Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

You know what I like about Good Ol' Joe Biden?

That I don't have to worry about him.

He's gonna do the right thing even when I'm not watching.

He's gonna look out for the little guy.

He's not going to betray our allies or debase himself to our enemies.

He's Good Ol' Joe.

Did someone say, #Caturday?

#BlackCat #CatsOfMastodon

I dream of a world where drag queens are accepted but Nazis are not.

A piece of graffiti reading #NotMyKing appeared here today and was painted over in a matter of hours. An actual swastika was on display for at least a few weeks before anyone covered it up.

DOJ cites threats to democracy on Jan. 6 in push for steep Oath Keepers sentences (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/05/doj-jan-6-oath-keepers-sentences-00095669
http://www.memeorandum.com/230506/p15#a230506p15

Brian Kemp just signed a bill into law allowing removing local prosecutors from office

This was created for Fani Willis.

“America can withstand attacks on her democracy from without. She is helpless to withstand them from within."

- J. Michael Luttig.

Sleepy head! He looks so cozy.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastadon

BREAKING: Starbucks to shut down *all* Ithaca locations as a part of its union busting efforts.

This means that over 30 people will lose their jobs, as a result of Starbucks' illegal anti-union efforts.
Ithaca was the first city that had 100% of its Starbucks stores unionized & now it will the first city to have all of its Starbucks stores shuttered.

The story hasn't broken locally yet (SB did a news dump last night); message me if you want to cover this

#Labor #Union #Unions #Unionization

Coronation of King Charles is marred by anti-democratic PRE-arrests of protesters | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/05/06/coronation-of-king-charles-is-marred-by-anti-democratic-pre-arrests-of-protesters/

And it is hardly surprising, those who faught so hard to prevent a socialist government are the ones shouting the loudest. Reap what you sow you effin hypocrites

#protester #arrest #police #republican #anti-monarchist #coronation #King #Charles #III #Public_Order Act

Non-profit campaign group Human Rights Watch said the arrests were "something you would expect to see in Moscow not London".
"The reports of people being arrested for peacefully protesting the coronation are incredibly alarming"
#Democracy?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65507435

I never saw #bird photographers when I was on Twitter. Here on Mastodon they brighten my day, every day.

So a #photography #FollowFriday with just three of my favorites (among so many good folks):
@BathNature
@studiochris
@Ostdrossel

If you ever want an example of what gov't alerting services and weather services could do on Mastodon look at our very own @abbeyridgeobs a bot account that takes observation requests for an astronomical observatory and relays them back out through the account.

#caturday

Terrifying!

#caturday

When people finally understand that "we" means ALL of us, the fascists won't stand a chance.

#Caturday #blackandwhite #monochrome

It's very chilling to see citizens arrested for disagreeing with a "ceremonial" monarch.

Thirteen years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin from february 2022 until this week: “Russia is winning, and it is all because of me.”

Prigozhin now: “Russia is loosing, and it is all because of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.”