Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

So, this cheese is for everyone, right?

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #funny #humor #humour #cheese

Why do I buy Twix things? There’s literally catnip in that cat bed! #caterday #catsofmastodon

We're approaching two years together, and I still melt when Tennessee gives me that look. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

And the Tech team is hiring! https://jobs.lever.co/dnc?team=Technology

✔️ Via Angry Staffer;

Has the GOP suggested giving part of Israel away to stop the conflict yet?

Or does that only apply when they can carry Putin’s water?

🤦🏻‍♀️“Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen

The voice assistant says the 2020 race was stolen, even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source -- foreshadowing a new information battleground”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/07/amazon-alexa-news-2020-election-misinformation/

Horrified and heartbroken at the barrage of attacks by Hamas upon civilians in Israel. Innocent people suffer the consequences of violent extremism, and this kind of terrorism only produces deeper, more intractable problems. My thoughts and hopes are for peace, and for democracy for all people in the region, but such a future is proving ever more elusive, I fear.

If you fuck with people long enough, they'll fuck with you back.

Here is an explanation from Malcolm Nance:

Oh look, a 'researcher' whose phony work was used to discredit real people who do real research on internet disinformation campaigns turns out to have a previous, secret life as an alt-right white nationalist

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/michael-benz-rising-voice-conservative-criticism-online-censorship-rcna119213

#OnThisDay, 7 Oct 2006, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskava is assassinated in her Moscow apartment block. She had been doggedly reporting on human rights abuses by Russian forces in Chechnya.

Well, this doesn't look good 😬

"Employees were not included in Epic's sale of Bandcamp. Songtradr purchased the platform's business and operations but not its staff"

https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/

Here is the first of a few pictures of the Great Spotted Woodpecker that landed about 10 meters from where I was sat. What a bird, has made my week. This year I set a goal of photographing all 3 of the UK's woodpecker species. I now have 2 with just the rare lesser spotted to find.

I hope you like this pic, I'm not likely to ever get this sort of shot again.
#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #Woodpecker

he opened gmail and wrote "aq<<<" to one of my clients

“The threat is here; the time Orwell warned about is now.”

It never ceases to amaze & terrify me that in under 80 years, less than a human lifetime, we have allowed the putrid, lethal stench of fascism to return.

In the countries that destroyed it, in those that were destroyed by it, & in many others seemingly inspired by it.

And the populists will exploit the looming disaster of climate change to stoke hatred for their own narrow, short-term power & profit.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/07/orwellian-nightmares-george-orwell-rage-culture-rewriting-1984

Happily back in Virginia from Massachusetts vacation, glad to be with our four cats. We had a superb time though with our grandcat, Seymour, pictured here. Our family's next generation continues the tradition of cat love! #Caturday #catsofmastodon

It’s hard to believe but it’s been 2 years since I left Vox to go independent! I’m very grateful to readers & contributors who helped me build Public Notice from scratch to almost 70k subscribers.

Wrote a little reflection to commemorate the anniversary👇 https://www.publicnotice.co/p/public-notice-second-anniversary

@samlitzinger

I find the whole AGE thing hilarious. This man has trained for this job literally for his entire life. He keeps himself fit, spiritually in alignment and fully educated in every single subject his job requires of him. He is OVERLY QUALIFIED in a way that NOT ONE OTHER PERSON IS AT THIS TIME.

No Republican nor Democrat has stepped up the the plate at this time to show that they are at least Joe's EQUAL.

Just his equal. That is all I want. I want a person EQUAL to JOE BIDEN IN EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPASSION.

Who is it? Where are they? Because to choose someone that is not at least EQUAL to Joe Biden is choosing the LESSER OF TWO.

So Joe is OLD. He is so so old. He did NOT want to come back but HEARD THE CALL OF DEMOCRACY and gave up his twilight years TO SAVE US.

And now a whole bunch of IGNORANT people are labeling this AMERICAN HERO as too old.

Fuck your ageism.

WE WILL BE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM FOR AS LONG AS HIS BODY ALLOWS US.

No one else is as qualified.