Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

America leads the world in gun deaths for two reasons.

1) We have too many guns.
2) We have too many Republicans.

Germany is brought to a standstill over the largest strike in decades

In France, massive protests over pension “reform”

In Israel, a general strike sweeps the nation in opposition to Netanyahu's right-wing judicial takeover

Employers vow to pay protesters their full wage.

In America...😬

If we had a general strike we would have our reproductive rights, sensible gun control, living wages...

Taft Hartley killed the power of unions in America and citizens United wrote the eulogy

🎉 BOOM: NC Gov. Roy Cooper signs #MedicaidExpansion bill into law for ~600,000 North Carolinians!

(actual implementation scheduled for 1/12/24, I believe)
https://acasignups.net/23/03/27/north-carolina-update-gov-cooper-signs-medicaid-expansion-600k-americans-law

💔 😥 We've lost a good one, folks:

#RIP @DearAuntCrabby

From her accounts:

"It is with deep sadness that I report to you that my Aunt Sybil, Aunt Crabby, has passed

Auntie wanted me to tell you that she loved you very much. Her greatest wish was to see Donald Trump atone for his crimes against Americans

This account will remain open for the near future"

Thank you everyone, but she's not MY auntie. She's everyone's. Her family posted this. We were pals since Early Twitter. This is beyond sad

"The ones who are committed to preventing that political action – and the party that elevates them to positions of power and influence. It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s not like this anywhere else. This is American exceptionalism in its true, abhorrent form. …

If the U.S. were a functioning democracy and its political leaders had to answer to the will of the majority, the country would move forward – in this as in so many other public policy areas."

#USA #guns #violence
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@JoParkerBear wish I didn’t have to spend a single second thinking about these fuckwits but here we are

A beautiful pekin duck that was well loved at the local lake preening her feathers in sunlight.

https://pixels.com/featured/the-duchess-of-shelley-lake-chad-meyer.html

#duck #wildlife #nature #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #TheArtDistrict

Two new additions, lots of polka dots with Sweet Polka Dot Spot, and Bow Tie Kitty! 😀

Sweet Polka Dot Spot (dog): https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sweet-polka-dot-spot-lisa-s-baker.html

Bow Tie Kitty: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bow-tie-kitty-lisa-s-baker.html

#art #artwork #dog #dogs #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #mastodon #mastocats #mastodogs #mastoart #watercolor #painting #buyintoart #SpringIntoArt #spring #AYearforArt #TheArtDistrict #artgallery #fun #whimsical #polkadot #smile #cuteanimals #digitalart #digitalartwork #artist #artistonmastodon

Evening rainbow over Mustafapasha in Cappadocia, Turkey

Read about our trips
https://cascoly-images.com/cappadocia-troglodytes-caves-and-fairy-chimneys/

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/evening-rainbow-over-mustafapasha-steve-estvanik.html

#theArtDistrict #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Art #ArtMatters #MastoArt
#SpringIntoArt #artWork #ArtistsOnMastodon #travel #photography
#travel #travelart #travelphotography #europe #asia #turkey
#history

Republicans were banking on this.

To push trans people to their limit.

They were hoping someone would snap & do exactly what they did, go on a shooting rampage.

Then republicans will milk every moment of this, demonize trans people & they will use the act of one individual to justify their attacks & bills against the entire trans community.

Republicans caused this shooting to happen with their hatred & laxed gun laws.

They’ll blame trans treatment.

Republicans are manipulative evil MOFOs.

About the wearingly predictable problem of mass shootings in the US, which set the country apart in shocking ways from every other affluent democracy in the world, Thomas Zimmer says there's not much new to say. Except this:

"Much of this is the result of deliberate political choices, much of it could be remedied by political action. There are people responsible for what we are putting our children through:"

#USA #guns #violence
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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/america-is-sacrificing-its-children

And your yoga instructor for today is Mr. Otter.
Photo by Michelle Hanson of MHPhotoco
#OtterYoga #Alaska

#MonochromeMonday

An intimate #BlackAndWhite portrayal of Birch #trees in #Snoqualmie #Washington

#Monochrome #BW #Prints #PhotoMonday #PhotoOfTheDay #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #MastoArt #FediGiftshop #ArtBooster #Nature #Natur #ArtReference #Wallart #PNW
https://pixels.com/featured/birch-black-and-white-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

Reasons why you should support my Patreon:

-Laughter is the best medicine, so I am technically your doctor.
-My facts contain unparalleled wisdom, so I am also technically your teacher.
-If I cannot sustain myself by being an internet funny person then I may be forced to go into an office and wear business casual attire, which would simply be the death of me.
-If reincarnation is real then I may be your great great grandfather, and it's nice to support your grandparents.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

How has it come to this? No child should have to think of dying in a mass shooting, let alone feel the need to hold such sign just to get us to give a damn. #politics #republicans #gop #gqp #nashville #massshooting #schoolshooting #NashvilleCovenantSchool #politics #uspolitics #news #breakingnews #uspol #genz #education

Tennessee MAGA GOP have successfully banned drag shows, banned teaching about America's history racism in schools, and just last week advanced a bill to expand concealed carry from handguns to ALL firearms—calling it a "civil right."

Covenant School is a private Christian school.

I don't want to hear a word from MAGA extremists who claim mass shootings happen b/c "we've taken God out of school."

It's not God out of schools that's the problem—it's NRA & gun lobby money in your coffers that is.

BODIE LIGHTHOUSE STARS LIGHT BEAMS:https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bodie-lighthouse-light-rays-norma-brandsberg.html

#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #mastodonart #fedigiftshop #mastoart #fediart #BuyIntoArt #photography #photograph
#TheArtDistrict #artbooster #artcollector #art4mom #MastoPhotography #elegantfinephotography #lighthouse #nc
#northcarolina #obx
#lightbeams #nightphotography
#beach

N.Y. Prosecutor’s Team Hangs Up On Jim Jordan’s Goons In GOP Humiliation https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/03/26/n-y-prosecutors-team-hangs-up-on-jim-jordans-goons-in-gop-humiliation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

This made me laugh.. 😅

Capturing the Serenity and Splendor of the Northern Sea: A Visual Journey into the Breathtaking Beauty of the Arctic Waters