DramatistDreamer

There are no easy ways, that’s the entire point. Twitter was very good at amplifying social justice issues but there were never any guarantees that it would last. And in the past few years, it was being amplified and used by the likes of the Saudis, Chinese, Russians and other repressive governments. There were ways that social justice groups communicated before Twitter and there will be ways again, regardless of what happens to Twitter. It’s sad to see what has happened to such a promising platform but that is why I never got fully attached to it. I could see the harassment, the doxxing, the misinformation and maybe that’s why I could never get too invested.

JMO but social media will splinter. It’s gonna be a long time before you see the type of mass gathering platform that draws various factions and political persuasions to the same platform. Many people have complained about Mastodon being decentralized and uninviting because it is not a big tent, comprehensive platform but that might be the more sensible way to be going forward. People control their own mini-platforms, where they set the rules and where those who can’t or won’t abide by those standards, won’t be allowed on, or allowed to stay. Minimizing trolling and all that antagonistic behavior. Also, there’s always message boards.

Resignations galore, which is why Musk had to close shop for the time being. https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-exodus-begins-musk-hardcore-014125819.html

Whoa, looks like “Twitter 2.0” is swarming Jimmy Fallon.

That news about Tulsi Scam-ard was released last week and when I saw the brief headline, I thought it was the least surprising thing I had heard in months. She was destined to land there. I just heard someone describe the state of Twitter as being like being in a burning Tesla where everyone is trapped inside.

Will the pundits and the media remember that there is an actual election, next month? A runoff in Georgia?

Stacey Abrams who was the best gubernatorial candidate in GA (D-GA, which the audio for the Daily Beast article hilariously pronounced “Dee-Gah”) but the long and short of it is that White people overall did not vote for her, period). That in 2022, there has never been a Black woman elected to the governorship is an indefensible disgrace, especially when there is such a over-reliance on us to “get out the vote” as well as organize. It’s the reason why Tish James abandoned her campaign for governor. Yes, she said she wanted to finish the job where the Trump civil case is concerned but let’s be real, Kathy Hochul, even in the early stages of the primaries process, was already out raising James and James knew the calculus. I wish people would stop beating around the bush about the fact that America has no problems being the beneficiaries of the toil of Black women but are downright reluctant to see us in positions of genuine power. It happens in corporate boardrooms, offices of professed liberal non-profits and organizations. My friends and I discuss this at length, how they, with more education and experience are often dismissed for top jobs, while unwittingly training an underling upstart who will eventually become their boss. Until I see some breakthroughs of a Black women in charge of a state, I will continue to believe this. Please prove me wrong. I sincerely mean this.

Trump called his wife ugly and he seemed to get over that in record time, he’ll be tucking his tail between his legs and finding the next person to grovel at soon enough. Of course, there is a school of thought that says that between this and the insults directed at his wife, he cares a lot more about this. On another note-

Most of Hilary’s best written scenes were pretty much during her exit storyline. MM is habitually and consistently underutilized on this show. Isn’t that pretty much JG’s M.O.? Remember the conclusion to the Lauren/Carmine affair storyline? It went totally off the rails because JG wanted a fast way to break up Lauren and Carmine, while making Lauren look like a victim. It was nuts!

Apparently, there is a Dave Wasserman is trending because there is parody account using his name and calling races? Twitter is an entire mess!

An example of how politics is local and local elections are significant. Votes and voters are important.

While I don’t consider myself a conspiracy theorist, I can understand why some would think the timing of the release of this information is suspicious. After the elections this news comes out? https://indianexpress.com/article/world/after-months-of-stubborn-inflation-glimmers-of-hope-emerge-8262745/

…but there’s also this Chris Hayes who thinks this is somehow funny af.

Ah, okay, I see. Still, the thread is there not just for that day but for anytime you want to post any Afro Brazilian cultural points of interest. Also, I would love to hear your perspective on the aftermath of elections and how you or people you know are being impacted. There’s the Politics thread too.

Oh wow, it’s BHM in Brazil? Happy BHM @Joseph! There is a Black Lives Matter thread in the Off Topic Lounge. Feel free to post any interesting videos or snippets there regarding BHM in Brazil, I would be interested in seeing them. My Portuguese is kind of dire (lol) but I may be able to understand a little.

Looks like Women’s tennis is one of the sports under consideration for streaming on Netflix. I don’t know how serious this is. https://archive.ph/XqROR

Not only have I been ignoring the polls, I have been systematically overlooking and ignoring, skipping and posts touting polls. Yesterday, I just quietly showed up and voted. Hand-wringing is a waste of what little energy I have to spare these days.

Yeah, that was probably the best storyline that Griffiths ever wrote on Y&R of what I have seen of his tenure (I have since stopped watching) but even that doesn’t say much because it could have been so much better even before it ultimately flopped toward the conclusion. The affair should have been grounded in Michael’s constant attention to his onetime number one client: Victor Newman. Remember when Victor had Michael running all over town and it had Lauren frustrated? That would have been the perfect time to introduce Carmine into Lauren’s world. Then, it wouldn’t have been just about sex and desire but a real need for companionship and someone who makes her feel wanted. Of course, Josh doesn’t seem to understand one solitary thing about a woman’s desire and I doubt he ever will.

So apparently Musk has restricted Kathy Griffin’s account after Griffin also used the Musk name in her profile. So now, he is into restricting accounts and unlike his previous remarks, comedy is not back on Twitter.

From the time the likes of AT&T, Time Warner, Verizon and Comcast were allowed to become Internet Service Providers, swallowing up smaller companies like Earthlink, hell, even AOL, things were always going to end up in this direction. Yes, these corporations shouldn’t be allowed to merge and acquire each other this way but they need to do more than this, there needs to be more competition, closer to the way it was when the World Wide Web first started to become available in people’s homes, with a rang of companies, small, medium and large companies. FCC needs to allow for community owned networks to operate, as well as ISPs owned and operated by municipal governments. I t’s just as problematic that the same companies that run the Internet are also the ones who produce the bulk of what flows through the internet. It’s like putting the poachers in charge of running the animal refuge reserves.

I’d be lying if I said that I cared about this match or this result.

It’s Valerie Bertinelli’s Twitter now. That’s not my opinion, it’s a fact.

Same. Just too young, too soon.

But why are they subtweeting LLB’s tweet? Don’t they know the Bells are no longer in charge? Why not go directly to the source? It seems like a massive waste of resources. I read that Michael Damian quipped that he is “no homewrecker”. I wonder if a fling between Danny and Christine had been proposed?

MG is the one actor on the show that Camryn truly had great chemistry with besides Robert Adamson (and we know why that would have never worked). Hm, I may have to break my Y&R fast, out of sheer curiosity. Are Danny and Phyllis chummy now? More importantly, what’s the relationship between Christine and Danny? I see Paul fans trying to advocate for his return to the show? Why?