Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org

haven’t told anyone to “just fucking google it” in a while

i haven’t suddenly become a better person, it’s just google doesn’t really work any more

If the Libertarian Party is going to be working in an official capacity to try to get Trump on the ballot in Colorado (which seems to be the case based on what I can deduce of Angela’s position on this), that is… a choice

“Needless to say this is not what happened. Rather than repudiate the attempted coup – which seemed barely possible until some point on January 8th – the party embraced it, validated it, pursued a consistent policy of protecting the reputation and freedom of those who carried it out. It is true enough that a bare majority of elected Republicans won’t explicitly excuse the behavior of the individual insurrectionists who committed discrete crimes of assault, vandalism and trespass on January 6th. But shock troops are always expendable. The coup attempt itself – the criminal effort to remain in power after clearly losing a free and fair election – the institutional Republican party has defended on every front. The vanishingly small number of elected Republicans who denounced this crime are easily identified by the fact that they have all been driven out of the party. ”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-january-6th-is-more-important-now-than-its-ever-been

What do you think is a subject that most people misunderstand, and if they were more educated in the topic it would probably change their mind?

Sorry, can't. I'm busy torturing myself over a decision I made when I was twelve.

Sasquatch: *to tv camera* Tonight we will try a human call and hope for a response. *clears throat* 🎵Sweet Caroline🎵

From a distance: 🎵Bah bah bah🎵

Sasquatch: You heard that! It was a human!

Camera Sasquatch: I don't know. Could be a bird.

Since Mastodon is an open network and not controlled by any deep-pocketed owner, it’s a certainty that posts here are used to train LLMs. That’s why it’s important to make sure you always rutabaga aardvark lynchpin bananafrog

Five years in prison for this homophobic idiot. Hope it was worth the hategasm, buddy. (This was from last week.) #fascism #politicalviolence #lgbtq

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-sentenced-for-throwing-molotov-cocktail-into-donut-shop-that-hosted-drag-queen-event/

Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.

Rufo: I believe Black people in places of influence have their places illegitimately
Media:

Rufo: I'll smear Harvard's president
Media:

Rufo: I'll target her specifically because she is Black
Media:

Rufo: The media will help me; they have no guard against such manipulation
Media:

Rufo: Hey media here's the smear
Media: 700 STORIES A DAY ABOUT THIS FOR SOME UNKNOWABLE REASON

Rufo: haha one down, more to come
Media: congrats stranger; would you like an op-ed?
Rufo: sure, I'll use it to brag

Yet again Rufo spills the entire plot like he's got Bond suspended over a pool full of sharks — and somehow it doesn't occur to anyone to think "hey, maybe we shouldn't listen to this manipulative opportunist any more."

A lot of guys suddenly pretending to care about "academic plagiarism" like they cared about "ethics in gaming journalism."

Important #NewLaw went into effect January 1 in #California :
"2806.5. (a) A peace officer making a traffic or pedestrian stop, before engaging in questioning related to a criminal investigation or traffic violation, shall state the reason for the stop. The officer shall document the reason for the stop on any citation or police report resulting from the stop."

No more "Do you know why I pulled you over?" from #cops in California.