Radio Angie 📻

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." — Hannah Arendt, posted today on The Well

Genocide normalized

@murmurshewrote Hello! just emailed via your website re a radio interview. Hope to hear from you soon! angie.coiro@kalw.org.

@ShainEThomas @AaronMSanchez @alexjholder @tonystubblebine @arshiariaz @atrupar @bbcgenome @authorEdA @bbcpress @BBCRadio4 OMG! bsky.app. Tons of people abandoning ship here to head over that way post-election - I'm one of them. It's a joy to see it grow.

@AngieCoiro @AaronMSanchez @alexjholder @tonystubblebine @arshiariaz @atrupar @bbcgenome @authorEdA @bbcpress @BBCRadio4 Bluesky? I'm not familiar with it.

My Exceptional Accounts List, despite it not having been a thing for some significant time, is back. I must stress, because it grew to an unmanageable length, I am reducing it to 42 accounts. My apologies if you are offended by this move.

@ShainEThomas @AaronMSanchez @alexjholder @tonystubblebine @arshiariaz @atrupar @bbcgenome @authorEdA @bbcpress @BBCRadio4 Shain, hey! Are you moving to Bluesky? I'm there, less and less here.

Follow and be informed... 01 @AaronMSanchez 02 @alexjholder 03 @tonystubblebine 04 @AngieCoiro 05 @arshiariaz 06 @atrupar 07 @bbcgenome 08 @authorEdA 09 @BBCPress 10 @BBCRadio4

@AjAqrabawi Flattered to be followed, thank you. FYI I'm migrating to Bluesky - @angiecoiro.bsky.social. It would be great to see you there as well - I'd like to keep up with your work.

@ChuckBaggett iPhone users have to pay??

Reading and writing posts is what gets advertisers to pay him for ads and organizations to pay for the expensive verified organization accounts and for some the affiliate accounts. Can't use it at all without helping Elon and his political causes things he supports and that support him. It's a shame there wasn't a total departure by everyone who doesn't like his politics, which includes me and you. If had to pay what iphone users pay I wouldn't pay, that's too much.

So many people I otherwise respect hurl more money at Elon so they can write longer tweets and see fewer ads. Whatever gets you through the night, I guess, but let's not say that tiny part of your soul isn't for sale.

@hollywoodjuicer ... who we're supposed to break bread with, find common ground, and sing Kumbaya. Maybe another day.

@AngieCoiro Or that more than half the American electorate would turn out to be wide-eyed, slack-jawed droolers.

Via a friend on The WEll: "Of all the ways I thought our republic might end, I never imagined it would be because a fake reality TV show host couldn't take a joke."

Joke imported from Europe: "What borders on stupidity?" "Canada and Mexico."

Time saver: it will never make sense.

One of the few reasons I stay here is, both legacy and nontraditional media see it as a necessary evil. I'm here because I get news from them here. How do we solve that quandary? At what point do they see Proud Boys Central as the wrong place for them to be? How to hasten that?

@3vanSutton I'll look for you there, Evan. I don't expect it to remain as pristine as it is - that would be naive - but the difference is absolutely striking.

This starter pack is folks more broadly working in left-ish politics and advocacy. go.bsky.app/LYARUE2

Friends — The world's richest man turned Twitter into a far-right propaganda machine and will continue to wield it as a cudgel against us. I'm more or less leaving here personally, and encourage others to do the same. I'm also trying to make it a bit easier to move to BS 🧵

I see a two-step process in @RadioFreeTom's latest. 1. Accept that democracy is not over. (I'm not there yet.) 2. Do something to save it. (I'm hoping I get there.)

Does anyone have the link for the sign-up page thx

Moving ahead. Day 3.

All this analysis and conjecture about the loss, which is understandable. But so few mentions that some who talked a good game ultimately maybe just couldn't fill in the dot for a 1. Black 2. Asian 3. woman. It's just odd how small a piece of the conversation it is.

When you're ready to look at news again - I'm only just starting to peek out a bit - two of the outlets that gave me the most and best info over the last year are the @guardian and @TheAtlantic. If you're looking for outlets you might want to support, please consider.