Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

A thriving democracy requires an electorate of informed, reasoning adults who understand and support what's in their own best long term as well as short term interests.

Not sure we have that kind of electorate any more.

#Democracy

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#abpoli #privatization #Alberta

@EVDHmn @sj_ashcroft2 thank you so much for your kind words. You’ve really made my night ❤️

Iowa Republicans love Rapists.
"I think a lot of people in this country are out of touch with reality and will accept anything Donald Trump tells them. You had a jury that said that Donald Trump raped a woman. And that doesn't seem to be moving the needle. There's a lot of things about today's electorate that I have a hard time understanding.”

— Mitt Romney to Manu Raju, on Trump’s win in Iowa. #Trump #IowaRapist #RapistTrump #MittRomney

Democrat Frost challenges GOP to introduce bill to remove Statue of Liberty | The Hill

“Don’t welcome them if you plan to reject them. If you keep pushing your bigoted H.R. 2 bill, then also pass this bill. I’ve taken the liberty of drafting it for you,” Frost said, holding up a piece of paper. “It removes the Statue of Liberty, our largest symbol that tells people to come here.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4414275-democrat-frost-gop-statue-of-liberty/

@GottaLaff republicans. No respect for America’s laws, norms, authority.
Is this seditious?

Backyard bunny poses for its high school yearbook photo.
(05/27/22)

#rabbit #rabbits #bunny #bunnies #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText

17 January 1900 | Czech Anton Frydrych was born in Vsetín. A butcher's helper.

In Auschwitz from 29 April 1942.
No. 33822
He perished in the camp on 7 July 1942.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2  #Czechia #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts

Camembert is an endangered species! It relies on a mold that had lost the ability to reproduce sexually... and now, thanks to inbreeding, this mold has also lost the ability to reproduce using spores. Roquefort is also in trouble, but for Camembert it's worse:

"The world over, this other symbol of French gastronomy is inoculated exclusively with one single strain of Penicillium camemberti, a white mutant that was selected for Brie cheeses in 1898 and Camemberts in 1902.

The problem is that ever since then the strain has been replicated by vegetative propagation only. Until the 1950s, Camemberts still had grey, green or in some cases orange-tinged moulds on their surface. But the industry was not fond of these colours, considering them unappealing, and staked everything on the albino strain of P. camemberti, which is completely white and moreover has a silky texture. This is how Camembert acquired its now-characteristic pure white rind.

Year after year, generation after generation, the albino strain of P. camemberti, which was already incapable of sexual reproduction, lost its ability to produce asexual spores. As a result it is now very difficult for the entire industry to obtain enough P. camemberti spores to inoculate their production of the famous Norman cheese.

Worse still, while the Roquefort PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) standard retains a degree of microbial biodiversity, the PDO specifications for Camembert require farmers and other producers to use P. camemberti exclusively."

What to do about it? Read on....

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This kitty wants lap time at 3 AM #cats #CatsOfMastodon

"Like me, my friend is in his 30s and was fit and healthy when he got Long COVID. Like me, he had the much-vaunted 'hybrid immunity' of all the vaccines plus previous infection.
Like me, he has been abandoned by the leaders of our government, from the most progressive politicians to the most conservative, who seem intent on maintaining the façade that COVID is 'over' and that things are back to 'normal.'
The problem is, it’s not true. We are not back to normal."
https://48hills.org/2024/01/i-have-long-covid-and-sen-scott-wiener-wouldnt-help/

@mastodonmigration Yes, it definitely appears that way.

🚨Two American Billionaires want to build a golf course on top of an extremely important environmental and scientific Scottish dune habitat!

➡️YOU can help us stop them.

✍️Sign our campaign to save Coul Links today!
https://greens.scot/SaveCoulLinks

If anyone else like https://mastodon.terabyte-computing.com/@cloudguy thinks transphobia or any kind of bigotry to a minority is the norm, and opposition to it is some kind of"woke bandwagon". Just pre-emptively block me now please. We are not going to be friends.

Florida Democrats flip Republican House seat in Special Election

Haven't heard a peep about this on cable news. NYT front page hasn't mentioned it.

If the results were reversed and a Dem seat flipped GOP we'd be hearing how this spells doom for the Dems' 2024 prospects.

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/florida-democrats-flip-republican-house-seat-special-election/BDGBNIJ3CZECRMX6NTSZQVYZX4/

Democrat keeps winning.

Democrat Keen wins state House 35 special election over GOP’s Booth https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrat-keen-wins-state-house-35-special-election-over-gop-s-booth/ar-AA1n5yoO?ocid=socialshare