Notices by Steve Silberman (stevesilberman@newsie.social), page 8

Freakshow #GOP sociopath Ron DeSantis is stacking Florida police departments with officers with known histories of excessive brutality - even murder. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/22/ron-desantis-police-relocation-violent-records?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When you and your family have been slaughtered with an assault rifle but the Republican governor of Texas wants to make a little #racist peepee on your grave. #GOP #politics #guns #crime

Caught in grotesque conflicts of interest by #AP investigation, Trump judge assisted New Orleans archdiocese in covering up sex abuse allegations. Our judicial system, including #SCOTUS, is now packed with this scum. The problem isn't drag queens, folks. https://apnews.com/article/catholic-church-sexual-abuse-clergy-saints-b2e411fed1907620b8b4137fde48c009

I wonder how many women will die in the next few decades because we didn't listen to Anita Hill? Thousands? More? [From 2010: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anita-hill-vs-clarence-thomas-the-backstory/]

#FoxNews Kremlin propagandist and professional liar #TuckerCarlson's whitewashing of violent 1/6 #GOP coup produced a wave of death threats against Democrats and Capitol Police.

THAT'S. HOW. FASCISM. WORKS.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/03/14/fox-news-tucker-carlson-jan-6-social-media-violence/11445250002/

Prominent #bigot Scott Adams, whose excruciatingly dull comic strip about office work was vintage '90s cringe, finally dropped from numerous papers after unhinged #racist rant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/

Because it would be considered a tad too blatant for prominent #GOP bigot #RonDeSantis to take a baseball bat down to a gay bar and go to town, instead he's using state power to punish #Disney for refusing to erase #LGBTQ+ people from existence. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-disney-district_n_63e7832ce4b07f036b9d478d

Remember all those frantic stories last year about how Walgreens in San Francisco were being routinely robbed, which contributed to the Fox News narrative about "Democrat-controlled" cities and the expensive recall of liberal SF supervisor @deanpreston? It was BS. https://popular.info/p/how-walgreens-manufactured-a-media

While McCarthy failing all these votes is schadenfreude gold, a tragedy is coming: A government utterly paralyzed by #MAGA dumbasses who don't know how to do anything but showboat for Fox News. #politics #GOP https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2023/1/4/23537063/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-debt-ceiling

I'm going to say something unfashionable: Stop shaming folks for seeking "reach" in social media, *particularly* if what they create is substantive and generally good for the world. I've been a freelancer almost all of my life. The advent of social media enabled writers like me to talk directly to interested readers and build communities. If you have a corporate gig, "reach" may seem like a frivolous luxury. For freelancers, it's a necessity - the only job security we have.

I'll just say it: I was a heavy #Twitter user, but Elon is a horrible rightwing buffoon so I've been migrating to both #Mastodon and #Post. Thus far, while there are lots of interesting people on Post, posting there feels like dropping links into a dry well. I get very little engagement, even when I use hashtags. I'm not even sure how to gauge engagement there. Mastodon feels more like a community. I know they're both evolving, but for those who are trying both, what are your feelings thus far?

"#Twitter has become a virtual simulation of authoritarian rule." https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/elon-musk-twitter-ban-censorship-17680044.php