Dems should make Bernie minority leader over Schumer. He’s passionate, outspoken, smart, sincere, no-nonsense, honest, brash and he connects with everyday Americans. I deeply respect him even when I disagree with him. He would be great.

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

All too true. And the right wing "Christians" are the first to attack genuine Christian love and mercy if it doesn't fit their narrative (see: Immigrants and Immigration)

POLICE UNIONS: “When perpetrators of crimes, especially serious crimes, are not held fully accountable, it sends a dangerous message that the consequences for attacking law enforcement are not severe, potentially emboldening others ..”

www.axios.com/2025/01/22/p...

Zuckerberg's milquetoast policies for "combatting misinformation" on his platforms were ALWAYS only a fig leaf. Like X, the user experience on FB/Insta has been getting worse for years. Users tolerate a shitty algorithm pushing content to connect with friends, classmates, neighbors. (1/2)

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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

I get why journalists are reticent to try to port a following to a new platform—I was, and I still post my work everywhere—but if your career is predicated on people clicking your links and engaging with your work, this site is the only one not actively working against that.

Government picking winners and losers?

“.. It is, in my view, becoming the way you do business.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...