Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

There are two clear messages here:

1. A second Trump administration would be full-on fascist, and their team is not shy about saying as much.

2. There's a not insignificant number of Americans who support this fascism outright, and even more who merely shrug at it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9kw.WUb1.7vQevnssDT1R&smid=url-share

A whiteboard in a Gaza hospital, which usually tracks upcoming surgeries, is wiped clean and instead now displays this message:

WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY

WE DID WHAT WE COULD

*REMEMBER US*

(Source: Doctors Without Borders)

@tinstargames AltText: Mo Weeks @mo87mo87
I think about billionaires a lot (kinda my job?) so let me say this:
Most every billionaire on the planet would happily kill you for an extra few points on their investment. This isn't theoretical, it literally happens. They literally make decisions they know will kill people.

@Npars01 @GottaLaff

Fuckin' A right.

"You can't use those words, but I'll politely endorse genocide and ecocide to line my pockets and you must let me because of free speech!"

Fuck every last one of them, they're gonna get theirs in the end.

@cleantecher @GottaLaff

Billionaires want to live forever so they can impose their will on others forever.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a42435488/billionaires-immortality-reverse-aging-jeff-bezos/

They set up foundations, like the Bradley Foundation, that funds attacks on democracy decades after they died.
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/06/bradley-foundations-financial-tentacles-now-targeting-the-department-of-justice/
https://wislawjournal.com/2023/09/11/former-milwaukee-foley-lardner-partner-on-board-of-bradley-foundation-referred-for-criminal-charges-in-georgia-grand-jury-report/
Bradley passed in 1965 vowing to overturn the Voting Rights Act. Half a century later, his zombie trust fund money nearly succeeded.

Now imagine Koch's $5 billion over the decades
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2023/10/10/exclusive-charles-koch-koch-industries-has-given-more-than-5-billion-of-his-koch-industries-stock-to-two-nonprofits/

@rcriii Thanks rcriii, I figure if it's not offensive, then why CW? @Npars01

@Npars01 Thank you for saying it better than I did

There should be an option to make your Roomba swear when it bumps into things.

New cats just dropped.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Due to the Russian attack on Kyiv this morning, a tigress from the Animal Rescue Center was injured. During the explosions coming from air defense, the animal got frightened, hit a grate, fell and still is not able to get up herself.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=999644504438569

RT scary lawyerguy: Reporters never had a problem providing wall-to-wall, saturation coverage of Hillary's email server, Obama's birth certificate, or Hunter Biden's taxes, but somehow, after EIGHT YEARS, they still don't know how to cover a guy who openly admits he will run the U.S. as a dictator

A year ago, this kitty lived in the field behind the house and would run at the first sight of us. Baby has now claimed our house as his kingdom and he’s not going anywhere. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Friendship
ink and watercolor painting

https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/friendship-karen-kaspar.html

#cat #SilentSunday #art #MastoArt #watercolor #AYearForArt #cats #caturday #ink #friendship

My latest crochet project, made as a gift for a colleague 🐙

This is based on a fab existing pattern (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/realistic-octopus), but I modified the underside to match my illustrated mascot for the OCTOPUS database (https://bit.ly/cabahoctopus)

This is what the moon looked like on Nov. 11, 1918.

There were many who looked up at the moon that night knowing they were going home

There were many who looked up at the moon that night knowing their loved ones were returning home.

#RemembranceDay

📣 We have 3️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ days to save democracy.

Help keep & flip GOV, AG & SOS seats blue by donating to these Democratic candidates today.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/statewidesbluein24?refcode=gabamasto

You can upload audio files on Mastodon. The upload works just like attaching images or videos, but you select a sound file instead. You can also attach artwork by clicking Edit and then Choose Image.

There is no time limit on audio, but it has to be within the file size limit on your server (usually 40MB).

Supported formats are MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, OPUS (rename it to end in .ogg), AAC, M4A or 3GP.

(Music is "Modern Technology" by Mokka Music, used under CC-By licence)

@GottaLaff

Warms my heart to see the outpouring of support in the replies here.

++ to all the folk suggesting ways to handle what they see on their own without needing you to CW.

I'll also note that folk can filter "posts, including the actual content, hashtags":

https://fedi.tips/filtering-your-timeline-to-hide-posts-on-mastodon/

🙏 Thanks so much for your contributions to this community!

@GottaLaff @yuki2501 "WARNING! I'm posting the exact type of information you follow me for." 🙄

Reminder for the Republican party