Brendan O'Connor

From the blue mountains of the Shenandoah Valley. Deep-running love for American & Irish folk music, solidarity politics, breakfasts of all kinds, & economix.

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

Following the anything-other-than-Elon trend, revisiting my Mastodon account here: https://t.co/DtrlsFRZHI

Started one in 2020, taking another look--especially in the spirit of democratizing tech & the tech economy

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@VerizonNews *every 30 mins w/an update (my typo above)
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Instead all we see on the *main* Verizon Wireless landing page is a small banner at the top, w/the majority of the page dedicated to trying to sell more phones…

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@VerizonNews What in the hell is going on, what’s the cause of this, and how about posting at least over 30 mins w/an update?

Oh and actual updates on your website, by email, or by text to your actual customers might be worth considering…

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@dominach @VerizonNews Yeah mine isn’t working for non-iPhone contacts, even though I turned it on and don’t have Verizon for my internet provider

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

BOOM, here for it

[wepunchup @wepunchup]

We are fighting back.

Greedy CEOs, politicians, and landlords have rigged the system to keep us down. All the while they teach us to blame ourselves, other poor people, and fight amongst ourselves – while they laugh all the way to the bank. It’s time to Punch Up!

#DoneBeingUsed

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

And maybe I’ll try this too? 🤷🏻

Though no question Meta taking all the things ain’t no solution either, but while we build alternatives…

https://t.co/jDQuwP9XCx

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

Following the anything-other-than-Elon trend, revisiting my Mastodon account here: https://t.co/DtrlsFRZHI

Started one in 2020, taking another look--especially in the spirit of democratizing tech & the tech economy

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

Yet character still matters amidst it all—it ain’t sexy unless you know what’s real, but there you go… (3/3)

https://t.co/4NZ9yLIgyy

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work.

John McCain had character. That’s what I think about so much these days because it’s so different from what we see out of the Republican nominee.

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

I don’t post on here much (h/t @elonmusk for the fine 🪓 job)… 🧵

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

And I find the Democrats’ politics necessary for this election, but not sufficient for the longer term American political project, writ large (longer discussion, for sure). (2/3)

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@sumingkhoo Sending warm thoughts in hard times Su. Your mother looks like someone with a beautiful spirit about her, sending many condolences.

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

Ha! Well said

[Meghna Chakrabarti @MeghnaWBUR]

Quite something for a rebrand to be so bad it makes Zuckerberg’s Meta look like HBS successful case material.

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@freehays82 @itsabigailadams It seems Abigail is open to correcting it though, so really appreciate that!!

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@freehays82 @itsabigailadams Thanks Amanda, though as I note in one of the tweets, there were “significant inaccuracies reported by the mountain guides and Argentinian government.” Those clearly got out to the media—so not the media’s fault originally, but certainly an obligation to fix.

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@itsabigailadams Can you reply here to let us know you got this and are able to fix the article?

[Brendan O'Connor @bhoconnor]

@itsabigailadams … Thank you, please let us know ASAP (you can email me back to say if you have corrected this or have other questions),

Brendan

PS - Please see this article if you want some of the most accurate info available on the story: https://t.co/bmTwhLZN4S