Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

I’m having some beer.

Today I need it.

Ron DeSantis called "fascist" by college director in resignation letter

https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-called-fascist-college-director-resignation-letter-1793380

#desantis

Nearly all dogs belong in heaven, and very few people.

The ongoing CRT panic. Trump claiming that Black prosecutors are “racist.” The expulsion of two Black but not one White Tennessee legislator. The pardoning of the killer of a BLM protestor.

New manifestations but the same old racial resentments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/10/blacks-white-race-trump-abbott/?itid=ap_philipbump

The #fear of being caught in a #MassShooting like the one at #MSU has become a #MajorFactor in #InternationalStudents #decisions about whether to study in the #USA . According to a fall 2018 survey by the Institute Of International #Education - the main concern among international applicants in 2017/18—a year in which U.S. institutions saw a #decline in #InternationalEnrollment—was their “physical #safety in the U.S.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2023/04/10/gun-violence-scaring-international-students

#USGunViolence #UnsafePlace #Students
#AsianMastodon

If armed bank guards can’t stop a killer before he kills, how do they expect armed teachers to?

A Florida high school has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative advocacy group challenged it. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/graphic-novel-based-anne-franks-diary-removed-florida-high-school-rcna79053

This is the MOST DANGEROUS event so far in the country's lurch to fascism.

This is a Republican governor telling right-wing fascists to start shooting.

He's saying it is OK now, no one will hold you accountable if you murder "those people."

"Texas governor seeks pardon of man convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter shooting"

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-governor-seeks-pardon-man-convicted-murder-black-lives-matter-shooting-2023-04-09/

#fascism #civilwar

“Mastodon has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of Twitter’s ongoing meltdown, and since I started seriously using it late last year, it’s won me over.” https://www.theverge.com/23673125/mastodon-separate-tags-hashtag-navigation-accessibility

As @mmasnick notes, in the wake of Musk's (somewhat predictable and weirdly amusing) betrayal of former pet journalist Taibbi, things can always get dumber at Saudi-government funded Twitter: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/10/after-matt-taibbi-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-shadow-bans-all-of-taibbis-tweets-including-the-twitter-files/

@TonyStark

An ounce of well-designed prevention beats a pound of prayers every time.

"Over and over, Republicans ignore voters’ concerns. This deeply cynical behavior will not succeed."
https://america.substack.com/p/the-gops-rejection-of-america

@TonyStark @statmonkey

We still don't know 👇🏻👇🏻

Or do we?

Alvin Bragg ain't scared of Jim Jordan.

#BlackMastodon #USPol #AlvinBragg

@Lowie @emilyfern @StillIRise1963

Adding my voice too. Left FB long ago because it was difficult to see people I know falling for conspiracy BS. (There’s only so many “actually…” posts you can write before you want to scream!)
Enjoyed my community on Twitter for over a decade, but deleted my account there in November, after it became Elon’s fascist plaything. I’m just here now because I like it here a lot! 😀

Fuckers.

I've never posted any of my husband's telephoto #moon shots on Mastodon before. They're very popular in our shop and on our Facebook page. On Twitter I have to brace myself for the shouts of Photoshop from people who know zero about photography.

This is #StCatherinesOratory on the #IsleofWight a medieval lighthouse. This shot is achieved by working out when the moon will rise here (rarely) and standing a couple of miles away with a #telephotolens. The weather has to be kind. #photography

Twitter might have to pay more in Germany’s anti-hate speech fines than the company is worth.

This alone could cause Twitter’s bankruptcy.

I mean, many things could cause Twitter’s bankruptcy right now. This is almost like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” novel right now.

And paying fines just happens to be one possible adventure.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/twitter-faces-a-whopping-fine-in-germany-which-is-more-than-its-net-worth-16366461.htm

He is the epitome of an eternal infant, with an unyielding intolerance and a mind teetering on the precipice of madness. Dissect his psyche, and should an artificial intelligence be granted the opportunity to analyze it, the revelation would be that of a perennially immature being plagued with insolence. His ego knows no bounds, and he exhibits the hallmarks of a narcissistic personality disorder. Entitled and peevish, he demonstrates a malevolent apathy, deliberately malicious in nature, bordering on psychosis.

Consumed by gluttony and indolence, this wretched creature scarcely resembles a human, a man devoid of delight and compassion. Indeed, he is a brute lacking even the slightest trace of benevolence, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake as he navigates through life, blinded by his own narcissism.

"If your hospital or healthcare provider has dropped universal masking, you can fight back by knowing and using your American with Disabilities Act (ADA) rights. You can invoke these rights even if you are not disabled, as you can claim to be at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID, which is the truth for all of us in this environment of few COVID protections and high risk of Long COVID."
https://peoplescdc.org/2023/04/10/peoples-cdc-covid-19-weather-report-40/
#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid @longcovid @novid