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J. D. Young

@youngmindtweets

#BEATLES #MarxBrothers #CraftBeer Replace conspiracy theories & disinformation with reality based politics that works to advance all. #ProtectDemocracy

Joined April 2015
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Constitutional democracy won. Reality based politics won. For now. Fighting for democracy is an ongoing process. So is fighting for reality based politics. Keep fighting.
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I am deactivating my Twitter today. The old Twitter was a blast, this thing, not so much. I have been on Twitter with 3 accounts over 12 years with @TurnIndianaBlue @ThePatrioticLib and @youngmindtweets. You can find me at spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout… It has been a privilege.
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If you want to understand the effect Musk running Twitter has on an individual psychological level, a broader social level, and politically, read this article by George Lakoff. ALGORITHM WARFARE: HOW ELON MUSK USES TWITTER TO CONTROL BRAINS framelab.substack.com/p/algo…
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Spoutible.com is what I hoped Twitter would be when I first signed up 12 years ago. Spoutible is a warm and welcoming, troll free experience. I am making more interactive human connections. More likes, more echoing of my posts. spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout… Join us!
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Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter gives him direct access to tens of millions of brains, and he is making a zealous public effort to change and control those brains by flooding them with hate and misinformation. georgelakoff.substack.com/p/…
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He creating an echo chamber that forces everyone to engage the extreme conservative ideas in order to make such ideas seem mainstream. He’s shifting the discourse to favor election deniers, racists and insurrectionists …turning Twitter into a social media version of Fox.
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Musk has become Twitter’s dictator, changing the rules to suit his whims, banning accounts he doesn’t like with much of a rationale. He has vast control over what we hear/see on this powerful media platform. He’s a powerful new weapon in the conservative communications arsenal.
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But Twitter only has power because we — collectively — give it power. How we use this collective power to respond strategically to the ongoing conservative information war — a battle for the control of our brains — will determine the course of the future.
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With our future here uncertain, please keep in touch by joining the FrameLab Newsletter mailing list on Substack. It’s free to subscribe: georgelakoff.substack.com
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.@EricIdle I made a heart-felt plea to you to not leave Twitter a while back. Now I am the one leaving Twitter. It has been a privilege following you here. I have enjoyed immensely the few interactions we have had. You can find me at spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout… Cheers.
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One of E. Musky’s rockets just did a Twitter imitation by going through a “rapid unscheduled disassembly”. spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout…
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Replying to @allinwithchris @chrislhayes
I posted this on Spoutible last night. I then turned on @allinwithchris and was thrilled to see @chrislhayes making essentially the same point. This point cannot be made strongly enough. The culture of gun worship is killing us. spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout…
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.@chrislhayes: “This idea that danger lurks behind every corner and the child who rang your doorbell is obviously there to murder you—this is the implicit, and sometimes explicit, message that plays constantly in right wing circles.”
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Spoutible.com is what I hoped Twitter would be when I first signed up 12 years ago. Spoutible is a warm and welcoming, troll free experience. I am making more interactive human connections. More likes, more echoing of my posts. spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout… Join us!
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I’ve been in Congress for 100 days. Most of the really angry voices here are faking it.
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I have been on Twitter with 3 accounts over 12 years with @TurnIndianaBlue @ThePatrioticLib and @youngmindtweets. I am leaving Twitter for Spoutible.com in a few days. You can find me at spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout… Spoutible has been a positive experience! Join us!
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The legacy checkmark purge is 4/20, so you still have time to transfer your legacy checkmark to Spoutible. It takes 30 seconds to transfer your legacy checkmark using our Quick Verify tool. Note: Your Spoutible and Twitter handles must be the same. spoutible.com/search/verifie…
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You can find me on Spoutible at spoutible.com/YoungMindSpout… Looking forward to seeing your voice added to Spoutible!
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You have known me over the years as @ThePatrioticLib and @youngmindtweets. I am the dude that has been continually saying to you what a wonderful job you are doing putting the news in historical context. 😀 @Maddow More below....
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Looking forward to seeing you on Spoutible.com! You will receive a warm and articulate welcome when join the spouting community Rachel! Would like to stay in touch on social media, but I am leaving Twitter soon. @Maddow More below....
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Starting April 15, only Blue Check Mark accounts will show in the "For You" feed. This means your friends will be harder to find, and your friends will find it harder to find you. Unless you pay Elmo for a Blue Check.
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