The illusion of the meritocracy, the illusion of American exceptionalism, I think those things are falling apart.

Their solutions are making people work for cents on the dollar, relegating women to second-class birthing machines. But I think the window is open for a positive, generational change. And I think that’s where we’re going to go. I don’t think it’s going to be easy, but I do think that that is the direction we’re heading in.

- J Y Sexton

One of the most sinister and evil aspects of systemic racism is when banks conspire to redline entire communities of color from getting mortgages. On Thursday, the DOJ fined Los Angeles-based City National Bank $31 million dollars for discriminating against Black and Latino communities in the largest redlining settlement in history.

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Twitter executives told advertisers to get used to Elon Musk's unpredictability as the company continues hemorrhaging ad dollars, report says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-executives-told-advertisers-used-233625442.html

Many happy returns #CatsofCoso

^^^ Here's a clue.... regarding what has been on my mind while embarking on this journey >>>

Musk is a sick man with a God complex. He's inching closer to calling for actual violence. Here he is telling us we're all so lucky he and MAGA thugs aren't putting bullets into skulls.

He tried deleting this shortly after tweeting it, but he wasn't fast enough.

#ElonMusk
#SpaceKaren
#Twitter

Space Weather
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Hamster Note: This is a long one, multiple toots follow

Past24-hour observed maximums
Radio Blackout - NONE
Solar Radiation - NONE
Geomagnetic Storm - G1 (Minor) Geomagnetic Storm
- see next toot / thread for details

See that? That's the eruption of #MaunaLoa in Hawaii. It's the first time that's happened in 38 years.

Hazards:
– Toxic gasses near the summit
– Ashfall/poor air quality (ash fall advisory in effect until 10 a.m.)
– "Pele's hair," or tiny glass hair-like wispy tubes in air

Eruptions at summit of Mauna Loa on the Big Island. No evacuations atm. 🌋

I love the Bay Area. So here I am sharing some moments with you CoSo.

#SanFrancisco
#BayArea
#GoldenGateBridge
#sailing
#California
#CA
#photography

Artemis I – Flight Day 12: Orion Star Trackers, Reaction Control Thrusters Tested
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/27/flight-day-12-orion-star-trackers-tested/ #CoSoSpace #CoSoScience

new #CoSoGroup

https://groups.counter.social/channel/chromeos

public group for anything ChromeOS

for sharing tips using ChromeOS or Chromebook

all welcome

#cosomeme

Aaron Swartz fought for transparency and against corruption and censorship. In addition to coordinating protests and actions against internet censorship, he set up a platform SecureDrop securedrop.org which enables anonymous and safe communication for whistleblowers.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1596549712084992000.html

#whistleblowers #transparency #censorship