Dave Porter

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Real X-Files vibe tonight in Brookline.

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

Some are angry about the "anti-Christian depiction of the last supper" at the Olympic Opening ceremony. (@elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump among others)

A Dutch art historian explains it's not the last supper but a Dutch painting of the Olympic gods.
And I explain what I loved.
🧵

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

@k8tmac @mattyports It wasn't a failed bid, we said never mind no thank you

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

@k8tmac Nooo no it looks so shiny but it would have been billions in bond payments for thirty years in exchange for a vanity project, some rotting stadiums, and pennies for few token civic improvements

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

@vogt4brookline @BklneCoalition @YesBrookline Congrats Marissa! Relieved.

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Hi folks! Twitter just removed specific protections for trans folks (repeated misgendering and deadnaming) from their hate speech policy. Why? You decide! What relative good could come of it? You decide!! Fuck this hatesite, Mastodon exists, come over, it's nice there 😀

[Dave Learns Dadding @DaveLearnsToDad]

The most effective way to teach your kids to cooperate towards common goals is to declare a national prank day

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility everyone! 🩷🩵 We got work to do.

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Trans men are men, trans women are women. Transgender people are people, therefore trans rights are human rights.

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Being transgender is a natural thing that's been a natural part of historic cultures since all the way back, so we are obligated to do the work to find a way to integrate trans people, and their actual genders, into the way we go about our lives. It's as simple as that.

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Trans rights are human rights; "eradication" is Nazism; and the only effective response to Nazis is to punch them off of the stage of public discourse.

[Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann]

@michaeljknowles @RollingStone You should get the fuck off the stage and apologize, asshole. This statement is your life from here on in.

Shove your hatred and bias and Nazi dreams up your ass, Motherfucker.

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

Hi just ducking in to remind folks that Mastodon exists now. It's really pleasant over there

[Patrick Campbell @Patticus]

10 years ago today @aaronsw took his own life after overly aggressive prosecution.

He invented internet infrastructure.

He defeated the greatest threat the Internet had ever seen.

And you probably don't know who he is.

You should.

Here’s his story 🧵

[Henning Dieterichs @hediet_dev]

One of these days again
#programmingmemes

[Chris Dempsey @cdempc]

On a per-square-foot basis, the dense, walkable, transit-oriented, mixed-used neighborhoods of #Brookline pay much more in property taxes than the parts of town that are more automobile-oriented. #mapoli

[ZeroCarbonMA @EVs_Brookline]

And with that #BrooklineTownMeeting becomes the first MA muni to adopt the new #SpecializedStretch code.

An important step toward all-electric new building requirements.

Vote is 202-19. @MarkSandeen @TommyVitolo @cindycreem

Let's stop digging the hole deeper! @BrosForDecarb

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

https://t.co/sep3LPUNIq

[CNN Politics @CNNPolitics]

There are clear distinctions between the two classified documents cases involving President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump https://t.co/QmIE2flpov

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

Researchers just found that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7% of childhood asthma cases.

Recently I read dozens of studies about gas stoves and indoor air quality.

I also installed monitors in our home and ran my own tests.

Here's what I learned.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

"One of the great unacknowledged triumphs of our lifetime"

Since 1870, 61 great famines have killed over 100M (half in China, 25% in Europe & Russia, 10% in Africa)

Over the past 20 years, famines have become much less deadly thanks to international aid. https://t.co/Xi49U0aCYM

[Dave Porter @davecporter]

@harpaa01 @RebeccaSlatkin Beat me to it. Sounds like you've made a hell of a broth

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Today a spider was hanging from the ceiling, and my students noticed it but continued to take notes and pay attention to my presentation. That is how amazing I am at classroom management.

I’m kidding. It was absolute chaos. Students screamed, until I caught it.