Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"We've left the Twitterverse, Spock?"

"Correct, Jim. We're now in the #Mastodon universe. A place of peace, harmony, good deeds & the odd NSFW photo but there are Content Warnings, so no need for alarm."

"Troll report, Uhura."

"None detected."

"Any wars being waged in this region of space, Spock?"

"Only who can tell the worst #ElonMusk joke."

"Easy, that's me. What'd happen if Musk fell into a black hole?"

"Pray tell."

"He'd ELON-GATE."

"You win, Jim."

#StarTrek #Humour #Space #Comedy

Which mountain is the most dangerous to climb?

Kill-a-man-jaro.

What do you call a guy with a hippo on his legs?

An ambulance.

‘NO’: Grad Students Analyze, Hack, and Remove Under-Desk Surveillance Devices Designed to Track Them
In October, the university quietly introduced heat sensors under desk without notifying students or seeking their consent. Students removed the devices, hacked them, and were able to force the university to stop its surveillance.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gwy3/no-grad-students-analyze-hack-and-remove-under-desk-surveillance-devices-designed-to-track-them

Zoom in as far as you can. Then zoom in as far as you can... #zoom #animation #digital #art Artist: @Vaskange

Got all your sweatpants picked out for the holidays?

My team at work just launched new research on the #TwitterMigration: We analyze which platforms are growing - especially #Mastodon, #Tumblr & #Post.

We look at which sites users are adding to their Twitter bios, posting to their friends about & downloading apps for.

Please do boost this, and love to hear any comments or feedback on it!

Download it here:
https://www.deweysquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSG-Snapshot-of-the-Twitter-Migration-December-12-2022.pdf

Every government is a mixture of socialism and capitalism. A lean toward socialism brings you things such as single payer healthcare and high speed rail. A lean toward capitalism brings you an astonishing amount of highly entertaining insurance commercials.

We don’t have to go back to the 1930s to find examples of political operatives trying to mainstream antisemites. We just have to go back to 2016 & 2017. Remember Richard Spencer, the “alt right” & Charlottesville? #RogerStone #SteveBannon #Posobiec #Milo #antisemitism

It’s the filibuster or paid sick leave for railway workers.
The filibuster or the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
The filibuster or a federal living wage.
The filibuster or abortion rights.
The filibuster or democracy.

This should not be a hard choice.

I hope Hunter Biden's laptop has all the details of what Jared gave Saudis for $2 billion.

“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”

@edutooters our book is out and needs a journal review! Please let us know if you can review #50teachertips

We have been using CostPlus for 5 months. Love it. Fill out a form with drugs U want. Give it to your Doctor. Doctor submits drug you listed available at CostPlus. Once prescription there, you order online & drugs mailed to you for $5. No drugs store involved. Marc Cuban not in it the profit. His goal is to disrupt the drug industry stranglehold on drug pricing & many layers of middlemen who take a cut on each generic drus U buy. It took him 4 years to get all the approvals for his company.

2 dec 2022 ⬇️

Meanwhile in #Russia: in all seriousness, pundits and experts on Russian state TV argue whether President of #Ukraine Volodymyr #Zelensky is the Antichrist or just a small demon.

#propaganda #Russia #Ukraine #RussianMediaMonitor

In preparation of Elon Musk's report on the Hunter Biden laptop and Twitter, please read my original piece on the laptop. The big issue was that the NY Post & Rudy Giuliani were using the existence of the laptop & iffy material on it to advance Russian disinfo that had been concocted to hurt Biden & help Trump. Giuliani was even working with a Russian agent to spread this false info. The laptop was part of this larger op.

https://motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/giuliani-and-the-new-york-post-are-pushing-russian-disinformation-its-a-big-test-for-the-media/

Today, Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $1.44 billion in damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims.

Defamation law is proving to be a vital weapon in the fight against right-wing media lies.

President Biden has extended the student loan pause! Due to the Republican lawsuits against his student loan forgiveness plan, President Biden is extending the student loan pause until either the end of the litigation or the end of the current Supreme Court Term (June 30th, 2023), whichever comes first.

Payments would resume 60 days after the pause ends.

Workers have every right to strike for better wages and benefits. Productivity grew 3.9x as much as pay between 1979-2021. It’s time for those profits to trickle down to the workers who generate them, don’t you think?