outside of downtown are compelled to have a vehicle. Part of that is the overall illness affecting a broad swath of Americans (car brain), but we also have real infrastructure issues that almost mandate ownership. It would be so beautiful to tackle this problem. What’s the plan?
#airPollution #landUse #noisePollution #publicHealth #transportation #Boston #BosPoli #MA #MAPoli

2025-05-12 03:41:25 UTC

A Win for Repro Rights: Alabama Can’t Charge Activists Helping Patients Get Out-of-State Abortions
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/
Hell yeah, people are going to get their healthcare.
#abortion #goodNews #news #positiveNews #AL #Alabama #USA

2025-05-10 18:40:05 UTC

Given that ICE "agents" have been hiding in unmarked vehicles and covering their faces as they go around kidnapping people, I fully support folks using great force to stop them. Not that I'm recommending or suggesting it, but the reaction makes sense. Self-defense.
The goons should be scared. Also, this is a job that *no one* has to do, so any fear on their behalf will not suffice as justification for how poorly they treat people. They have zero right to kidnap or take away due process.
#USA

2025-04-16 21:07:37 UTC

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yeah I saw this earlier today. Can the people impeach their senator? This guy is beyond toast. I guess time will tell if Iowans stand up for America, but this is a good sign.
#Iowa #USA #USPol

2025-04-12 17:51:16 UTC

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it also provides an interesting case study in policy failure. Large vehicles may not be classified the same way as smaller ones. Throughout much of the 2000s so far, car manufacturers built SUVs to avoid fuel efficiency requirements.
We've also failed to deal with car brain for the most part, so we still allow personal vehicles of just about any size in most of our cities. Smh. But that's another related topic
#transportation #USA #USPol

2025-04-01 19:23:17 UTC

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it is Bezo’s paper

2025-03-24 02:48:25 UTC

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Boston and friends, where do you get your tea?
#Boston #greaterBoston #tea

2025-03-23 00:47:14 UTC

Alright #tea friends, where do you get your tea? (Incl. herbals)
Three that I've had a hard time finding lately:
- verbena/vervain
- roasted dandelion root
- huacatay (black mint)
Who sells these? Boycotting Walmart this month so that option is out - but thanks DDG for the suggestion.

2025-03-06 21:41:08 UTC

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my PCP says a childhood vaccine for measles provides lifelong coverage. Not the case?

2025-02-28 19:59:18 UTC

For those just tuning in, the 2025 #Boycott Calendar to hit Amazon, Target, and Walmart started in Feb. Today, many have decided to only shop Black, local if necessary. (No credit/debit card.)
From tomorrow:
MAR-APR: No Walmart
MAY-JUN: No Target
JUL-AUG: No Amazon
SEP: No Walmart
OCT: No Target
NOV-DEC: No Amazon, Target, OR walmart (consider if you need to do some shopping ahead of time)
Hope you'll jump in as you can, ignore the voice of perfectionism, go above and beyond. Much 🤟

2025-02-28 17:11:22 UTC

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tangential to this: Isn't "downloading" different from "accessing/viewing"?

2025-02-13 22:13:49 UTC

“fucked up” by Macklemore:
https://youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4

2025-02-13 13:28:06 UTC

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yeah I mean it could actually be #2? The economy is bad from coast to coast

2025-02-12 20:47:06 UTC

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yeah no, I was just poking around to see how different publications compare different states. Can't speak to "fiscal stability" but I like the direction we've been seeing with Massachusetts (transportation) infrastructure - at least in greater Boston.

2025-02-12 20:31:24 UTC

Oof. USNews ranks #Massachusetts low in fiscal stability and infrastructure, suggests it is one of the worst states for "opportunity"
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings
I do appreciate the (relatively) good healthcare we have, so it makes sense to see us at #2

2025-01-30 19:53:38 UTC

A fascinating video on aphantasia here. While we’ve been thinking and saying that there are people who lack mental imagery, it appears that they may in fact *have* mental imagery, but lack the conscious experience of what is happening:
https://youtu.be/avI0KtmNpo8
Props to Hakwan Lau for their neuroscience work.
#aphantasia #brain #consciousness #neuroscience #science

2024-12-13 00:42:04 UTC

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happy birthday! 🥳

2024-12-02 23:33:49 UTC

I’m collecting #glass bottles of interesting design—specifically hard alcohol bottles. Has anyone here been doing the same? Boosts appreciated for reach. One topic I’m curious to learn more about is technique(s) for removing labels/print. What have people found to help with this? I’ve heard that vegetable oil like olive can actually be useful but I haven’t tried it yet. (Water has worked so far.) But I also have *printed* text on the glass itself—not a label. Unsure how to tackle this.
https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/113/585/834/813/136/291/original/1c962bd4003efec8.jpeg

2024-12-01 15:51:33 UTC

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*any* order? Can he not forgive a bunch of student loans?

2024-11-11 22:40:23 UTC

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oh yeah it doesn’t give a sh*t about people. Bodies to consume

2024-10-26 22:01:25 UTC

We #remember Muhammed Bhar. It’s painful, of course, and important:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israeli-army-abandoned-palestinian-down-syndrome-treat-soldiers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/07/17/bbc-israel-downs-syndrome/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/07/27/in-gaza-a-young-man-with-down-s-syndrome-was-killed-by-an-israeli-army-dog_6701609_4.html#
If someone has more to share beyond this particular story, please do.

2024-10-18 22:29:22 UTC

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nice, Gretchen!

2024-10-14 12:53:24 UTC

Harris said she had been very involved in many of Biden’s decisions and wouldn’t change a thing. (Correct me if this a bad paraphrase.)
Has she since thought of one? Anything?
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFuygAhb/
^ today’s “lesser evil” may be worse than yesterday’s “greater evil”
—
When you vote, please make sure to vote down ballot! Don’t just check off a certain party. And many states have important ballot questions this year.
#election #USPol #USA

2024-09-28 10:59:00 UTC

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a coffee drink?

2024-09-25 13:28:11 UTC

Republicans give exactly ZERO fcks for innocent life. They embarrass the United States of America. As much as I want to lean into our shaming of them, hopefully this opportunity (to recognize what has been vile behavior) will inspire some change. Do better. I think the vast majority of people can become curious, educated members of the community if we give them space and show kindness. But we have to be firm. No tolerance for racism. And let’s be clear about the GOP. No votes from us
#SCOTUS

2024-09-25 13:11:12 UTC

Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24252235/police-unlock-phone-password-face-id-apple-wallet-id

2024-09-07 13:49:22 UTC

Mpox and the dangers of treating some lives as disposable
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/9/7/mpox-and-the-dangers-of-treating-some-lives-as
“It doesn’t have to be like this. And right now, we have a limited period when, fearing the spread of mpox, people are able to grasp how our health is interconnected, and how the people of Central Africa are not irrelevant to us.”
#Denmark #Japan #Spain #UK

2024-08-23 19:54:29 UTC

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although it doesn’t look like phanpy has an iOS app :(

2024-08-23 19:09:49 UTC

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thx for sharing!

2024-08-23 19:06:58 UTC

Does your #Mastodon app say how long someone’s account has existed? Newness isn’t necessarily a reason to distrust, but this can often be useful information for deciding how to engage here.
#fediverse

2024-07-31 16:40:41 UTC

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since I’m still a bit confused regarding how the fediverse works, you might not be able to see, but @npub18jc…xwpz just published an *excellent* thread on this topic