analogretrovision.bsky.social
library evangelist. kindness punk. wildflower seed-bomber. “outta spoons, only knives.” the Pokémon are my masters.
📍Colorado
613 posts
338 followers
351 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter
comment in response to
post
I needed this today.
comment in response to
post
This right here. We need more just generally seemingly good and kind people doing things publicly and visibly. Kindness isn’t nice and Walz is kind af.
comment in response to
post
Thank you! If we don’t take this shit news and use it to make a case for libraries - digital or bricks and mortar - then we are begging to lose and if libraries lose COMMUNITIES LOSE, society loses, the present loses and so does the future.
comment in response to
post
We need a culture of honoring the people and institutions who take the hit. Anyone who says they should have been savvier and sidestepped — shut that right down.
comment in response to
post
In Chicago, in 21 months, the AI-powered gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter generated more than 40,000 “dead-end police deployments”
89% of ShotSpotter deployments resulted in no gun-related crime
But the tool did cause the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.
comment in response to
post
and honestly, the obsession over “we should have said more about biden being old” starts to grate when the currently serving president is very obviously impaired by age and cognitive decline, to crickets from the press
comment in response to
post
Many many MANY non-MAGA Republicans voted for Trump. I met one yesterday. She knows what he’s doing. She hates him. But voted for him. Sure some high profile Repubs have bolted but they get a $$ benefit and platform to do so. Unlike my airport friend from KS. She is a MAGA voter like it or not.
comment in response to
post
Echoing the previous comment (and ty for the wiki link) this is excellent! Ty for sharing SCT.
comment in response to
post
All the conspiracists in this country and I’ve been here waiting for even one of them to jump on this “Sure, Jan, the FIGHTER JET SLIPPED OFF A CARGO SHIP” lie and not a one pipes up.
comment in response to
post
Yesterday I met a Republican who hates Trump. She “didn’t vote FOR
HIM” while casting a vote for him assuring all these things she’s complaining about. She didn’t realize the scope and scale of IMPACT of his actions but did know they’d occur. So she wouldn’t be surprised however “shook” she appears