James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Not that we need yet another reason to defeat Trump…

#Trump says would tap Elon #Musk to lead US regulatory reform panel - AFP

"Vance seems to think that people who do not have children also cannot have empathy." When in fact it is he who has no compassion for people, particularly women, who don't meet his lifestyle standards. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/09/04/jd-vance-women-children/

Questions surrounding Trump's mental acuity are a real 2024 story | His speech is becoming harder and harder to understand.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-age-harris-ramble-rcna168979

Pierre Poilievre, who qualified for a full pension at the age of 31, is currently on X complaining about Jagmeet Singh's pension:
https://youtu.be/gnmgL5CZqfs?si=2MJfCQZgInjFDdhZ

Just learned about this apparent “raw milk” trend. Holy crap people are STUPID. I mean I knew they were dumb, but why don’t you just consume uncooked chicken and get it all over with already? Holy cow. (GET IT?!) 😂

@GottaLaff. He is not just a VP pick; he is the VP pick of a 78-year old man who is most likely concealing serious health conditions. The media, as others have already noted, really must bring back the issue of age and cognitive ability, which magically evaporated when the slightly older Biden withdrew from the race. The likelihood of Vance becoming president if god forbid Trump does is significant.

Via #Harris rapid response James Singer:

The stunning cost of #Trump’s #abortion bans.

“Infant deaths surged 12.9% in Texas compared with a 1.8% increase across the rest of the country in the year after the state enacted its strict abortion ban.”

Here is a totally innocent cat who definitely didn’t steal my spot when I went to refill my cup of tea

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

This is a real result in Google.

The term #googling is going to take on new connotations, and they don’t care.

It's very #mastodon that someone can describe dropping/smashing a tube from a vintage radio and immediately have multiple people find and offer a replacement from within their stash.

#hardware #maker

If you run a fan in your house powered by a wind turbine, you've technically teleported a breeze.

Racist family outing:

On the ferry to Toronto Island this morning, a (white) dad and ~10 yr old daughter were waiting with bikes to disembark.

Ferry crew (brown) asked him to please get off his bike and walk.

Dad is first sarcastic and then irate:
- “For my safety? That’s bullshit.”
- “Do you know who I am?! Do you know what I do for a living?!”
- “They’re taking over our country!”
- “Safe and effective!”

Yelled those statements repeatedly.

#Racist #Antivax #WhiteSupremacy

Zoomies❢

@w7voa Trump having 43% is disgusting after the things he's done & said

Is it possible that Trump might eventually apologize for violating legal strictures regarding photographing graves at Arlington National Cemetery for political use?

Not a chance of that, Mark Sumner thinks, since

"Trump doesn’t do apologies, only insults."

#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/28/2266259/-Trump-s-Arlington-stunt-should-be-a-campaign-ending-disgrace

I simply cannot get enough of this story (“ #JDVance buys donuts in Holt’s Sweet Shop in Valdosta #Georgia”) #Weird

Via Conor Rogers:

This is possibly the worst advance work I’ve ever seen

- staff wasn’t briefed and doesn’t know who he is
- staff declines to be seen on camera
- principal (JD) doesn’t know how or what to order
- dead silence between stilted questions
- no supporters included for filler

A new pedestrian-cycle tunnel had been opened under Helsinki's main train station. With an underground bike park for 900 cycles, with chargers and cycle maintenance/wash station.

Cc: @notjustbikes

Will he screw his supporters by selling his stock and tanking the stock price even more?

Donald Trump will soon be free to start selling off more than $2 billion in shares he holds in the company that controls his social media platform Truth Social. That stake makes up over half of his $4.5 billion net worth.

He will be able to sell as early as Sept. 20 when the lockup period is set to expire. If Trump sells shares, he will have to report it in a filing with the SEC within two days.

How many optometrists does it take to change a light bulb? 1 or 2? 1... or 2?