Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

With zero self-reflection. Like, can we just live in reality? Is that too much to ask? Can EVERYONE stop pretending that Republicans have any program besides fascist authoritarianism or any values besides raw power? Or that "moderates" have anything to offer except blurring the stakes long enough to help the right (aka the fascists) demonize the left (aka the anti-fascists aka antifa).

going back to bed, damn, I'm tired

If you misspelled it, it would still be a true statement.

It’s as simple as this ⬇️

Barr says Trump's "the weakest" GOP 2024 candidate and he'll likely "lose again to Biden" https://t.co/69NMfQL7Kq

Texas Gov Abbott pardons man convicted of MURDERING a BLM protester--who was white- bc Tucker Carlson demanded it. Killer even posted before shooting he was going to kill someone. GOP is saying you can literally KILL people they disagree with politically and we will protect you.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3941411-multiple-norfolk-southern-train-cars-derail-near-pittsburgh/ 

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Multiple Norfolk Southern train cars derail near Pittsburgh

Multiple #NorfolkSouthern train cars derailed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, amid the recent turmoil surrounding the U.S.-based railway company
Five empty cars derailed, closing a stretch of West Carson Street, which runs alongside the Ohio River. Authorities said that no injuries or safety hazards have been reported in the incident. 

The Islamic Republic barbaric laws punish women for simply walking without a veil, but this oppression hasn't deterred Iranian women from courageously defying the law and unveiling themselves as a form of civil disobedience, a movement that is gaining momentum every day.

#MahsaAmini
#WomenLifeFreedom
#IranRevolution
#Iran

@codinghorror @helge @PatrikSchoenfeldt @jrivett @gknauss I believe Kurt Vonnegut once said to (Norman Mailer?), while at a party at some rich guy’s house, “Our host easily has a hundred times more money than I’ll ever have. But I have something he never will: Enough.”

The real magic trick the rich perform is convincing you “if you worked just a bit harder” then you would be worthy of financial security.

The secret they don’t want you to know is if you stepped out of your home and looked in every direction your neighbors are feeling the same.

The cure is to not let corporate interests divide us, as Olga Miranda says “it is time to rise.”

We all deserve a living wage. You are not failing.

Nothing makes me feel broke quite like someone blocking my view by parking their 7 story tall superyacht in front of my widow

@uspolitics
How long before #TXGov #GregAbbott just flat out makes it legal for white people to kill black people in #Texas?

#USPolitics #TXPolitics #racismsucks

We have to vote out the #RacistGOP in every state, every election.

2/ “Majed Khalil filed his lawsuit in 2021, alleging statements made on Dobbs’s social media and by pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell on Dobbs’s Fox Business show defamed him by accusing the businessman of executing an “electoral 9/11” and helping change ballot counts in voting machines.”

The media, at least those that are even bothering to cover it, are truly missing the forest for the trees. The disaster of the bird site is not its garbage performance and functionality “clunkiness.” It’s that is a goddamned misinformation fascist propaganda engine. That’s it. That’s the story. I’ve been trying to get journalists to cover it. Guess I have to do it myself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/technology/elon-musk-twitter-changes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#GoodNews

feeling like the timeline content has been top notch today, good job everyone, let's keep up this momentum

Perhaps a weird question. Do you routinely find yourself in a different room to the one you expected to be in?

If you do, have you mitigated it in any way?

Boosts welcome, for science reasons.

This graceful and lovely Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, with it's orange bill, black knob and white feathers was a treat to see at a pond in Puslinch Ontario Canada. The stark white beauty of the Swan is quite dazzling. This one was posing nicely for me and it was nice to catch the water droplets falling from it's bill.
Mute Swan available here
https://www.redbubble.com/people/debop/works/15821796-mute-swan?asc=u
#swan #MuteSwan #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #mastoBirds #waterbirds #nature #wildlife #BirdWatching #PhotographersOnMastodon #photography

“YOU BAN BOOKS.
YOU BAN DRAG.
KIDS ARE STILL IN BODYBAGS.”

High School kids standing up against gun violence in Nashville.
This made me teary with hope but also bit of guilt cause I feel our generations failed this generation who’s working to fix this.
I’m beyond proud of gen Z & stand firmly with them.
Every generation should applaud their bravery & join them in the fight to protect their lives & future generations so children can go to School w/o fear of dying in a school shooting.
#Nashville

> Republicans are, in theory, about small government.

Haha yes. In theory.

I'm in the #GOP but for the life of me can't find many prominent politicians who are about small government. #Trump and #RonDesantis sure as heck ain't it.