Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

#MAGA Funky Punky Buggery Sara Palin https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jury-rules-sarah-palin-defamation-case-new-york-rcna16275

Study shows greater immunity from Pfizer vaccine followed by Novavax than two doses of Pfizer vaccine.

#COVID #vaccines https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-07-06-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-second-dose-generates-high-immune-response-young-people

@marcelias Some context: Texas has 254 counties, and the law was crafted to apply *only* to Harris County. Harris is a heavily Democratic County and has about 16% of the state's population. That's more than any other two counties combined, and more than the sum of the bottom 214 counties.

Imagine a disaster is happening and journalists, officials, and experts need to get important safety info out, but the algorithm is prioritizing showing you soft drink adds and photos of celebs on yachts. This is why social apps need to be actively supporting and working with organizations who deliver news.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia https://abc7chicago.com/jimmy-carter-rosalynn-anniversary-first-couple/13474531/

Anti-American Fox News Says Democrats Who Move to Red States ‘Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Vote’ | News Corpse https://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=57342

"I decided not to follow anyone. And so, for the last couple days, I have only been seeing the raw machinery of Threads. Its algorithm is just blasting me with random posts and, every so often, it tries to show me more of a particular user I click on or spend too long reading in the feed.

"My verdict: Threads sucks shit. It has no purpose. It is for no one. It launched as a content graveyard and will assuredly only become more of one over time."

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-algorithmic-anti-culture-of-scale

#MindViruses spread via the vector of #Indoctrination.

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 2864

#MichaelScheuer #Antisemitism

Virulent antisemite tells Jeanine Pirro that the 2nd Amendment is needed “to take care of these vermin” who “rigged” elections https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/virulent-antisemite-tells-jeanine-pirro-2nd-amendment-needed-take-care-these-vermin-who

@black_intellect
Earth to corporations, executives can't be bigots in their private life and then have that view point not influence the decisions they make at work, which makes you legally liable for employing known bigots.

If you know some people who are bigots, who use their religion to tell them who it is okay to hate, who are pro-discrimination, don't put those people in charge of any other human being, ever!

New, from me: a University of Chicago student was accused of cyber bullying an instructor.
Elon Musk replied to a thread the student posted about his activities, generating millions of views, including 550K views where he again targets the instructor.
Where does protected speech end, and harassment begin? https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/where-does-speech-end-and-harassment

#Introduction I guess?

Any #classicalMusicians out here on the fediverse? Would love to connect! Classical Twitter still seems mostly on Twitter.

I'm a Montréal-based amateur cellist & #composer. I also play flute, voice, and dabbling in guitar, recorder, melodica, and others. Lots of #Baroque and #RomanticMusic, trying to discover more #NewMusic.

I'm always looking for more gender-marginalised, #queer and #BIPOC representation in classical music!

Lili Boulanger is <3

#classicalmusic #cello

If only…

While the US Speaker of the House is claiming that the President's economic leadership is a disaster of epic proportions, in the real world, the payroll processing firm ADP said today that private sector jobs jumped by 497,000 in June, far higher than the Dow Jones consensus estimate predicted. Annual pay rose at a rate of 6.4%. Most of the jobs came from companies with fewer than 50 employees.

@timnitGebru They refuse to understand that unless and until we name the bigotry, we can't effectively critically examine its effects on and expressions in technology; and until we critically examine that, we can't deconstruct it; and until we deconstruct it, we can't replace it with something better.

And many of them refuse to understand all that, because they like what we got, just fine.

@epicdemiologist @StillIRise1963 oddly enough they constantly project when it comes to things like indoctrination... *cough* see white churches *cough*

Morning! Mike Pence is being plagued by GOP voter devotion to the Big Lie. But he only has himself to blame.

Pence spent his entire career promoting disinfo and training ordinary Republicans to use it as a weapon. He's reaping what he sowed.
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/07/mike-pences-big-lie-campaign-trail-torture-hes-reaping-the-disinformation-he-sowed/

The only reason people fear inflation is because the Republican propaganda machine is telling them to. Republicans are telling you how bad the economy is when the reality is much different. Republicans have no policies, only propaganda.

Wendy Rogers may have violated Arizona’s ‘revenge porn’ law by tweeting x-rated pictures of Hunter Biden

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/07/07/wendy-rogers-might-have-violated-arizonas-revenge-porn-law/

#AZFamily #WendyRogers #RevengePornLaw #HunterBiden #TweetedPictures #Arizona #Politics #News