Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

@exador23

I finally saw that "Elon" interview everyone was talking about. Or at least some clips from it. And, it cross over from watching a guy who I don't agree with with bad ideas... into ... He's Not OK. Territory.

If I had a student saying such strange self destructive alienated things, I'd have a conversation with the guidance councilor about next steps.

It's bizarre that one of the most wealthy and by that also powerful people in the world is giving off "cry for help" vibes.

It's creepy.

#Caturday #cats #CatsOfMastodon #Mastocats

The quality of image descriptions created by my enrichments plugin using gpt-4-vision-preview is really impressive

I f*cking love that Gavin Newsom called out Ron DeSantis (and by proxy, the entire Republican Party) for continuously mispronouncing VP Kamala Harris.

I really like the detail that much of the sales staff quit immediately after receiving their bonus check.

Elon Musk Faces Sales-Staff Exodus: Report https://www.businessinsider.com/x-twitter-sales-employees-resignations-elon-musk-comments-advertisers-2023-11

Aw yeah, cookies :D

As many know, my research focuses on how senior congressional staffers in the U.S. make decisions on #science policy.

For over a year, I’ve been sifting through hours & hours & hours of transcripts from my interviews while analyzing the data & writing.

Now, it's time to begin sharing the what I've learned... https://sheril.substack.com/p/lets-begin #politics

@lilithsaintcrow
The PO lost $6.5 BILLION last year and DeJoke flies under the frickin radar.

Creatures like George Santos are inevitable when you have a Republican Party that elects and then DEFENDS a creature like Donald Trump. Santos is a proto-trump. There are many like him.

This is what the GOP has devolved into, they don’t try to fucking hide it any more.

"I protecc the books!"

#catsofmastodon

Today's editorial cartoon by Nick Anderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(cartoonist)

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief flashes of radio waves from various sources up to billions of light-years away. Normally, that happens once, but a few have been seen repeating. One, discovered in 2012, was coming from an object embedded within a highly magnetized "hypernebula," and now a second has been found in another nebula. The leading theory is that a magnetar, a highly magnetized neutron star, is responsible for the bursts interacting with its environment.

https://www.astron.nl/super-sharp-images-reveal-a-possible-hypernebula-powered-by-a-source-of-fast-radio-bursts/

The Felis nigripes or Black-Footed Cat, also known as The Small-Spotted Cat or The Miershooptier—which translates to “Anthill Lion,” is endemic to Southern Africa. They are Africa’s smallest wildcats and one of the smallest ones on Earth! They reach lengths of 33.7 to 50 centimeters or 13.3 to 19.7 inches and weigh 2.4 to 5.4 pounds!

CNN was convinced Santos would survive the vote after Mike Johnson and other leaders said they’d vote for him to stay. There is a lesson there: when they speak with authority about things subject to a vote, remember they’re full of shit. And by “they” I mean all the horse race reporters.

"Lock Them Up": Trump's Authoritarian Plans for 2025

“Controlling bodies in jails, camps, and psychiatric institutions makes strongmen feel powerful.”

“Such frightening announcements aim to inject extremist ideas into the mainstream and create a climate of trepidation and powerlessness that discourages mobilization by the opposition.”

If you haven’t yet, subscribe to Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s newsletter, “Lucid”.

https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/lock-them-up-in-camps-jails-and-psychiatric?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Democracy #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Trump

@rabbijill Absolutely. I was working this afternoon and my son came into my home office and asked if I wanted to read. Of course I immediately shut my laptop, grabbed a book joined him in the den to read while he read his own book.

It’s a leftover ritual from when he was small (he’s now 16). But a very comforting one that I cherish, especially now.

Enjoy your challah — it looks delicious — and #ShabbatShalom.

I’m gonna go lie under the Christmas tree to remind you all that I'm a gift. 🌹