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@dgar@aus.social I used to have a Siberian Husky named Lucy that I swore was demon possessed. It wasn’t because of her aberrant behavior, but because she left Lucy fur all over the house.
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#idiot47 #republicans #GOP #splc This has to be among the most disgusting things this administration has done. The SPLC has always been and always will be a voice and action piece for particularly vulnerable people in the American Southeast. This IS fascism at its worst, pretending to be a voice for justice while quieting a true voice for justice. This will not stand. I’m donating to SPLC today, and I hope every American of good conscience will do so as well.
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@SunnJax@tech.lgbt I am glad you are okay, but keep an eye on unfamiliar sensations and aches and pains. I had an incident not too different about seven years ago. I was biking across an intersection, clearly had the right of way, and this, ahem person, was on her phone and turned right, right into me. It took a few months to show, but my sacrum was damaged. Unfortunately, at the time, I lived in Michigan, where the “no fault” insurance system prevented me from suing the, ahem person. My insurance company was little help because they like that giant slush fund they have from collecting all those “no fault” premiums that no one compels them to pay out in such situations. If you live in any other state, sue the crap out of that negligent f-wad. Incidentally, I love Michigan except for its auto insurance laws.
#idiot47 #Republicans #GOP #Cyclospora #diarrhea I guess it makes sense that the guy who has a chronic case of diarrhea of the mouth would give us all the real thing.
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@georgetakei Let that sink in: Two can play at the game of economic terrorism. Let. That. Sink. In.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social @apples_and_pears@mastodon.world I completely agree. I was being a bit hyperbolic, but only a bit. The big problem with purity standards is it opens us up to the same trap the Right fell into (he got Roe v Wade overturned, nothing else matters). Neither Obama nor FDR met every expectation of whatever left faction there might have been in their times. They both made mistakes, but they both were the best for their times. They both accomplished a lot for the country. We all must accept the fact that MY agenda is not everyone’s agenda and that I might have to compromise on a few things. I see far too many people on the left not willing to compromise, and I don’t mean compromise standards, but non-essential agenda. When we lose our ability to debate and compromise, we’ve lost our ability to govern.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I haven’t traveled abroad since #idiot47 regained power, but if I do while he’s in office, I think I would leave my phone at home and take a burner with me. Border thugs can search that thing all they want. . . . Yes, this is who we’ve become.
#idiot47 #republicans #GOP #democrats #Biden Okay, I’m going to say it. I miss Joe Biden. I miss his somewhat sleepy, but steady leadership. I miss his compassion. The biggest complaint I heard in the last two years of his presidency was, “He didn’t do anything.” I called bullshit on that argument then, and I call it now. He actually did a lot, but the oligarchic press ignored everything he did. I wish articles like this had been front page news in 2024.
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt In that case, I’d rather spend the $265 on a nice steak and a couple of martinis than on a new toner cartridge.
My partner and his friend from Arizona both talking at the same time, all night long.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social They’re creepy and they’re cooks, mysterious and spooky, altogether ookey, . . .
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@georgetakei I remember when Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel compared the cleansing power of their Amway laundry soap to the cleansing power of the blood of Christ.
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@dbattistella@mstdn.ca Furthermore, he’s conflating the development of the concept of wealth with agricultural development. Certainly agricultural development was part of the development of organized civilization, but the concept of wealth resulted from multiple factors. Wealth, especially the concentration of it, resulted from the development of certain political and religious power structures.
It did not have to be that way. Most Indigenous communities in North America at the point of contact with Europeans practiced well developed agriculture, but had no concept of concentration of wealth. In fact, they resisted it. Their cultures were organized to meet their social needs, but the idea of getting individually rich was anathema.
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@randahl@mastodon.social and no one who needs to take a cognitive test should have access to nuclear codes.
@Nerde@beige.party Bruiser
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@KerryMitchell @fribbledom I hope they don’t go that way. I refuse to do subscriptions for software. It is such a racket. Besides, there are plenty of times I have to be able to work offline and authenticators can’t connect.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social The thing most rich people and #President47 don’t understand is that the populist MAGAs are mostly people who will never benefit from the obscenity of wealth flowing into the pockets of oligarchs. Populist movements tend to be volatile. Once they realize how they’ve been played, they will turn like a rabid dog.
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@rmi some years ago I was reviewing a scholarly report. The author was citing population statistics and meant to write “. . . a conservative count would be . . .” He left out the “o” in count. With my red pencil I wrote in the margin, “Anita Bryant?”
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@peemee@aus.social As a long time traditional Monopoly fan, I love this!!! We’ll have to acquire one if it’s ever sold in the US.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I remember a spring Saturday in 1978 with my best friend when we decided to drive to Okemah, Oklahoma, to visit Woody Guthrie’s birthplace. At that time the house was a shambles, no floor, roof mostly gone, and weeds and brush growing up inside the house. The people of Okemah were a conservative lot and were ashamed that he was their native son. My friend and I were so angered by the neglect that we spent the rest of the afternoon driving up and down the main drag of town, with the windows rolled down singing “This Land” at the top of our lungs. We continued until a police officer started following us. We decided it was time to get on I-40 and high tail it back to Oklahoma City. The house is gone now, but the city named a street for him and erected a respectful monument at the site. Woody was a great American, and I wish we had a few more Woody’s today.
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@patioboater I was born and raised in Oklahoma, and with the subject matter, would have guessed my native state. However, I spent 40+ years of my adult life in Michigan. That sunset is “Pure Michigan!”
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@Liffonmelsmork you can bring a banjo to my party anytime. Big fan of folk-bluegrass here!!!
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@Nonya_Bidniss The Elon should move to Mars, rule it with an iron fist, and leave us earthlings alone.
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@Nonilex The theory of an apolitical #SCOTUS has become total fiction. Maybe that theory is and always has been wishful thinking, but this court has mockery of that concept. The time has come to make major changes in order to protect constitutional integrity. The first order of business should be term limits, retroactively applied with Thomas at the top of the list to be retired.
#idiot47 #republicans #GOP #pambondi “another one down, and another one down, another one bites the dust, hey hey.” Next up, #PickledPete
Pam Bondi out as attorney general, Trump says https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/bondi-fired-attorney-general-trump-rcna266378
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@Tock @fribbledom thanks! I did not know that. I guess I don’t have to worry about the subscription cost if it only affects AI features. I don’t use them anyway and can’t imagine that I ever would.
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@fribbledom not sure what your need was with Photoshop, I switched to Affinity a few years ago. You pay a one time license fee that is a fraction of Photoshop and it’s yours forever. It is much more user friendly and does beautiful work.
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@randahl I love linguistic crossover words and phrases with different meanings! I remember my high school German class when our rather jaded teacher was ready to teach a room full of adolescents how to conjugate the verb fahren. He told us to go ahead and get the guffaws and belly laughs out of the way so we could continue our lesson. He was right.
When visiting Denmark, I’ll take the stairs. I do wonder if those elevators go both to the basement and the top floor. Just don’t ever hit the down button.
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@FeloniousPunk@beige.party and your home will smell like one giant dryer sheet. Also, setup a spinning wheel and loom so you can re-use all the lint from the filter!
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social No, it’s not okay, and come November, he’s going be schooled on how not okay his bullshit is. Schooled, yes, but he won’t learn a damned thing. After a successful impeachment, he will have to be imprisoned on an island, completely cut-off from the world, just as Europe did with Napoleon.
#war #iranwar #GOP #republicans #idiot47 #hegseth #PickledPete A war by any other name doth smell so rank.
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@QasimRashid@mastodon.social Almost makes you want to ask, “What’s wrong with Bezos.” Almost.
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@bodhipaksa thank-you for this post. All this attribution BS is nothing but a diversionary smoke screen. It was an attempt to get you to take it down. It’s not about plagiarism or copyright infringement. Yes, if you knew the author, give proper credit, but the image was freely available in the public domain. You, I, anyone can freely use, share, reshare with no restrictions.
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@seankenta@lgbtqia.space Welcome! I hope you find it to be a safe space to explore and express!