Dem politicians are listening to political consultants when they should be listening to their constituents, and we need to tip that math in the other direction.
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The Abundance agenda is totally gaslit.
The Abundance Agenda really represents a bunch of people who want to hold their world together with the cheeks of their asses.
If you “agree with” any of MAHA you’re signing onto eugenics.
MAHA is a movement involving anti-vax eugenicist principles. Even if you can pick out one little part of it that sounds ok, do you really want to sign on to the stink of eugenics?
Netflix takes Sesame Street as spoils of the defunding of public broadcasting.
Good gravy don’t buy into the “privatization will save us from authoritarianism” narrative.
Pope Leo XIV throws down the gauntlet against AI hype.
At his first “working meeting”, the pope outlined his priorities to include defending “human dignity” against the threat of AI, citing the dehumanizing effects of the industrial revolution.
Don’t take public health prescriptions from repeatedly wrong Doctor Monica Gandhi.
Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 023
Is the Pope Marxist?
The bear poops in the woods and Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, lived in Peru a lot, and has spent a large part of his life ordained in Holy Orders, so we know he’s Catholic.
Poison pill in a pro-mask bill.
Anti mask ban legislation shouldn’t undermine the entire reason for the protection, and it definitely shouldn’t introduce random “Stop and Unmask” checkpoints by law enforcement.
Don’t fall for propaganda shaming people into inaction.
There are always people who will mock civic engagement, and you better believe that the opposition is the beneficiary when people get shamed into inaction.
Can we please end loser leftism and extol the public good?
Stop thinking “if only we could convince people” of something, that things would change. Just stop that. It’s not about explaining.
Many will be following the politics, not the science.
Many scientists, medical professionals, and public health leadership followed the politics when it came to masks in the pandemic, or vaccines, and even were swayed by right-wing advertising that targeted liberals. And all this will only get worse now that the federal purse in the US is held out for those who are willing to sell out patients and public health.
The information zombies of pandemic misinformation.
There are things that have stuck with people from the beginning of the pandemic when we didn’t know much, and science & clinical information on covid was new, but we need to move with the times.
People are not even talking about the same things and this is dangerous.
I don’t think most people realize that many times we think we’re talking about the same thing, but in fact, we’re not actually on the same page with the underlying premise or even basic facts.
Public health officials, advocates, and health workers need to be on guard.
The threats are real. We all need to demand from representatives in government and law enforcement officials that violence based on this wild anti-health campaign be prevented.
Don’t listen to bad advice on civic engagement.
If you want to engage in democracy, consider carefully about where you get advice.
Tiktok is dead, long live tiktok.
All the platforms with their black box manipulative algorithms are problematic.
The problem with going to social media for “information”.
Yes, this is something I hear about regularly, people saying how they’re relying on social media sources for “good information” and seeking it nowhere else.
Lots of stuff presented as “public health” is not.
Is it a product cult or MLM? Is it just some PR operation? Are they providing effective strategies and information or just wasting a lot of time? There may indeed be different paths and approaches that people want to take with things, but the problem is that it’s not always clear what you’re getting into […]
Radios are a good thing to have. Devices that require cell service are cell phones and are not the same as radios.
I keep seeing commercials for “rapid radios” where they are trying to pitch these “walkie talkie” type devices as radios that can reach across the country. This is misleading nonsense.
The same problems continue no matter the platform.
Is it a fresh start for you and me, or for engagement clout chasing influencers making money off our attention?