Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

"Small-govt conservative" is simply another way of saying "Confederate" - "States' Rights" is another attempt to pull AWAY from the federal govt & towards Confederatism

Why did we let @GOP's South ACTUALLY win the #CivilWar? Because we NEVER held them accountable for #Treason

Scrollin’ through the ‘feed and oiy the news. Just remember - and take my word for it ‘cause I’ve been through some nasty shit the past 20 years to include the loss of my oldest boy in Iraq - don’t give up ‘cause you’ve got the music in you. It’s a big part of what drives my train.
#MusicOfMastodon
#90sPop
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j91RZ01PZwA

Good evening.

On a scale of 0 to "Volkswagen faked the diesel tests", this one is about an 8.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so-much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/

We’re outside, Charlie is busy exploring in the shade. He looks so content. Although, he’s not really helping with my bird photography. It’s all good. :)

Moon 20230728

July 28
Waxing Gibbous
76%

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #moon

Gov Abbott is trying to turn Texas into a "Right to Work People to Death" state by overturning local laws that protect workers, like mandatory water breaks. (Austin passed one.) I hope the Biden administration restores these protections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/27/biden-extreme-heat/

#politics #txpol #austintx #Austin

A drag queen is currently the #1 iTunes Christian album. GOOD JOB PATRIOTS! Keep it up!

Forester's Terns.

This isn't my backyard, though I wish it was ... except for hurricane season. This was at Holly Beach, Louisiana, on the Guld of Mexico. It's near the Sabine pass which seems to be a favorite route for hurricanes when they come this way.

"Flashing slender, silvery wings and an elegantly forked tail, Forster's Terns cruise above the shallow waters of marshes and coastlines looking for fish. These medium-sized white terns are often confused with the similar Common Tern, but Forster’s Terns have a longer tail and, in nonbreeding plumage, a distinctive black eye patch. Where Common breeds on outer beaches and barrier islands, Forster’s nests farther inland, on edges of freshwater marshes and saltmarshes. It is the only medium-sized tern species found in the United States mainland in winter." - allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #photographer #birds #birdwatching #birdsofmastodon ForestersTern

Good morning. 🌴🌴🌴

29 July 2023

I usually reserve this time in the morning to write about whatever I want. I've mentioned that I try to stay away from religion and politics. I sometimes just ramble and maybe attempt to articulate my thoughts about certain topics. I still have an account on Twitter, if that is still the name, or is it the site that must not be named. Oh ... I haven't posted there in months but now and again, I take a peek. From the little bit I've seen, it's devolved into a weird place where everyone wants you to subscribe to see "subscriber only" tweets.

Thinking of social media, and some of the worst things I've read, I sometimes consider that Three Dog Night song "Momma Told Me Not to Come."

"What's all these crazy questions
They're askin' me?
This is the craziest party
That could ever be " - Randy Newman

“There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

#photo #photography #photographer #morning #socialmedia

Truman's transformation, from farm boy raised by Confederate sympathizers to U.S. president who signed the order to desegregate the armed forces is vividly traceable in his letters and memoirs.

“I think one man is just as good as another so long as he’s honest and decent and not a nigger or a Chinaman,” Truman wrote in a June 22, 1911, love letter to his future wife, Bess Wallace.

7/

#BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #Military #StillWeRise #Truman #Missouri

Among my moms’s things - a knitted blanket she made that I almost let go of & then decided to pack in my suitcase to take home. They are not “my” colors but oh my, to have her handiwork is deeply moving to me. She died in 2020 & I just got back from closing out all her stuff in Chicago. It will take new weeks to process — We took her blanket to her grave for her dedication. And that’s when I knew I had to pack out to go home with me. May get memory be a blessing. Marlene Marks Kornick. Z’’l My unfinished business from 2020/ the #pandemic #memory #mazeldon

If you're a journalist and still active on Twitter, you're helping prop up a company that hates you and everything you do. Continuing to give your time and effort to Elon Musk is a self-inflicted wound that won't stop bleeding until you tend to it. Many of your readers have already exited. You should too.

It's still #Caturday! I'm very busy in the #Catio. Got #Zombies to kill! #ZSHQ #ZombiePatrol
#TuxieGirl #Betty #CatsOfMastodon

And here's another book I’ve just finished, for anyone who has studied (or is studying) maths. It’s a lovely gallop through the parts of mathematical history that we don’t hear about, steering away from the stories that focus on the “Great Men” of the white western world, and digging around in a far more global and diverse view of how mathematics was developed. Especially highly recommended for anyone teaching maths at any level. It’s out in a couple of weeks. #maths #books #history

#twittermigration
#introduction

I had promised you before. I'm just renewing my vows.

Republicans experienced higher rates of excess deaths than Democrats in Florida and Ohio, according to a new study.

This difference, researchers suggest, could be due to the GOP's vaccination skepticism.
https://t.co/RHWaAxgzc1

today's cats.

Corrupt Justice Samuel Alito says Congress has no power over the Supreme Court

Let me translate that from Republican to English:

Congress is the only democratically elected branch of our federal government

He says the people are not be able to take the power the Supreme Court gave itself away

He is saying the people have no authority over an oligarchy

Unacceptable.