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It’s Not Too Late for Conservatism Inc. to Dump DeSantis by Jonathan V. Last
But for the Republican establishment, Ron DeSantis is too big to fail.

Best part of this is the discussion of the excuse making for the technical issues. Because yes, 600,000 is small potatoes. Pre-Elon Twitter would have managed that with no problems, Facebook did it with 800,000 in 2016 and it was video, and hell, we’ve had WordCamps do that with video and made it happen just fine.

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DeSantis Is Making the Same Mistake Democrats Did in 2020 by Yair RosenbergYair Rosenberg
Winning the internet is not the same as winning elections. Politicians forget this at their peril. Read and share the full piece on the web here. Ron DeSantis is the governor of one of the most scenic states in America. Reelected by eye-popping margins in 2022, he does not lack for superfans. And yet, instead of launching his presidential campaign in front of palm trees and adoring crowds, he did so last night on Twitter, in an awkward audio-only exchange with Elon Musk that took place after 2
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danielle kefford (@quephird@queer.party) (Queer Party!)
My hot take is that Target, and any other organization for that matter, that decides to do something that promotes/supports/celebrates marginalized people needs to anticipate potential backlash, _and_ plan on continuing that support when it happens. If they aren't prepared to do that, then they shouldn't do so in the first place, and they aren't real allies. They're merely opportunists.
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Which multi-million-dollar-funded overlay company is out there testing bugs with display properties in browsers, tracking results, pressuring browsers, monitoring the spec…

Or maybe their overlays are fixing this for their customers by removing display properties dynamically and replacing them with something else? And not bragging about it?

Just a reminder that accessibility overlays do not give back to the community, let alone fix problems. Overlay makers are a parasite.

—@aardrian