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@Threadbane@newsie.social

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classical guitar, chess, golf, duplicate bridge, etymology, semantics, yoga, physics, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, Homeric Greek
Environmentalist Pothead Luddite Polymath
Club of Rome -> Limits To Growth
Keeper of Cats.

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Joined December 19, 2022

Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 4mo ago

@JonChevreau@mstdn.ca @servelan@newsie.social
I doubt that even a small fraction of his base is aware of that he is not supposed to salute. Trump himself thinks he is above social norms of any kind, and really has no concept of good manners, decorum, or respect for tradition. With the mind of a 12 year old, he salutes because it’s all part of the fun.

JonChevreau 🇨🇦 (@JonChevreau@mstdn.ca) - Mastodon Canada

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 3mo ago

@someguy@beige.party @kibcol1049@mstdn.social
I have said for years that he belongs in an institution for the criminally insane.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 5mo ago

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@grrlscientist The US media needs to take note and refer to him frequently as “rapist Donald Trump”. He doesn’t dare sue them.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 5mo ago

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@miss_rodent According to the NEA, 54% of Americans are functionally illiterate. The GOP set to work in 1965 to destroy public education after the CRA of 1964 fully integrated the public schools. They succeeded. The percentage of ignoramuses is now too high to survive as a democracy, especially when Morons Are Governing America.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 2mo ago

@joelpomales@mastodon.social
Reclassify them as the entertainment businesses that they objectively are. If they want to claim non-profit status, let them file the appropriate paperwork. In any case, they should pay the standard property taxes that support fire departments, police, road repairs, garbage collection, et hoc genus omne. Allowing income tax deductions for donations to churches, synagogues, mosques, etc, should definitely stop, since religious businesses don’t have to show that they are charities.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 6mo ago

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@ChrisBoese@newsie.social So, are Republicans in Congress going to allow Trump to destroy civilization and the planet along with it? Are they going to just watch without taking action until he starts dropping nukes? Asking for a friend.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 4mo ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/05/trump-plan-ocean-monitoring-system-concern-scientists
The problem here is not Trump, but the Republican legislators in Congress. This is what happens when scientifically ignorant lawyers, psychopathic grifters, and preacher people ignore both the fact that science matters and that Trump’s dismantling of anything that would help us understand or mitigate against climate change is the work of a demented maniac. #climatechange #trump #dementiaDon.

theguardian.com

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 6mo ago

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@McNeely @danirabbit It’s easier and faster to impeach him and remove him. The 25th only works for POTUSs who are physically incapacitated, say in the ICU or having suffered a debilitating stroke.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 4mo ago

@stux@mstdn.social
How do you ban Congress from insider trading? Great idea, but there is no mechanism to accomplish that given that Congress passes the laws.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 38mo ago

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@georgetakei@universeodon.com No there were not enough votes for Nader for Gore to lose Florida. The recount showed that Gore won Florida. There were not enough votes on the SCOTUS to allow the recount to continue and the election went to Bush as a result.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 5mo ago

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@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org Saw the framework ad, went to the framework site, found a page that offered Ubuntu and 3 other Linux distributions on their systems. Went through the hassle of picking memory, storage, processor etc, but when I got to the section for choosing an OS my only choices were Micro$haft, ie, Linux is only available on SOME of their systems. On Dell systems you SAVE $500+ with Linux instead of Windows.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 5mo ago

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@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org What a waste. Bait and switch, offering 4 choices of Linux distros, put together mMy memory, processor, etc, then only offered stinking Windows when asked to pick an operating system.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 38mo ago

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@batyalee@universeodon.com @johnhowson@mastodon.social @georgetakei@universeodon.com He was faced with a problem. Basically, the SCOTUS said it was over, so Gore had no appeal or delay tactic available. The Republicans had slammed the door. The recounts continued on inertia, but they had no legal effect because of Clarence Thomas and his Republican friends.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 23mo ago

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@JonChevreau@mstdn.ca @BrianJopek@mastodon.world I honestly didn't think he would be well enough to run. Actually, in a sane world, they would have put him in a facility for the criminally insane years ago.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 23mo ago

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@BrianJopek@mastodon.world And it just occurred to me...when Trump dies this coming summer, JD Vance will be set to remain in office until 2035, because he was not elected POTUS and can run for office twice.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 38mo ago

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@adamfishercox@mastodon.social @johnhowson@mastodon.social @georgetakei@universeodon.com Ain't dat da troot.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 39mo ago

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@reneestephen@mastodon.social More precisely, it's how those with psychopathic disorders behave.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 41mo ago

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@veronica@xoxo.zone Everybody needs one of these.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 37mo ago

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@j3s@merveilles.town Cool. Sounds like something I'd have done 20 years ago. 8^)

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 5mo ago

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@CelloMomOnCars A legal degree is devoid of even a trace of science. Lawyers represent the most scientifically illiterate of all professions. Supreme Court Justices probably know less about science than your average hairdresser.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 2mo ago

#elections #democrats #mikejohnson
I haven’t heard any of the political experts on tv discuss what happens if Mike Johnson simply refuses to seat the newly elected Democratic Representatives. I not talking about formal challenges to the elections, just Mike Johnson claiming the elections were rigged and unilaterally decides not to swear them in.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 2mo ago

There should be a way to swap citizenship. Let them deport me and I get his British passport and free transportation to England. I'm stuck here with no way to escape to civilization, my ancestors going back 14 generations to Jamestown. None of these easy ways out with parents born in Italy or Ireland.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/british-born-man-living-in-us-since-age-of-nine-held-by-ice-under-threat-of-deportation

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 2mo ago

@JackTheCat@mastodon.scot
Bummer. I was going to pull for England, but now I hope they get their asses handed to them today. Wonder if there are any other fascists on the team.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 5mo ago

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@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org Installed my first Linux, version .98, downloaded to 12 diskettes in 1993. I wrote the Datek CD driver for that pre-release. I have wiped Micro$haft off a few dozen systems I’ve bought over the years, replacing it with Red Hat, Debian, Mint, Free BSD, etc. I’m 83 years old. I thought maybe, just once, I would not have to deal with it, not have to spend hours downloading, verifying, installing…I though for ONCE somebody at framework would spare me that. Wrong.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 2mo ago

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@Newhereish@mastodon.social @PizzaDemon@mastodon.online @joelpomales@mastodon.social First, religious businesses like churches, synagogues and so forth already have FAR more political clout than your local shoe store. We even have bishops and nuns publicly demonstrating to end abortion, ie, vote Republican. Second, there is a Chaplain of the House of Representatives and military chaplains, all paid on the taxpayer dime. Make religions part of the entertainment business, and let them pay the same taxes as a theater.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 2mo ago

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@Newhereish@mastodon.social @IsaacOstlund@mastodon.world Why should property owned by religious organizations get free police and fire protection? Property taxes support the public schools. The idea of not taxing a religion is the same as not singling out Arnold Schwarzenegger movies for extra taxes. Making religious businesses pay ordinary taxes on their property is not a tax on religion, it is a property tax.

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Threadbane @Threadbane@newsie.social

· 38mo ago

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@andytiedye@sfba.social @georgetakei@universeodon.com That's true. The "hanging chads" would have never come into play and the SCOTUS never would have had a chance to steal the election.

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