Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
The monster/human relationship in Monsters, Inc. is upended when it’s discovered that laughter produces more power than screams of fear.
It’s like the opposite of social media discovering that anger produces more engagement than cat pictures.
Imagine if social media discovered something *positive* that drove more engagement than anger?
Surely a coincidence this is increasing under the administration of a man who launched his political career by accusing the President of falsifying his natural-born citizenship.
It’s never been only about hardened criminals or “illegal immigration.” They’re deporting undocumented people w/no criminal record & legal immigrants w/past misdemeanors. They’re revoking naturalized citizenship & deporting natural-born citizens, claiming fraudulent birth certs.
They’re not even claiming the certs are forgeries. They’re real, official birth certificates. The claim is that the midwives or OBs put false information about which side of the border the baby was born on.
The people caught in this have lived their ENTIRE LIVES as US citizens.
Even if they’re not deported, this rejection of their citizenship status puts them in a legal limbo, and of course disenfranchises them from voting.
And you know how much the GOP loves to stop people from voting.
“The difference between an actual discussion (where we seek the right answer) and a political one is simple…”
Disney (yes, Disney) declares war on “overzealous copyright holders”
— via @BoingBoing
Editorial from @comicsbeat : Complaining about politics in entertainment when they’ve been intertwined for decades?
In Trump era, rare act of denaturalizing U.S. citizens gets a new focus
The current administration’s anti-immigration agenda has never been *only* about “illegal” immigration. They only say that because it’s easier to sell.
I find this baffling. I wish i found it surprising: For women on Twitch, disclosing their relationship status is a minefield
Health insurance for dummies: Why we cover pre-existing conditions
I thought I saw a smoke cloud in the distance. Weird how after a while you can tell the difference between wildfire smoke and flat cloud bank so easily.
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oc-fire-20180806-story.html
“No, President Trump, California Isn’t Diverting Its Water Supply Away From Wildfires”
If no one has ever survived the Fire Swamp, how did its oddly specific dangers become common knowledge?
Business and government are both artificial constructs we create to mediate interactions between *people*. When government prioritizes business over people, it’s missing the point.
A little perspective on “civility” from @TheOnion https://theonion.com/tips-for-staying-civil-while-debating-child-prisons-1827147411/
Locking families up together indefinitely in prison camps does not “solve” or “fix” family separation.
Step 1: Buy a company that offers “trust and safety as a service”
Step 2: Call their existing customers & tell them you’re shutting down the API in 30 minutes, even if they have multi year contracts.
Step 3: “Um, yeah, we could have handled that better…”
*punch* *punch* *punch*
“Hey, stop hitting me!”
“Oh, all right.”
*grinds heel into toes*
“Ouch! What the hell?”
“I did what you wanted, didn’t I? Quit whining and show some gratitude.”
*keeps grinding*
Every time Trump blames his political opponents for HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION’S POLICY of family separation, I picture Vizzini, holding Buttercup hostage with a knife to her throat, telling the man in black that “You’re killing her!”
This is blatantly villain “logic”.
Telling people to ignore/power through depression/anxiety/etc. is like telling them to ignore low battery alerts. Even if it works for a while, they’ll eventually crash. Workarounds are like battery saver mode: helpful, but not as good as fixing the app drain, battery or charger.