Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Receipts for Republicans in denial about what their party leadership is doing:

•GOP Child Labor: https://msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-several-states-try-make-child-labor-great-rcna74354

•GOP Child Marriage: https://newsweek.com/republicans-make-case-child-marriage-1786476

•GOP Child Carrying Guns: https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/missouri-republicans-house-minors-guns-b2279371.html

•GOP Ban Background Checks: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/584065-gop-blocks-bill-to-expand-gun-background-checks-after-michigan-school/

•GOP Pro Child Abuse: https://t.co/KxTJV0sdPr

Legal abortion, still legal but only up to 15 weeks, still legal up to six weeks...you can see where this is going.

You can rest assured they will not be stopping at abortion. Contraception and who you can marry will sex be next.

They have a plan. They have a method to achieve it. The rest of America had better wake up.

Utah governor signs bill banning abortion clinics across the state -
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/utah-governor-signs-bill-banning-abortion-clinics-state/story?id=97905012

Vietnamese Operator of ChipMixer Charged with Laundering Money for Ransomware Perpetrators, Darknet Markets, Fraudsters, and State-Sponsored

"Bitcoin used by the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), 85th Main Special Service Center, military unit 26165 (aka APT 28) to purchase infrastructure for the Drovorub malware, which was first disclosed in a joint cybersecurity advisory released by the FBI and National Security Agency in August 2020"
"Over $700 million in bitcoin associated with wallets designated as stolen funds, including those related to heists by North Korean cyber actors from Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge and Harmony’s Horizon Bridge in 2022 and 2020, respectively;"

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-investigation-leads-takedown-darknet-cryptocurrency-mixer-processed-over-3

them: hey [senanthic] how's the wording on this document?
senanthic, unexpectedly honest: it doesn't matter because no one will read it anyway, so it looks good to me

Cory @doctorow captures the fury I'm feeling today toward the massively corrupt people who run Big Business and their handmaidens in government. https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/16/compulsive-cheaters/#rigged

#pitchforks

I signed up for an email account with the Church of Satan so I can receive direct communication from our Dark Lord, Mailer Daemon.

@juddlegum please, as a whole, the media must stop using the word "misinformation". It implies being misinformed, which in turn implies it was a MIStake.
All of you need to use the word "disinformation". One letter changes its intent, and everyone needs to understand that this "information" is being weaponized.

Teachers rally against complaint hotline, call for its end https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031623_teacher_complaint_line/teachers-rally-against-complaint-hotline-call-its-end/
Dozens of teachers took to the street on Wednesday afternoon to demand that Arizona Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s newly established parental complaint hotline be dismantled.
#Tucson #Arizona

"Markets value automation primarily because automation allows capitalists to pay workers less."

So, with the current influx of automation, worker owned cooperatives should be ever more attractive ;) #coops

Another great piece from @pluralistic The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/09/autocomplete-worshippers/

There was a temporary problem on OVH Object Storage https://public-cloud.status-ovhcloud.com/incidents/jl8l3t134x07 that caused the instances on Masto.host to become slow or unresponsive.

The issue is starting to clear and it should all be working normally now.

Sorry for the inconvenience and if you notice any issues, please let me know.

Thanks 🐘

It appears that mastodon.social has a bit of a problem with spammy signups right now. Please keep reporting them as you see them. We see the same thing here from time to time.

A squirrel is just a little, furry tree alligator.

This is irrefutable.

@juddlegum too many members of our news media don’t grasp the very real fact that the political right is waging a full on war against everything our democratic republic is built upon. Why are so few reporters covering this madness accurately?

It must be tradition.

Here's an Eastern Bluebird, perched in its traditional habitat. It must be tradition because I see a lot of bluebirds, and this is the only place that I see them. Be that as it may (I love saying that it sounds so pin stripped suit gangster), this is not a bad photograph of a bluebird.

I plan to put in a nest box, but it will be a while because I have other "yard things" that I want to do.

"Most of the country drives during an eastern North American summer will turn up a few Eastern Bluebirds sitting on telephone wires or perched atop a nest box, calling out in a short, wavering voice or abruptly dropping to the ground after an insect. Marvelous birds to capture in your binoculars, male Eastern Bluebirds are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red brown on the breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant look." - allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #birds #birdwatching #EasternBluebird
#photographer

We're proud to endorse Senator Merkley's bill to ensure that SCOTUS nominees are efficiently vetted regardless of who controls the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It works like this: If a nominee is held up in committee, the bill allows the minority party to force the nom. to the full Senate. Simple as that and applies equally to all parties.

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-every-qualified-supreme-court-nominee-receives-senate-consideration-and-vote

Good morning 🤗

Saying hi with a selfie today (but don't worry there will still be memes)

Eye contact, SFW

Vice has confirmed many of the details of the story of forced detransition and subsequent suicide of Eden Knight that has circulated online after her suicide note was posted on the 12th.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5ey4/eden-knight-believed-dead-after-forced-detransition-saudi-arabia

If there was such a day my hand would be pretty sore!