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@VeroniqueB99 this would be a more powerful graphic if it were factual. Cheeto’s first term was under unified government control, but he hadn’t had a chance to pack SCOTUS with his minions. G.W. Bush had unified government for more than half of his presidency. Another stint for Republicans in 1953-55. Then the topic of the meme: Republicans had a unified government starting in 1921 so while they did in fact have control preceding the Depression, it was not after only one year in power.

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@VeroniqueB99 this would be a more powerful graphic if it were factual. Cheeto’s first term was under unified government control, but he hadn’t had a chance to pack SCOTUS with his minions. G.W. Bush had unified government for more than half of his presidency. Another stint for Republicans in 1953-55. Then the topic of the meme: Republicans had a unified government starting in 1921 so while they did in fact have control preceding the Depression, it was not after only one year in power.

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@christianselig only during steam sales or from indie devs

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@christianselig only during steam sales or from indie devs

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@jacqueline my guess is they are actively sabotaging online forms to push people into their apps. Almost all of my recent troubles using a website in lieu of an app have had issues, though some websites are just bad.

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@jacqueline my guess is they are actively sabotaging online forms to push people into their apps. Almost all of my recent troubles using a website in lieu of an app have had issues, though some websites are just bad.

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@BasicAppleGuy

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@BasicAppleGuy

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Pop TV GIF by Schitt's Creek of David Rose saying “You and me BOTH!” with an expressive eyebrow raise.

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@BasicAppleGuy Hello, fellow TCGP enjoyer 👋🏻

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@BasicAppleGuy Hello, fellow TCGP enjoyer 👋🏻

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@BasicAppleGuy i don’t do 3D printing at all but that setup would be most like mine if i had a mac mini

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@BasicAppleGuy i don’t do 3D printing at all but that setup would be most like mine if i had a mac mini

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@exocomics it says 1 day left is 24th a typo?

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@exocomics it says 1 day left is 24th a typo?

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@rtw someone told me on here within the past year that Sony TVs have “Set up basic TV” mode you can choose after unboxing but i don’t know which specific models support this.

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@rtw someone told me on here within the past year that Sony TVs have “Set up basic TV” mode you can choose after unboxing but i don’t know which specific models support this.

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I deleted my Apple News app today. In this constant state of fear and clickbait I was filling myself with dread (and giving myself a lot of homework, verifying sources and double checking with other sites).

Today, the news media no longer has direct access to me, through my phone. If anything catastrophic happens, I will find out about it the same way humans always have - through other people.

The mainstream media aided and abetted unfettered lies of too many people for too long, for views and clicks. It was just capitalism being capitalism, but this time the price is democracy and I refuse to be an active party to an institution which no longer has any integrity.

The pivot at the end, to try and save face, was far too little, far too late. The media doesn’t get to make money hand over fist platforming a serial rapist who makes headlines for a decade and then at the buzzer say “lol oops he’s fascist [now] and bad for our country” the week of the election. They made this bed and now we all have to lie in it.

When all of your “news” is distilled through the uber-rich newspapers and television networks, sane-washed to avoid defamation, libel, and slander - is it actually news? Or is it just a watered-down live blog designed to keep people complacent and docile? Afraid for their lives always, for fear of stirring the pot, and losing everything. Just keep your head down and things will work out.

No longer.

Please don’t mistake my message. I know the idea of “fake news” as a propaganda term has gotten us to where we are today, and we are about to see if the promises to dismantle democracy and take America back a hundred years are fact or fiction. I am saying consume factual, independent media curated by people you trust. Use critical thinking. And always trust but verify.

Next, read books. Fiction, non-fiction – doesn’t matter. Widen your world views and expand your horizons. Visit fictitious utopias in your mind’s eye and watch oppressive post-apocalyptic dystopias crumble by the hands the resistance, written by independent creators who participate in a craft because it is a passion, not because it made them a billion dollars.

Movies and TV I will leave to you, but I would say ditch all the paid shit and give your library a visit. With a free library card, not only can you read for free to your heart’s content, but you can access independent streaming services for free, too, like Kanopy and Hoopla. They won’t have Despicable Me 8, but you may just learn something or support independent artists.

Most importantly, disconnect in all the ways you need to maintain your sanity. The world’s problems were not created overnight nor will they be solved in that same time. The road is arduous, but worthwhile. When we all recuperate we will become more powerful, collectively, because you cannot control a free mind.

I am signing off for a while, to protect my inner peace. Disappearing into a book or an old puzzle, maybe an backlogged video game. The horrors persist, but so do we. I don’t know who, if anyone, will see this, but if it helps at least one soul it will have been worth it. Take care of yourselves and your neighbors. We’re all we’ve got.

#resist #persist #riseup #live #fightback #reading #news #puzzle #hobby #media #resistance #disconnect #offline #mentalhealth #takingabreak #TootPause

p.s. I leave you with this very important, if long overdue clip from the complex mind that was Prince. take from it what you will.

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I deleted my Apple News app today. In this constant state of fear and clickbait I was filling myself with dread (and giving myself a lot of homework, verifying sources and double checking with other sites).

Today, the news media no longer has direct access to me, through my phone. If anything catastrophic happens, I will find out about it the same way humans always have - through other people.

The mainstream media aided and abetted unfettered lies of too many people for too long, for views and clicks. It was just capitalism being capitalism, but this time the price is democracy and I refuse to be an active party to an institution which no longer has any integrity.

The pivot at the end, to try and save face, was far too little, far too late. The media doesn’t get to make money hand over fist platforming a serial rapist who makes headlines for a decade and then at the buzzer say “lol oops he’s fascist [now] and bad for our country” the week of the election. They made this bed and now we all have to lie in it.

When all of your “news” is distilled through the uber-rich newspapers and television networks, sane-washed to avoid defamation, libel, and slander - is it actually news? Or is it just a watered-down live blog designed to keep people complacent and docile? Afraid for their lives always, for fear of stirring the pot, and losing everything. Just keep your head down and things will work out.

No longer.

Please don’t mistake my message. I know the idea of “fake news” as a propaganda term has gotten us to where we are today, and we are about to see if the promises to dismantle democracy and take America back a hundred years are fact or fiction. I am saying consume factual, independent media curated by people you trust. Use critical thinking. And always trust but verify.

Next, read books. Fiction, non-fiction – doesn’t matter. Widen your world views and expand your horizons. Visit fictitious utopias in your mind’s eye and watch oppressive post-apocalyptic dystopias crumble by the hands the resistance, written by independent creators who participate in a craft because it is a passion, not because it made them a billion dollars.

Movies and TV I will leave to you, but I would say ditch all the paid shit and give your library a visit. With a free library card, not only can you read for free to your heart’s content, but you can access independent streaming services for free, too, like Kanopy and Hoopla. They won’t have Despicable Me 8, but you may just learn something or support independent artists.

Most importantly, disconnect in all the ways you need to maintain your sanity. The world’s problems were not created overnight nor will they be solved in that same time. The road is arduous, but worthwhile. When we all recuperate we will become more powerful, collectively, because you cannot control a free mind.

I am signing off for a while, to protect my inner peace. Disappearing into a book or an old puzzle, maybe an backlogged video game. The horrors persist, but so do we. I don’t know who, if anyone, will see this, but if it helps at least one soul it will have been worth it. Take care of yourselves and your neighbors. We’re all we’ve got.

#resist #persist #riseup #live #fightback #reading #news #puzzle #hobby #media #resistance #disconnect #offline #mentalhealth #takingabreak #TootPause

p.s. I leave you with this very important, if long overdue clip from the complex mind that was Prince. take from it what you will.

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a 47-second clip of Prince Rogers Nelson in 1999, at a Yahoo! Music award ceremony delivering a powerful warning about the internet during his acceptance speech. 

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this feels a lot like the time i stayed up all night working on a group project and when i got to school, discovered that the rest of the group did nothing, so despite my best efforts, we still got a D.

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this feels a lot like the time i stayed up all night working on a group project and when i got to school, discovered that the rest of the group did nothing, so despite my best efforts, we still got a D.

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moving directly to the “find out” stage, okay cool.

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moving directly to the “find out” stage, okay cool.

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what you will learn this week in america is that third party candidates are still not viable and indeed will always be fucking spoilers for an election. thank russia and dark money for it next time you see them.

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what you will learn this week in america is that third party candidates are still not viable and indeed will always be fucking spoilers for an election. thank russia and dark money for it next time you see them.

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@samhenrigold use Clean Up to remove those signs and any other potential identifying information or just let wolf 2 prevail 😂

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@samhenrigold use Clean Up to remove those signs and any other potential identifying information or just let wolf 2 prevail 😂

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@BobC7000 #ALT4you
A 3-panel political meme. First panel: a photo of a young girl with the caption “Protect her.” Second panel: a photo of the Statue of Liberty with the caption “Protect her.” Third panel: a photo of Kamala Harris with the caption “Elect her.”

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@BobC7000 #ALT4you
A 3-panel political meme. First panel: a photo of a young girl with the caption “Protect her.” Second panel: a photo of the Statue of Liberty with the caption “Protect her.” Third panel: a photo of Kamala Harris with the caption “Elect her.”