Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

If space Karen could harness the energy he puts into his ego, he'd have already been to Mars and back. Twice.
#SpaceKaren

The FCC is accepting applications for new, low-power, community radio stations the first week of November.

This is huge, you guys, this window rarely opens (the last time was 2013), and as you know, KUZU shows one way LPFM can be a foundation to build valuable community information resources.

The Grassroots Radio folks are holding a conference in West Virginia to help folks out with this.

Please boost and share.

#radio
#community
#local
#journalism

https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/lpfm

I’m back

Whalesome! 🐋

Worker: I can't live on $7.25/hr

GOP: So go to college

W: I can't afford $100K tuition

GOP: Take out loans

W: I can't afford to pay these at 8% interest

GOP: No one forced you to go to college

W: But you just said—

Billionaire: I NEED MORE MONEY!

GOP: Here's a $2T Tax Cut

Made it to the Great Northern

Once upon a time, a local businessman named QElon Spacekaren bought Twitter Tavern, the town’s watering hole. He fancied it might be cool to own a bar, a place where the community comes together to share ideas and camaraderie. He figured his business acumen as a manufacturer of explosive devices would serve him well in his new endeavor.

His first order of business was firing all the employees except for one bartender. The Twitter Tavern would no longer employ table service staff nor a bouncer at the door.

You see, Mr. Spacekaren thought Twitter Tavern allocated too much money towards good service to its patrons and too much time ensuring civility and safety for regulars and newcomers alike. “That’ll be easy profit in my pocket,” he thought.

But with only one bartender on staff to serve thirsty customers, wash dishes, and order and stock products, customers grew disgruntled.

Next, Mr. Spacekaren granted amnesty to all patrons who’d been 86’ed from Twitter Tavern in the past. “Welcome, welcome, one and all!” he proclaimed as he opened the door to a flood of abusive and rowdy patrons who’d been given the boot by the former owner long ago.

Despite the deteriorating atmosphere, some regulars continued to drink there. After all, they had always drunk there and figured they could sit on the other side of the establishment, a measured distance away from the unruly hooligans.

But as the Tavern’s customer base shrank, Mr. Spacekaren realized he needed a new revenue source.

“I know,” he thought, “I’ll sell monthly Beer Bird Memberships that promise priority service and reserved seating at the bar.”

Soon, the barstools filled with loud and offensive drunkards who made unreasonable demands based on their priority status.

The regulars sitting across the room increasingly found the new atmosphere distasteful and the cacophony more difficult to avoid. But they stayed, because, after all, they had always drunk there.

As Twitter Tavern’s revenue shrank to one third of its previous level, Mr. Spacekaren neglected to pay rent. He also failed to pay his beer distributors for product on delivery. Mr. Spacekaren, long misjudged as the town’s preeminent business mind, was losing money fast.

“This tavern needs some entertainment to bring the crowds back,” he thought. So, he brought in performers such as Mr. Foxy McBigot and Mr. Grift Vaxwhacker Jr. to boost business. While this seemed fun to Mr. Spacekaren, and his Beer Birds raved, his regulars remained nonplussed.

Over time, Mr. Spacekaren got further behind on rent. His failure to pay the beer distributors caused them to cease delivery, and Twitter Tavern ran short on beer.

As a result, Mr. Spacekaren decided to enforce daily limits on the number of beers served per customer. Beer Birds would get 4 beers per day; everyone else would only get one.

The overworked bartender rationed beer and wasted time tracking individuals’ consumption. Service slowed even further. All the Tavern’s customers complained about the limits. Beer distributors saw the reduced beer sales as further justification to skip delivery there.

Twitter Tavern regulars gradually admitted to themselves that their favorite watering hole had transformed into a shithole. They began seeking alternative places to drink.

Many defected en masse to Tooter’s Taproom down the street. There, they found ample ale, an atmosphere of camaraderie, and a robust collective of bouncers to keep out abusers and hooligans.

The End

#QElon #SpaceKaren #Twitter #TwitterMigration #RIPTwitter #ElonMusk #Fascism #Oligarchy

So I'm trying to figure out how to use this thing, can someone help or point me to a guide? From what I can see, it just kinda looks like facebook but with less features.

I'm looking for an alternative to reddit ... but I'm thinking this ain't it. Are there communities? How do you curate the content you see? As it stands now, it's just a wall of political stuff and things from news websites ... definitely the opposite of what I did on reddit (and blocked because politics is just too dang toxic for me to want to escape to it).

We should all be as comfortable as Apollo. ☺️
#Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

They’re the ones who count. It’s been my experience the others can go pound sand.

One of Steely Dan's engineers' daughters have just found a DAT tape of the infamous song that got accidentally destroyed - and it's gorgeous #SteelyDan

https://youtu.be/cAtOuLuO3vU

Fish: “Are we on TV?” 😂

Quick commercial for manual push reel mowers. If you were suckered into living in a house surrounded by a small patch of greenery that must be kept short lest pointless men in funny hats come tut at you, a manual push reel mower can be a great asset.

This thing
Can cut thick, deep grass better than my old gas mower.
Runs as long as I do.
Takes no gas aside from what I produce myself.
Requires no oil changes.
Can be used outside the "noise ordinance" times your typical NIMBYhood may impose.
Is CHEEEEEAAAAAP this sucker is like $50 on craigslist.

Get you one.

Read everything in the "Ugly Truth" series — from the inside story of how the "We Buy Ugly Houses" business operates, to the company's plan to "bury" our reporting, to the CEO's decision to step down — here:

https://www.propublica.org/series/the-ugly-truth

Six years ago, $85 million was allocated by the then Ontario government to clean up the water at Grassy Narrows and Attawapiskat.

A month later, the Doug Ford #Conservative government was elected. Nothing has been done.

#onpoli #ontario #indigenous
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/government-failure-grassy-narrows-abetted-opposition-failure/

45,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man experienced a crushing blow to the head that left him partially paralyzed for life, but his bones healed and he lived into his 30s or 40s, something only conceivably possible with the help of his community.

45,000 years ago.

But let’s pretend that 45,000 years later, we “can’t afford” universal healthcare.

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/shanidar-1

seeing some new faces here! welcome. here are the ground rules:
- there are none. there is no “using it wrong”.
- use content warnings however you want (or not at all)
- ignore tone policing. it can get a bit much, so…
- …if someone gives you the ick, block ‘em.

our time is short and valuable — there’s no point in spending some of it letting some dude hound you in replies for not calling Twitter “the bird site”. that guy sucks.

enjoy your stay besties ☺️✌️✨

I’ll put up a billboard making fun of Mike Pence IN HIS HOMETOWN if I get 10,000 follows on Twitch. Help out! Give me a follow: https://twitch.tv/TheGodPod

A touching unexpected reunion of a Ukrainian military man back from the front with his daughter at her prom
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey