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I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
From Beyond Fifty - 2023 study in 156 countries showed BOTH men & women live longer in countries w fewer gender inequities. US longevity among lowest in developed countries. Duh.
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“All the President’s Men” debuted in 1976. At 16, it made an enduring impression on me, as did Katherine Graham’s courage & leadership of the #WaPo for so many years.
Today I cancelled my subscription because of Jeff Bezo’s cowardice & lack of leadership.
#WaPoMeltDown
#Fascism
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Harris’s game changing proposal to allow Medicare to pay for at home heath aides for the elderly received almost no media coverage.
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Sure. that works when democracy is not at risk. Beginnng to hate the media. Their whole job has been compromised completely. Then add that 3 people OWN all the news and where is hope? So angry.
Here's Publisher/CEO Will Lewis's explanation to readers:
"We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates."
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Outrageous
Naval Academy disinvites historian @ruthbenghiat from a history department lecture under pressure from the Heritage Foundation--founders of Project 2025.
Intended lecture was what happens to militaries under authoritarian rule through history
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Is Mr. "Free Speech" I'll never violate my principles really deleting videos he doesn't like?
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/08/09/opini…
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Did you know that there are 520,000 elected offices in this country?
Did you know that men occupy 75% of those offices?
TODAY — join me and @shannonrwatts for the @EmergeAmerica Step Forward training for Democratic women that are interested in running for office.
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I'm joining the trend! I will donate to @KamalaHQ 's campaign: $0.25 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $2.00 for every follow! #Kamala2024 #hoboken #AnimalsLover #rabbit #NewJersey #dog #JoeBiden #Democrat
(1,870 followers at the start)
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Clarence Thomas accepted five times as many "gifts" than all the other supreme court justices combined
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Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon
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Nearly half of New York's newspapers have shut down since 2005. Albany must pass the Local Journalism Sustainability Act to save local news in our state!
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Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart
