Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

Cannot overstate just how depressingly, nauseatingly dangerous and bleak this is. Not the attack, which is alarming enough. Fox's gleeful vigilante-porn airing of it. That nobody at Fox seems to understand just how fucked up this is. The notion that desperate people fleeing violent circumstances in their home country deserve more violence in this one. The further notion that it's our civic duty as Americans to visit that violence upon random people, and/or cheer on those who do. And on top of it all, the near silence from mainstream news sources about any of that.

"The mainstream media should be honest about Trump’s border sabotage.

And Joe Biden should bully them into it...

Trump’s self-interested angle on this bill is often omitted from or buried in news reports, when it’s really the whole story."

~ Brian Beutler

#Trump #border #Republicans #immigration #PoliticsofChaos

https://www.offmessage.net/p/mainstream-media-honest-trump-border-sabotage

People are going to be financially destabilized because PG&E is not being reined in by regulators and government. #Energy https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/06/pge-electric-gas-pay-fire-california-bay-area-oakland-san-jose-economy/?

What Trump and his team doesn't seem to understand about this is: HE ISN'T THE PRESIDENT.

If, as he claims, Presidents do have "absolute immunity" from committing crimes whether in office or out of office, guess what? That would apply to THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT: JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN.

Imagine if tomorrow Biden sent Seal Team 6 to the house/hideout of known traitor and insurgent, Donald Trump, knocked down the door of Mar-a-Lago, sniped him in the head, and disposed of the body. Then claimed this "absolute immunity" defense. Whatcha going to do then, MAGAheads?

Project Veritas becomes the latest Trump-allied organization to be held to account for election-fraud misinformation.

The main actor who hasn't been? The guy on the ballot in November. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/06/trump-election-fraud-democracy/

Texas-based Life Co., owned by Walter Monk, found to be the source of last month's AI robocalls that used President Biden’s voice to urge Democrats not to vote in the NH primary.

"Mr. Formella’s office has opened a criminal investigation, sent Life Corporation a cease-and-desist letter, and sent both Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom subpoenas and notices to preserve documents, he said."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/biden-robocall-new-hampshire.html

Niki Haley wants to raise the SS retirement age to 70.

Life expectancy for African American men in the US is 62.

For men in general? 73.

Enjoy your negative 8 and 3 years everyone.

The discourse about Tracy Chapman "finally" being recognized for Fast Car is weird because it was a huge hit. Massive. Rolling Stone called it the best song ever written by a woman (and it was still no. 167 on their ranked list). I'm delighted that she's getting new royalties, new awards, new invitations to sing it, but there's this edge like she's supposed to be so grateful to Luke Combs. No, Luke Combs should be grateful that she let him sing it. Audiences should be so grateful to hear it.

This Valentine's Day all I want are my reproductive rights, an ancient tome of curses, a 50lb wheel of fine aged cheese, the souls of mine enemies, and a dress with pockets.

The House is such a fucking embarrassment

#USPOL

Warning: Rant
My husband and I are both left-handed.

There are approximately 708 million left-handers in the world.

Over 9% of people are left-handed.

Apparently these numbers do not meet the threshold for inclusion in product design.

My former Mr. Coffee coffeemaker had ambidextrous functionality. The flap over the water reservoir opened to the back, allowing someone to pour water easily from either side.

My new Mr. Coffee coffeemaker includes a design change. The flap over the water reservoir opens to the left, making it almost impossible for me pour water into it.

I just bought a new electric water kettle. The first time I filled it with water, I guessed at the fill limit because I saw no markings inside.

Then I read the instruction manual that referenced the maximum fill line. What? Turns out, I can only see the fill line markings if I fill the kettle while holding it in my right hand. 🤦‍♀️

If you are a product designer, you commit design malpractice if you fail to acknowledge the existence of left-handers.

End rant.

#Accessibility #Lefthander #DEI #Inclusion #LefthandersArePeopleToo #Engineering #ProductDesign

@GottaLaff What I continuously can't believe is that the #media doesn't have their hair on fire regarding this dark path we're traveling on so many levels. It isn't just Felonious Fuckface; it's the courts, it's lawmakers, it's governors. And the #media is busy chasing shiny objects.

President Biden keeps on trolling Donald Trump

Love it.🤣 🤣

@mathaetaes @GossiTheDog they can afford to early adopt a VR headset that costs more than the average US family lives on in a month as a toy, and they have so little sense that they then immediately use it in a way that endangers the people around them and themselves. I think that’s pretty clear circumstantial evidence they’ve failed upward,repeatedly.

Fantastic investigation by NPR into the racist, antisemitic, misogynist roots of “porn addiction” junk science — the very stuff being peddled by antiporn groups in order to pass age-verification bills and other forms of online censorship https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1198916105/mens-health-masturbation-abstinence

Quoting https://x.com/meidastouch/status/1754189589085135142?s=46&t=3d9pIKw692D3Dy-4Ms4pFA

Biden outperforms polls and wins with over 96% of the vote in South Carolina.

NYT: “an uncertain measure of wider enthusiasm…”

Trump underperforms polls and wins with just 54% of the vote in New Hampshire.

NYT: “made history” “builds on his momentum”

A church congratulates itself with its statue of "Homeless Jesus," but an actual homeless person sleeps on the concrete behind the bench occupied by the statue.

Huh. No shit? 🙄

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-teen-birth-rate-after-roe

Other things that have gone up:

-Teen moms evicted from their homes by their fine 'Christian' parents
-Babies being abandoned at fire stations and other 'drop-off' locations
-Infanticide
-Babies in foster care
-Teen suicides
. . . and more!

#ThatsSoTexas #ThatsSoChristian

NEW: #Russia has jumped into the #Texas border controversy and is now cheering on civil war in the US and promoting the right-wing border convoy. Even more interestingly, I found evidence that disinformation accounts associated with the notorious Internet Research Agency (Russia’s “troll factory”) may be being “reactivated” to promote a secessionist movement in Texas.

My latest:
https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/russia-amplifies-calls-for-civil

Via Meidas Touch:

#Biden outperforms polls and wins with over 96% of the vote in South Carolina.

NYT: “an uncertain measure of wider enthusiasm…”

#Trump underperforms polls and wins with just 54% of the vote in New Hampshire.

NYT: “made history” “builds on his momentum”