Getting Back into the Swing of Things with Some Twittervism
I tried posting some Twittervism last night but ended up posting the following on social media: TFW when you spent an hour or so working on something, copy & paste, delete the original text from document then re-save it, then find out a few hours later that the pasting didn't take. . .well I guess I get to do it all again tomorrow! Yay. MIke Pence is 100% the monster that freaks out when a cute dog's keen senses reveal his infernal nature https://t.co/1BCF5uZAOA When is Blue Planet 2 coming to Netflix? I WANT IT NOW! https://t.co/gJgLoaqXjG (the discussion about BP2 starts somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 way through, even though the [45] stuff beforehand is good, too) Hey Illinois Folks! Ameya Pawar may not have successfully become governor of the state, but through 1IL, he's hoping to help bring Illinoisan's together in unity. It's a worthy cause to me, how about you? Check it out & maybe even pledge to the Kickstarter https://t.co/LjHUAkz6xL "Nearly 60% of voting-eligible Americans did not vote in our last midterm elections, and whopping 35% of those people said that scheduling conflicts with work or school kept them from #voting." https://t.co/MXm3g2dBSY [Not surprising, but we have to remain vigilant.] Hey y'all 18+ Illinoisians, get your vote out by tomorrow. You can even register ON THE VERY SAME DAY!!! You help shape your village/town/city, county, state, and nation/country. #IllinoisPrimary2018 #Election2018 So when do our ISPs start selling our browsing history to Cambridge Analytica? I voted three days ago. I will celebrate by watching robots fight dinosaurs tonight. Live results, Illinois Voters. Probably nothing there until 7. We can all bite our nails together! Though per this article, only 1/3 of Chicago/Cook County registered voters turned out to the primaries? https://t.co/elwbHUkCWV Heh, been catching up on Presidential history since Kennedy. In many respects, the Bush,'s Clinton, and Obama Election feel like the calm in a storm while everything around it is crazy. https://t.co/ZiTz9ZOrYF [Do our own brains contribute to the Social Media data scandal stuff going on? Are some of us programmed to trust Social Media without discrimination too much?] Is the term "mentally ill" to US Conservatives a form of othering other conservatives willing to act out violently, cause a lot of harm, and doing it on their own initiative but using the same belief system to do it? Sadly it's not about the fetuses to these people. It's their perception that someone might potentially be engaging in sex because of desire (or to exert power) rather than reproduction. I don't understand, but they don't really care about fetus. [45]'s Presidential agenda, neo-mercantilist: Break the will of other countries so he can break into their markets with hotels and his name once he leaves office. https://t.co/DETpXpbzoe Good point. Others might buy into their BS. I'm biased, 'm trying to figure it out, but I wish we had good tearing apart of their underlying argument. I mean, people tear it apart, but the tearing apart is based on liberal ideology using THEIR words, not an actual undercutting. In other words, conservatives see people who don't have money or power, don't want money or power, and/or don't have the "character" to accumulate money and power as subhuman. but social conservatives have nothing against using subhumans to accumulate money and power for themselves. If I didn't acknowledge the fragility of ALL humanity, this greed of social conservatives would make me think of them as subhuman (though I fear I might, anyway). If anything, directed toward fellow white males (since I'm sure non-white people already realize), an academic essay arguing that racism is not anomalous in history & philosophy, but has been normal human behavior. Essay is called Kant's Untermenschen. https://t.co/IS2datYEBC Great idea. . .but can't even enact gun control legislation, no way to repeal 2nd Amendment. Needs approved by Congress/President then 3/4 states have to pass. Constitutional Convention another way, BUT Far Right wants to take away good liberties by rewriting whole Constitution. This really makes you wonder how the GOP will react if Trump loses in 2020 https://t.co/gMmxSSMu2m As I familiarize myself with history, philosophy, social sciences, & the US Constitution/Declaration of Independence, written by and for rich white men, I'm.shocked but not surprised by the US situation right now. Yeh, that's been the problem of welfare reform back in he '90s (which I have the feeling unemployment may have been umbrellaed under). Block grants to states can create some really weird results. We need good national standards & real marketable skills & knowledge taught. Cambridge Analytica is disturbing? implications of this article relevant to citizens and documented immigrants, esp part about logical jumps taken & requests for information that feel like they go beyond the jurisdiction of ICE. And a lot of this is information that we give away! [Useful privacy settings I had already executed but in the wake of things now, good to be aware.] You had questions about your Facebook data. I have answers https://t.co/IkvPB41Vga Sign my petition to protect the Mueller investigation - John K. Delaney for President https://t.co/5QwajSSkVw My latest for [45] vs China: He needs to open China markets to US mercantilist/neoliberal investment/companies to get the aimed for growth that we'll get sick of, so that we can avoid the future debt from the tax cuts. Does he really think China will open markets to him? Hahaha! Controversial opinion of the night: I might not like term limits, but I like campaign finance limits for all candidates. My problem with term limits: Person in power for that last term will feel free to do whatever the hell they want. Disgusting. . . https://t.co/eYW4F8P9g8 Why [45] is screwed either way with issuing or not issuing pardons in the Russia investigation. I never thought of a pardon and 5th Amendment combo as a way to protect the American people! https://t.co/hdTA2riatt For lifetime seats on the federal bench, Trump continues to choose extreme, narrow-minded elitists who have spent their careers seeking to limit the rights of women, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQ community, and more. #courtsmatter #TrumpJudges pic.twitter.com/yzD8Pa9meu Seriously, with all the mention of Soul Cycle through the while article, it's like the author was just aiming for a certain demographic. . .was that intentional or did they really think there is some type of monolithic stereotype that embodies liberal & is strongly anti-[45]? Uncanny Magazine is a finalist for the Best Semiprozine Hugo Award, & Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas are finalists for the Best Editor- Short Form Hugo Award! YAY TEAM UNCANNY! We are all so very honored. https://t.co/VOitN6tZts pic.twitter.com/E1aRlV77f9 So per this BBC podcast, it looks like [45] is positioning US against China by positioning the US toward India. The actual relevant stuff is about 3/4 of the way through. I would cue it up, but that has gotten really difficult. https://t.co/GzLwcAmMNB [Interesting, esp this takeaway: Dem voters agree on econ but not social issues while Rep voters agree on social issues but not econ. Makes sense.] If the Sinclair-Tribune merger is approved, one company would be able to dictate TV content to 72% of American households. Simply put, a merger like this could fundamentally reshape the competitive broadcast landscape. The DOJ and FCC have an obligation to closely scrutinize it. https://t.co/AkdvuUnMRX So. . .conservatives in the US feel persecuted because their intolerance isn't being tolerated & requesting them to be tolerant & acknowledge social reality is macro aggression? They embody age-old problem of how far do welcoming people go. Personally, I think cons want too much. Let fund social security through social media: Personal Data Taxes! @PreetBharara Are campaigns & candidates for US public office subject to Constitution/Bill of Rights like Federal/State governments? If so, did Cambridge Analytica, in the name of some campaigns, violate the 4th Amendment? An independent judiciary is a critical check on government abuse and overreach. Congress must block this attack on the rule of law. https://t.co/6HG4H1nNqh I will now call Mnuchin Secretary Obvious. It doesn't surprise me considering the reasons. The GOP pretty much used up what was putting positivity in the market at the end of 2017. Personally, I made the mistake of thinking this would all happen last year and missed out on the ups of 2017. Isn't the first rule of being a criminal is not to tattle. . .unless they're all out to get you and tattling is the only way to save your ass? On this day in 1959, physicist Lise Meitner — who discovered nuclear fission, but was excluded from the Nobel Prize for her own discovery — delivered her only direct remarks on what it was like to be a woman in a millennia-old boys' club https://t.co/ZkXb6AnzIg pic.twitter.com/xWfhiaReQz .@GeorgeWill says "there’s no good reason to stop felons from voting" in Florida and across the country. What's the reason Republicans fight to keep former felons from voting? Because a high percentage of them are African American. https://t.co/g2zHxISA26 Hey look! A 30-year Harvard study that shows that black boys born with the same exact economic advantages of white boys have a much higher chance of being poor when they become an adult man while white boys have a good chance of growing up rich. https://t.co/XTgtk8iSZW But wouldn't Dickens have been a perfect fictional serial blogger or comic book writer? Weren't most of his writers pretty much compiled & bound serials he wrote in the papers or something. . .similar to comic books and graphic novels these days? Pleas to look at each other as human to fight prejudice & bigotry, true as the plea may be, feels hollow like thoughts & prayers for victims of gun violence. We need more practical & compassionate action & influence. (Admittedly, I don't have answers, but I am looking.) [Because of REASONS, I'm really cutting at consrervative intolerance & crying about but being tolerated. Note the material of this link was written soon after 2016 Election.] So the Senate interrogating Zuckerberg pretty much reenacted every time a GenXer/Millennial gets to show Baby Boomers and older how to use a computer. Did they discuss the "series of tubes"? https://t.co/RubinIseEF So while Tweeting about getting aggressive in Syria & telling Russia to watch out for bombing, [45] also signed an Executive Order to make welfare stricter and more inefficient. https://t.co/rmwQRp79xa Reading book about how humans dehumanize. Of course it duscusses Nazi Germany dehumanizing Jews. It quotes Nazis talking about views that they were resolving polarization in the human race. My fellow dudes: if you ever find yourself replying to a woman's tweet and think to yourself, hehe this is funny she'll know I'm just ironically teasing her - do yourself (and her) a favor and hit Cancel Delete. [I hope there are swarms of lawsuits & criminal charges waiting for [45] when he gets out office, whether it's next year, in 2 years, or in 6 years. Pls not 6 yrs.] At today’s #THUD #appropriations hearing, @USDOT @SecElaineChao tried to convince me that in most cases, federal loans for #transportation projects that are paid back by local funds don’t count as the local cost share for much-needed #infrastructure projects. She is wrong. [Good article arguing for need to collect data & the actual difficult basis of self defense argument.] The Rule of Law can only get us so far (and I believe it's a good distance), but it doesn't take us far enough. We have to learn how to actualize the Rule of Love. Any ideas? I'm back on MySpace, suckas! I have a pretty good handle on self-controlling data, so I figured I'd go ALL OUT! Find me by looking up The_Lex, screwjaw, or my e-mail, if you know that. Not 100% sure of my user name. . .. Let's see what kind of trouble I can start! #MySpace “When I straightened up my back so oppressors could no longer ride upon it, some of the same people said I was arrogant...what they call arrogant, I call confidence. What they call argumentative, I categorize as articulate. What they label temperamental, I cite as human.” pic.twitter.com/xwgnTgww8U That feels to abstract to me. I agree, but what does investing in our communities mean these days? What are our communities? Who is in our communities? Is it geographic communities? Is it online communities? Is it our found families? Are our communities too insular? I also don't like focusing too much on investing/building community because social & physical science both agree that there are factors that lead to in & out groups & the hostility between the two. Physical science: https://t.co/dQwRvlwl6a My projects lately is trying to figure out how to defuse the xenophobic bigotry response & how the expansion of a "sense of common humanity" has occurred successfully because it seems to go against science, but history shows it happens! I don't agree 100% with this woman, but learn from the mistake that taught her the hard way. If you victimize someone, don't seek them out to apologize & to feel better. They don't want to hear it. Apologize by working to make the world better. https://t.co/jhle3O2Eq8 Self-proclaimed allies: You MUST speak up. You cannot ignore that “one family member” or assume this all ended when your greatgrandpa died. You cannot be silent at work and assume “HR will handle it.” You cannot be silent in public spaces and assume “the police will handle it.” "The power to “show, not tell” stemmed from the writing for an audience that shared so many assumptions with them that the audience would feel that those settings and stories were 'universal'." https://t.co/QuyXlEi3fi In other words, the whole thing needs much more deep driving attention that just prejuduce is bad and people just need to stop. Admittedly, I also don't believe marginalized people have responsibility to show compassion or confront if they don't want to. But knowing what faculties contribute to prejudice, especially if those faculties are important to developing sophisticated thought, will hopefully play a big part in addressing prejudice. BLACKFISH CITY hits stores tomorrow! Some easy awesome stuff you can do to support: The only thing shocking to me about the racism of @Starbucks employees is how shocked people are by it. My latest investigation for @ILNewsroom is out today: https://t.co/z8sal6J6ac Look at this data viz. This is how much the Illinois Department of Corrections has spent on books in prisons since 2000. Last year they spent less than $300. https://t.co/e40nwrnMyU via @tableaupublic Illinois Could Become 2nd State To Require Teaching Of LGBTQ History. @WBEZmorning https://t.co/D05Y9wIs77 pic.twitter.com/SweZ9anT42 I listen to a lot of podcasts from all over the place. This is a public radio podcast in Wyoming, and it actually does some interesting coverage & can provide some good perspective for people in urban areas and the East. One discussed fos fuels h hunters! https://t.co/JgaAjIwIa2 The story of [45]: belligerent lawyers who coerce, cajole, and have no problem working in the underbelly of civilization to create a bubble of rich white privilege that is now the spoiled brat President.https://t.co/ENCbfZw3EQ Wondering where to submit that SFF novella? https://t.co/WySARlNV58 is opening for unsolicited submissions on May 1st! GO FOR IT WRITERS! (psst, marginalized writer folk, this means you, DO THE THING!!!) https://t.co/9AlihYlqDt Apparently a radio host was able to forecast the housing crisis of 2008 through the wisdom of listening to academics & the grapevine of 1986.https://t.co/PEbRjTY9To Oh! Now I understand where the [45] administration is coming from with their accusations of the Deep State. They're basing it in that book of circumstances written by Bannon and Peter Schweizer, Clinton Cash. It's nice to know that those in power don't understand causation. I think [45] makes sense if you think of him as a Dixiecrat with Neoconservative tendencies when push comes to shove. Conservatives also hurt their validity by being so contrary to fact, rationality, science, and just good sense & by peddling and amplifying the most fake news. How much has/had the "immediacy" of mass media, consumer technology like cameras/smart phones, & social media led to an increase in compassion and action for social justice and civil liberties? Though I wonder if something like "United and Welcoming in Diversity" would be better wording. Another phrasing edit: "United in Embracing Diversity" .@BarackObama: “By bearing witness to carnage, by asking tough questions and demanding real answers, the Parkland students are shaking us out of our complacency” #TIME100 https://t.co/LYe1trmpPv i made this! and @letamericavote retweeted it! yay students being involved in the political decisions that affect their lives! https://t.co/8SffSVU1Ap James Shaw tackled Waffle House gunman, disarmed him, and threw the rifle over the counter https://t.co/W8s43YmuRu I am so very weary of being told my calling out #racism is "divisive" and "how we got here." I've always wondered: do libraries pay more or less for a book than someone buying the book as a consumer? In my opinion, they should because more people can potentially benefit. At same time, I don't why higher cost to keep books out of hands who can't afford on their own. I have already received tweets from (white) folks with basically "we didn't do it, we are not guilty of racism." Want to know if and when you're data/passwords has been breached online? I have been at least 4 times in the last 6 years. Type in your password here: https://t.co/TADuEPtBHJ [This is disgusting and should anger everyone.] Shutdown of Texas schools probe shows Trump administration pullback on civil rights | The Texas Tribune https://t.co/Ypi8a5VJD2 Really interesting episode about norm engineering & how argumentation doesn't necessarily change peoples' views. https://t.co/umzEMOedI3 @planetmoney Re: The Indicator 3/29/2018. This could be the reason for reduction in disability, audits of facilities for disability, prob fueled by ACA. Also, ACA may have encouraged induviduals to work instead of being disabled b/c can get insurance. https://t.co/LscBwaIc9D @planetmoney Re: The Indicator episode 3/29/2018 Decline of Disability is not much of a mystery. Probably more of DHS/SSI clamping down on benefits & disqualifying people from disability. https://t.co/LscBwaIc9D @planetmoney Then there's this 2014 study that highlighted that a lot of SSI/Medicare disability recupients were addicted to painkillers, so again, clamping down on disabilities by government probably plays a big part. https://t.co/wceW9Af7zH I thought they published that article like a year ago? Here's the old one. https://t.co/HjMTP5Xb6E Going to read the new one too see if see difference. So. . .pretty much same conclusion plus policymakers & politicians have no idea how to calm white men the f down? How. . .expected and depressing. So apparently the recent increase of "Democrats need to focus on the White Working Class" in the mediasphere these days comes from this Pew Research study https://t.co/tGpeJfiMH5. I've run into at least one push for "appease the WWC!" My opinion hasn't changed. Is it me or is [45] more of a political extorter than a deal maker? To Iran: "Except our terms or things will get worse for you. We can help keep things status quo, but you have to accept our terms." An explanation for the rise of Fascism in Nazi Germany was the forces Democracy and Socialism/Communism didn't have answers for social & economic woes. I'm starting to see despair of Americans of all sorts not getting answers from our leaders. I'm trying. How about you? Any idea? The new lynching memorial and museum forces us to bear witness to our whole American truth: https://t.co/2BV2gkjbOB pic.twitter.com/pLOkdoh3Dx The first of my spotlighted unpublished authors will appear in my Newsletter on Friday. Still looking for creators of colour/LGBTQ+ to feature. If that's you, and you're unpublished, have a go. Sign up here: https://t.co/iZcoDqQdoZ pic.twitter.com/elBSQIFGVU No, Sugar Isn’t the New Heroin https://t.co/IaweWyxEjv aka please stop with the 'sugar addiction' hyperbole - via @kdaigletherapy I imagine there's some comfort in imagining a future without racism and projecting that onto the present. Thinking if we just deny the truth, it doesn't exist. If history is erased, we don't have to deal with its consequences. However... Take some time today to put the Bill Cosby verdict in context: Like the many women who made accusations against Cosby, most victims of rape or sexual assault – 78% – know their assailants.https://t.co/wxFW9fMvT2 Our plan is to bring 2 semi's of water to Flint every single month through the end of August. #FlintWaterCrisis https://t.co/qVrA5qzPaq
It took some time to just stream the Twittervism last night, so I'll just start then get it done:
FEMA Strips Mention of ‘Climate Change’ From Its Strategic Plan https://t.co/HTIwmTZZ04
Chicago Tribune Election Center https://t.co/mVPj32Srl1
People who post every intimate detail on Facebook 'are hardwired to do so' | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/qcleDsWTqd
Studies: Democratic politicians represent middle-class voters. GOP politicians don’t. - Vox https://t.co/kYPwAFE6SB
And now I know who [45] reminds me of: all those Joe Pesci characters he played in those '90s gangster movies.
Mnuchin says there's 'potential for a trade war' with China https://t.co/9qSZDyVwmA
So You Think Liberals Aren’t Tolerant? – Matthew Krajewski – Medium https://t.co/aJBE6RFJXk
The media these days likes to point out polarization & its bad! We need to handle better.
Michael Cohen FBI raid: one theory on why Trump’s lawyer is under investigation - Vox https://t.co/s4INb0Yiwd
How Often Do People Use Guns In Self-Defense? : NPR https://t.co/amYaeXOHJT
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* Use hashtag #BlackfishCity
Y'all have no idea how many hurdles black people have to jump over just to get through a day.
And this starts so young. So much of our lives are stolen due to racism
No, fellow white people, you voting Trump/Trump proxy got us here.
Calling out racism is NOT worse than racism.
Don't. Do. It.
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