Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

We got an Echo Show for Christmas from my parents, so put a dot in 8's bedroom so he could listen to music.

Folks, that was a mistake.

Sent him to go get his pjs on, 15 minutes later I check on him & find him cackling and talking to Alexa, who has been programmed to only respond in farts.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my more than 20 years in Congress.”

—George Santos

In all seriousness:

We have repeatedly benefited from how the new vanguard of American fascism is chock full of egotists and buffoons.

It is crucial we use the window they have provided us to organize, as opposed to banking on them never getting it together.

GOP operative convicted in scheme to funnel Russian money into Trump campaign https://www.axios.com/2022/11/18/trump-campaign-jesse-benton-russia

Nothing better than watching Republicans tear themselves apart over who is vile enough to lead them.

Kari Lake ally rages after Katie Hobbs is sworn in: “The legislature must vote to decertify”

Democrat Katie Hobbs on Monday was officially sworn in as Arizona's governor, and allies of defeated Trump-backed rival Kari Lake are not taking it well.

#MOG
https://l.smartnews.com/Ft4fm/ztjw5J

This forecast looks gnarly. Just tested the generator. Chainsaws are all sharp and charged. Attached is a point hourly forecast from NWS Bay Area for 1750 feet in the Southern Mayacamas. Expecting gusts over 50MPH over an extended period. We are in a protected area, but it is still going to be pretty nuts. #CAwx

Albertsons bought Safeway. Now Kroger is buying Albertons.

Combined they would control ~22% of the US grocery market, with revenue over $200B.

Add Walmart, these brands would control 70% of the grocery market in 167 cities across the country.

This is why antitrust matters.

Here is the #manipulation from the #British print media for all to see. The headline assumes that the graphic is connected, when in fact, it is not and none of those in the picture received any golden payoffs. It’s subtle, effective and deeply misleading. #brokenbritain #mediaethics

“conservatives are drafting a ‘potential suite of executive orders in 2024,’ in case the next presidential election goes their way”

The people who are dictating the curriculum don’t even know when presidential terms begin.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/ron-desantis-florida-critical-race-theory-professors/672507/

How many times does Hakeem have to win, jeez. #StopTheSteal

Do you engage less with #mastodon accounts when they use #twitter links?

Please Reboot - as I wish to gauge if my narrow observations, thus far are right.

Y'all, 2023 getting started in some weird fashion.

🥳🎂 Happy Birthday to one of the greatest authors who touched so many people with his imagination, his books, his universe and his magic...

Happy Birthday, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien! 🎉

#TheLordOfTheRings 📖
#TheHobbit 📖
#TheSilmarillion 📖
#JRRTolkien 🙇🏻‍♂️
#Tolkien 🙇🏻‍♂️
#LOTR 📖

Radioactive Waste ‘Everywhere’ at Ohio Oilfield Facility, Says Former Worker
Community groups present health and environmental justice concerns to the EPA, alleging workers at Austin Master Services are coated in dangerous levels of radioactive waste. ByJustin Nobelon Aug 31, 2022 https://www.desmog.com/2022/08/31/worker-radioactive-waste-austin-master-services-ohio

It's becoming pretty clear after *two weeks* on Mastodon that the Other Place deliberately promoted conflict but sold it as conversation.