David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto @Bertrecords@qoto.org

Joe Biden's decision to focus on freedom as the theme of his 2024 campaign is quite shrewd.

By emphasizing this fundamental American value, Biden taps into a moral framework deeply embedded in the American psyche. It's about time!

https://framelab.substack.com/p/framing-freedom-bidens-2024-campaign

Two abusive conmen faced serious accountability for their actions on the same day. That got me thinking about what they have in common. It turns out to be a lot, and it carries with it important lessons going forward. I explain in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/two-peas-in-the-gop-pod?sd=pf

The Big Manitou

This is the biggest waterfall in Wisconsin. It's impressive during the spring runoff. Wow! Vertical shot, so you may need to click it to see the entire image.

#Photography #FotoMontag #Waterfall #LandscapePhotography #Wisconsin

The Clarence Thomas bribery scandal widens:

—Leonard Leo and his organization had business before the Supreme Court.
—They sent large sums of money to Clarence Thomas’s wife.
—They deliberately removed her name from the paperwork.

It’s time for the US Attorney to open a bribery investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/

I post this every May the 4th. It never gets old. Lol Some storm troopers still have to work today. Lol #maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday #starwars #funnymeme #funny

23 years of rapping onstage, thousands of US shows, hundreds of UK shows, even tours in Australia... and I've never done a single set in Canada. Join me as I break that habit, Montreal #nerdstockfest on June 10th.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/four-eyed-horseman-guests-tickets-520650257937

Instead of the cloud, back up your photos by getting them printed on mugs

Massachusetts' #EV incentives were already considered some of the best in the country. They're about to get better with new provisions for low-income car buyers, used vehicles, and POS rebates: https://energynews.us/2023/04/26/massachusetts-prepares-to-launch-new-electric-vehicle-rebates-early-this-summer/

In memory of the wonderful Marianne Joan Elliott-Said aka Poly Styrene, English singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the punk rock band X-Ray Spex, who died 13 years ago today of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 53

📸 Peter Stone

#polystyrene #womanofpunk #punkrockhistory

Went to the funeral of a WWII veteran today. A heavy machine-gunner in the 100th Infantry Division, he helped retake France in 1944. Purple Heart. Two bronze service stars. His division liberated over 100 French villages & towns, never once retreating. Legit war hero.

He was 98.

And he was Jewish.

And he was my father-in-law.

And anyone advocating we teach "both sides" of the Holocaust or questioning the ethics of our fighting Nazis with every weapon we had is asking for a punch in the face.

@Bertrecords i'm talking about the blue check. I was verified. Didn't like having it was there because some of my think I was an idiot and paying for it. In any event I'm keeping the account so someone else doesn't take the name. And then the longshot, hope that someone buys it and brings back some semblance of sanity.

Oh, good. It's gone!

The interesting this is that when you visit the page, it briefly appears and then disappears ; it looks like they build some sort of coding hack to make it simply not show.

Can anyone recommend good network manager that will allow me to monitor and restrict the internet to my kids devices? Time limits, filters, etc

Democrats would be smart to run on this instead of on inscrutable "enhanced background checks and waiting periods" or whatever. "we will ban the AR-15" is a winning message.

So the Canadian CBC/Radio Canada is 'pausing' Twitter.

They need to understand Mastodon. They need to architect a presence here. They need to get their heads into how this place is different, can be used to reach out to Canadians, and be used as a tool for growth in their programming and mission.

I appeared on the network, literally hundreds of times, explaining the importance of the unfolding Internet ... on radio shows, TV shows. I'm probably in the archives with all these shows.

Here I am in November 1993 explaining to two hosts of a popular Toronto CBC show what was unfolding.

I no longer have contacts there, but if anyone does - they need to hear this story again.

Peter Mansbridge would think this was a good idea.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1881263722