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William McKinley's campaign slogan was "Leave well enough alone!"

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😂🤦🏻‍♀️“Breaking news: #Qatar has asked the U.S. to clarify that the pending transfer of a luxury jetliner #Trump wants for Air Force One was initiated by the administration and that Qatar was not responsible for any future transfers, officials said.” #QatarForceOne
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/28/trump-qatar-air-force-one/

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@GottaLaff Dunno if it's common in the US as well, but here in Oz we have long had the phrase "seagull manager". That's a manager that flies in, makes a lot of noise, steals stuff, shits all over everything, then flies out.

Seems like a perfect description of Musk, if possibly a little unfair to seagulls (noble birds that they are).

#USPol

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#Toodles ! 👋🏼

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon #Musk leaves #Trump administration after turbulent effort to slash government, AP source says.

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AG Campbell Sues Trump Administration To Protect Scientific Research And Education Programs https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-campbell-sues-trump-administration-to-protect-scientific-research-and-education-programs

isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 boosted:

Two options:

1) Take it to the Supreme Court and try to have them overturn it.
2) Disregard it.

The non-option: Waking up the fascist codependent GOP to get out of bed and go to work.

US court blocks Trump's sweeping tariffs, citing overreach of authority | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-blocks-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-2025-05-28/

@northernlights @TonyStark And a good stiff whisky...

@TonyStark Scoot over, I'll keep you company. <sigh>

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I’ve been trying to be less bitter but the news out of this administration and the people covering it with such incompetence and malice for humanity makes it impossible.

Some account on this platform tried to make a 3 hour argument out of someone else’s graphic they didn’t like the other day as if that’s the most important thing going on when we’re all facing this extreme amount of bullshit every day.

So bitter it is.

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Can anyone identify these (even wild guesses?)
They grow every summer and wilt and go away in late August.
For photo description, all I can describe is tall plants with long narrow green leaves with large yellow flowers, one flower on each stem.
Neither Seek nor iNaturalist can identify them. (In southeastern US.)
@altbot

The image features a vibrant garden scene with bright yellow lilies as the focal point. The lilies are in full bloom, showcasing their long, slender petals with dark speckles and prominent stamens. They are planted in a small, rectangular bed bordered by red bricks, with mulch and dried leaves scattered around. The bed is situated on a patch of green grass, with a concrete sidewalk visible in the background. A black pole, possibly a street lamp, is partially visible on the right side of the image. A person's foot, wearing a black sandal, is seen in the bottom left corner, providing a sense of scale. The overall scene is well-lit, suggesting it was taken during the day.
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The image depicts a vibrant garden bed situated at the edge of a sidewalk, adjacent to a street. The garden bed is bordered by red bricks, containing several bright yellow lilies in full bloom. The lilies have long, slender green leaves and prominent stamens with red tips. The flowers are arranged in a cluster, with some facing upwards and others slightly angled. The soil is covered with a layer of mulch, and a few dried leaves are scattered around. A black lamppost is visible in the background, partially obscured by the plants. The sidewalk is made of concrete, and the street is paved with asphalt. The grass in the foreground is green and well-maintained, with a few fallen leaves.

Provided by @altbot@fuzzies.wtf,

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When not executing petty con jobs, Roger "Verbal" Kint attends Liars Anonymous meetings.

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My kid just WhatsApped from his German exchange trip. They had to call an ambulance for him.

He has food poisoning, was very pale and nauseous. He was dehydrated and his blood pressure was dropping.

He's fine now but I wanted to share this because it has the most Western Europe Is a Civilized Place ending ever.

The paramedics came to the mall, took him into the ambulance, gave him an IV, checked him out, stayed with him until he felt better, then told him "No charge. Enjoy your trip to Germany." And if that wasn't enough, when they realized the group had had to move onto the train station without him, they gave him a ride over there to catch up with them.

I'm so ground down by the predatory realities of America in general in 2025 that this just about blew my fucking mind.

isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 boosted:

A lot of people threw a lot of other people under the speeding train with their vote or lack thereof and I really don’t know what else to say fuck everyone who did that.

HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics:
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/moderna-flu-vaccine-development-cancelled-by-hhs-mrna-platform-offers-speedy-pandemic-response/

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Keep ‘em coming

“Sixteen states sued the #Trump administration on Wednesday, asking a federal court to block cuts in programs and funding for the National Science Foundation.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/nyregion/trump-science-funding-lawsuit.html

isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 boosted:

Worth another post

#TrumpTax

Via Bloomberg reporter:

🚨US court blocks Trump's 'Liberation Day' #tariffs

via Reuters

Court blocks #Trump's tariffs, citing overreach of authority

Constitution grants Congress power to regulate international commerce

isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 boosted:

Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.

Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.

My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!

#QRcode #Free #FriendlyWeb #Resistance

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