Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

One of my biggest concerns with Mastodon / Fediverse right now is I have no good sources of anime news or discussion, currently. :(

#anime

JUST NOW: The new House rules would:

-enable the #GOP to defund a criminal investigation into #Trump.

-defund Office of Congressional Ethics.

-enable a #Republican being investigated by FBI to investigate the investigators investigating him.

I'm voting NO on the rules package.

Hi everyone! It’s me, here in exile from the bird site. I tried tumblr, but while it’s fun, it’s too non-linear to keep up with the news on. I’m here for now. Hopefully this’ll work out. Follow back for curated news, topical events, loads of open minded, liberal, progressive, civil rights things, art, geek culture, and occasionally recipes.

No one ever tells you that getting older means learning to live with pain better

Dear republican
Yes you will still be able to cook meth on a electric stove

@freemo Any phrase used as a tribal identity marker tends to attract stupidity because the point is allegiance not analysis; any topic of considerable depth discussed in 280 or less character chunks tends towards stupid because there isn't enough space to advance sufficiently nuanced ideas; and in this case the starting point is counterfactual, which poses serious challenges for non-idiotic support.

So, yeah, if it was anything other than a maelstrom of stupidity, we ought to be mightily surprised.

(I do note with displeasure that a lot of people more on the sane side of things tend to overestimate the degree to which one can conclude things like "vaccines are totally safe" from observations like "the anti-vax side is comprised of idiots". That's not how it works! Is there a talkorigins.org equivalent for Covid vaccines yet?)

FBI’s opposition to releasing Leonard Peltier driven by vendetta, says ex-agent https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/18/leonard-peltier-clemency-fbi-agent-coleen-rowley?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Even Draculas and Frankensteins are using #HamRadio

#InternetPictureShow
#CBRadio

A U.K. "elite" cop was reported nine times but was still allowd to keep raping and otherwise abusing women for 17 years.
David Carrick has now admitted 49 sex-related crimes, out of which 24 rapes.

Something of a summary of the basic developments so far:

‘I can kill you’: how Met police officer terrorised women over two decades
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/16/how-met-police-officer-david-carrick-terrorised-women-over-two-decades

David Carrick: ‘Bastard Dave’ sacked from Met police after reign of terror
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/david-carrick-met-police-rapist-sacked-scotland-yard-mark-rowley-b1053566.html

Met rapist police officer David Carrick’s mother says she raised fears over son when he was just a teenager
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/david-carrick-met-police-rapist-mother-concerns-about-son-b1053589.html

Clamour for inquiry into officers who let David Carrick remain in Met
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/17/clamour-for-inquiry-into-officers-who-let-david-carrick-remain-in-met-police

Why is the prevailing story in the media “the price of eggs is high” and not “record windfall profits from food and oil companies” ??

America’s largest egg producer Cal-Maine reported a record quarterly profit of $198 million

Anti-poverty charity Oxfam is calling for governments to impose windfall taxes on large food companies

THAT’S the story.

To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same. Add #introductions to the post.

#Photography
#Astrophotography
#Netherlands
#utrecht
#QuantumPhysics
#Philosophy
#Science
#Nature
#SCUBA
#Chemistry
#occult
#Biology
#bioalgorithms
#Programming
#ClassicalLiberal

I've been speaking and writing lately about how tech companies try to shift the discussion on misinformation polarization, etc., away from the systems and structures that are inherently toxic and toward questions of individual behavior.

This way they can blame their own users for the any pathology and steer clear of calls for systemic change.

Today Elon Musk has come through with a perfect illustration for my future talks.

#socialmedia #twitter #ElonMusk

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What you can do to help:

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3. Listen whenever you want! You’re always guaranteed a fun time. Our ratings and reviews are overwhelmingly positive.

Thank you in advance for your help. 🙏

The Twitter API lockout of third-party apps is only the latest reminder of centralization's most important rule: The platform owner has the right to capriciously wreck the businesses of people who accepted the platform's invitation to run a business on the platform.

@k2za @w4pbj It's been a long time since I've done anything in the hobby, just checked and saw I have just a couple months left in my grace period to renew my license so I've got to do it #HamRadio #introduction

vy 73 de Rich KD3YR (ex N1DOJ, ex KA9ANL)