Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

In each pose he holds,
Mystery and charm converge,
Nature's art in fur.
#cats #catsofmastodon #mainecoon

Meow?

"The four candidates — pharma entrepreneur Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Christie, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — spent two hours moving from denigrating one marginalized group to the next, targeting each for hate and xenophobia. Occasionally they’d make a disparaging remark about President Biden, but their real enthusiasm was saved for demagoguing marginalized people and spewing bigotry."

~ Noah Berlatsky
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#GOP #cruelty

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/fourth-gop-debate-2024-ramaswamy-haley-christie

As I make my way to cover an Oneida County (Wisconsin) highway committee meeting for the newspaper, I can relate, Steve.
#SteveTheOtter

Sigh. My friend's dog of 17 years had to be put down yesterday, inoperable mass somewhere near the spine and the pup was clearly suffering. 😭 Not my dog, not a surprise, not even in my city, but I feel so sad about it for her. 😩 Got a cute picture of your doggie you want to share and cheer me up?

#dogsofmastodon #dog

I feel so festive

This article names the names & calls out those who are treating 2024 as just another presidential election year. None of these players will thrive under a trump regime.
2024 is the year we must ALL come together to save our democracy from this narcissist, with no abiding ideals or loyalties (only naked self-interest). We can resume our regular partisan politics after the common enemy has been vanquished! #2024Election

https://newrepublic.com/article/177249/2024-trump-presidency-sleepwalking

"The Republican Party is in an integrity death cycle. As the GOP is taken over by Trump’s enablers and sycophants, the few remaining principled Republican lawmakers want out. As they depart, the Trump rot spreads.

Republican lawmakers who remain are the most self-aggrandizing and least principled. Which in turn causes the GOP to degenerate further."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Republicans #corruption #democracy

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-gops-integrity-death-cycle

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lMfsQQpFMgk&si=OBLggEkV8ubyOBKI
⚡️🇺🇦Nightly Address by President Volodymyr Zelensky at the end of Day 651 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine | Day 3561 of The War in Ukraine and Invasion of Crimea (Dec 6th) | dubbed into English (Office of The President of Ukraine Official VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

My wife and I recently returned from a 10-day trip to Morocco.

I brought a small 5½" X 8½" sketchbook, an HB pencil, a variety of black fine-point and brush-tip felt pens and two 6B graphite sticks.

Our tour was very fast-paced so I had no opportunity to sit and sketch on the spot. Instead, I reviewed my photos from earlier in the day and chose something interesting to draw each night before bed. I limited my time to 1-hour max per drawing.

#drawing #travel #mastoart #fediart #art #pencil

As per #LindyLee

"Everyone knows the #RNC debate is just a charade

Everyone knows the election wasn’t stolen

Everyone knows #Trump is batshit crazy

Everyone knows he’s a #RussianAsset

Everyone knows the #GOP is owned by the #GunLobby

#Republicans are living a lie & the #media is helping them do it"

#RepublicansAreTheProblem
#MainstreamMediaIsTheProblem

Andrey with a cat. Opoki, Vologda region. Sep 2016.

My cat is living his best life right now
#cats #catsofmastodon

@the_Effekt

Didja ever notice that nothing in the culture war affects the lords? [The planet has 1mil lords and 8bil peasants].

Lords can always get abortions.

Gay lords (heh) don't need legal protections. See: Pete Theil.

The lords can hide from covid and don't need to worry about masks.

All that culture war bullshit is just divide-and-conquer nonsense to keep the peasants from teaming up and demanding systemic changes.

The local ABC channel is actually mentioning wastewater and hospital visits for COVID.

…do y'all know how fucking bad it has to be right now for them to even acknowledge that it still exists?

Hey Ramaswamy – googling 'Ukrainian geography' before the debate does not qualify you as a geopolitical 5th grader, let alone a presidential candidate.

And they're called oblasts – not provinces.

https://youtu.be/FPozSts1r4I?si=a_gtzUJY0x8d48Xy

Mmmmm ... late night snack

#catsofmastodon

low profile stealth mode

#Caturday

Since Trump and the Republicans are all for America becoming a dictatorship there’s no reason why Joe Biden and the Democrats can’t beat them to the punch. Afterall, who really wants a dumbass like Trump as the country’s dictator.