BBBruce @Didaho@qoto.org

Great news!
Opal Australian Paper has been logging Ancient native forests to turn them into Paper and now it has to stop.
It's an absolute farce in 2023 to be doing this.
Convert the factory to create Recycled paper #DanAndrews #Auspol #paper #logging
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-23/opal-australian-paper-maryvale-paper-produces-last-ream/101881714

#SpaceKaren
#Elmo
#NatSec
#USPoli

Mastodon isnt just a life-raft, mastodon is how we win.

The next big thing is not corporate apps. Not corporate anything.

We arent running away from elon, we're replacing him.

I'm older so I remember things. Everything you see happening today should be understood this way:

The top tax rate used to be 90% in order to prevent the really rich from destroying democracy.

The corporate tax rate was 50% because corporations exist to serve society.

AND the inheritance tax was really high to keep family dynasties from gaining power over us.

#taxes #democracy

It was always a dumb idea to have multiple competing telecommunications networks.
As with just about everything, I've been moaning about this for decades

http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2001/10/quiggin.html

OK for mobiles in urban areas, where there is enough demand to support multiple networks, but not in rural Australia

Time for mandatory roaming.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-21/calls-for-mandated-roaming-unlock-regional-mobile-phone-towers/101863206

I honestly did NAZI this coming. I grew up in Iowa and used to proud of that fact. Today's GOP and today's America.

#RepubliKKKans
#MAGAterrorists
#politics

https://www.businessinsider.com/iowa-republicans-bill-ban-snap-recipients-meat-sliced-cheese-2023-1?international=true&r=US&IR=T

By the way, a tax of up to 5% on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion/year.

That would be enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty and fund a global plan to end hunger.

We can't afford NOT to tax the rich.

#ToonDrop
#War #Cartoon #Ukraine #Russia #Iraq #Afghanistan

Three Lessons for the Next War:

1. Do Not Invade Other Countries

2. Do Not Invade Other Countries

3. Do Not Invade Other Countries

if you encounter anyone who is down on Jacinda Arderns time as Prime Minister, here is an interesting article with a few choice facts to set them right.
https://michaelwest.com.au/murdochs-wailing-old-white-man-scribes-get-jacinda-ardern-dead-wrong-again/
#auspol #ardern #newzealand

I’m going to leave this gem here

Nikki Haley v. AOC.

Summary of 2023 Republican Agenda:
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Democracy: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-LGBTQ books: Ban it
-Contraceptives: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black Authors: Ban it
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-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU LIBERAL SNOWFLAKES!

Masks are amazing in cold weather. I usually don’t wear one outdoors, but when it’s cold, face masks are like convenient, travel-friendly face warmers.

Vale David Crosby 1941-2023

An absolute kick in the teeth to all the indie devs who worked so hard to make Twitter a better experience for so many. Twitterrific was officially discontinued today and pulled off the App Store after 16 years of development. Among other firsts, they first used "tweet" to describe an update, first used a bird icon, and were the first native client on iPhone and Mac. https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/