Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@qoto.org

Me: posts an ad for a free bike frame on craiglist with a picture of the frame

Some guy: Hi. I want your bike rack

#WritingPrompt: Your character lays down an ultimatum. Does any one listen? Can they even enforce it?

#writing #AmWriting #authodons

Second Trump reign could make life ‘a lot harder’ for EU’s far-right leaders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/second-trump-reign-could-make-life-a-lot-harder-for-eus-far-right-leaders
via @guardian

LOL; good luck apologizing to Putin for this Trump!

> Ukraine's first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306 km), according to the sources.

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-lifts-ban-ukraine-using-us-arms-strike-inside-russia-2024-11-17/

#RussiaIsATerroristState #SlavaUkraini #russianinvasion #RussiaUkraine #russia #ukraine #war #uspol

📰 Tragic outcomes for Russian recruits: missing soldiers highlight severe frontline losses

🔗 https://www.uawire.org/Contents/Item/Display/31304

#News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-great-now-the-press-is-sanewashing

oh great, now the press is sanewashing Bobby Brainworms

opportunities, how do they work?

Trump's Blacklist: His Fascism, Legal Fuck-ups, and Business Failures - emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/17/trumps-blacklist-his-fascism-legal-fuck-ups-and-business-failures/

> In addition to using lawsuits to seed his false claim that the election was not fair, Donald Trump bullied the NYT for a group of stories that debunked his con.

Question from Russian newspaper reporter: "Does the incoming change of power in the U.S. carry any positive changes for Russia?"

Answer from Nikolai Patrushev (Putin aide): "To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations, and as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them."

SOURCE: Talking Points Memo
#Trump #Russia #Ukraine

Texas' anti-LGBTQ+ laws push transgender woman to make move to New Bedford

https://eu.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/15/transgender-woman-relocates-from-texas-to-new-bedford-ma-lgbtq-laws-discrimination/76240546007/

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The first known US case of a more severe mpox strain has been reported in California, according to the CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/s1116-california-first-clade.html

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
#Idiocracy

Update on US population vs Trump's nominees

As a percent of US population:
•White men: 30%
•Women: 51%
•People of color: 40%
•Black: 12%

Trump's nominees so far:
•White men: 68%
•Women: 20%
•People of color: 16%
•Black: 0%
•Men credibly accused of sexual assault: 12%

Look at that meritocracy go!

Disabled people have been right about almost everything that’s happened over the last 5 years.

People don’t listen to us because they don’t see us as real people. We’re invisible (at best) & disposable (at worse).

We are the canaries - and we are trying to warn you. Listen.

No one is safe from #Israel ‘s crimes against humanity in #Lebanon

And the next administration shrugs.

“Scientists warn that a key Atlantic current could collapse, among other climate tipping points

A new report describes the dire state of Earth’s snow and ice, suggesting several major tipping points are likelier than scientists once thought.” #ClimateCrisis

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/atlantic-current-collapse-ice-melt-report-climate-change-rcna179649

#Mastodon #Statistics 2024-11-13 06:00 CET
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#Fediverse

Official Seal for the Department of Government Efficiency

#NANC

Florida education officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list

The #Republicans do not really care bout freedom. They're all for control of the underclass.

Oprah Winfrey breaks silence on claims she was paid $1 million for failed Kamala Harris campaign
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oprah-winfrey-kamala-harris-payment-million-election-b2646121.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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