James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children. “Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.” https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/florida-vaccine-children-mandate/684110/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ1KV5cFKtQASw6v7_TPkcvA

Department of War? Let's do them all.

Dept of Agribusiness
Dept of Ignorance
Dept of Industry
Dept of Fossil Fuels
Dept of Human Disease
Homeland Gestapo
Dept of Private Parks
Dept of Unpaid Labor
Dept of State Control
Dept of SUVs & Trucks
Dept of Bankrupt Treasury
Dept of Veterans Abuse
Center for Disease
The Environmental Pollution Agency

Static images on a wall that appear animated as the train moves.

Uh... pot, kettle, wrongfully detain

Trump admin to issue EO as early as Fri establishing a designation for state sponsors of wrongful detention, in a move that would allow the U.S. to punish countries that illegally detain U.S. nationals or take them hostage." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wrongful-detention-state-sponsors-order/

Can you imagine if Biden had sent, say, the California NG to Idaho to quell some Cliven Bundy-like situation?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zdnoa6e5mkori5pc3vmhnq7l/post/3lxv3fyjpwk2c

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent,
who serves as the ranking member on the health, education, labor and pensions (Help) committee,
said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s attempt to fire Susan Monarez was “outrageous”.

“The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible.
Vaccines save lives. Period,” Sanders said on X.

As Monarez is a Senate-confirmed official
(the first CDC director to receive this stamp),
removal from office can only come from president, or an impeachment process by Congress.
Monarez’s lawyers say that her termination is “legally deficient”, since it didn’t come from Trump himself.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/28/cdc-susan-monarez-trump-news-updates-us-politics-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#catsofmastodon

Headline : "Trump says imports of wood products may pose national security threat to U.S. "

Our 2X4s are spying on them ?

Proposition: The five year arc of "Babylon 5" overall was significantly more philosophically excellent than the entire "Star Trek" franchise. Discuss.

1. What my daughter posted on Instagram.

2. What Instagram put over her post.

Hi Mastodon, Greg here. I just joined the fediverse and I'm excited to learn how everything works.

I'm a scientist studying wildlife interactions with energy infrastructure. I run a blog highlighting current research on this topic. https://www.gregforcey.com

Looking forward to connecting with folks here.

#Introduction #Introductions #NewHere

This poll made me laugh. Isn’t it amazing that not a single person (out of 1,386) clicked yes. Even in error.

“In Poilievre’s framing, this [Electric Vehicle Availability Standard] is akin to Armageddon. The Conservative leader has warned that the standard amounts to ‘banning the rural way of life’ and that it will ‘kill jobs’ and ‘literally erase many small towns from the map.’

Of course, the real Armageddon is climate change.”

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/08/21/Poilievre-New-Gaslighting-Campaign/

Worse than Chicken Little’s “the sky is falling…”

#PierrePoiLIEvre #ConservativeLies #NeverVoteConservative #ClimateChange

I am sick and tired of the nonstop political content on here, so today's Low Quality Ad is for this "Is He Dead Yet?" mug. It's a good apolitical mug that could be referring to anyone. We all didn't immediately think of one specific person when we saw this.
https://collabs.shop/hi0k4r

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