Max Headroom @Joel@qoto.org

As tragic and stupid as watching Twitter self immolate is, it is nice to see Mastodon light up with new voices. Also nice seeing more and more posts pop up here that aren’t also cross posted to Twitter. It’s dead, Jim. Let it be.

Few things bring me the zen calm of organizing my music library. Just scan, tag, sort. World without end, amen.

It says everything about the Republican Party that Santos isn’t the most embarrassing thing happening to them today.

Matt Gaetz says #KevinMcCarthy should not be allowed to occupy this #HouseSpeaker’s office, because he finished second in three consecutive votes. #Gaetz becomes the first #MAGA Republican to suggest that finishing second means you have lost an election.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my more than 20 years in Congress.”

—George Santos

Dear Democrats — All you have to do is show up and laugh at these assholes.

Don’t let us down.

In 1967, Ginni Thomas's mother protested an election held by the Republican Women's Clubs because she claimed the election had been "rigged" against her preferred candidate, Phyllis Schlafly. Lincoln Star, 27 May 1967. The apple apparently didn't fall too far from the tree.

Obviously the lesson of Kevin McCarthy following the most competent vote-counting Speaker in the House in living memory by having to beg the slime of his party for votes is that women are too emotional to lead.

This lighthouse is SO UNIQUE! It's called Þrídrangar, which means "three rock pillars". It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometres) off the southwest coast of Iceland, in the archipelago of Vestmannaeyjar, often described as the most isolated lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was built there in 1939.

It's such a INCREDIBLE location for a lighthouse, perched on a rock in Iceland's wild surf. Originally constructed and accessible only by scaling the rock on which it is situated, it is now accessible by helicopter since the construction of a helipad.

#photography #photo #photos #landscape #lighthouse #engineering #amazing #travel #world #wonders

So George Santos—if his name really is George Santos—will be sworn in Tuesday as a Republican member of Congress. What an insult this fraud is to every voter.

#Introduction
Hi all, I'm finally introducing myself in this new year of 2023! I am a postdoctoral researcher doing #neuroscience, often with a theoretical angle. My own work tends to focus on neural network dynamics, network architecture and (pre)motor control, but my interests are broad and I am trying to use Mastodon to broaden them even more! I also have a special interest in sociology, especially the sociology of #academia. I'm looking forward to learning from the other users, and to communicating about my own research!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉

May you have clear skies and a low noise floor.

All the best in 2023!

No chance of keeping this resolution

In Defense of George Santos, a Guest Editorial by George Santos - WhoWhatWhy https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/in-defense-of-george-santos-a-guest-editorial-by-george-santos/

In grad school I worked as a bike messenger in NYC. Our dispatcher, a mean little guy, was down in the financial, but I ran packages all over the LES and midtown. I was always nice to the dispatcher. (So I could get the good runs.)

Most messaging companies didn't just have people on bikes. There were also "walking messengers" who'd take the subway and do long runs, like out to Queens. But I loved to bike!

The first week was hell! You see, in messaging you have to "earn your radio" 🧵 #thread

Some jobs are better than others.
#Humor #Funny

Mark Meadows & his wife won’t face any charges, despite registering to vote using a trailer home he NEVER even visited and spreading the Big Lie

Meanwhile, DeSantis arrests Black voters for no reason at all and jails them for “voter fraud”

Welcome to American justice, y’all!

For the record, it appears that after the FTC sued Financial Education Services/United Wealth Services this summer -- calling it a $213 million pyramid scheme -- a month later their preliminary injunction against this entity was denied. It's still not clear why.

https://behindmlm.com/companies/ftc-denied-financial-education-services-preliminary-injunction/

That might explain why the UWE site that comes up when one visits Mr. Dames' vanity domain is still going strong.

Sometimes, it helps to see things visually. I know it does in my case. That's usually the only way I see all the connections.