Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

*GASP* I am shocked. Someone please get me my fainting couch. </sarcasm>

Also, "unwitting"? 🤔

"Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners

Russian intelligence is operating a systematic program to launder pro-Kremlin propaganda through private relationships between Russian operatives and unwitting US and western targets, according to newly declassified US intelligence.

US intelligence agencies believe that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) is attempting to influence public policy and public opinion in the West by directing Russian civilians to build relationships with influential US and Western individuals and then disseminate narratives that support Kremlin objectives, obscuring the FSB’s role through layers of ostensibly independent actors."

🔗: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/25/politics/us-intel-russia-propaganda/index.html

#Russia #RussianPropaganda #RussiaIsATerroristState
#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

I’m in favor of separation of church and me.

@mcnado

Yet, Mr. Garlands DOJ does little to prevent this stuff and the people who incite it. Arrests should be made. I really don't care if they don't win the cases. Just exposing them to the legal system is a pain in the ass, as average people know.

Young life snuffed out too soon
Suspect still on the run now
Heartache of a tragedy

#gunviolence #florida #tragedy #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/gunshots-fired-florida-home-killing-12-year/story?id=102584701

A Twitter user with 9 followers has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for 5 of his tweets... and other reasons not to trust Elon Musk when he begs you to post your content on X. #ElonMusk #SaudiArabia #HumanRights #PGATour #LionelMessi #BloodMoney https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-x-ecutions-begin/

Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver: Church Covid lockdowns target Christians like Nazis targeted Jews!

Also Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver: use this fake case to target the LGBTQIA+ community and end marriage equality!!

No hate like Christian love 🇺🇸

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-right-legal-group-says-scotus-can-use-its-case-to-overturn-marriage-equality/

@PacificNic I'd even accept if society was largely selfish and wanted to protect their own health or just their family's health, at this point. Even that would reduce the damage.

The denialism on display is immeasurable, ludicrous and absurd. When I tell people about the hazards that they are exposing themselves to and how they are actively harming themselves, their family, their friends... nothing. Deflection. Topic change. Confusion, but no curiosity. The lights are on but there's no one home in their head.

It's like we're living in a 999:1 mix of senseless cheap-thrill-seeking robots to people who even care if they see tomorrow. More important to attend a party with people I don't even enjoy seeing than survive or avoid pain.

Society is extremely ill, both in individuals and at large.

With or without frame the Seaside Trail in the Azores Islands Print is here https://marco-sales.pixels.com/featured/seaside-trails-in-azores-islands-marco-sales.html 🕊️

#photography #nature #landscape #goodmorning #seaside #coastal #azores #mastoart #naturelover #artprints #photoart #art #artMatters #peace #wallart #GiftIdeas #BuyIntoArt #aYearForArt

I can't compromise
in the outposts of my mind
I will never bend...

#575prompt - outpost
#DailyHaikuPrompt - bend

ART Titled "THE PHILOSOPHER"
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-philosopher-teddy-bear-art-by-william-patrick-and-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#haiku #poetry #poem #smallpoems #writingcommunity #writing #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #poet #poets #poems #photography #photographer #photographie #teddybear #toy #toys #beach #beachlife #beaches #beachy #philosophy #philosopher #academia #academic #academics #academicmastodon #cute #fun

The RCAF CC-138 Twin Otter reg. 13803 parked at Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) #yqf #avgeek #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #planespotter #planespotting #photography

Big Journalism is terminally timid (or worse). Neither the Post nor the Times could bring itself to call the Alabama murders what they were -- not "racially motivated" (in both papers' headlines) but simply and directly, racist.

The lack of journalistic spine is remarkable.

Who does she think she is, Wannabe Barbie, that's who! Ha ha ha. Happy #Caturday. 😂
https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/wannabe-barbie-lisa-s-baker.html

#art #artwork #painting #cat #cats #catlovers #mastocats #catsofmastodon #catsofpixelfed #cute #Barbie #fun #smile #TheArtDistrict #fediverse #artbooster #AYearforArt #creativetoots #saturday #funnycat

@timkmak I equate EOD to Vietnam era "tunnel rats." I can't imagine having the nerves to do either. I wish him and all men/women fighting for UKR a speedy and just end to this atrocity.

The guardrails of our democracy have come perilously close to failing multiple times in the last few years, and decent judges are one of the things that hold the line.

James Ho is not a decent judge. He’s the typical Trump pick- they range between incompetent, tyrant, and raving ideologue.

No Republican running for President will be any different. Organize and vote- for Democrats.

Judge James Ho: The edgelord of the federal judiciary-
https://www.vox.com/scotus/23841718/edgelord-federal-judiciary-james-ho-fifth-circuit-abortion-guns

Hope you enjoy this horse called "Wildfire", named after one of my favorite songs growing up in the 1970"s! Happy Sunday:)

Can Be Purchased Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/wildfire-tina-lecour.html

#horse #horses #animals #animal #art #artist #arte #artwork #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #wallart #artbooster #creativetoots #buyintoart #ayearforart #artforsale

The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. We visited in October 2022, just before they closed the conservatory for major repairs (closed to sometime in early 2025?)

Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory art print can be purchased here -
https://beautifulsunphotography.com/featured/anna-scripps-whitcomb-conservatory-deb-beausoleil.html?product=art-print

#BelleIslePark #BelleIsleConservatory #MichiganTravel #ArtForSale #art #BuyIntoArt #HomeStaging #GiftIdeas #ArtMatters #FineArt #decor #WallArtPrints #ArtGallery #PhotoOfTheDay #prints #creativetoots

Today’s Dog of War is Nox, a dog I met on a bus in Berlin not far from the anti-Hugo Boss protest shown above.

I didn’t get his thoughts on Ukraine, but I have a gut feeling on where he stands...

Indonesia: NO to the wholesale deforestation of the Mentawai islands!

Indonesia has granted a permit to a company for large-scale logging on Sipora in the Mentawai islands. Over the next 30 years, it will be allowed to clear 20,706 hectares of forests and Indigenous lands. This will make locals more vulnerable to floods, water shortages and impacts of climate change. Help us get the permit canceled!

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Trying to leave the train station today, my QR-code ticket wouldn't work, so I showed it to the guard at the gate, and he shrugged and let me through. Only later did I realise it was the QR-code ticket for the cinema, not the train.

Benedict Evans shared his thoughtful column on generative AI and intellectual property from his paid newsletter:
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/8/27/generative-ai-ad-intellectual-property

Here's what I had to say on the topic:
https://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/1695017440139214971