Stephen Brancati
@stephenbrancati.bsky.social
https://stephen.brancati.com
📍Scranton, Pennsylvania
📍Scranton, Pennsylvania
Can't say I disagree with him. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Comedian Bill Burr shocks audience with savage attack on billionaires
Comedian Bill Burr drew controversy on his Monday Morning Podcast, declaring that billionaires should be 'put down like f***ing rabid dogs' for their role in economic inequality.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Can't say I disagree with him. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Stephen Brancati
“The way our leaders speak can shape our civic sentiments, and we are in a moment when our leader is inclined to make those harder and colder rather than softer and warmer, which just isn’t what we ought to want,” Peter Wehner writes:
What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals
Words, including the words of presidents, matter so very much.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“The way our leaders speak can shape our civic sentiments, and we are in a moment when our leader is inclined to make those harder and colder rather than softer and warmer, which just isn’t what we ought to want,” Peter Wehner writes:
Reposted by Stephen Brancati
10 years ago, my employer The @nytimes.com called me for a reaction to the Charlie Hebdo massacre. For hours, this cartoon was featured at the top of the home page - a first in the paper's history. 4 years later, the same NYTimes dropped all editorial cartoons. Times change... 👇
January 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
10 years ago, my employer The @nytimes.com called me for a reaction to the Charlie Hebdo massacre. For hours, this cartoon was featured at the top of the home page - a first in the paper's history. 4 years later, the same NYTimes dropped all editorial cartoons. Times change... 👇
EM: 🤔Hmm... Bluesky isn't going away... Threads isn't going away... What to do?
January 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
EM: 🤔Hmm... Bluesky isn't going away... Threads isn't going away... What to do?
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Unhoused people told us they already feel like they’re seen as problems to be solved, not people to be helped.
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People
Some cities take people’s belongings — ignoring their own policies and court orders — and then fail to store them. Our reporting shows there are more effective and compassionate ways to deal with…
propub.li
December 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Unhoused people told us they already feel like they’re seen as problems to be solved, not people to be helped.
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
In reporting on the issue, we wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
Reposted by Stephen Brancati
The media wants you to be outraged at bad Twitter jokes and random heated comments. They want you to direct your anger at random people on Twitter who "took things too far," rather than question the system that led to these conditions in the first place.
Why "we" want insurance executives dead
No, that does not mean people should murder them. But if you've watched a loved one suffer and die from insurance denial, it's normal to wish the people responsible would suffer the same fate.
www.usermag.co
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
The media wants you to be outraged at bad Twitter jokes and random heated comments. They want you to direct your anger at random people on Twitter who "took things too far," rather than question the system that led to these conditions in the first place.
Reposted by Stephen Brancati
Re: Meta’s new TOS. Using your images for AI training or giving Meta a free license to use your work isn't new. But now, there are plenty of platforms that don’t have these policies. So, why stick with Meta?
Are IG and Threads really all that great?
Are IG and Threads really all that great?
November 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Re: Meta’s new TOS. Using your images for AI training or giving Meta a free license to use your work isn't new. But now, there are plenty of platforms that don’t have these policies. So, why stick with Meta?
Are IG and Threads really all that great?
Are IG and Threads really all that great?