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Drew Sheneman comments on Putin's manipulation of his puppet Trump.

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/29/2355452/-Cartoon-Watch-in-amazement

Cartoon commentary by Drew Sheneman noting how Putin uses Trump like a puppet to get what Russia wants with Ukraine

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"The David-and-Goliath story is deeply archetypal, and for most people it is hard to imagine anyone genuinely wanting to side with Goliath. ...

But the whole traditional scheme, the whole moral scheme, the whole archetype of David-versus-Goliath seems itself to be hurting Ukraine. This US administration seems to prefer a world where Goliath always wins. Or at least a world where David must be told never to pick up his sling."

#Trump #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle
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Moose, Antelope Flats, Grand Teton National Park. December, 2018.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/70″ – f/8 – ISO 6400
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/2659/moose?utm_campaign=random-wildlife&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon

#Photography #Wildlife #NationalParks #Moose

A moose with small paddles and grass on his fur standing on the sage brush at Antelope Flats.

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@paninid

I think the only reason these fuckos are not shot on sight by the "I got guns to stop the tyrants" folk because #ICE are the very same people.

Seems #2a 'right to bear arms' was never about #freedom but about #authoritarianism and enforcing THEIR notions.

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Time To Eat?

This picture of a chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) is pretty sharp. The bird definitely noticed me.

If you enjoy photos of birds and other wildlife, take a look at my photo gallery. Sparrows are never overlooked—they're a valued and important part of my collection. Feel free to explore!

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #sparrow #ChippingSparrows

"Perched on a weathered piece of wood, a chipping sparrow sits with quiet alertness, its round body fluffed against the ambient air. The bird’s plumage is a soft blend of gray, warm brown, and creamy white, with delicate striping across its wings—dark brown bars alternating with tan and buff, like a woven pattern of forest tones.

Its head bears the sparrow’s signature: a rusty-red crown that glows gently in the warm light, bordered by a crisp white eyebrow stripe that runs above a dark eye." - Microsoft Copilot

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@JessTheUnstill Yes, very much. I worked in a distributed office with 5-6 FTEs and an exec director. My job was not-admin but I wound up doing a lot of the admin because admin was no one's job and someone had to do it. Admin tasks would be done by random people (including the ED and it was very much Not. Her. Job. but she also didn't see the need to pay someone for admin). Once I stopped doing admin some of the jobs just never got done again. Rude. Admin is a real job, and important.

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#SilentSunday #MefusSquirrel

A gray squirrel is mid-leap on a wooden fence to the post that’s right next to the corner of the house, with her fluffy tail raised. She’s looking straight at us. The background is the blurred white siding. The squirrel appears to defy the gravity at this precise moment where only her right paw is lightly touching the fence post and the rest is in mid air.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/115634527821065574

+1

Also helps to have people there who know how to spell.

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I can't believe we're starting a new oil war in the decade of solar and EVs. We really are stuck in the 1950s, unable to evolve to tomorrow.

It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.

All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.

And don't bother coming in my mentions on some "Support our troops!🤡" Jingoistic nonsense. I'm immune to that.

I hire more veterans than you do. I support more unhoused vets than you do. I destigmatize vets getting mental health support, and advocate for suicide prevention more than you do.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109817991979921397

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My 23 yo nephew Eric will be studying industrial engineering in Delft (NL) from 1st February until end of June 2026. He is looking for a room or shared apartment to rent near town or university, an undertaking which appears to be quite difficult. He speaks fluent English & German, is learning Dutch, and is very neat and polite (or I'd have kicked his butt) and reliable. He's also quite a decent cook; just saying!

Do I have followers who can help me help him?

Boosts greatly appreciated.

RE: https://sfba.social/@markmetz/115640655272358149

Hope not

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I love the 1/2 inch floppy disk 💾

The cover of Byte magazine for April 1981 btw

The cover of Byte, the Small Systems Journal, for April 1981. In it, a Robert Tinney piece depicts a small bezeled computer on a man's steel wristwatch; the tiny QUERTY keyboard and four side function keys fit on the face, while the micro-CRT reads, "INSERT DISK". Two fingers gingerly load the 5 1/4mm diskette into the side of the wristwatch.

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Idaho bar dog-piled with one-star reviews after offering free beer for helping ICE

#ConservativeSupport #PoliticalActivism #IdahoBar #OldStateSaloon #OneStarReviews

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2674356698/

RE: https://crispsandwi.ch/@mattround/115638651975890531

<3

Very satisfying!

@patriotprogressive.bsky.social

Good odds that Johnson would refuse to relinquish his gavel, dontcha think?

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The GOP's crumbling majority is so fragile that Democratic lawmakers could temporarily seize control of the House if more Republicans quit. This unprecedented scenario reveals the utter chaos and incompetence of Trump's party. What a spectacular collapse.

New GOP moves 'open door' for ...

#OTD 11/30/18 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more) Harrier hunting at dusk

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/32831312348/in/album-72157702341510282/

In this photo, taken in low light from far away, we see a harrier, both of its claws outstretched, angling in to capture its prey. We can see a flash of the white stripe at the base of its tail, the white mask around its eye and its beak, and its reddish-brown pantaloons on its outstretched legs, and the bold beige-and-black stripes of its tail. The bird's right wing is raised, its other wing is pushing the air downward. This harrier is banking hard left.

#sundaySentence (s)

"I have no symptoms, I have opinions," a patient says at one point.
"Your opinions are your symptoms. Your disease is dissent," replies his doctor.

--- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, in which Sir Tom Stoppard put a symphony orchestra on stage alongside the actors in a savage satire which dramatised the plight of Soviet dissidents locked away in mental hospitals.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c035je2y608o

v @mattotcha

https://mastodon.social/@mattotcha/115635657131815239

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"We are living through the most disgraceful episode in American history since slavery and it’s not even close. Imagine if Franklin Roosevelt had told Adolph Hitler in 1941: 'I’ll force the British and French to let you keep half of Poland in exchange for some kickbacks to my friends and family.'”

~ Julie Roginsky

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