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Bytes Europe<p>Talking points as England continue World Cup qualifying campaign against Andorra – The Irish News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1080421/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1080421/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Andorra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Andorra</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Soccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soccer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldCupQualifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCupQualifying</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2005219/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2005219/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Crime, energy and geopolitics define the leaders’ key exchanges in English debate <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JagmeetSingh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JagmeetSingh</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JustinTrudeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustinTrudeau</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PartyLeaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyLeaders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePoilievre</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UsaPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsaPolitics</span></a></p>
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> for dumbfucks:<br>- Are rich people better than you?<br>- Are rich people more deserving than you?<br>- Do rich people work harder or smarter than you?<br>- Who do you think has screwed you? Gustavo there in the bar kitchen?</p>
oldguycrusty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@EvilBunnyPottymouth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EvilBunnyPottymouth</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RightWingextremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightWingextremism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://crooklyn.social/@crooksandliars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>crooksandliars</span></a></span> <br>Considering the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EchoChamber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchoChamber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> live in (their repetition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> is legendary), I'm not surprised another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RWNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJ</span></a> had already used the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatLadies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatLadies</span></a> meme.</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> speakers are mouthing <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> about political violence being unacceptable… </p><p>Meanwhile <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WarRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarRoom</span></a> word games be like… <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Silkester<p>Glorious! 🤣 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gunControl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Irony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Filibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Filibuster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgainstOwnInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgainstOwnInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shitshow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitshow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpAssassinationAttempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAssassinationAttempt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpShot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpShot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SenateBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SenateBills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPTheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPTheater</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@StephenRamirez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StephenRamirez</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UncleTimScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncleTimScott</span></a> does what he is told and sticks to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> like 💩 on a stick. 🤷🏻‍♂️ <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BumpStocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BumpStocks</span></a></p>
Matjö<p>I wish we could show intellectual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> and go beyond the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/partisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partisanship</span></a>. Just accept when people from (what you consider being) the opposite camp make a legitimate point. Resist the need to denigrate them wholesale. </p><p>If one or more arguments go against the list of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/talkingpoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>talkingpoints</span></a> you ('ve been told to) go with, there still might be some actual emerging good ideas in there. </p><p>The probability of the whole stance being 100% bad or pure lies is pretty thin. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dialog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dialog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>The greatest con job in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> history is that most of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> stress “<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FamilyValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyValues</span></a> “, but <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> cult members demonstrably put NO VALUE on their families! <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/03/trump-friend-family-relationships/618457/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/family/archive</span><span class="invisible">/2021/03/trump-friend-family-relationships/618457/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MATH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATH</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a> !</p>
Democracy Labs<p>Amplify your message with shared talking points <br><a href="https://thedemlabs.org/2024/02/02/amplify-your-message-with-shared-talking-points/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedemlabs.org/2024/02/02/ampl</span><span class="invisible">ify-your-message-with-shared-talking-points/</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TrumpCriminalTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCriminalTrial</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/teleprompter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teleprompter</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/talkingpoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>talkingpoints</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; 報道では何か災害があるたびに「温暖化の影響がある」と結ばれることが多い。<br>&gt; だが影響は量として把握しないと認識を誤る。定量的には温暖化の影響は「ごく僅か」であり、「温暖化のせいではない」と言った方が正確なものばかりだ。</p><p> <a href="https://cigs.canon/article/20201105_5452.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cigs.canon/article/20201105_54</span><span class="invisible">52.html</span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/%E6%9D%89%E5%B1%B1%E5%A4%A7%E5%BF%97" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>杉山大志</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E7%95%A5%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E6%89%80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>キャンノングロバル戦略研究所</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%82%92%E9%A8%99%E3%81%97%E7%B6%9A%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>世界を騙し続ける科学者たち</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/%E4%B8%80%E6%96%B9%E3%81%AB%E6%9C%89%E5%88%A9%E3%81%AA%E4%BA%8B%E5%AE%9F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>一方に有利な事実</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/MuddyWatersToClear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuddyWatersToClear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ClearTheMuddiedDoubtWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClearTheMuddiedDoubtWater</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@MugsysRapSheet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MugsysRapSheet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Npars01</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Frances_Larina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Frances_Larina</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://norrebro.space/@jwcph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jwcph</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SrRochardBunson</span></a></span> ⬆️ </p><p>Nicely done video for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PublicEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicEducation</span></a> about <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>.</p><p>But the *buildup* for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WorldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar2</span></a> certainly DID end the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a> for the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> running Germany! Which tells you something about the inner perspective of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BananaRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublicans</span></a> who claim <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> ended the Depression here, too! 🤔 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotCollaborateWithFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotCollaborateWithFascists</span></a> , or accept their <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> !</p>
Stephen Fierbaugh<p>Some talking points and framing suggestions for discussing Mastodon and the Fediverse with the others. Each of these points will be briefly elaborated in a reply to this toot.<br>1) It’s not about how bad Twitter is; it’s about how great Mastodon and the Fediverse is!<br>2) Community, conversation &amp; great moderation is our “killer app”.<br>3) Signup is actually pretty easy.<br>4) Challenge: Give Mastodon 30 minutes &amp; just try it out!</p><p><a href="https://home.social/tags/Fedivangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedivangelism</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/TalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingPoints</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a></p>