Richard Bond

Software Engineer. I make things for a living. he/him. Opinions are my own. Please join me on Threads and talk to me about books.

[Richard Bond @ribond]

This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.

Join 🧵🧵

[Richard Bond @ribond]

Huh, looks like you can find scalzi and everything else you want to read over on Threads.
Not really much need for this actual dumpster fire of a website.
Bye.

[Richard Bond @ribond]

Huh, looks like you can find scalzi and everything else you want to read over on Threads.
Not really much need for this actual dumpster fire of a website.
Bye.

[The Emancipator @the_emancipator]

America locks up more people than any other country in the world. When all agency is taken away, sometimes the only freedom prisoners have left is found in the pages of a book. This week, three incarcerated writers help us understand the urgency of fighting book bans in prisons.

[DC Books to Prisons @B2Pdc]

Did you know prisons ban books for format, condition, content, size, quantity, and source? Help us send books to the incarcerated. Through October, donations purchased through our Politics and Prose wishlist will be matched! https://t.co/1NKIRSQTkH

[Shaun Scott 🌹🤝 @eyesonthestorm]

Kevin Stuckey wasn’t perfect, but he was committed to putting a good faith face on Seattle PD. SPOG voted him out for Solan, then sent more cops to the coup on Jan 6th than any other municipal police force in the U.S.

The police have made their position on police reform clear.

[PubliColaNews @PubliColaNews]

“Write a Check for $11,000. She Was 26, She Had Limited Value.” SPD Officer Jokes with Police Union Leader About Killing of Pedestrian by Fellow Cop

https://t.co/JcIzpj2WrJ

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

It will never make sense to me

[Richard Bond @ribond]

Florida now rejecting the "idea" of reading books (in prison). Absolutely amazing.

[Books to Prisoners (Seattle) @B2PSeattle]

After 50 years of providing books to incarcerated people, we thought we'd seen every flavor of censorship. This FL prison decided to prove us wrong 🙃

"Return to sender: this idea is being rejected by assistant warden of the facility."

Folks, we genuinely couldn't make this up.

[Richard Bond @ribond]

I just tune in to Twitter now to see people on Twitter making fun of Twitter.

[jordan @JordanUhl]

Don't cry because it's over.

Smile because it happened.

🕊️

[Books to Prisoners (Seattle) @B2PSeattle]

Continue the celebration of 50 years of solidarity with a Books to Prisoners picnic this weekend! We hope you can join us at Volunteer Park in Seattle for food and fun. Bring snacks and blankets/chairs. 1 pm on Sunday, July 30. Meet at E. Highland Drive by the wading pool.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

This past May, country star Jason Aldean released a new song called “Try That in a Small Town,” which has lyrics that are—there’s really no nice way to say this—corny as hell.

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[Truthout @truthout]

As book bans sweep the US, incarcerated people face the worst censorship.
https://t.co/e524kgkaYK

[Richard Bond @ribond]

@devangt @elonmusk Not always a good thing Mr Thakkar. :)

[Richard Bond @ribond]

@devangt @elonmusk I want him to stop before he goes any farther into crazy territory - he is already sharing white supremacist views and anti-vax talking points. He is far into conspiracy theory land and I think he must not have anyone around him to talk him off of ledges.

[Richard Bond @ribond]

Cops do not make us safer

[PubliColaNews @PubliColaNews]

Video Confirms that Officer Was Going 74 MPH, Did Not Have Siren Running When He Struck Pedestrian

https://t.co/4DdKLJbbxd

[Michael Kramer & Kate Reading @Kramer_Reading]

@MacmillanAudio @MacmillanUSA @B2PSeattle @CivilRights @WheelOfTimes @WotTVSeries @rafejudkins
In shock. The Great Hunt has been rejected as a prison book donation by the DOJ Prison Bureau. Please help reinstate this book. @MacmillanUSA needs to dispute.

[Richard Bond @ribond]

So Twitter *was* adequate but is now declining rapidly
Threads is inadequate, but might improve.
Mastodon is still too irritating to sign up for.
All the other little apps seem to be run by loons.
Huh.
Gonna go watch everyone go make sewing puns on threads for a bit.