Posts by jrm4@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AVYtvm8Bka6C3dLFQG by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-05-11T13:30:07Z
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@StillIRise1963 @Hey_Beth @MHowell @CStamp @andrewpazniewski @statmonkey I wish that was the nuance I saw.No, I have personally been labelled a Nazi, here, for staying on twitter for now because there are still lots of good (often black) folks there.
(DIR) Post #AVgaZJxRTQIuRbZeEa by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-05-14T13:35:17Z
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@supernovae black person here and THIS ALL DAY.I am *regularly* accused of "siding with Nazis" for still being on Twitter.These clowns don't understand that -- yes, I do encourage people to look elsewhere, but Twitter is still a *deeply* important part of black networking, whether casual or organizational.Then people have the nerve to condescend about it, as if WE'RE not the ones who are EXPERTS at navigating spaces owned by the bad guys. #blackmastodon #blacktwitter #mastodon
(DIR) Post #AYk5Crtjt7laFWygIy by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-08-15T03:27:21Z
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@simon Wow, working coders and engineers AREN'T? That's madness. I'm presently using it to *blaze* through my personal doofy todo list idea thing that I've always had in my head, and this is just in my free time between semesters...
(DIR) Post #AYnXcAomlY3BV3VmuO by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-08-09T15:27:48Z
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Shout out to the heroes here doing their damndest to make #blackmastodon as cool and funny as #blacktwitter. We aint there yet, but it's getting bettterLIFT EV'RY CHAIR AND SWING
(DIR) Post #AYrSoZdeaUC0odEpIO by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-08-18T16:08:14Z
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I like hillary clinton. I voted for herbut y'all need to STOP gaslighting people who weren't into a white lady who used to pal around with Trump, who literally said "all lives matter," who was so politically inept as to call people who might vote for her deplorable, who HAD NO TROUBLE IMPLYING OBAMAS assassination when it suited herAgain I would STILL absolutely take her as President. But she was *deeply* flawed in ways y'all can't just call "sexism"#blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol
(DIR) Post #AYtH3t2FwUxIBSCWAK by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-08-19T13:54:27Z
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@edgeoforever @Pineywoozle She was absolutely right. She did get the most popular votes. I voted for her, and I think she would have made a great President.That being said, I'm still not a fan of all this rosy-colored backward love. She had *deep* flaws. I don't talk about how Jesse Jackson was so smart either. Let's *move on*
(DIR) Post #AYzpaSTkGMpwlYWNI8 by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-08-22T17:25:44Z
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just OUTSTANDINGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBOdvZi9Ng8&t=1s#blackmastodon #blackfedi #hiphop
(DIR) Post #AZ7cxootcYGCZou1CK by jrm4@mastodon.social
2023-08-26T03:58:33Z
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if y'all don't stop (no seriously dont)https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1695260721255452823#uspol #blackmastodon #blackfedi
(DIR) Post #AjzRnK29oMK4g6ghto by jrm4@mastodon.social
2024-07-16T13:56:00Z
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@futurebird Sure. You gotta remember that this is *crazy* old. Like one logical argument for the historical popularity of Christianity is that it was a reaction to pretty much everything else at the time being "Sucks to be you?"Like, oh you're disabled, must be because God(s) hate you and you're bad.
(DIR) Post #Al1vHPII9OOmT2MrI0 by jrm4@mastodon.social
2024-08-16T16:27:47Z
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@futurebird @josh0 @Red_Shirt_no2 @elithebearded @redmp at the risk of killing the frog, i used to know math like this and i forgotcare to explain?
(DIR) Post #Aqsx5vDns1cpQ3sYd6 by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-02-07T17:31:57Z
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okayso here on Mastodon there is now a content warning for "potentially controversial takes?"I understand that Mastodon is still the best model and I've been telling people that for years now.But if this catches on here, I'm absolutely out, this place is FINISHED and not worth considering.This idea is quite literally worse than even anything Elon has done over at twitter.#mastodon #twitter #uspol
(DIR) Post #AwOoe2wAr7Kcx4Uoz2 by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-07-22T14:47:36Z
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You don't need to *agree* with Hakeem Jeffries being lukewarm on Mamdani; but you do need to understand where it's coming from.Because if you think it's because *Jeffries* is some kind of corrupt old school insider, you're an idiot. It's a complex game and behind the scenes maneuvering matters, like it or not.#uspol #blackmastodon #blackfedi
(DIR) Post #AwPdP3hynmtcf5T36u by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-07-23T03:33:38Z
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@wjmaggos @GhostOnTheHalfShell Jefferies is (likely) between a rock and a hard placeThe thing is folks, we presently have *no clue* how good Mamdani is at "the rest of the job" One can be popular in one space and still be mostly a loser elsewhere, e.g. Bernie Sanders (who I voted FOR in the primary for the record, but yeah)
(DIR) Post #AyT2I6apBgO5k6U6KW by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-09-22T14:40:48Z
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@wjmaggos I'd say it's worse than that; the main thing that makes this place suck and be not fun are all the vibes-not-policies server runners et all who do this all the time#mastodon #fediverse
(DIR) Post #Az4cTtOLgjLyt3iJ5E by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-10-10T17:47:52Z
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If you know me, you know I've always thought that leaving twitter was 1) an absolutely fine personal individual choice but also 2) NOT something you should *insist* others do because it was *possible* that the good of speaking with others etc might outweigh the badSaying this because in the past few days, the feed got REAL bad. Anyone else noticing this?#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia
(DIR) Post #Az4cfpbjaDkucrfRgW by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-10-10T17:52:51Z
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@wjmaggos Since Elon, I noticed a sort of gradual decline (as well as a boosting of non-essentials, like lots of kendrick/drake opinions) -- but no MAJOR shift in "ideology"But literally over the last few days -- a near 180 with a FLOOD of right-leaning (And oddly, "pro-Drake? lol) stuff
(DIR) Post #Az4cxRlOyQKtt4aaMS by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-10-10T17:54:16Z
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@wjmaggos (oh wait, I meant twitters feed, not here)
(DIR) Post #B1DbZOMNt1mIKuI5CK by jrm4@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T21:37:15Z
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@futurebird Only child here: Spouse has 3 siblings. We have 2 kids.I think I slightly *regret* deferring to the spouse on "MAKE SURE EVERYTHINGS EQUAL" ; I think it's a vicious cycle that I could have broken :)
(DIR) Post #B2UYetv7guqaY6vjWq by jrm4@mastodon.social
2026-01-20T23:41:14Z
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Again, I *want* this place, mastodon, to succeed.But right now, we gotta be real. Twitter is *the streets.* Bluesky and here are safe spaces and that's fine. But *us* being over there is still unfortunately probably important.#blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol
(DIR) Post #B2Y7G6SW12044EL8Xg by jrm4@mastodon.social
2026-01-22T16:58:29Z
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@wjmaggos I think "under his control" is carrying a lot of water there, in my experience. I don't think he's either smart nor powerful enough to render it unusable at this point.There is no "long-term" strategy that I think is *very likely or worth working very hard to* right now. Twitter is what it is -- Bluesky and mastodon are what they are. I hope they become more popular and I also get why they *dont*#socialmedia