Notices by Steven Bodzin bike & subscribe (stevenbodzin@thepit.social)

I just want to release a cloud of gas that calms these people down and makes them more trusting of their fellow humans.

Speaker list for tomorrow at Madison Square Garden:

Donald J. Trump
Sen. JD Vance
Speaker Mike Johnson
Rep. Elise Stefanik
Rep. Byron Donalds
Tulsi Gabbard
Rudy Giuliani
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Lara Trump
Eric Trump
Donald Trump Jr.
Elon Musk
Dan Scavino
Stephen Miller
Dana White
Tucker Carlson
Brooke Rollins

and many more

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/decision-2024/donald-trump-madison-square-garden-rally-sunday-speaker-list-msg/5925253/

Please include source links for pictures and news. Links are a necessary but far from sufficient piece of how we keep fake news, fake images, and fake everything from taking over.

Way too many interesting images here are posted without links to sources.

Remember when the big culture war issue in the US was "Sharia law"? Maybe OReilly, Hannity etc never knew who their friends were.

Item: Only all Muslim city council in the USA bans pride flags.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/16/hamtramck-michigan-pride-flag-ban/

@aral @futurebird @akareilly got it. That's a good thing. I apologize for having read your post ungenerously.

@aral @peter @futurebird obviously we like this! It's why we're here. But it's also possible to be aware of the limitations.

In most human endeavors where centralization is advantageous, we have come up with regulatory systems or public ownership. I still find it sad that the Internet itself was privatized rather than handed to national postal systems.

But there will always be rules, and rulers, and the people who run small organizations are often worse than the big guys. No offense Peter

@futurebird @aral It's a lot like cars. I make structural critiques of cars and driving. But when I do drive, I keep a window open almost all the time. I almost never speed. I stop completely at stop signs and let pedestrians and bikers go first. It's possible to use a bad system conscientiously. And while I have biked across the USA and taken other long trips, I now have a job. So if I am going NYC-Montreal, I usually go by car.

@futurebird @aral yeah I have Twitter connections in Nigeria, iNaturalist connections in Australia, and Facebook connections in remote areas of Colombia and Peru. LinkedIn has let me connect with corporate leaders in Chile and El Salvador. Corporate social media is bad on many ways but it's also a miracle.

Maybe your job doesn't require constant global outreach. But don't preach at me about thinking small.