Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org
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Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A 56 yo survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
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"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric
Joined Nov 2022
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DC Unveils New Trans Wonder Woman, And She's Perfect
https://screenrant.com/dc-new-wonder-woman-trans-dreamer-nia-nal/
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American Politics is like "***** is a War Veteran " and as a non-Yank they're telling me that ***** is happy to murder foreigners like me if their Emperor asked them to....
"Shoot and Cry Movies" innit?
Fuck off.
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New: we sued ICE for its $2 million spyware contract. The agency is redacting everything.
We've started getting docs from our lawsuit. While we have hundreds more to go, ICE is withholding why it bought spyware to remotely break into encrypted messaging apps https://www.404media.co/we-sued-ice-to-get-its-spyware-contract-the-agency-is-redacting-essentially-everything/
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Another atrocity.
"Trump is wrecking everything." Including science.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/post/3mnaaf3jbjc2a
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How is #trump’s #machismo working for the American people? The #IranWar costing us billions per day. #Prices no one but the very rich can afford. #Healthcare taken away from millions. The working people unable to pay their bills. #Greed running rampant, especially in the #TrumpRegime. Not so good, is it?
I think it’s time for a LESS machismo & a lot more governing for the benefit of the average American tax payer. Vote #Democratic at all levels of government.
https://newrepublic.com/article/211146/paxton-talarico-masculinity-texas-senate
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In anticipation of June beginning Pride Month:
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A proposed Trump policy would put Russ Vought in charge of American science. Its an example of the slow creep of politicization into processes that both parties traditionally understood as needing nonpartisan and expert guidance.
What can you do about it? 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-creep-...
The Creep of Politicization
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No one told me I was trans. I wish someone had told me when I was young enough for it to have mattered. And the message I got from society certainly wasn't, "You might possibly be trans." It was, "Yes, there are a few trans people and they are freaks and jokes and you can't possibly be trans."
I hope that might have improved a little. I think some kids get a more balanced message, like, "There are trans people and that's okay." (That's slightly sarcastic.) Hell, "Trans people are freaks and jokes," is still an improvement over, "There are no trans people."
But sweet fuck, statistically speaking, no one is telling kids, "You are trans." No one is even telling them, "You might be trans." That's a made-up fear. But again, the people who made it up know that.
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OpenAI’s math breakthrough played to AI’s strengths
I tried to explain OpenAI’s solution more clearly than OpenAI did.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/openais-math-breakthrough-played-to-ais-strengths/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@JugglingWithEggs Public declarations of #transphobia are apparently now a job requirement for being a #Labour cabinet minister.
I imagine Lammy no longer believes transphobes to be dinosaurs, and Miliband has recanted too?
Simply saying "dignity and respect" despite all actions to the contrary fools no-one.
Happy Pride.
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Yes, I know the world is a dumpster fire. But:
I'm camping in a Ponderosa Pine forest, miles from anyone else.
There's a herd of elk grazing in the distance.
The sky is blue, the air is clean.
I had a nice bike ride today, not long but getting stronger with every ride.
I'm reading a fascinating book, Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky.
I'm listening to lovely piano music by Liz Story.
I have a glass of my favorite drink at my left elbow.
Sometimes you just have to take a little joy where you can get it.
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I have a very close friend in the U.S that is currently working a job where they are asked to do AI slop all day, every day, and they want out because it is depressing the hell out of them.
Super talented engineer, the kind of person that loves Clojure, 10/10 would recommend. If anyone knows of any open roles or would like to get in touch to commiserate, please shoot me a DM!
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Ten year old meme, still hits.
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Questions:
1. What funds that I own will automatically be forced to buy SpaceX? When?
2. Will this force liquidation of other stocks I own in the fund? How much? What will be the capital gains tax implications of this for my portfolio for 2026?
3. What would I need to sell to eliminate all such exposure. What would be the capital gains tax implications of this for 2026?
3/
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The U.S. military on Friday bombed another boat it claimed was smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean,
killing three more people in what experts say is an illegal campaign whose death toll has now topped 200
The Trump administration has tried to justify the strikes by claiming that the U.S. is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.
-- Many legal experts disagree.
Former longtime Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth wrote on X:
“Now more than 200 Trump summary executions — blatant murders.”
“Legal experts agree:
The Trump-ordered strikes on suspected drug boats are illegal extrajudicial killings because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians
— even suspected criminals
— who do not pose an imminent threat of violence,” Roth said in a separate post.
Just Security editor-in-chief and New York University School of Law professor Ryan Goodman said that the
“overwhelming consensus of experts, myself included, assess these to be murder because no armed conflict” is occurring,
adding that they would be a
“war crime if it were armed conflict.”
Goodman said that, with 200 people killed, the strikes raise the question of whether the U.S. is committing a “crime against humanity.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/boat-strikes-200-deaths
RELATED STORY: Trump’s Venezuela, Boat Strike Campaign Have Cost Nearly $5 Billion So Far
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Apropos of Pride Month ... be queer. Make people who want us to fit into little boxes of heteronormativity uncomfortable, whether they're allies or not. Equal seats at the table shouldn't come with conditions.
https://www.advocate.com/opinion/wall-street-journal-normal-gay
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Real gross domestic product fell by 0.1% on an annualized basis during the first three months of the year.
Read more: https://t.co/lJobezNxxZ
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- United States of America
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- he/him
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A 56 yo survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric
Joined Nov 2022
