We absolutely need an alternative to Twitter, but Threads, Instagram, and Facebook all being down at the same time shows how dangerous it is to consolidate all social media under a single corporation, and people need to stop encouraging it.
@realgdt.bsky.social did you mean for the interactions between politics and public health in the first season of The Strain to be so realistic? Or was it more of a... This level of corruption could never happen? The "but the economy" scene gave me chills with how Covid is being handled now.
It was decades of underfunding by BOTH political camps and purposefully ignoring an airborne, ongoing pandemic.
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I know it was a snark tweet, but it does really remind me of that Toni Morrison quote about how the point of racism is distraction, to keep you explaining yourself over and over again instead of getting actual work done.
Reporters: if youโre looking for interviews with Palestinians in Gaza, let me know.
Currently a lot of people are treating people saying "Palestinians don't deserve to be murdered" as complete unequivocal support for Hamas and their every action.