Posts by GWillow@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AUPEJeyt09xjVSkCRM by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-04-07T04:15:11Z
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(DIR) Post #AUgt27ZmC8UjD7rU4e by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-04-15T22:46:00Z
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An update on that "suck my tongue" story regarding the Dalai Lama--a great example of the way rage-click farming and propaganda (Tibetans are united in their conviction that China is behind the uproar) overlap.https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5854/tibetans-explain-what-suck-my-tongue-means-dalai-lama-viral-video
(DIR) Post #AUmkjKdfQkglZkgwLI by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T18:32:32Z
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My favorite mascara and my favorite lip balm were discontinued in the same month. I must have angered some malevolent spirit
(DIR) Post #AUpQ34810iqIb7KpIe by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T17:48:43Z
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It just keeps happening. It never stops. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1170823978/texas-cheerleaders-shot-car-parking-lot-practice
(DIR) Post #AUpQ3583I4SxhWMMzo by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T17:51:30Z
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We should replace "e pluribus unum" with "shoot first, ask questions later," which is a far more accurate assessment of our national character at this point. God almighty.
(DIR) Post #AUpQ35w2IERsCXkHuC by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-04-19T18:02:02Z
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I did what this poor cheerleader did a few years ago--I was waiting for an Uber on Capitol Hill in Seattle, a white Elantra. A white Elantra pulls over. I get in and say hi. Guy driving says, in the sweetest voice, "I'm not your Uber, hon."(This is why you should always check the license plate!) Anyway, he was apparently there to pick up his boyfriend from work. I got out, profusely apologetic, and then got into the correct white Elantra, which had just pulled up. Thank God I wasn't in Texas
(DIR) Post #AVS70MZjeDEcyejfoe by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:04:11Z
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Twitter somehow gets worse week by week--right now it is an unusable swamp of right wing conspiracy theory, wave after wave of racism (there is currently an "invasion" underway at the southern border that must be stopped by lethal force) crypto bros, and bots selling high-follower accounts. Amazing really.
(DIR) Post #AVS70NxsTw8nHp2T5M by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:17:40Z
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I've been play-testing absolutely every twitter "replacement" (including Bluesky) and the general vibe I get is this: most former power-users want something exactly like Twitter but w/o the nazis and grifters. Bluesky is attempting to start conversations about federation now and users are not having it. They want a centralized platform w/a clear and consistently enforced TOS. Federation remains a very hard sell to the average person.
(DIR) Post #AVS70PwB9DyDP8G8iO by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:21:17Z
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The vibe on Bluesky is classically leftist/socialist, so the bootstrappy libertarian message of federation (don't like the rules in this house? Go build your own house) is reaaaaallly rubbing people the wrong way. I'm glad those conversations are happening, frankly, bc that's an ideological barrier I don't think the apostles of federation anticipated.
(DIR) Post #AVS70TPiDsNQBb6GfI by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:45:30Z
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I am not taking sides, btw; I'm just sharing what I have observed anecdotally. I'm going to try to grab some (anonymized) screenshots from Bluesky to show you what I mean.
(DIR) Post #AVS70VqNBitJiraaUy by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:03:15Z
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A few examples:
(DIR) Post #AVS70YRJXLd3m0t7M8 by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:03:56Z
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(DIR) Post #AVS70bkvCu603h5Jpo by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:04:49Z
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(DIR) Post #AVS70f70jEY0T4RVBI by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:29:54Z
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Also, please, I beg you: do not respond to this thread with HOW IS FEDERATION LIBERTARIAN AND CENTRALIZATION SOCIALIST?? HUH?? HUH???? I do not speak for these people, I am nobody's therapist, I am not a political historian, I am just telling you what I personally have observed. I am not a customer service representative for Bluesky leftists.
(DIR) Post #AVu5NH7bgzQO3TzLo8 by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-22T05:14:25Z
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It's beginning to get annoying that so many people who've talked a big game about antifascism over the years refuse to leave a nazi bar platform bc it would be mildly injurious to their vibe
(DIR) Post #AVu5NIBBl9srKsfj1s by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-22T05:34:50Z
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When other options were limited, I understood. I was never one of the people who planned to flounce out just bc Elon bought the place. I've gotten jobs on Twitter! But when the guy who owns the platform is posting white supremacist memes, it's time to bail. especially when there are a plethora of other options now up and running. No job is worth your soul.
(DIR) Post #AW4QYCK7uel8ygUeJM by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-27T05:22:46Z
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So as you've probably heard, Disney (like many other streaming giants) is nuking a bunch of its content, so if you want to watch me make an ass of myself on the 616 documentary series (about the history of the Marvel universe) this is your last chance.
(DIR) Post #AWFma3atCbbx6G62Ay by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-06-01T16:08:30Z
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The GOP-stacked Supreme Court is coming after your right to strike.
(DIR) Post #AWYeyrl5EhX20CQEK0 by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-06-10T17:34:11Z
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This is it, this is the one
(DIR) Post #AXDu0nzTK4bNOhVwfo by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-06-30T15:59:48Z
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@glennf Gosh. I like your optimism.