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LaureM

@LaureM@federate.social

I work in tech and biotech, living on the West Coast US, originally from Chicago. Interested in and experienced with digital platforms. My dogs like blackberries.

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JosephMenn, to random

Free actual news: https://wapo.st/3rBg6XU

LaureM,
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@JosephMenn #elonmusk #disinformation #misinformation #x #Twitter

LaureM,
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@JosephMenn this is a good piece, recommend putting the title and excerpt in text. Maybe use some hashtags. Needed for this platform.

donni, to random
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Very disorienting when the world is scarier than my internal anxiety

LaureM,
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@donni I’m not usually that anxious but was a bit this week and just now listening to a news podcast from early Friday from a major news org on Ukraine with no mention of the last 48 hours is surreal. It’s been shocking but we’re adjusting to what’s happened, essentially in the past. At least that’s how I calm myself.

SocraticEthics, to Ukraine
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=0YBaOL8SElc&si=XvQ1bCiR8ysDtasG
⚠️🇮🇱Israeli government, military criticised over failure to anticipate Hamas attack (FRANCE 24 English News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #IDF #Mastodon #Israel #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #EndMusk
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024 #Netanyahu

LaureM,
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@SocraticEthics you’re not helping Ukraine with these posts in fact I’d wager you are really pro Russia

ErikJonker, to random Dutch
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#Israel has every right to attack Gaza, but even if a ground offensive in #Gaza succeeds in destroying #Hamas , 2 million civilians remain, what are the plans for them , they won't disappear also there is a good chance they won't be sympathetic towards their occupier🤔
Also a ground operation will be extremely bloody...

LaureM,
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@ErikJonker you’re getting way ahead of yourself here. Securing the border and air defense and the like are the first order not mass occupation etc.

LaureM,
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@ErikJonker there will be a definite need to try and rescue people and ferret out hamas but beyond that there’s no point in conjecture

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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The fediverse is def no pre-musk twitter because it's damn near impossible to find on the ground accounts regarding what's going on in Israel/Palestine.

LaureM,
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@BlackAzizAnansi For solid information, I would not l trust any platform at this point. #Harretz, #bbc, #cnn are publishing amazing pieces like this one from #CNN geolocating videos: Festivalgoers, children, soldiers: What we know about the Israeli hostages taken by #Hamas
#israel

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/08/europe/israel-hostages-hamas-what-we-know-intl/index.html#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20attendees%20at%20the,captors%2C%20social%20media%20videos%20showed.

gedeonm, (edited ) to random
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Old timey Seinfeld. Stuff like this is about the only thing generative AI is good for.

LaureM,
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@gedeonm @joshuaiz idk, it’s pretty crap

evacide, to random
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I appreciate that infosec Twitter moved pretty effectively over to Mastodon, but woo boy is this not the place to go when I want useful updates when a war breaks out.

LaureM,
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@evacide we need trusted global #journalists who swarm all over these crises. They just aren’t on #mastodon in large numbers.

annaleen, to random
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FACTS. CHECK THEM. WHEN YOU SEE A FACT, CHECK IT.

LaureM,
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@annaleen thank you

QasimRashid, to random
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I stand by what I've long said. Attacks on civilians are never justified. Hamas terrorist attacks, which have killed 200 Israeli civilians, are condemnable, inexcusable, and horrific. My deepest condolences to the loved ones of those lost.

Furthermore, Hamas is not Palestine. Israel's attacks, which have killed 230 Palestinian civilians, are condemnable, inexcusable, & horrific. Israel now cutting off electricity to 2M+ Gazan civilians is collective punishment & violates international law.

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LaureM,
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@QasimRashid @SKleefeld so #hamas is allowed its military strategy and Israel is not. If #Israel is trying to end this conflict asap then would military actions to do so be justified? Jumping to the term collective punishment is not right here. Israel has every right to try and end the strikes asap. Collective punishment is not apt here and now. It’s just a phrase from a different context. No I don’t trust the judgement of #netanyahu but hamas has thrust Palestinians into this crisis, not Israel

DarthPutinKGB, (edited ) to random
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What should I hope to get for my birthday?

LaureM,
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@DarthPutinKGB maybe a golden pistol? Putin’s 71st birthday ‘could be his LAST’ as sickly tyrant may ‘end it all with golden pistol’ https://youtu.be/bJnPGb_I6MQ?si=CLQyTldsOkNOTTOa

anneapplebaum, to random
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On a fake "newsletter," printed by a fake foundation, offering false information, paid for by Polish taxpayers and distributed by the Polish postal service, designed to scare people into voting for the ruling party (and to hide their cash-for-visas scandal)

https://www.threads.net/@anneapplebaum2000/post/CyA7NQVIJZI

LaureM,
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@anneapplebaum #poland #Polen #Polska #PiS #elections #democracy #Visaaffäre https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum/111194538818854115

ErikJonker, (edited ) to geopolitics Dutch
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Biggest war in Israël since Yom Kippur war has started I think.

LaureM,
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@ErikJonker too soon to tell

LaureM,
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@ErikJonker imo #hamas had this one surprise blitzkrieg and not much else in the pocket

popsci, to random

Watch robot dogs train on obstacle courses to avoid tripping https://t.co/sHYLc9edDF

LaureM,
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@popsci I’m sick of them

thisismissem, to random
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Whelp, that's not good for Trump: apparently his name & branding rights might've been owned by one of the now dissolved New York companies/business entities, such that his naming rights might be sold off and he might not be able to capitalise on them anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZt4lomngU

(bahahahaha)

LaureM,
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@thisismissem @stux doubt it

LaureM,
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@stux @thisismissem totally skeptical this will ever stick.

LaureM,
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@stux @thisismissem you’re underestimating the ability of rich folks to drag out prosecutions forever.

LaureM,
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@thisismissem @stux show me some more legit legal sources. It’s not there.

LaureM,
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@thisismissem @stux I couldn’t

LaureM,
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@thisismissem @stux no one else is reporting it. It’s a weak source at best.

Brandi_Buchman, to random
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NOW: Donald Trump has asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss his election subversion indictment in D.C. outright, arguing 'absolute presidential immunity' protects him from the allegations charged.
LINK to DOC below.
Story to come.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24016064-trump-motion-to-dismiss

LaureM,
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@Brandi_Buchman ok then

petergleick, to random
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Maybe I don't really understand how this works, but if a moderate Republican (if one can be found) were to try for House Speaker, wouldn't they only need a handful of Republican votes if the Democrats would vote for them?

Or maybe there's a value to having another totally crazy white supremecist or sexual predator Trump-loving GOP kook two heartbeats away from the presidency?? But I don't see it.

LaureM,
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@petergleick yes but you’re underestimating the vengeful wrath of the extremists.

anneapplebaum, to random
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Moral of the story: don't let an autocratic party take over your country
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/polish-parliamentary-election-pis-dominance/675537/

LaureM,
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@anneapplebaum from @anneapplebaum: Poland’s Election Is Neither Free nor Fair

“state institutions that use the security services to harass political opponents, including us, by orchestrating bogus financial or criminal investigations. Those same institutions have put spyware on the phones of our colleagues and friends.”

#poland #Polen #Polska #PiS #elections #democracy #Visaaffäre

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/polish-parliamentary-election-pis-dominance/675537/

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