I still get a lot of news and unfiltered reading by means of RSS (the feeds) and Telegram messenger.
To get RSS feeds on desktop, the Thunderbird e-mail app and Vivaldi browser have a feed reader you can set up, or there are stand-alone apps. On mobile, there are apps, but I find many barely work.
Telegram is available for everything.
They keep me in the reading. Good ways to get things direct.
Direct e-mail subscriptions also good, but I get buried in that.
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I went to a social justice meeting a few years ago. The facilitator’s ice breaker was to go around the room and say what your favorite source of news was.
The first four people all said the same: “Rachel Maddow! She’s so refreshing and I like her take on things.”
For me, at that point, the meeting was over.
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I don’t remember the date, but it was when GWB was in office, so early 2000’s.
Downtown Greensboro, NC. In center is Cindy Sheehan. There was some event that day in the plaza, and she was one of the speakers.
I only found out minutes before, so I grabbed some out-of-date Fujifilm disposable camera. Nasty quality. I had a real camera at home but no film in it. A common problem. I hadn’t bought a real digital at that point.
She’s in the center. That’s as close as I wanted to get, but I did pass her beside West Market United Methodist Church. I said, “haaayy Cindy,” and she said “haaayy” back with same intonation.
If you post something that contradicts certain orthodoxies, the status quo flies of correction will descend upon you as if you were a drop of delicious honey. 🪰
I’m watching a honey-drippin’ thread right now.
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You never know who is behind these things, but…
Frankly, my dear, IDGAF
Some orgs unexpectedly dabbling in the political. Disappointing.
Mozilla Foundation (Firefox, Thunderbird) – promoting unlikely unproven Russian meddling in US elections.
Internet Archive – elevating The Lincoln Project.
Protonmail – meddling in Hong Kong by donating to orgs there that side with US government stances.
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You can’t trust very much. Sometimes things are, sometimes they ain’t.
A friend posted a pic of a huge empty area in Target claiming it evidence of crisis. It was the day after back-to-school and Target was switching it out to Halloween. I went by later and took pics of the rest of the store bursting with merchandise. gyaahd.
Friend claimed that shelves were barren store-wide. I pointed out that in the distance in their very own photos that the store looked heavily laden. Friend then claimed that store was nearly out of Keurigs. lol
I wanted to say, “what is up with you?” but decided it was better to let it go and just mock in secret on social media.
I had seldom seen a more beautifully stocked store.
“Today we celebrate a return to moral leadership and our nation’s commitment to welcome and generosity.”
This is part of the reason I’ve lost interest in NGO’s, especially ones that are BBB accredited and Charity Navigator approved.
CWS (Church World Service) is thrilled with this crumbs-from-the-table proposal. Nothing has even happened yet. Democrat vaporous proposals are quite common.
At least Haitians got a tacked-on sorry-sorry-sorry mention at the end.
Leading up to elections 2016 and 2020, every time somebody I knew said shit about my political party, I’d turn around and make a donation to that party. It got freakin’ expensive. 👍
Somebody’s washroom is breeding Bolsheviks again. 🧻🧼
And thar it was. Right out there on Greene Street. 😲
I’ve slapped things on traffic signal boxes before, but this one’s not mine.
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