Sparker
@plumcreekgeek.bsky.social
Ignite the Spark. Light the Fire.
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To quote Bush, that was some weird shit… again
January 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
To quote Bush, that was some weird shit… again
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My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
Education Is Key to Fighting Disinformation on Social Media
In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:36 PM
My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
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Operation steal the cat’s love is progressing nicely.
December 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Operation steal the cat’s love is progressing nicely.
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every day I understand a little more why Arya Stark kept that list
December 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM
every day I understand a little more why Arya Stark kept that list
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Bringing my pinned Tweet along with me as I migrate here because this still matters & because we cannot normalize what Trump intends to do to DOJ. Justice should never be a political tool for presidents & their pals.
November 28, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Bringing my pinned Tweet along with me as I migrate here because this still matters & because we cannot normalize what Trump intends to do to DOJ. Justice should never be a political tool for presidents & their pals.
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Nobody ever warned us that when the geeks inherit the earth they’d be worse than the bullies.
November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Nobody ever warned us that when the geeks inherit the earth they’d be worse than the bullies.
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You get an A in metaphor, Andy.
I used to love going to the salad bar but then they put up a sneeze guard and turned it into an echo chamber
November 24, 2024 at 6:58 PM
You get an A in metaphor, Andy.
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4. It’s going to take billions of dollars of media investment to counter the narratives that Republicans have created since FDR passed The New Deal. An insidious narrative that was further honed between Roger Ailes memo of 1971 to Newt Gingrich’s 1990s GOPAC.
November 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
4. It’s going to take billions of dollars of media investment to counter the narratives that Republicans have created since FDR passed The New Deal. An insidious narrative that was further honed between Roger Ailes memo of 1971 to Newt Gingrich’s 1990s GOPAC.
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
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Friday tradition: ending the week with some shared joy no matter how rough the week.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Aced a project or ate like a king or queen, either works. Just something good.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Aced a project or ate like a king or queen, either works. Just something good.
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Friday tradition: ending the week with some shared joy no matter how rough the week.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Aced a project or ate like a king or queen, either works. Just something good.
Tell me something good.
What good thing happened in your life this week?
Aced a project or ate like a king or queen, either works. Just something good.
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So you’re saying there’s a pattern…
November 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM
So you’re saying there’s a pattern…
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It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.
Whether you are a democrat or republican, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
END 🧵
Whether you are a democrat or republican, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
END 🧵
November 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.
Whether you are a democrat or republican, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
END 🧵
Whether you are a democrat or republican, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
END 🧵
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A lot of AOCs appeal is simply the contrast of wondering why she (rightfully) gets pissed off about stuff but hardly any other elected official in the party does
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM
A lot of AOCs appeal is simply the contrast of wondering why she (rightfully) gets pissed off about stuff but hardly any other elected official in the party does
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18M + 1.
💙, Mar🐫
💙, Mar🐫
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
18M + 1.
💙, Mar🐫
💙, Mar🐫
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New generations waking up to fury and grief is how we move forward and extend centuries worth of (often circular, often maddening, often unsuccessful) work to make this country a more just and equitable place for more of the people who live in it.
Naomi Beinart, 16: "We girls woke up to a country that would rather elect a man found liable for sexual abuse than a woman...Where the body I haven’t fully grown into may no longer be under my control. The boys, it seemed to me, just woke up on a Wednesday."
Opinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.
On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM
New generations waking up to fury and grief is how we move forward and extend centuries worth of (often circular, often maddening, often unsuccessful) work to make this country a more just and equitable place for more of the people who live in it.
