beautiful beast

A woman everyday should be thanked. - Prince

[Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13]

What I had to say about AI in 2018, and pretty much what I say today.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Here's a media literacy rule of thumb: any time you hear about how the courts have done something outrageous and absurd to some poor, long-suffering, gigantic, wildly profitable corporation...*dig deeper*. 1/

[Barb Byrum @BarbByrum]

3 were eliminated for not submitting signatures by the filing deadline.
5 were disqualified from the ballot for submitting forged signatures (among other reasons).
1 of the remaining 5 was just arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6th insurrection.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Every American should watch this right now.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

The networks currently don't want the remaining #Jan6Justice hearings to be in primetime.

I disagree wholeheartedly. They should all be in primetime.

Retweet if you agree.

Cc: @ABC @NBCNews @CBSNews @PBS @NPR @CNN @MSNBC #Jan6Justice

[Lexi Mainland @lexim]

If you want to take tangible action tonight, email the man who has the power to cancel the NRA event in Houston this weekend. His name is David Mincberg. He’s a Democrat. He’s chairman of the board that owns the convention center hosting the NRA: [email protected] 1/2

[Jose Martinez-Diaz @josefmtz]

this paragraph is brutal. we truly are in an “emperor has no clothes” point in history

[Lindsey Simmons @Lynz_Simmons]

A thread on things related to January 6th that you might have missed when Alito's draft opinion was mysteriously leaked to the press.

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[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

This served as a valuable lesson for me on:

Diverse loops matter not just for diverse candidates: but to see how candidates respond to people not like them

Some more advice on hiring diverse teams: https://t.co/1AnWoQqtDe

[becca moore @becccamoore]

while we were eating, he showed me pictures of his family and I realized his daughter is currently a high schooler struggling through chemo. he saved me in an emergency that day so i want to help him. I made him a gofundme!! please share / donate!! https://t.co/LYlf7nEiH4

[Tessa Davis @TessaRDavis]

Of all the meeting platforms we've used over the last 2 years, Zoom is the one I love most.

Most of us think we know Zoom inside out.

But we don't.

Here are 7 Zoom hacks you probably haven't heard of, but you'll be glad you now know.

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[beautiful beast @luciriot]

@MarshaBlackburn Read the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and use a dictionary bc you are failing at the basics. #liberty

[Emily Porter, M.D. @dremilyportermd]

100 countries have OTC birth control pills. The United States is not one of them. How are we even debating Roe v Wade when women do not have ubiquitous access to effective contraception since we also do not have universal healthcare and 50% of American pregnancies are unplanned?

[beautiful beast @luciriot]

Every weekend should be a 3 day weekend. Let the ruling class WAIT #mood #NoTelephoneToHeaven #machete #MichelleCliff

[Kali Holloway | @kaliholloway at bsky dot social @kalihollowayftw]

In 1912, the Bruces bought land and opened a resort for Black beachgoers.

In 1924, the land was stolen by the city.

Now, Bruce's Beach is finally being returned to their descendants — the first case of black land reparations.

Wrote about it: https://t.co/WU2sIn946q

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

I cry for South America—Paraguay, Suriname, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil & Peru are suffering a silent decimation by #COVID19 unlike anywhere else. Even in 7th-placed Peru, deaths per million is 9.12–more than 3x India. Countless families lost. 😢
https://t.co/hQcU2U46in

[Kolleen @littlewhitty]

In Texas, Lake Highlands High School valedictorian, Paxton Smith, switched out her approved speech to talk about abortion rights.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

LAW AND ORDER! *

*except when it comes to a neutral, bipartisan investigation into the most serious attack on our government since the Civil War in which several members of the GOP including the former president are implicated, in which case we support obstruction and complicity

[The Nation @thenation]

The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant https://t.co/MoeIazKqAW