So does #maga believe that the man who stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square deserved to die because he was trying to block the government from doing its job? He was protesting actions he felt should be illegal. So was #reneegood.

#maga claims he shot her to save his and others' lives. This might make sense if it stopped the car as I've now heard some of them claim, but that's obviously not true. And of course if she had wanted to hit him, she wouldn't have waited till he had passed at least most of the way in front of […]

Unpopular opinion: We’ve let autoplay kill the art of music discovery In our latest @drownedinsound pod, Kelly Lee Owens argues that human curation - the kind you only get from DJs and record shop counters - is the only thing that actually has long-term value. Are we losing the ability to find […]

TIL (actually yesterday) that the host of #jeopardy #kenjennings is a #berniebros and hates #trump. That's what happens when you know lots of stuff. AFAICT

I'm seeing people trying to shut down the #gofundme for the asshole who killed #reneegood. While I'm fully against giving him anything, I am also against trying to prevent others from doing so. These kinds of efforts have successfully targeted things I supported in the past. It sucks that we […]

Vocal critics of the Silicon Valley ideology and the venture capital business model who are not on the fedi are suspect. #socialweb

Saying they are focusing on the western hemisphere is just PR to try to placate antiwar #maga folks. They are not pulling back from other imperialistic commitments around the globe. All the bases will remain open. The ships are sailing everywhere. The weapon sales continue and the Pentagon […]

We are in this fucked up moment because we gave the guy who loves playing to our base instincts, the greatest tool to do exactly that. The tabloid king + the social media algo Good government requires the people to strive to follow our better angels. To think of the public interest. To not try […]

Decentralized text, audio and video needs some way to get attention. That's what the early web gave us but we still relied on TV etc to know what sites existed etc. Even what to search for. Social media fixed that but became the new gatekeepers. Decentralized social media displaces them. The […]

The #goldenglobes are interesting in that they are very expansive in celebrating a variety of media. I kinda want it to eventually be a day long celebration of all media, all decentralized. Broadcast via #owncast. No limits.

That #ufc shit was embarrassing. #goldenglobes

#trump capping #creditcard interest rates would be great.

Astonishing documentary movie about what power is capable of and what journalism can do to liberate. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes; free to stream on Netflix. More than worth your time. Please watch. https://www.netflix.com/title/82145211

The #ChicagoBears are playing the #larams. #nfl

I can't get over how clutch Caleb and Rome were on this 4th down play late in the game.

"Don't protest or interfere cause we won't just have you arrested and let the courts decide who was right as the law demands, we'll just fucking kill you." Hello 1776 2A fanboys, where the fuck are you?

They're gonna tell you the #forkiverse is a community but if you really want that, start a #matrix server. Every fedi server is less a place than a portal to a shared space nobody controls and whose culture is only what most of the people hanging out there decide. Your choice of portal is […]

I know many loved early Twitter because you could reply like this to famous people. It was fun but also considered a good form of protest when applied to powerful figures. Necessary discourse. But couldn't this also be considered harassment? Something a new […] [Original post on liberal.city]

Keeping our electeds from violating the law are not supposed to require that enough of them are members of the other party. End the duopoly. #RankedChoiceVoting

Algo social is like alcohol and our society is a bunch of alcoholics. Instead of embracing fedi, people will come up with a billion other "solutions" to avoid switching.

😅😅😅😅 #chicago #dabears #beardown #chicagobears

Still doesn't feel real. #ChicagoBears #nfl

#NFL In keeping with the manner of the rest of the game, the last play was a complete mess. Chicago won the 2nd Half 28-6 (25-6 in the 4th Quarter). Final: Green Bay 27 - 31 Chicago.

Chicago has the mandate of heaven

Stay at #soldierfield forever! #ChicagoBears #nfl

Holy shit! The Chicago Bears pull it off again and advance in the play offs. Improbable, but crazy possible. Not the greatest team but they never quit. #chicagobears #chicago #nfl

Somebody wake up da Pope! #ChicagoBears #nfl

#BearDown #ChicagoBears #nfl

Dudes with 2A tattoos can join the ladies pushing back on #ice police state tactics any day now.

Israel and Right Wing Jewish Groups Waste No Time Gunning for Mamdani https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/01/02/israel-and-right-wing-jewish-groups-waste-no-time-gunning-for-mamdani/ via @wallabagapp

The lies that the administration and #maga are now telling about the killing of #reneegood are exactly why people like her feel the need to show up at #ice raids and film it.

Not sure I fully agree with this but I do think there's something built into male biology that immediately demands we try to establish a "decent ranking" in social situations. We can work to reject it but it's always there. Strength, attractiveness, wealth and […] [Original post on liberal.city]

Again for the benifit of the new people here's the thing with the fediverse, you're going to have to put in a little more work to curate your experience. However the payoff is that you're going to get much better, more authentic engagement from real people. I've had a presence on all the […]

Honestly, so much of the anger (not all but much of it) directed at the NYT should go to the editorial side who direct the coverage, the placement, the attention, and the terrible headlines. Yet they get to hide while they put the reporters out front to get yelled at.

It’s funny how in 2022 they claimed that Mastodon as a whole was CSAM social media because of a few nazi servers managed by two scumbags. Now they don't seem to see the irony in X and Grok, a massive platform with half a billion users. #x #twitter #socialmedia

Drivers would be a lot more careful if they got shot every time they failed to stop for pedestrians at a crosswalk. Is that the world #maga wants? #reneegood

Bears game today. Beat the Packers! 🐻 ⬇️

Viktor and I just spoke about bringing back the #ccmusic listening party. I absolutely do not have time to do this every week. We need to have enough folks that can show up and record to make this happen. Is anyone besides Viktor interested in doing this? As always, please boost.

#ccmusic track that hit 27 on the Modern Rock chart in the US: https://toadthewetsprocket.bandcamp.com/track/come-back-down join us at http://meet.jit.si/ccmusic

The only businesses that #maga wants to regulate are those that get government contracts.

I think the #forkiverse is proving that all we need for fedi to win is for people with reach (from writing for the NYT etc) to embrace it. It's great tech with great people, we just need more of them. We just need more people that other people want to follow. It's not difficult. #socialweb

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@kevin/115869204684126213 The #searchengine podcast created a #mastodon instance to learn about the fediverse and are getting that new user bump.

First track: Title: To the Woods Artist: Yusuke Tsutsumi Join us at http://meet.jit.si/ccmusic

"Social media" should mean that we the public decides what text, audio and video gets attention. Being decentralized ensures nobody has more say over that than they earned by having lots of people wanting to follow them. No platforms allowing more attention to be given to anyone by the owner's […]

Our vision is crystal clear: social spaces should belong to the people, forever. 🏡💙 No ads, no manipulative algorithms, no hidden agendas: a platform governed by and for its community. Support Mastodon. Keep the internet in the hands of the people: Donate […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Just going to note that while I get angry messages from Elon fans on a pretty regular basis, they never comment on how I look. The level of misogyny facing women reporters is insane.

He's wearing a pin of himself that he calls #happytrump. Everybody knows what all of #maga would call any other person who did this. What is it that prevents his supporters from treating him like they do everybody else? It's mind-blowing.

Social media is about building an audience. Social networking is about building community. The norms and tech cannot overlap 100%. Doing it decentralized ensures self determination. #socialweb

He probably has PTSD from Iraq. We're such a broken country Try to have empathy for everyone.. #USpol