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A brief thread to get to know me better.

A 140 character bio feels inadequate, and I’ve seen some folks do pinned spouts or threads to introduce themselves to newer folks, so I thought I’d give it a try. The goal is to outline in a bit more detail the things that make me who I am. Here goes:
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For folks who say that accusations of racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, or ableism are tools to silence dissent, please consider that they might just be tools to silence racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism. Sometimes things are simple.
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Yes. When people reply, it is because you said something that made an impression. When they reply negatively, it is because it made a negative impression. When they reply loudly and negatively, it is because they think you’re being a real dipshit. None of those things are silencing you.
Isa-Lee Wolf @IsaLeeWolf
"Open discussion" doesn't mean you get to say something bigoted or ridiculous and not get pushback.
02:36 PM - Dec 05, 2023
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It’s a heartbreaking thing when your child lies to you for the first time. I put on Conga! by Miami Sound Machine and my daughter looked me straight in the eye and said she didn’t want to listen because it “wasn’t peppy enough.” 💔
09:15 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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All I know is that I caught myself starting to dislike Alan Rickman, one of the nicest people, in real life because of what he did to Emma Thompson
Amy Osterholm @AmyOsterholm
Do you love Love Actually or hate it? Why? I want to hear from you.
12:41 PM - Dec 05, 2023
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I called the spout in the pic ableist and Char had this question. Char (who is awesome) agreed I could use her questions as a jumping off point for a thread.

The problem with the post in the pic is that it's flat out ableism not ableist language.

Why's that?
Char @Charmed_Im_Sure
I'm on board with avoiding ableist language, but I'm unclear this time. Is it 'senility' that is objectionable?

In terms of possible cognitive decline, he legitimately seems to be more confused than usual, lately. I'm wondering if he has something going on cognitively beyond his typical nonsense.
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I’m finding today’s #DailyPictureTheme irresistible after seeing so many great pics of people with their spouses, partners, and pets. Here is an amazingly grainy photo with me and my #Partner in crime, shortly after we started dating 30-ish years ago.
10:29 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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Sweet, now the app shows a red dot with a 4 in it instead of a red dot with 1 in it. 😎
08:58 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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Why is this a thing? There must be dozens of Goose Morning gifs and pics. It’s not even a clever joke.
Goose ✅ @Goose
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G loriously grumpy
O pulently grumpy
O ddly grumpy
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Is this the world you want??
Dave Plus Coffee (he/him) @davepluscoffee
Yes, but as we've previously established, I'm deliciously off-beat 👍
04:42 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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Based on the number of times I’ve accidentally cut myself in the last 2 weeks, I think my survival to this point has been almost exclusively because I’m usually too lazy to sharpen my knives.
04:29 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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I need a job where just showing up every day and not participating in an open insurrection is enough to have people talking about a promotion.
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Don't fall for the okie doke about Liz Cheney. You can't be for democracy but vote against expanding voting rights.

You can't be for anti-semitism then vote against a bill that expands protections. And so on.

Don't be fooled. And don't allow the sanitizing to fool you either.
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Back when we were still on the bird, people were saying that Cheney risked her career by being on the Jan. 6 committee (ie, just doing her damn job), and I repeated that she risked nothing. Like anyone in the GOP, and considering that she learned politics at her father’s knee…
Thurgood Du Bois @GodzChild4Eva
Liz Cheney being on Rachel Maddow's show and denouncing Trump doesn't change who she is.

MSM has a tendency to help sanitize people who caused harm to 🇺🇸 for ratings.

She's voted with Trump 90%+ of the time. She was a Republican scumbag then and she still is. #Spoutible
10:14 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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Self-assessment of interactions with other people

Incident: Colleague complained about pulling a muscle stretching

What did you do right? Expressed sympathy

What can you do better? Wait until they leave before singing Rubberband Man
12:13 AM - Dec 05, 2023
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The stuff drug companies are allowed to get away with here is absurd. My favorite is that they can’t advertise drugs for specific conditions without listing all of the side effects, but listing side effects drives down sales. So what they did they do instead? (short thread to follow)
aaron @beec4240
American drug commercials are bonkers

Actual question: is there THAT big of a demand for repigmentation drugs/medicated ointments to warrant a Morgan Freeman narrated commercial during Monday Night Football?

Drug commercials were outlawed here for a long time so they are weird to me
11:09 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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I appreciate the brand consistency between this and your username
justanotherpam @justanotherpam
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09:02 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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You can just add letters. My full name is Goostopher, for all you people know.
Connie Love @ConnieAz
There is no g in my name or I would have said goofy 🤣
09:37 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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It’s a heartbreaking thing when your child lies to you for the first time. I put on Conga! by Miami Sound Machine and my daughter looked me straight in the eye and said she didn’t want to listen because it “wasn’t peppy enough.” 💔
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It’s condescending and unproductive to resort to defining racism or misogyny or anti-Semitism or other -isms and -phobias to tell people they aren’t victims of them. But it would be nice if the people doing it at least cracked open a dictionary first.
07:33 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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lol, the AI summary describes this thread as me introducing myself “on Twitter.”

GIF: Maxwell Smart holds his thumb and forefinger close together and says “Missed it by that much.”
Goose ✅ @Goose
A brief thread to get to know me better.

A 140 character bio feels inadequate, and I’ve seen some folks do pinned spouts or threads to introduce themselves to newer folks, so I thought I’d give it a try. The goal is to outline in a bit more detail the things that make me who I am. Here goes:
11:42 AM - Dec 04, 2023
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thread 2 Threaded Spouts
A brief thread to get to know me better.

A 140 character bio feels inadequate, and I’ve seen some folks do pinned spouts or threads to introduce themselves to newer folks, so I thought I’d give it a try. The goal is to outline in a bit more detail the things that make me who I am. Here goes:
11:42 AM - Dec 04, 2023
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My recommendation: just grow up and vote like someone whose life might be directly affected by the outcome of the election.
Professor Kyle @blackcatprose
Saw someone urge left-progressives to vote for Biden while voting progressive down ballot. Maybe you can do that if you're 100% sure a liberal will win. But if there's ANY doubt, it's vital to vote for the Dem./liberal candidate who will beat the R–if you care about equality & justice, that is.
12:49 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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I feel seen
Myles Higgins @Myles_Away
If I know my geese & I suspect I do, I'm betting you've made more than 11,000.

You're basically a 💩factory with feathers!
12:43 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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In my entire life so far, I’ve said maybe 11,000 things. How has @Myles_Away spouted 12,000?
12:40 PM - Dec 04, 2023
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Its a slur.
I'm Black, and everyday there's this type of silly ass bullshit😡
Sneaky Burrito @sneakyburrito
I am reminded of the time I came across a blog post from a small company defending the retention of the word "g*psy" in their company name despite it being considered a racial slur. The company owner said she asked her Black friend if it was OK and the Black friend didn't have a problem w/it.

SMH.
11:18 AM - Dec 04, 2023
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thread 2 Threaded Spouts
A brief thread to get to know me better.

A 140 character bio feels inadequate, and I’ve seen some folks do pinned spouts or threads to introduce themselves to newer folks, so I thought I’d give it a try. The goal is to outline in a bit more detail the things that make me who I am. Here goes:
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If I had a nickel for every time someone blocked me for not letting them have the last word in an argument they started with me in my replies, I’d… well I’d have like 15 cents, but the point is don’t do that.
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Ok.. so, I've been kicking this idea around in my head for a very long time.
It's mostly empty space, so I had plenty of room.

I wanted to talk about the idea of passing culture and how damaging it is to trans people.
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Yes. The cap is regressive. We could impose Soc Sec tax on investment income of the highest-income taxpayers. Fully funding Soc Sec without benefit cuts requires increasing revenues by only .6% of GDP. I’d like to see targets benefit increases too, but that’s probably not the first fight to have.
Democracy!Equality! Equity!Compassion! @DemocracyEquality
The easiest first step is to get rid of the cap on earnings for SS deductions. Have everyone pay on ALL their income, and the fund goes back up. Seriously, it was at $147K for years, and will only go to $160K next year. PFFT!
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