JoyfulJedi
@joyfuljedi.bsky.social
Gen X woman channeling my inner Princess Leia. Recognized the GOP recalibrating into Imperialists while watching Star Wars. Hope and joy are resistance.
I alphabetcha not surprised. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I alphabetcha not surprised. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I hereby rename thy two headed megalomaniac President Donald Musk.
February 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I hereby rename thy two headed megalomaniac President Donald Musk.
Indeed it’s down.
USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
February 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Indeed it’s down.
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
Hey followers, some of you are following this troll.
Guys, we have an account flipper.
1.1K of my followers are following him.
1.1K of my followers are following him.
November 23, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Hey followers, some of you are following this troll.
Excellent news.
2 messages
Thank You Dark Brandon
Mike Johnson - WElcome to FAFO
Thank You Dark Brandon
Mike Johnson - WElcome to FAFO
November 22, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Excellent news.
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This laser brain believes he should round up immigrants in his sleigh while celebrating attacks on Ukraine. He definitely belongs on your naughty list.
November 21, 2024 at 3:09 AM
This laser brain believes he should round up immigrants in his sleigh while celebrating attacks on Ukraine. He definitely belongs on your naughty list.
Preordered.
So anyway, I had this idea that everyone, particularly young people, should learn what is taught in law school.
I also had the idea that the way it is taught to young people is boring.
It wasn't until law school that I realized how interesting this stuff is.
The result ⤵️
(I am cross-posting)
I also had the idea that the way it is taught to young people is boring.
It wasn't until law school that I realized how interesting this stuff is.
The result ⤵️
(I am cross-posting)
November 20, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Preordered.
Yeah, I unfollowed Seth yesterday because, mental health. I just don’t need him poppin into my feed to remind me things are 1000% worse than I could possibly imagine. My anxiety does a great job of catastrophizing on its own, thanks.
Seth Abramson be like
November 20, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Yeah, I unfollowed Seth yesterday because, mental health. I just don’t need him poppin into my feed to remind me things are 1000% worse than I could possibly imagine. My anxiety does a great job of catastrophizing on its own, thanks.
Thank you, Heather Cox Richardson. A refresher on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address:
‘“It is for us the living,” Lincoln said, “to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
‘“It is for us the living,” Lincoln said, “to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Thank you, Heather Cox Richardson. A refresher on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address:
‘“It is for us the living,” Lincoln said, “to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
‘“It is for us the living,” Lincoln said, “to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
Here’s one small thing you can do, Resistors.
Thanks to your calls, Rep. Vasquez is now voting no on H.R. 9495. This nonprofit-killer bill would give Trump unchecked power to go after his political opponents. Call your representative and demand they vote no on H.R. 9495: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Here’s one small thing you can do, Resistors.
Who else is breathing in this sacred pause right now?
The philosopher Viktor Frankl said, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Buddhists have a name for that space: the sacred pause.
The sacred pause between the election and what comes next
There are plenty of fires to fight right now in America, but there’s a fire inside you, too. Appreciate this sacred pause—this space between fires—and let your flame find its way.
shannonwatts.substack.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Who else is breathing in this sacred pause right now?
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Stop calling it a grift and use the real terminology, it’s corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, racketeering, take your pick.
November 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Stop calling it a grift and use the real terminology, it’s corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, racketeering, take your pick.
Worth a read for all Bluesky users. Also worth reading the comments.
Oops! Warning ahead:
1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).
November 18, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Worth a read for all Bluesky users. Also worth reading the comments.
Hey, Media Matters needs our support, so please give them a follow!
Ahoy! Help spread word that I'm here, please.
I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).
X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.
I'm president of Media Matters (@mmfa.bsky.social).
X is currently suing me and colleague personally as well as Media Matters. Been sorely missing the community Twitter once offered me. Hoping Bluesky can help fill that void. It's much needed.
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Hey, Media Matters needs our support, so please give them a follow!
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧
November 17, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧
If you’re serious about resisting, read this and put some of these recommendations into practice. See #5.
If you've not seen this, it's essential reading - especially if you're American:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM
If you’re serious about resisting, read this and put some of these recommendations into practice. See #5.
November 17, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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Tip for folks just breaking the Twitter habit: the best thing you can do is replace the app’s spot on your phone. Muscle memory is a hell of a thing, work with it not against it.
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Tip for folks just breaking the Twitter habit: the best thing you can do is replace the app’s spot on your phone. Muscle memory is a hell of a thing, work with it not against it.
I take no pleasure in informing a Libertarian friend that their child may lose their IAP if the DOE is dismantled. No pleasure saying what that alone would do to our economy.
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I take no pleasure in informing a Libertarian friend that their child may lose their IAP if the DOE is dismantled. No pleasure saying what that alone would do to our economy.
Take your time with the follow backs, everyone.
November 16, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Take your time with the follow backs, everyone.
This is so important. Keep a diary & keep it simple: Record important developments and your reactions to them. Records like these matter to our community. Don’t let them gaslight us.
We know this because we lived this with Trump for the last eight years. Keeping focus is difficult. We're going to need to get better at this.
Words of wisdom:
November 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM
This is so important. Keep a diary & keep it simple: Record important developments and your reactions to them. Records like these matter to our community. Don’t let them gaslight us.
I am a walking game of 52 Pickup today!
November 15, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I am a walking game of 52 Pickup today!