There is a process to have mayoral elections, Patrick Braxton found the paperwork despite obstruction from the city council. The existing mayor Haywood “Woody” Stokes III ignored him and didn't bother to run so Braxton won by default managing to get recognized by the county. Then, shortly after, the white town council met secretly and reappointed (??) Haywood “Woody” Stokes III as Mayor. It's an old typical situation. Here's the best article I found:
@ai6yr Yes, I consider myself very lucky in that regard.
@ai6yr The brain fog thing is real. In my case it lasted for five months. I didn't realize I had it until it went away and my IQ came back. Weird.
Unskilled Florida Man Regrets Missing Out on Being Enslaved --Borowitz
Facking yikes 😬😬😬!
> The backdoor, known for years by vendors that sold the technology but not necessarily by customers, exists in an encryption algorithm baked into radios sold for commercial use in critical infrastructure.
https://www.wired.com/story/tetra-radio-encryption-backdoor/
I buy the take that a goal of buying Twitter was to stop progressive movements that were organizing there.
These movements were and are changing the world for the better.
The fediverse needs to be built to be their forever home: a place to join together across borders to make the world better for everyone, with equal opportunities for all.
I still, despite everything, after all this time, believe this is the promise of the internet.
@quasirealsmiths Ouch!
Nicely done.
@karlauerbach I must admit that in that timeframe my foresight would have failed me. How can you possibly need more than 32-bits of address???
I never imagined that everyone on the planet would have a wireless phone / computer in their pocket, and networked appliances at home. Hahaha. I probably would have resisted the very idea of it.
@marcoarment I think of it as x-itter (pronounced shitter)
@TechnicallyRon@Twitter.com:
"I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler."
That last one has to be a guy who doesn't understand why he is so attracted to the Kens.
#Feminist #PinkAcidTrip #Gay #AlienatingDangerousAndPerverse
https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/1683058689224179712
Trump is hit with devastating news as over 20,000 Nevada Christians sign a petition demanding that Las Vegas cancel plans to hold a pro-Trump rally featuring Eric Trump, Alex Jones, Roseanne Barr and Michael Flynn on public property. ..#Trump..#GOP..#whitenationalism..
I've taken the plunge and joined Mastodon. I'm from #Australia, a #union activist, #steamtrain driver, politically active, love #Cricket, follow the #Carlton Blues in the #AFL, and sing in a #choir. Plus lots more.
A hawk on the fire cam tower of McKittrick Summit in California. Can someone tell me which type of hawk this is?
#Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #nature #wildlife
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=37.2303_-119.0039_6&id=Axis-McKittrickNorth
It is possible to voice legitimate policy complaints without resorting to equating Biden to Trump, which is horrifically wrong and extremely hurtful.
Trump boasted publicly that he was killing people in blue states. He stole PPE from hospitals and gave it to his friends to sell for a profit. These are actual crimes against humanity.
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