@atomicpoet I’m actually looking at Calckey this very moment

Being Black in a Small Town | https://thewalrus.ca/being-black-in-a-small-town/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

@fsinn
We are much more willing to militarize our schools than demilitarize our civilians. To arm our children with tourniquets than disarm the adults who have a responsibility to care for them.

We are so lost.

@oldmanmike I went down a rabbithole on Twitter the other day, and the number of vehemently pro-Putin, anti-human rights (LGBTQIA), racist, White-Supremacist accounts on this one thread was shocking. These are scary people, and they were all Trump-MAGA supporters. Most had “Christian” or “God” references in their profiles. Dangerous times.

FYI you guys made it to #bluesky

Not sure if i'll stay on the platform but figure sharing ya stuff might do some good.

@techlore @hen @nateb

Updating this! Would appreciate a boost!

Lost my job recently and it's been rough out there. I'm a podcast editor, sound designer, and VA trying to build my portfolio. Let me craft your fiction or nonfiction audio into its best shape. I'd love to try my hand at a TTRPG!

I've written and directed for the award-winning audio drama Someone Dies In This Elevator and have my own in the works.

https://ryanjameshorner.com/

#audiodrama #podcast #ttrpg

iPhone 16 Pro displays to get even bigger according to supply chain leak
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/09/iphone-16-pro-displays-to-get-even-bigger-according-to-supply-chain-leak?utm_medium=rss

All, please consider donating:

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/cindy-kyu-cho-james-william-allen-mall-shooting/

The GoFundMe being raised for the family is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/allen-tx-shootingrip-kyu-cindy-and-james-cho

Aussies talking truth re the US and their gun culture

Rep. Bryan Slaton — a Republican known for introducing far-right legislation, including an anti-“grooming” bill to ban children from attending drag shows — has resigned after a panel found he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-republican-resigns-alleged-sexual-relationship-teen-1234731403/

iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max to Feature Larger 6.3-Inch and 6.9-Inch Displays https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/08/iphone-16-pro-larger-display-sizes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Illinois is about to become the first state to ban . . . book bans at public libraries and public school libraries.

https://bookriot.com/illinois-to-become-first-state-to-ban-book-bans/

#Books #Libraries

Texas gunman fantasized over race wars on social media before mass killing https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/08/texas-mall-shooting/

❝ Texas doctors have been required to submit patients’ private medical information into a state-run website without their knowledge or consent—adhering to a mandate that forces them to report women as suffering from abortion complications even when they’re not.

This rarely reported on section of Texas law lists 28 medical issues as abortion complications—conditions that reproductive health experts point out often have nothing to do with abortion. ❞

https://jessica.substack.com/p/texas-is-fabricating-abortion-data

@QasimRashid yes it is. They project their own weaknesses on others. Deflecting from their own crimes. Every single time this happens people need to share it everywhere on every platform.

A former NFL player with decades of fraud and other crimes has convinced several states to give him millions of dollars for special kits to save the “800,000 missing children every year."

Except:

- that number is extremely false
- nobody can find any incident of his kits helping investigators
- the one case he claims his kits helped, the police have no record of
- better kits are already free, from actual experts
#news #politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/kenny-hansmire-persuades-politicians-to-fund-child-id-kits

https://hu.ma.ne/media/humane-previews-first-product-in-ted-talk

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23716746/ai-startup-anthropic-constitutional-ai-safety

Algorithm change: Less asses on the main feed

#bluesky #bsky

MAGA Rep Bryan Slaton—who introduced a bill mandating death for women seeking abortion because his Biblical morals apparently command it—has resigned after investigators found he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teen staffer after getting her drunk.😑

This is the GOP. Every accusation is a confession.