Posts by jrefior@hachyderm.io
(DIR) Post #AWkLXpLbgppWLAQ4kS by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-06-16T09:50:22Z
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Pew Research Center survey of Americans who have used #Twitter in the past year:60% have taken a break from it in the past year69% of women users67% of black users25% say they're not at all likely to be on the platform in a year30% of women users35% of Dem/lean Dem women"Republican men stand out as the most likely to say they will use the platform a year from now (51%)"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/17/majority-of-us-twitter-users-say-theyve-taken-a-break-from-the-platform-in-the-past-year/--#pew #SocialMedia #women #uspolitics
(DIR) Post #AWl1MBwm2I8X1zwF2e by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-06-16T18:34:40Z
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“The #DOJ issued a withering critique of #Minneapolis #police, alleging that they systematically discriminated against racial minorities, often violated #ConstitutionalRights and disregarded the #safety of people in custody.“Police ‘used dangerous techniques and weapons against people who committed at most a petty offense and sometimes no offense at all,’ the report said. Officers ‘used force to punish people who made officers angry or criticized the police.’”https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-investigation-19d384c2d90b186b627f9d8cf1d5be2e
(DIR) Post #AWl1MCnwqaffguohvM by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-06-16T18:35:46Z
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The #DOJ finds that the #Minneapolis Police Department (#MPD):⚖️ Uses excessive force, including unjustified deadly force and unreasonable use of tasers;⚖️ Unlawfully discriminates against Black people and Native American people in its enforcement activities, including the use of force following stops;⚖️ Violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech; and⚖️ Along with the city, discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to calls for assistance.
(DIR) Post #AWp5rmqc4Dfcu1DYWG by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-06-18T11:16:14Z
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When you hear the claim (probably already have, are likely to again) that other people had classified docs and weren't indicted, therefore #Trump is being unfairly targeted, remember that 1) everyone else "cooperated with federal officials once documents were discovered in their possession. Trump, according to the 37-count indictment filed in federal court in Miami, ignored a federal subpoena and tried to deceive the #DOJ about what he had"https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-2024-presidential-election-voters-classified-documents-f4f37eb5122160bc82bff4e7d4e657d3--#uspolitics #Republicans
(DIR) Post #AWp5rps8ozfwHcxJom by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-06-18T11:20:57Z
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And 2) nothing bad that happens to this man will be unfair or undeserved. He's earned every cent of punishment, and cannot possibly be punished enough in his remaining life for #justice to be achieved--#jan6 #pandemic #demagogue #killer #liar #obamacare #pollution #SCOTUS #roe
(DIR) Post #AYA3nJZiUdVm84wKa8 by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-07-28T13:48:40Z
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List of speakers at NAACP convention in Boston, going on nowhttps://naacp.org/convention/speakersIncludes VP Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton--#NAACP #Boston #BLM #NAACPConvention
(DIR) Post #AYQPncmr95c21IMchk by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-08-05T11:45:54Z
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@lauren Aren’t these attackers almost always outside the US, usually in Russia? And isn’t the Russian state happy to have them there as long as they attack targets in enemy countries, like the US?If cryptocurrency had no market value (it should have negative value to reflect the cost to society), they would have no motive, because it would be nearly impossible to get paid
(DIR) Post #AZsaFUOu5tlHVwligS by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-09-18T02:09:57Z
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Why are cops using force to stop a high school band from continuing to play at the end of a football game?So much for freedom in #Alabama"police were trying to clear the stadium after the game and asked both bands to stop playing so people wouldn’t linger."Police say the director disregarded officers and told his students to keep playing."They arrested and tasered him.https://apnews.com/article/alabama-birmingham-band-director-tased-arrested-d5700475e63b76272caa5fd64d641cd2--#wth #police #birmingham
(DIR) Post #AbgGrA6AhgHmQwOPdA by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-11-11T00:56:21Z
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@clive Definitely worth tracking.But depending on which day in May he started, some indexes are up 20% since then too, e.g. Nasdaq is up 21% from open May 25, 2022 to open today
(DIR) Post #AbmK83862wyQkyeUgS by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-11-13T22:55:53Z
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"A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald’s. But it’s already facing significant pushback from businesses and some members of Congress."https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/new-federal-rule-could-allow-millions-of-workers-to-more-easily-unionize-at-big-companies—#unions #franchise #NLRB #workers
(DIR) Post #AbmK89PggSbsFGvcw4 by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-11-13T22:56:13Z
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"the rule could widen the number of companies that must participate in labor negotiations alongside their franchisees or independent contractors. For example, it might require Burger King to bargain with workers even though most of its U.S. restaurants are owned by franchisees. Or it could require Amazon to negotiate with delivery drivers who are employed by independent contractors."
(DIR) Post #AcHeNZvyvRbRG61e3E by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-11-28T18:21:05Z
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The US covid variant chronology is really somethinghttps://biobot.io/data/—#covid #biobot #data #chronology
(DIR) Post #Ad1vHPCjVXWCRslDkW by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-12-21T04:09:03Z
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This woman is a hero."Nearly 3 years ago, a young professional in the nation's capital was sitting in her apartment after the #Jan6 attack and saw that the FBI was looking for help identifying the #rioters who stormed the #Capitol. So she opened the Bumble dating app, changed her political beliefs to conservative and got to swiping."Her strategy was to say, 'Wow, crazy, tell me more,' on repeat until guys gave her enough to send their information to the FBI."https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-nabbed-bumble-dating-app-sting-pleads-guilty-assaulting-o-rcna130593
(DIR) Post #AdKuXNGNPYAoabLqlc by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2023-12-30T04:17:21Z
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"Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion #privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the incognito mode in its #Chrome browser to track their internet use."The class-action lawsuit said #Google misled users into believing that it wouldn’t track their internet activities while using #incognito mode. Google’s #advertising technologies and other techniques continued to catalog details of users’ site visits and activities"https://apnews.com/article/google-incognito-mode-tracking-lawsuit-settlement-8b30c9397f678bc4c546ab84191f7a9d
(DIR) Post #AdaafNY1LbU3EbVE1o by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2024-01-07T02:55:07Z
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@stefano In my work experience, the amount wasted is massive.
(DIR) Post #AhgWy0WOG3GUIoN6Po by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2024-05-08T14:56:04Z
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"Leaders of the slaveholding South called the Declaration [of Independence] 'a most pernicious falsehood.' South Carolina’s John C. Calhoun called the very idea of equal rights a 'false doctrine.'.."The influential 'second' Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish as well as anti-Black, which was why, unlike the original Klan, it flourished outside the South.. Christian nationalism has been a powerful force throughout America’s history"https://wapo.st/3QonhLY—#GiftArticle
(DIR) Post #AhgWy1WmW5AjQJYvfE by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2024-05-08T15:09:25Z
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"He [Trump] made his debut as presidential aspirant on an unabashed white supremacist platform, championing the birther conspiracy that America’s first Black president was not in fact an American. Riding that issue alone, he catapulted to the front of the Republican pack.."Whether his debut as a white supremacist was opportunism or sprang from conviction hardly matters.. white supremacy has been his calling card, and white nationalists have become the core of his movement"—#uspol
(DIR) Post #Ai5MbvYrsQbzxUMTOi by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2024-05-06T11:22:32Z
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@ai6yr And the publication date isn't April 1. Huh.
(DIR) Post #AkFtMnYhpuDDfvPbKi by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2024-07-24T12:20:19Z
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@futurebird “If former president Donald Trump is elected for a second term, he and his advisers promise to remove from the U.S., via forced expulsions and deportation camps, as many as 20 million people—a number larger than the country’s current estimated population of undocumented residents. Put into effect, this scheme would devolve quickly into a vast 21st-century version of concentration camps”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-massive-deportation-plan-echoes-concentration-camp-history/
(DIR) Post #AkRPNTHe2SJqM2M6mO by jrefior@hachyderm.io
2024-07-29T22:08:01Z
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@KimCrayton1 That is stunning. I'm sorry you're subjected to this stuff.I guess it's another part of privilege that I almost never see things like that in my notifications. I get the occasional "hate" reply to something I said, but it's rare, and it doesn't seem like the same thing