Friends and strangers, let's talk about The Broken Trust series. It's epic. It's social, political, personal. If you love to explore layers upon layers of secrets, it's for you. Love sociological science fiction? You'll love it. Love fantasy? That too. 1/x
Two very useful tools that search your Twitter followers/followed for people who put their Mastodon account handles into their Twitter profile info, both created by people I trust:
Debirdify by @pruvisto:
https://t.co/Z1OwD8SPlD
Fedifinder by @luca:
https://t.co/qvDHRoDRdk
It’s not about Musk suspending Kathy Griffin from Twitter (or anyone else who impersonates him for that matter).
It’s about making you just uncomfortable enough to avoid tweets critical of him or posting that next expose on him.
That’s the goal and that’s fascism.
The only reason you’re able to dress the way you do (and be celebrated for it) is because of the progress made by the LGBTQ+ community.
You want to separate yourself from the “LGB” community, while enjoying the fruits of their labor. Wild.
Supporting strong Black voices is not for the weak. Too often that support goes missing as soon as it becomes too threatening to the entrenched hierarchy. Tiffany is excellent at her job. I know she’ll shine brighter. But what MSNBC has done is absolutely cowardly and shameful.
To make this move a few days before the critical mid-terms is just unacceptable. There is a larger issue of strong Black pundits, especially women, lacking the internal support to thrive.
I’m outraged by the news that @MSNBC is ending @TiffanyDCross’ brilliant show #CrossConnection. It’s the highest-rated weekend show. Tiffany’s departure looks even funnier in the light because it comes after she rightly criticized white supremacist poster boy Tucker Carlson.
Every state has critical races on the ballot — & some are facing a perfect storm where so much is on the line at once.
So I'm starting this ongoing thread of all states, to encapsulate as many stakes as I can for a state within 280 characters. As I did in 2020. Let’s go! 🧵
Lightning may well strike more than once. But I sent Mason to Lucinda Syson when they reached out to me, and I'm sending everyone else to her too: https://t.co/72pAuHv7IJ
Great to join @AndreaForAG, @DianaDiZoglio, @LoriTrahanMA, and this terrific grassroots team in Lawrence to get out the vote for our Democratic ticket, #YesOn1, and #YesOn4!
A Vermont school district is being sued by @ADFLegal because it reprimanded a student and an employee for harassing a #transgender student athlete. #LGBTQ#transathletes https://t.co/vmj3X9MkU1
Texas #earlyvote comparisons (in-person +mail)
2018: 4,884,528 (final)
2022: 5,478,291
(in-person final, small amount of mail outstanding)
Increase of 593,763 or 112% of 2018 early vote
Breaking: the daughter of @RabbiShmuley claims @DrOz stole her fundraising list and never paid her. She filed a lawsuit against Mehmet Oz in federal court today, 4 days before a close U.S. Senate race against @JohnFetterman in Pennsylvainia. #PASenate
https://t.co/6Qeb1U9sWi
My hot-takes are:
-There are way too many variables that differentiate this midterm year from other years that anyone making strong predictions should take it down a notch
-I'm housing my own predictions + criticisms till after the election.
Right now, I want to win.
Marjorie Taylor Greene likes to travel the country complaining about inflation as she drives her $92k vehicle, invests in Big Pharma, and offers zero solutions.
If elected to serve you in Congress, I will propose solutions that will help average Americans and our economy.
New: We have upgraded the Bot Sentinel Election Tracker, and we will go live when polls open on Tuesday. We will report election-related mis/disinformation, and users can track reports in real-time.
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But there is a cost to taking on racists while black. Every black person I know knows this cost. They navigate it at work, and in their professional circles. From the start of my career, a lot of black professionals have liked me because I say to their bosses what they cannot.