Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Personally I'm tired of billionaires.

Friends, I'm gonna steal a page from @RickiTarr and ask a QUESTION. What's the best live music show you've been to? Or more accurately, what was your favorite?

I'll go first. For me it was Tears For Fears in 2014. I had just moved to Portland and Project Pabst was having its inaugural season in a hot sweaty gravel pit that was at once stifling and full of glorious potential. I was there mainly for Violent Femmes but I stayed for Tears For Fears because I remembered them mostly as a band my mom liked when she was somewhere around the age I was at the time (early 30s). I went in with zero expectations and was completely blown away. They played the hits without making them feel dated and new stuff without it feeling indulgent. They had enough of the original lineup to stay authentic but enough fresh blood to keep it interesting. I'm currently in a bar that serves strong drinks at a reasonable price and Everybody Wants To Rule The World started playing and brought me back to that amazing show.

So what show was it for you?

If I threatened half the things that Donald Trump threatens on social media the FBI would be at my door in less than an hour.

#DOJProtectiveOrderAsk

FACT: Trump has violated his terms of release twice *in writing* in just two days.

What will Sunday bring?

The ancient one (17) and the chonker (5).
#catsofmastodon #caturday

Amazon is crawling with travel guides written by AI -- vague, crappy, and pushed up in search results by astroturfed fake five-star reviews: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=Gmcb6fkRXSAX7JUdbTpFyhH1lSBWBcI0RuiXgcku3gVTdQV7s_SPvl1tKw76F_txTehAmHdU0bZ3PUoPyH0h-dybeb8_bGL7UzysZynt-SFcx9yByC4wr37_65cVodjr_Z-sRcqUfioeOsUAKJpEECejhG2SlL4jPCoaBG8PFnu_YLKDXA0hkzvhrJnGuD5kw59N8Bz7T7D7UOeJXLkowJnnoB6IDt6bHn6XiBvlH--t6M_9xmGCkNlYdtiiScdbS3ebGG5C3xKkCxwacaT96yLi9NK5dx9YHwhHSPdoVJPqslvVGAwQFvpSQvDvgHZGOFxW09EeUVAHYZl6uI-aSYS0_UfYhcXjDi6J2-M1oFlpWg&smid=url-share

That's a "gift" link so you don't need to be a New York Times subscriber to read it

It's a great investigation, and highlights the real problem, which is ...

... unsurprisingly by now, Amazon seemingly does little-to-nothing to stop this

The site is just soiled top to bottom with fake crap in every category

Shout out to all my peeps on servers or apps that don’t recognize the custom emoji!
:blobcatassasinatedbykermitsipusingpoisontippedumbrella:

I visited the isle of Staffa today which is made entirely out of freaky columnal basalt and feel like i hallucinated the entire thing

EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk

https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/08/05/0139219/epa-approved-a-chevron-fuel-ingredient-that-has-a-lifetime-cancer-risk?utm_source=feedly1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

@rthornton777 @Princejvstin @sosomanysarahs @JohnShirley2023 He hates as they do, and that is all their brains can grasp.

Anyway, Jonathan Katz dove deep into the Hanania, uhm, phenomenon in a series of great pieces for his Substack newsletter that everyone should read (link below). It’s difficult not to despair over the willful naivety of America’s “reasonable” center and media establishment. https://theracket.news/p/anatomy-of-a-troll

I’m so thankful for the medical professionals at Kaiser Westside and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Centers! They finally found the right cocktail of 5 over the counter, prescription generic, and name-brand drugs to stabilize her. She’s back home and recovering now, I’m so glad. COVID is not over! (2/2)

#CovidIsNotOver #COVID #CovidRant

TIL a Polish charity placed a tracker on the back of a white stork to track the birds migratory habits. It travelled to Sudan before the charity lost contact. Somebody found the tracker, removed the sim card and put it in their own phone, where they then racked up $2700 worth of phone calls.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-44645217
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15iwpy9/til_a_polish_charity_placed_a_tracker_on_the_back/

My favorite pic from today's sit and chat with Ginza is this one of her sitting on the sidewalk and looking at the camera. It's the best almost posed portrait shot I have of her yet #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

“In the popular imagination, private equity is often portrayed as a vulture, or some other scavenger that feasts on the sick and dying,” writes Hannah Levintova in Mother Jones. “But the bulk of the work done by modern-day private equity firms is not to finish off sick companies, but rather to stalk and gut the healthy ones.”

https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

Enough coddling already!!!
If Trump threatens judges and prosecutors, haul his ass into jail. If that riles up his supporters enough to cause them to act out, throw their asses in jail too.

Defend democracy from fascists again!

#DDFA