Michael Kratzenberg 📢

Mr. Beast put secret cameras up in walmarts across the country to watch his candy bars. When told it was illegal, he responds "I don't f**king care..." He needs to go to prison immediately

The for-profit healthcare insurance industry direly needs reform. People who pay their share in bills from the industry routinely get denied medical treatment from these mega corps. The greed by these corpos has resulted in innumerable deaths because the corpos simply decide not to allow treatment..

How many people are put into unwinnable situations all because the NC DOI believes the dept isn't responsible for curtailing Insurance companies' abuse of us?

With Trump announcing that he is banning news orgs that don't agree with him, I find that the US is slipping further and further into authoritarian fascism. Washington has moved to recreate a new Goebbels fueled by hatred.

You ever see an AI generated picture of a product in an advert? I seriously think that should be False Advertising. Like, if you can't even take a proper photo of what your product actually looks like, and you instead rely on chatGPT to amalgamate a "picture" for you, thats not your product. Shame.

Granted, I'm american so my input on British Parliamentary politics may be slightly out of place, but I for one support Count BinFace in the upcoming by-election in Clacton.

This is not the flag of North Carolina. It is the flag of a failed state whos only purpose was to keep slavery as an institution. The organizers of the NC booth should be ashamed of themselves.

NC representative Foxx seems to enjoy unlimited breadsticks, but what she doesn't enjoy is listening or even caring about her constituents. NC's fifth congressional district deserves better than someone who serves olive garden more than they serve the people.

Believe it or not, Algae is an important chlorophyll producer to help scrub CO2. It's just a damn shame that Trump's only positive impact on the climate will have been a complete accident.

More arrested over reflecting pool "vandalism" than Epstein. Real Crimes ignored, and made up "vandals" created. Nixon got the boot for something that under Trump would be just another controversy. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5940432-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-epstein-files/

Happy fathers day to those who celebrate

Who else out here living in the blood soaked killing fields of #NorthCarolina ?

Happy July 4 to all of my friends! Remember to be conscious of the effects of fireworks and the danger they pose. Fireworks are not advised for dry areas during the current heat wave, and North Carolina is one such area. Please be safe and exercise caution. #july4 #nc250

@PennamitePLR@mastodon.world I imagine they won't but it'd be a nice show of solidarity

My question is this: Why are we discussing the dating habits of AOC? Would Fox or anyone else do the same to a guy in office? "Would you date a conservative?" Everything about demanding to know about a woman's dating life on TV is just gross. #aoc https://atpr.to/@kratzenberg-70.bsky.social/3GaZ1P

I am so sad right now. Rip Dolly Parton. The world just lost a real shining star...

The betting and prediction market problem should be of grave concern to those who hate corruption. A senator can bet on their own campaign, a speechwriter putting specific words in a speech, or an admin official betting on strike locations. All make it so that it is profitable to rig the game.

Trans rights are human rights. Standing against the rights of some to please those in power is a feature of Fascism. I support my Transgender friends in the fight for equality.

404 media finds that the app formerly known as twitter is using it's algorithm to serve users content they hate; making ragebait and hate-clicks the effective strategy on musk's platform. https://tinyurl.com/444dpcv9

Of the Michigan news I woke up to this morning, the oddest by far, is that Trump's endorsed republican lost in Michigan HD 08 - because people thought his name 'sounded muslim' (he's a christian) - and he lost to a guy who dropped out last month. Yeah so anyways how's y'alls morning lol

The Epstein perpetrators in the US still haven't been so much as charged. Rape, Murder, Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation- so much of the worst of humanity and the people who did these things are still in top positions of power. When will we see justice for the victims?

I dream of a day where green energy is as common and plentiful as the earth beneath our feet. While corrupt petrogarchs steal our money, they churn out nothing but decay for the planet we call home.

It genuinely boggles my mind how Buc-ees has destroyed its reputation as "Decent novelty gas station" and now they're just another giant company with a POS ceo who hates poor people. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/bucees-lawsuit-ohio-gas-chain-cartoon-mascots-b3060008.html

Buc-ees is suing a small business in BeaverCreek Ohio for using a beaver in their signage. All corporations do this type of evil, anti-competitive stuff to small businesses and then cry on the news about "But what about the small businesses? Lift yourself up by the bootstraps!" https://t.ly/kCXpb

ICE agents are murdering people in the streets. Every agent must be held to trial for their crimes against humanity. ICE subsists on violence and terror against America, and its purpose is to strike fear into anyone who dares question why. Stop ICE terror. Stop spilling the blood of innocents.

People back in the day used to want to develop a city for the better of its citizens, meanwhile these days we have to beg for libraries and most of America doesn't have public transit options

I know that there is a brighter future ahead, but its one that takes all of us to achieve. We must pursue the right course, and that means holding ICE agents accountable for their crimes in court, it means green energy and encouraging climate conscious behavior, and it means working for us all.

North Carolina GOP elections board members want to make voting harder. Our right as Americans to vote is being undermined again and again. -https://nclocal.org/2026/07/02/elections-liaison-dallas-woodhouse-instructs-board-chair-not-to-hold-vote-on-campus-polling-site/

Fetterman is a ghoul.

Please take today to remember all the victims of bigotry and hatred, caused by the stochastic terror intrensic to much of the hyper-online far-right in this country. For every one Kirk, there are thousands of souls in this country attacked and brutalized by fascist violence, egged on by the right.

"Alleged Rape on Navy Ship Was Treated as Workplace Injury" A woman raped aboard Navy ship told by federal judge that the rape was "within her duties" in the Navy and should be treated as workers comp... WHAT THE HELL is wrong with this world. https://t.ly/zYQpB #America #wtf #courts #CarsonCity

Bovino denied entry from Charlotte NC bakery 💪💪💪 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlotte-gregory-bovino-manolo-bakery-immigration-b3038291.html

Allegedly Natalie Harp is the then unnamed staffer who posted that extremely racist AI gen video depicting the Obamas as monkeys

Stanly Community College Board of Trustees member Kelly Lowder calls for purge of non-whites... How the f is this guy still on the board? - https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article316687492.html

@nelson@wetdry.world I promise, the kid that only talks about their favorite systemd-free distro (which has been dutifully maintained by a single developer in peru since 2007) still exists. They're there.

What they won't announce, however, is that they will never seize any meta, x, or anthropic domain for massive scale piracy and copyright violations. Because some dude illegally streaming football is obviously the thing they need to crack down on immediately. Surely Trump's friendship with Fifa's Infantino wouldn't be the reason why this takes precedent over AI corpos stealing billions of dollars of copyrighted material?

I'd like to append this by saying that while I'm not a ME voter, My preferred Platner replacement would be Andrea LaFlamme.

No, it doesn't surprise me at all that Musk has begun publicly quoting "The Turner Diaries" (a white supremacist fiction book about a white guy who kills minorities) on his twitter.

Trump says he'd be okay with the bombing of Los Angeles and San Diego?? What the hell?

"Climate change past the point of no return, UN says, as worst impacts are now unavoidable" Every Climate Change Denier who has ever held office from 1970 to today should be charged in connection to every death climate change causes. https://t.ly/-6wS3 #ClimateChange #ecology #GreenEnergy

It's a little funny but mostly sad to see (to me) that a lot of the driving factor in republican politics is simply that the candidates are insecure and self-loathing, and these factors are projected outward at anyone but themselves. (OP by @aburtch@shakedown.social)

@jwz@mastodon.social what flavor of seasoning? Do Gmail accts taste good with nashville hot?

Duke Energy makes ~9 billion $ a year, but expects consumers in NC to pay a king's ransom in bills, just to cowtow to datacenters that are consuming all of the electricity (&water). They know no shame. Lower the prices, and put a stop to datacenters. #ncpol #dukeenergy #northcarolina

The dismissal of all remaining democrats from the election board by Trump is clearly partisan election tampering. Just like his election fraud attempt on jan 6, 21 he is trying to destroy democracy to keep himself and his allies in power. Every democrat in DC must be willing to impeach and convict.

Man, Bari Weiss has been an absolute detriment to 60 minutes; '60 Minutes' boss suffers humiliation as memo threatening leakers immediately leaks https://www.rawstory.com/nick-bilton-60-minutes/

Currently a severe thunderstorm advisory for southeastern North Carolina. Please stay safe and use an abundance of caution.