@BillySmith @LillyHerself

yes, also the classic Area Man

@Natasha_Jay

not far off from this album art

https://tidal.com/track/87618883/u

track: "Der Tanz Der Gluehwuermchen"

Noem is arresting US Citizens, deporting Vets, & killing immigrants in ICE custody

Hegseth is killing defenseless civilians in open water

Patel is making up an "antifa" threat while ignoring the actual threat of white supremacy terror

RFK is endangering us all with an entirely preventable measles outbreak

Rubio is escalating war & destroying our alliances with Canada & Europe

Justice Roberts is ripping the Voting Rights Act & giving POTUS unlimited immunity

This is how you destroy America.

A short story

@susankayequinn

Translations, t-shirts etc.: https://gitlab.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/cpietsch/NobodyWantsAI/

#USA #Venezuela

the unifying policy of Republicans is social murder

#uspol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder

The political theory of "everyone is twelve now" really is undefeated. None of this propaganda makes any sense until you realize the target audience never intellectually or emotionally developed past middle school. Just picture a bunch of giddy kids clapping along like "haha the turtle has an RPG, and they've photoshop Santa hats onto the secret police". That's their voters.

You have more power than you think.
Use it.

Assemble and organize
to fight for your rights ✊

#HumanRights #Activism #Solidarity

@Migueldeicaza

I don't think I'd be comparing the CEO to Darth Vader... 🤷

In short: This single sentence is the cornerstone of the German legal order.

It sets a binding moral and legal foundation: the state exists for the person, not the other way around.

6/6

The first sentence of the German constitution (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, i.e. Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany) is:

Human dignity shall be inviolable.

In German: „Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar.“

I don't really have any religious faith, but this comes as close as it gets to being my "article of faith".

Let me explain why...

1/x

The Public Interest Research Group purchased a load of Generative AI kids toys flooding the US market, and found they tell kids Chinese propaganda and have no guardrails for topics like sex etc. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-toys-gift-present-safe-kids-robot-child-miko-grok-alilo-miiloo-rcna246956

This kind of reporting really bothers me: https://apnews.com/article/utah-labor-unions-collective-bargaining-repeal-a84267e0c9bff480a648aacc79c1bc7c

Yes, it gets some of the basic facts down: the Utah legislature passed a law restricting collective bargaining by public-sector unions. Yes it was unpopular with the unions. Yes the legislature just repealed it.

But guess what happened in between that is not in this article *AT ALL*: 320,000 Utahns signed petitions to put a repeal on the ballot! That's 10% of the state's population! 200% as many signatures as the repeal effort needed!

The legislature just did this to save face, it was going to be really embarrassing when their highly unpopular law suffered a crushing defeat at the ballot box next fall.

So what this article is missing is that yes, even in a state with a supermajority of one party in the legislature, get the people together, and yes, they still do have the power.

One of the big differences between the US and the EU is that, in the US, freedom means "the freedom to do whatever you want", while, in the EU, we define freedom as "freedom to not be exploited by people who thinks they can do whatever they want". People in the EU largely supports regulations!

#PSA: If someone says they accidentally reported you, it's a scam.

If someone says you need to verify your Mastodon account, it's a scam.

If someone says you need to change the email address on your account, it's a scam.

If someone tries to lure you off-platform to Discord or Telegram, it's a scam.

If someone jumps into your replies or DMs with a mutual aid request, it's a scam.

If someone from mastodon.social sends you an unsolicited DM, it's a scam.

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Telltale signs of a scam:

- wants you to move off-site
- wants you to change account settings
- wants you to click something
- unsolicited private interactions
- new account
- under ~20 followers and over ~5:1 follow ratio
- sense of urgency
- appeals to your compassion
- piggybacks on a trending post or event

#KnowTheSigns #Report #Scams

I've seen an uptick in links to Substack lately, so here's yet another reminder:

Substack is a transphobic, pro-Nazi platform. Many of will not follow links to it. We are not giving that place any eyeballs or clicks.

Publishing there, or linking to it, helps the Nazi site owners. Please don't do it.

#Substack #SubstackIsTransphobic #SubstackIsRunByNazis #NaziSubstack #NaziShit #BoycottSubstack

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1999152699590287446

Y’all, you know I avoid the HellSite like it was a plague pit, but a dozen or more people have sent me this, and .... wow. More of this please. Stand up to the lies in broad daylight. Tell the world with your whole chest what monsters this administration has unleashed.

#MAGAZINER #Noem #ice #veterans #SaeJoonPark #senate #usgov