DSmith_Tucson @DSmith_Tucson@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com

Here's the #inflation story you're expected to believe (advance warning: this story is entirely false): America gave the poors too much money during the lockdown and now the #economy is awash in #FreeMoney, which made those poors so rich that now they're refusing to work, which means the economy isn't making anything anymore. With all that extra money and all those missing workers, prices are skyrocketing.

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Every time someone complains about liberal media they're ignoring stories like this. Media is, in my experience, quite a conservative institution. Criticize the boss's friends, get fired.
https://apnews.com/article/twitter-inc-business-west-virginia-charleston-don-blankenship-9c16926c55e137ee7345e38f7fbf2ae9

Pima County hospitals seeing 'very high' number of beds filled as RSV, flu & COVID-19 still spread https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121422_pchd_covid_rsv/pima-county-hospitals-seeing-very-high-number-beds-filled-as-rsv-flu-covid-19-still-spread/
The continued spread of RSV, influenza and COVID-19 has caused an increase in the number of area hospital beds in use, the Pima County Health Department warned. People should wear masks and socially distance during holiday gatherings, and get vaccinated, officials said.
#Tucson #Arizona

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#Tucson #Arizona

Tucson Sentinel tapped for prestigious Global Investigative Journalism Network https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121322_sentinel_investigative_journalism/tucson-sentinel-tapped-prestigious-global-investigative-journalism-network/
The Tucson Sentinel is one of just nine journalism organizations around the world chosen as new members of the Global Investigative Journalism Network.
#Tucson #Arizona

From our political columnist, Joe Garofoli:

"#ElonMusk’s amplification of anti-trans memes and criticism of inclusive policies and practices puts him squarely with the far right on issues involving the #transgender community...

Some are concerned that his latest blasts could prop up discredited anti-trans politics at a time when they’re losing nationally."

Read more about how Musk is leaning into transphobia: https://bit.ly/3FOVIXl

Joaquin Castro? Colin Allred? Lina Hidalgo? Clay Jenkins? Can anyone gain a foothold in the #GOP-controlled state?

After investing everything in O'Rourke's candidacy, a party searches for future leadership.

A preview of our January/February 2023 issue, from #Politics Reporter Justin Miller:

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-beto-orourke/

#txlege #Democrats #Election2022 #Texas

"Lensa’s fetish for Asian women is so strong that I got female nudes and sexualized poses even when I directed the app to generate avatars of me as a male."

Brilliant story from Melissa Heikkilä at Technology Review about how portrait-making AI Lensa -- which uses stable diffusion -- created sexualized drawings when prompted with photos of the author, who is an Asian woman.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/12/1064751/the-viral-ai-avatar-app-lensa-undressed-me-without-my-consent/

If you want to know why #creators are still on #birdsite even knowing it’s a cesspool, ask Willie Sutton, the bank robber. When asked why he robbed banks, he replied “That’s where the money is.” Money aside, if you are a journalist or activist or academic or NASA trying to get a message out, birdsite is still where the eyeballs are. Let’s keep growing the Fediverse and they’ll come. It may take a while.

Fox News future in question as Rupert Murdoch heads to court in Dominion $1.6 billion lawsuit https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-dominion/

Future historians will write dissertations about the mass insanity of the early 21st Century.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-obama-wasnt-guarded-by-a-reptilian-secret-service-agent/

Sen. ChuckSchumer can put the PRESS Act in the Senate’s end of year package and be remembered as someone who cared about press freedom at a time when it's so massively under attack.

US residents need to contact their senators, pronto. This bill has already been passed in the House.

It may be the last chance for the foreseeable future to get this done.

https://freedom.press/news/urgent-tell-sen-schumer-to-pass-the-press-act-and-stop-the-government-from-spying-on-journalists/

Pima County finishes recount of ballots in Arizona AG, schools chief races https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120922_pima_recount/pima-county-finishes-recount-ballots-arizona-ag-schools-chief-races/
Pima County officials have completed their recount in the election for Arizona attorney general and superintendent of public instruction, sending the results of the review of nearly 400,000 ballots to the Secretary of State's Office on Friday.
#Tucson #Arizona

#MastodonOnTheMove Dec 9, 2022

@TexasObserver @TucsonSentinel @restofworld Create Mastodon Instances

We've entered a new stage in the evolution of Mastodon social media. Trailblazing media organizations are creating their own instances–something impossible on other social media platforms.

Recently publications like @RollingStone, @ProPublica and @sfgate established official accounts, now a few pioneers are taking the next step.

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#twittermigration #media #instance

I find this really interesting.

http://scripting.com/code/testing/itemviewer/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.social%2F%40davew.rss

That's my proposal for how a feed reader should work with a Mastodon feed.

I think it looks pretty good. Proof that you can have titleless posts in a traditional feed reader.