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Democracy Dies in Dorkness

(Banner and thumbnail are both from Remedios Varos' painting "Paraiso de los Gatos") Therapist, writer type, armchair activist, kvetch. Raised from early adulthood by Internet wolves. Warning: squees at cats. IMPORTANT UPDATE: I also like cute doggos

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Before Zuckerberg renamed it Meta, facebook facilitated a genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar in 2017. In case anyone wondered what they're capable of for fascism. bsky.app/profile/hype...

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Muting: people are weird in the replies. It’s not conjecture when I say they know this. Meta’s own researchers warned them about amplifying hate content, damaging girls’ body image…and a bunch of other stuff. To pretend they are ignorant of the negative affordances is to let them off the hook.

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"Acknowledge Taiwan's historical connections to China" No. How about no. What now

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It's possible, just possible, that actually those of us who come from places that have experienced foreign rule feel tetchy about the concept of being asked to acknowledge that a nation under military threat /has/ to feel some sort of kinship with the threatener

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Will Bunch

Are we comfortably numb with police violence? The brutal cop killing of Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisc. sparked local protest but only muted outrage on the national level. Despite falling crime, cops gun down more Americans than ever Where's the outrage? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/core...

Corey Ruiz police killing reveals an America numb to violence | Will BunchPolice killings like the death of Madison’s Corey Ruiz, caught on gruesome video, are rising, but public outrage is not.www.inquirer.com
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Investors are making $ off imprisoning children as young as two months old, says @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social. Kids at Dilley detention center will “never be the same.” 100+ House Dems are trying to shut it down. “Trauma will stay with them for the rest of their lives.” #ConnectwithJacob

Dem Rep SLAMS investors who profit from ‘child imprisonment’ at ICE detention centerThe calls to close Dilley detention center, the notorious facility in south Texas, are growing louder. In a letter to Secretary Markwayne Mullin, more than 110 House Democrats cited the inhumane condi...www.msnbc.com
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