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Meta questions the metaverse — $70 billion later: Years after Meta renamed itself for the metaverse, the company is reportedly rethinking the cash-burning boondoggle dlvr.it/TPdjVf
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My name is Diana Moreno. I’m a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer, and a proud democratic socialist with @nycdsa.
I’m running to replace @ZohranKMamdani in the Assembly in the upcoming special election to deliver on his affordability agenda and fight the rising tide of fascism.
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now that this is out, here’s a longer clip from the bridge yesterday. Maybe my favorite shot of my entire career, if i may be so bold.
Here’s our final message pulling it all together across an incredible year. From the entire video team, brilliantly directed & edited by @oliviaLbecker
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For years, I’ve seen journalists cover the “manosphere” as a random group of friends who show up on each other’s podcasts. Today, I and other reporters published a story firmly showing how these YouTubers boost each other and politicians while steering male culture to the right
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eric adams crossing out MLK for trump on his schedule is a little too on the nose
it’s called strategy bro. they learned it from sun tzu’s “the art of war”
2 months ago i barely managed to limit myself to an hour and a half of twitter a day, and last week i averaged only 5 minutes. bluesky isn’t perfect but it’s so much more active and compelling at this point!
i just don’t think we can really have a “violence is not the answer” civility conversation after more than a year of this being normalized. the context invalidates the whole premise.
Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in Strikes Across Gaza Strip, Including More Humanitarian Workers democracynow.org/2024/12/12/…
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Early this morning, an autonomous group of New Yorkers reclaimed an F train car, replacing ads with signage reading “A MAN WAS LYNCHED HERE” and Jordan Neely’s name, as a jury deliberates over whether to convict Daniel Penny, Neely’s killer, with his death last May.
As a reminder: the New York Times published a wave of extremely dubiously-reported stories that pushed right-wing transphobic fears into the mainstream, which paved the way for the political climate we're in now. Fuck that institution forever.
Can someone explain to me why the NYT wrote an article that made it seem like teen top surgeries are OUT OF CONTROL when they could only verify that 11 clinics in the whole country did them, meanwhile also noting
![“Experts say that adolescent top surgeries were less frequent than cosmetic breast procedures performed on [cis] teenagers…3200 breast implants and 4700 breast reductions in 2020, according to American Society of Plastic Surgeons”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdlmxfrXgAEXL4l.jpg?name=orig)
ALT “Experts say that adolescent top surgeries were less frequent than cosmetic breast procedures performed on [cis] teenagers…3200 breast implants and 4700 breast reductions in 2020, according to American Society of Plastic Surgeons”
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HAPPENING NOW ✊🏼 Workers and citizens in over 30 countries launch globally coordinated strikes and protests against @amazon to #MakeAmazonPay.
Watch and share the news 👇 and support them at makeamazonpay.com/
hideous behavior
#Israel is devastating south #Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure. Today it hit the main water facility in Tyre, which provides clean water to the area & is inside the @UNESCO world heritage site boundary designated to protect the city’s ancient Roman ruins. Tyre’s local chief was killed in the attack.