James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

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

Google's AI Overviews Led Users Astray, Reports Say Some Phone Numbers Are Scams - Google's AI Overviews has returned fraudulent customer service phone numbers in mu... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/19/1849240/googles-ai-overviews-led-users-astray-reports-say-some-phone-numbers-are-scams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #it

Trump is upset about discussions at museums of how bad slavery was

https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/115057393619965184

Air Canada consoles stranded passengers with pictures of their executive bonuses
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/08/air-canada-consoles-stranded-passengers-with-pictures-of-their-executive-bonuses/
#AirCanada

To kind of summarize some of the recent #Bluesky drama. Yesterday Bluesky changed their Terms of Service to require binding arbitration. Users are unhappy, but there's nothing they can do about it because Bluesky is not decentralized and there is no place they can go. Today, Bluesky banned a user for wishing ill of J.K. Rowling for her anti-trans hate. Users are very unhappy, but there's nothing they can do about it because Bluesky is not decentralized and there is no place they can go.

Get it?