America is not perfect. Far from it. But there are ideals worth fighting for, values worth pursuing, even when we fall short. Don’t abandon it to the totalitarians.
https://www.popehat.com/p/the-fourth-of-july
Hey Ken, I know you’ve given up on Mastodon, but I figured it doesn’t hurt to ask - any chance you could post this over there? Your account still has 100k+ followers, and this article is Just That Good, IMO
I did retweet(post, whatever) the one you posted last year, but it’s a substack link. 😬
I’m sorry, I don’t mean to offend, but I really deeply dislike Mastodon’s vibe.
It’s like being trapped at a party with two other people: one who demands you debate them on whether Dick York or Dick Sargent was the better Darrin, and one who becomes irate that you said the word “Dick.”
No apologies needed! I’m on both (and you followed me back on Twitter way back for reasons that will remain mystery 😂)
I was impressed (in a negative sense ofc) that the Mastodon folks had managed to have a sufficiently negative vibe that you decided “screw it”.
Figured was worth the ask!
I’m not gonna lie, your “hey, I’m gonna be over on BlueSky more than mastodon“ was met with sufficient levels of stupid bullshit that I was like “well, that would be solidifying MY reasons for leaving.”
The post by the guy with the picture of Lucy and Charlie Brown w/Dorsey’s pic on Lucy aged well 😂
