Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

@SeanCasten
The #KochBrothers have spent billions in order to undermine regulations.

"The company sponsored a series of free seminars that judges could attend if they received poor grades from the company’s rating system. The seminars were not held in stuffy classrooms. The Koch network paid for judges to travel to a ski resort in Utah or a beachfront condominium, among other locations, relaxing places where the judges might be more open to the company’s message." https://www.vice.com/en/article/epx357/koch-brothers-epa-supreme-court-climate-change

Day 577 of my 3 day war. Losing multiple admirals at the same time to a country that doesn’t even have a navy is a rare talent.

I remain a master strategist.

This is an actual headline
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-look-restart-spending-agenda-with-defense-vote-2023-09-21/

‼️ BIG NEWS today as the Biden-Harris Administration announces the creation of an office of Gun Violence Prevention after calls from myself and House Democrats to help end this epidemic.

This move will help save lives in #NEOhio. Gun violence happens daily, the work to end it should be daily too.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/21/president-joe-biden-to-establish-first-ever-white-house-office-of-gun-violence-prevention-to-be-overseen-by-vice-president-kamala-harris/#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20Gun%20Violence%20Prevention%20builds%20on%20historic%20actions,executive%20action%20than%20any%20other

“Did you happen to see a little blonde girl run by here?”

"I once read that buying books represents the illusion of buying the time needed to read them. That sounds about right."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-25/books-declining-sales-print-digital-hoarding?fbclid=IwAR1h_BaQghRsWqkFCyL2e8Iw4OGiMoAETvbQ3p6UbYSyRwVLwAi7Jn49iKQ

#Buchkultur #Tsundoku

The Republican 'never trumpers' act like defeating Trump also defeats MAGA. That's not true as the meaning has evolved & everyone else knows it but them. MAGA is an American movement that combines particular elements of fascism, objectivism, talibanism, nazism. Defeating Trump does not defeat MAGA. #ConservativesReallyAreThatBad

What a freaking surprise! It's #caturday again!

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour #funny #teef #teefs

"I don’t think there’s a single person or entity in the world that has done more to promote climate denialism and undermine the efforts to combat that threat [than Rupert Murdoch], and that will last for generations."

~ Angelo Carusone

#Murdoch #ClimateChange #ClimateDenial #Fox

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/22/rupert_murdoch

We passed 20,000 followers in this week on #mastodon!

In less than a year, we've accumulated 29% of the followers we got in 9 years of regular posting on the #birdsite, and we get far, far more engagement with our content here.

Thank you.

We will continue to post regularly here because we have found it is a community that values our kind of thoughtful journalism, written by experts for the public.

If you know folks who haven't discovered us yet, we'd really appreciate a boost #Newstodon

I went and sat on bed. Ginza rewarded me with her first snuggle beside me #CatsOfMastodon #caturday

@selzero yeah, like, as someone who has been adding alt-text to images in a professional capacity since the 2000s I get that it's importance, but as someone who's really ill, the punishing way able people have decided to champion this one specific cause makes it much harder for me to engage on here, even before I see the holier-than-though posts about deliberately excluding people who can't always do alt-text.

If you are in the path of Tropical Storm Ophelia like me, do stay safe today:
A favor:
Every time #CaptainBoneSpurs has an opinion on our Military Leaders?
Post this image & mock away
p.s. Since the arrival of his family in the 1800s-not 1 has ever served in our Military-NOT ONE!

I hope you see this on #caturday

@MonarchMommy ❤️ I appreciate it. Thank you. I'm going to see him in the ICU later this morning.

So...progress?
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/22/mastodon_4_2_major_update/

The abandoned Paperworks paper mill in Manayunk, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as the Flat Rock Paper Mill, Paperworks was at one time one of the largest and oldest in the United States.

I've been working away on this gallery photos and history on my Patreon, if you enjoy my work and wish to help keep it going, I do my best to make it worth your while with deep dives into the histories of places like these that are often overlooked and forgotten. Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/AbandonedAmerica

This whole story is one more nail in the coffin of SCOTUS credibility that won't heal until they hold themselves to account or Congress holds them accountable. I favor the latter approach. https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus

For #FelineFriday here’s #Bridget gazing longingly at an insect that got inside a paper lamp. #cat #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #whiskers

Here's the truth about tax cuts for the rich.

They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people.

Nothing trickles down.