Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Trump is a fucking loser.

Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins Louisiana state House special seat in district Trump won - CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chasity-verret-martinez-wins-democrat-louisiana-special-election-trump/#

*Space guy trying to figure out if orbiting AI space-brains might be functional and maybe even pay

https://andrewmccalip.com/space-datacenters

Okay I've seen enough Epstein Files. Now show me the Epstein Trials.

Happy #Caturday from my handsome kitty boys, Apollo & Emmett! 😸 #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

The 40-hour work week was implemented in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1940, now 86 years ago. That’s 86 years of revolutionary technological advancement in computing, automation, transportation, communication, logistics, agriculture, energy, and manufacturing. And yet, we’re still expected to work 40 hours/week. Work still dominates our lives. Why? Why should we let this continue?

"White bigots act like this because they demand to be treated as the default heroes of the American story because of their whiteness and because of their bigotry."

"At the point that a party begins to play the murder game, it is absolutely imperative to stop trying to play the cooperation game with them."

#abolishice #nokings

https://www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-game/

.@wikipedia gets hundreds of legal demands every year to remove user-written content. Less than 1% get granted. We spoke with @wikimediafoundation about how they protect editors, and how Section 230 makes that possible. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors

The “ICE Out of Our Faces Act” would ban ICE and CBP agents, and some local police working with them, from acquiring or using biometric surveillance systems, including face recognition technology, or information derived from such systems. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/yes-ice-out-my-face-act

Is #ElonMusk 's bot army even trying anymore?? 🤣🤣💀#WinterOlympics2026

Wondering what journalists might be interested in the news story of an ICE agent negligently discharging his gun through the walls of a hotel he was staying at.

Folk FOIA'd the police report and such...

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/eagan-1302/report-and-bwc-from-firearm-discharge-in-hotel-203056/

...there are some choice photos. I don't think it's been picked up by any news outlets, though.

This evidence is available, but it likely needs a journalist or someone else similar who can curate it and package it up for easy public digestion.

How many of these disgraced, capitulating law firms have partners who raped little girls? Surely, it’s not limited to Brad Karp.

#FireBradKarp #TrumpEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #IndictAlexAcosta #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol

Currently, the outrage to the visible contents of the Epstein files is so mild that I have to think the majority of people just aren’t even casually checking them. I can’t think of a phrase to describe what I’ve read even as a forensic analyst. “Cartoonishly evil” is too gentle. Horrific. Inhuman.

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RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116043900122478228

Today's Republican Party is a Death Cult.

Why does MAGA undermine science? Deny and erase history? Poison the information ecosystem?

1. Because authoritarians must be the only source of truth.

2. Because disoriented subjects depend on the regime for security.

3. Because nihilism is an effective way to divide and rule.

MAGA wants us mind-fucked and swindled.

No facts. No truth. No democracy.

Some of you will remember that Walter Scott was shot in the back while running from police. But do you know why he was running?
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/10/why-was-walter-scott-running

If your definition of "stability in the household" revolves around marital status or cohabitation, rather than this systemic racism minefield presented to the parents, I urge you to reflect on that.

I mean, half of y'all's parents are divorced. 🤷🏿‍♂️ That's clearly not the issue.

INCOMING political earthquake, courtesy of Rep. Thomas Massie:

" Epstein was far more than just a pedophile; he was an intelligence asset. He was part of a blackmail operation used to control billionaires, politicians, and world leaders. If this list ever sees the light of day, the system as we know it will collapse. The public has the right to know the truth, and I am not afraid to share it.”

An "underage woman" is a 30-year-old trying to run for President but can't because the law says she has to be 35 to qualify.

A "child" is a person under the age of 18, like the children that Epstein raped and abused and the GOP is now trying to cover up to protect Trump.

Stop sanitizing the rape of children, release the full, unredacted Epstein files, and prosecute every single person responsible for abusing children.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092

Two things:
1. We are creating a two-tiered internet that will see people willing to give up their IDs having one experience while and those who can’t, won’t, or don’t have them missing out on those experiences or being outright excluded from whole areas of the web

2. Why you would be willing to give up your ID to web services that have such poor security in a time when identity is being weaponized by state actors is beyond me

I need help on sourcing! An important Indian activist (Bengali, I believe) has a quote that goes something like:

"I will support the Brahmin against the colonist, I will support the worker against the Brahmin, I will support the beaten wife against the worker, I will support the abused child against the mother."

Its a terribly important quote, speaking about where we need to direct our efforts to not become complicit. But I cannot recall the correct quote, nor the source.

Help!?