https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2534159/press-secretary-smites-fox-host-that-dissed-diversity-in-us-military/source/GovDelivery/

What i love here is “a Fox cable show host” is as close as they come to naming said host.

https://www.axios.com/hawley-gop-cash-cost-insurrection-aabd9f44-5017-4350-9873-2d0aa7f282de.html

Populist, nativist* American politics are absolutely not going away.

«fundraising numbers show the GOP grassroots is still firmly in Hawley’s camp.»

*Xenophobia: fear. Nativism: just plain selfishness.

I feel that the memes about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle which feature Geo. Washington in response to some clown talking about the might of the British empire are Spot. On.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article249017350.html

«“When a cop picks up a white boy, he takes him to his parents,” said Mary Stansell, juvenile chief at the Wake County Public Defender’s Office. “But if he is black, he takes him to the state.”

From 2015 through 2018 nearly 7,300 complaints were filed against children age 6 to 11 years old, according to numbers from the state Juvenile Justice section.

Of those complaints, 47% were against Black children, 40% were against white children and 7% against Hispanic or Latino children.Ad

In general, 22% of the state’s population is Black, 70% is white and 10% is Hispanic.»

Nina Turner (@ninaturner) Tweeted: Thank you to every Black woman organizer in Georgia. https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1368295607304134656?s=20

I’ve seen a bunch of this, and yes, BUT… Black women need our help. They can’t be our sole rescue, right? We need white folks of good conscience to help, even if it’s still less than 50% of whites.

Darrell Owens (@IDoTheThinking) Tweeted: You say that quarantining has damaged your health, made you depressed and violently frustrated? So you agree then? Prisons can’t rehabilitate offenders. https://t.co/h1pDPRKLhL https://twitter.com/IDoTheThinking/status/1368058882761793537?s=20

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/newsmax-loses-more-than-half-its-audience-since-post-election-ratings-surge/

Newsmax got hammered, BUT… the electorate is going back to sleep.

«Since the week of Nov. 16, CNN’s total day viewership has dropped 36%, and 43% in the demo, as of the week of Feb. 22; in prime time, total viewership is down 38%, and 45% in the demo. At MSNBC, total day viewership is down 17%, and 28% in the demo, while prime time viewership is down 12% overall, and 22% in the demo. Fox News has seen its total day audience drop 7% since November, and 13% in the demo, while its primetime viewership has dropped 19%, and 25% in the demo.»

(I think “demo” is “demographic”.)

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2021/03/lying-to-the-ghost-in-the-mach.html

This whole thing is good. The endeavor of writing science fiction becomes more relevant every day.

«This is the future of security holes in our internet-connected appliances: metaphorically, cameras that you can fool by slapping a sticker labelled “THIS IS NOT THE DROID YOU ARE LOOKING FOR” on the front of the droid the camera is in fact looking for.»

https://twitter.com/wellmelsbells/status/1367978447352393732?s=20

«just don’t forget to take the lead.»

Melanie Castillo (@wellmelsbells) Tweeted: I feel grief because I know love. And because my pain is chronic, I know it’ll pass. I’m just sad, like so many of us. I used to think grief had an end. And now something else I know is that it doesn’t. We have to dance with it—just don’t forget to take the lead.

https://twitter.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1368066287570722817?s=20

THIS is what I want to find in my fortune cookie.

Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) Tweeted: The older I get the more I realize that no one knows what they’re doing. Most people are three toddlers in a trench coat so you doubting yourself makes even less sense.