Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Billionaires are a cancer on the human race

The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.

"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."

"Look, we're an independent company, we don't use AI to write headlines and make art, and we're one of roughly three publications who are up for the fight. Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically. Are you?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-collins-28263a52_its-been-a-big-year-for-us-at-the-onion-ugcPost-7400218696058810368-7nVB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAliaMB3BQO-WOS-eUh-XU4HAd5h8pTzkI

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

1. Why does no one question why Americans are the premier market for the drug trade?

What is it about life as an American that they want to waste their entire lives being perpetually high?

2. Why does no one question the money behind the drug trade? Money laundering is one of the chief functions of banks.

How does a drug cartel buy a fleet of submersibles without anyone noticing?

https://theconversation.com/money-laundering-plays-a-key-role-in-every-part-of-the-illegal-drugs-industry-heres-how-it-works-251288

https://www.wealthbriefingasia.com/article.php/Countries-Of-Money_dash_Laundering-Concern-%E2%80%93-America%E2%80%99s-Ultimate-List

Have you looked at that FIFA peace prize? It's rotting disintegrating hands shredding the planet.

@munin

Microsoft and Charles Koch are spending a billion dollars to promote AI to the poor.

Definitely a red flag. None of these billionaires give two hoots about "economic mobility".

Flogging AI to make it popular is a cover for an anti-democracy movement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/

The fossil fuel industry is funding the AI bubble for its own reasons; personal & partisan gain.

Follow the money behind AI.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/koch-venture-arm-bets-40-million-on-logistics-tech-optimal-dynamics-1d995b51

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-energy-industry-ai-fossil-fuels-pittsburgh-summit/

https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/inno/stories/news/2025/06/12/koch-disruptive-technologies-optimal-dynamics.html

GUYS, I just got a peace prize from my local sandwich shop

Some people just don't get it. Pays us a visit, fresh in from a group trip where everybody came down with Covid. No, you're not safe five days after getting infected; you're safe five days after you've recovered.

I ask her to stay outside, or wear a mask. She comes in, closes the door, says "it's good you set clear boundaries", and coughs. All before the mask is even unpacked.

Nobody seems to understand why I'm livid. It's not about performing mask theatre to soothe my feelings FFS. It's about actually taking responsibility to not be a vector.

I'm taking care of a vulnerable friend, who in all probability will literally die within a week if the virus manages to reach him.

#covid

@ai6yr Again, it's all about the billionaires, in this case the Big Tech billionaires.

I think it's safe to say that the little man approves of his new kitty tower 😂

#CatsOfMastodon #standardissuecat #cats #furbabies #kitty

Was refilling spice jars. Mostly went okay.

Don't ask.

#spices

FOX NEWS: THREE HOUSE COMMITTEES SUBPOENA ACTBLUE

This is one of the most important texts we’ve EVER sent.

FIRST: Donald Trump tried to SHUT DOWN ActBlue.

THEN: Grassroots supporters STOOD UP and fought back – and WON!

BUT THEN: Republican House committees SUBPOENAED ActBlue to try to stop grassroots supporters like you from ever donating again.

This HORRENDOUS abuse of power is what dictators do.

We won’t – and we CAN’T – let them get away with it!
>> https://hmpdems.com

That’s why we’re marshaling a HISTORIC fundraising day
– 5,000 donations before midnight
– to make their plan BACKFIRE and send them a resounding message!

Top Democrats just agreed to 600% MATCH every donation that hits our account before midnight
– and that’s why we’re imploring you one final time if you’ll stand up to hold Trump and Republicans ACCOUNTABLE! 

Here’s the breakdown of what’s happening:

– The ONLY check on Trump’s power is a Democratic House Majority.

– Republicans hold one of the SMALLEST House Majorities in a century. 

– Democrats only need to flip THREE Republican seats to win the House!

And in a race that polls predict will be a complete TOSS-UP, every dollar could be the difference between a monumental Democratic victory…

… Or another DEVASTATING defeat. 

If everyone reading this text chipped in, we can hand him a HUMILIATING defeat and make this the day Democrats RECLAIMED the House. Will you join us?
>> https://hmpdems.com

Thank you,
House Majority PAC

So the #CorruptSCOTUS is 100% okay with deliberately gerrymandered elections for a partisan outcome.

JFC - this failing democracy 101.

#ThisIsAmericaNow

NYTimes: The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In
The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/supreme-court-partisan-gerrymandering.html

Boat Destroyed in ‘Double-Tap’ Strike Was Not Heading to U.S., Admiral Reportedly Tells Lawmakers
https://time.com/7339154/admiral-bradley-boat-strike-hegseth/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-time

The Trump administration acts less like a presidential administration
and more like a royal family in medieval Europe
— a kind of American “neoroyalism,” Joshua Keating tells Vox.

“Signs of neoroyalism [include] the degree to which the administration mixes private enterprise and diplomacy,” said Keating.

It’s also clear in Trump’s habit of handling negotiations through family members and old business partners rather than the traditional bureaucracy.

Political scientists Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman say
Trump resorts to a
“clique composed of family members (primarily his children),
fierce loyalists (Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem),
and elite hyper-capitalists (often tech elites like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen).”

The clique tends to mix private interest and national interests in an open and unashamed way
that’s totally alien to modern state bureaucracies.

Other countries take advantage of this,
like Russian representatives getting cushy deals
by bypassing the more intelligent U.S. national security apparatus
and convincing an administration of real estate salesmen (Steve Witkoff)
to view Russia not as a military threat but as a “land of bountiful opportunity”
involving energy, rare earth deals and even space exploration.

“It’s misleading if you think of it just as corruption or just a degenerate category of neoliberalism,”
said Newman,
a political scientist at Georgetown University.

“It’s an entirely different system of how actors distribute power amongst themselves.”

https://www.alternet.org/trump-corruption-family-wealth/

Thank you Cinnabon
RACIST 'KAREN' HAS BEEN FIRED
Share with all you in Wisconsin especially in Ashwaubenon
I'm sure Fox or Newsmax will offer here a job shortly
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#FireAllRacists

#IMissJoeBiden
"Joe Biden Just Gave A Speech That Put Trump To Shame Where He Urged America To Fight"
Joe Biden spoke at the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute where he urged America to
Get Up
Stand Up
Fight Back
Resist
Reject Trump & GOP Fascism
https://open.substack.com/pub/politicususanews/p/joe-biden-just-gave-a-speech-that?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
#ResistanceIsGrowing

Can GOP voters ever learn or will hate, stupidity & willful ignorance finally cost them the lives of the families & friends:
ACA Subsidies expire
Crashing the US Economy
Worst Jobs Record since Trump 1.0
Destroying Public Education
VOTE
OUT
ALL
GOP
https://www.protectourcare.org/headlines-red-states-will-be-hit-the-hardest-by-trump-and-republicans-medicaid-cuts-stripping-away-health-care-from-americans-across-the-country/