Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

"In Nebraska's 49-member Unicameral legislature, 33 votes are necessary to end a filibuster. So far, there have not been enough supporters.

'I will burn this session to the ground over this bill,' Cavanaugh told her colleagues in a February session, according to the Post. 'I have nothing but time, and I am going to use all of it.'

https://www.businessinsider.com/nebraska-hasnt-passed-a-bill-this-year-mega-filibuster-2023-3

#LGBTQ #Trans #News #Nebraska #Journalism #Politics

“Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23651564/google-microsoft-bard-bing-chatbots-misinformation

1980 Computers are for nerds
1990 Computers are for everyone

1995 The internet is for nerds
2005 The internet is for everyone

2005 Smartphones are for nerds
2015 Smartphones are for everyone

2006 Twittr is for nerds
2016 Twitter is for everyone

2022 Mastodon is for nerds

Moderna is planning to charge $130 for its COVID vaccine, but the vaccine only costs ~$3 to make.

Meanwhile, over the last two years, the company made over $19 billion in profits off the vaccine.

Textbook corporate greed.

#donkeys are basically just big dogs who want to play and be loved 🥹💙😭
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#donkey #rescuedonkey #asstodon #burro

@Popehat I am at the point where these terrible judges should know no peace, no matter where they go.

They want to disrupt the lives of millions then they get to live a miserable life.

Scam callers are using AI to clone the voices of friends or family to make it sound like someone you know is in trouble and needs money, the FTC warns.
https://t.co/Gpa4wlqyoK

Big news: a judge just blocked Wyoming's abortion ban.

Why? Because of language that *conservatives* put in the WY constitution last decade to enshrine health care choice... as their way to attack Obamacare.

We explained that legal twist, & why you should see it coming, last week in @bolts! https://boltsmag.org/abortion-access-and-measures-against-obamacare-ohio-wyoming/

4 YEAR OLD: I can't sleep, Daddy. I'm afraid of Frankenstein.
ME: Don't you mean Frankenstein's monster?
4 YEAR OLD: I do not. Personally, I find unethical and irresponsible scientific practice far more terrifying than any monster and so should you.

What is the significance of #Ramadan?

Can Muslims skip fasting under certain conditions?

Why is Ramadan called Ramadan?

A quick explainer:
https://theconversation.com/why-ramadan-is-called-ramadan-6-questions-answered-77291

assassins creed style

This actually took quite some calculations and 6 linetracings 😮

#GameDev

QAnon follower charged in bizarre booby trap incident that injured salesman. She has 14,000 followers on Twitter.

She believes the trip wire booby traps around her home were necessary to protect her from Bill and Hillary Clinton. She believes the Clintons, along with others, including companies, grinds up body parts to make Jolly Rancher and Sour Patch candies and McDonalds food.

https://www.rawstory.com/mary-jo-remington/

Me: I'm probably following enough people for an interesting feed.
Also Me: Well this person just seems wonderful, I should follow them. Oh, this person has pet donkeys! Oh, she's fighting for indigenous people's rights!

Here is a color wheel I spent a month french knotting to see if I could. It was very satisfying as it involved not only play with color and thread but so much stabbing things with sharp pointy objects in the name of #art

#Embroidery

We’re often told not to mix business with politics, but consider this:

IL Dem Gov Pritzker just signed into law guaranteed paid leave to all IL workers.😄

MN Dem Gov Walz just signed into law free universal school breakfast & lunch for all children.😄

MI Dem Gov Whitmer just signed into law a repeal of anti-labor right to work for all workers.😄

AR GOP Gov Huckabee just signed into law making child labor easier for corporations to exploit.😳

🎶 One of these things, is not like the others. 🎶

I just bought a font specifically for a stupid joke, so never, EVER question my commitment to a bit.

This documentary sounds right: as one of the people who was a kid then, and the intended audience, i thought the SW Holiday Special was GREAT at the time. I was starved for ANY new Star Wars material, and seeing my favorite characters in new stuff was just awesome. (oh yeah, and then there's Boba Fett's first appearance!) #StarWars

A new doc finally explains The Star Wars Holiday Special https://www.polygon.com/23640045/star-wars-holiday-special-documentary-disturbance-in-the-force

Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year.

Also, here is a photo of the five leaders of Finland's largest political parties.

#SomeGoodNews

@Mrfunkedude @RobertMaguire

#butt