Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

"there are no female generals" and meanwhile Boudicca would snap this little twink in half

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3s6y66t4asr2jsijpj3fslnv/post/3mfac3vtlis2i

Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.

But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.

Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.

Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.

Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.

Zuck's assholes decided to bring facial recognition technology into the courtroom, thus providing the means for deanonymizing jurors.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-trial-mark-zuckerberg-ai-glasses/

Anyway, why don't we let the Russia-USA axis negotiate in their corner while we negotiate with Ukraine? Trump's fascists have set out their stall and dunderheads like Starmer need to get real.

I treat Mastodon like a secret, exclusive club. In 3+ years on here, I think I've told 3 people IRL about it. When they showed zero interest in it, I was like, oh thank god.

Here's something you can do with a few #glowsticks and plentiful amounts of #snow.

I want to see your creations. 😊

I’m in a tiny European hotel room with a relative humidity of the Mojave desert. It’s 1:38 in the morning and I’ve just taken what my brain thinks was a 3 hour nap. My alarm will go off for the second day at midnight Chicago time. My window doesn’t open to let in fresh Arctic air to ease the claustrophobia. My lips are fighting to be chapped despite a metric shit ton of chapstick use. I can bend time with my mind. Someone left 3 infinity stones in my safe.

Today in #Valheim we all got naked and sat around in the sauna. Then Kat pulled an axe out!

Later, Kat and I went sailing to see what we could find. We found tin and brought some back to the base to be smelted.

#ShareYourGames
@si_fuller @skyfire747 @Firlefanz

It Looks Like The FBI Straight Up Lied To A Judge To Get Permission To Seize Georgia Voting Records https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/it-looks-like-the-fbi-straight-up-lied-to-a-judge-to-get-permission-to-seize-georgia-voting-records/

Rep. Crow, 5 other Dems say Trump administration is investigating them over video message to troops

“It is downright dangerous that the Justice Department is targeting me for doing my job.” – Crow

https://sentinelcolorado.com/1gridnation/rep-crow-5-other-dems-say-trump-administration-is-investigating-them-over-video-message-to-troops/

#DOJ #JasonCrow #MarkKelly #Sedition

Rep. Crow vows at Aurora town hall to fight for democracy and accountability

“The good news is I’m here and not currently incarcerated by the Trump administration.” – Jason Crow

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/rep-crow-vows-at-aurora-town-hall-to-fight-for-democracy-and-accountability/

#AuroraCO #JasonCrow #2026Midterms

What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

Officials have announced a new search at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch using ground penetrating radar and cadaver dogs to look for possible buried bodies… Good.

Donate if you can to support the week of action in Minnesota for the Melt the Ice campaign
https://melttheicemn.com/#donate

The release of the Epstein files was supposed to expose a sex trafficking ring. Instead, they exposed the victims.

Trump is in the rape trafficking #Epstein files over ONE MILLION times, so far.

There are at least three million documents being hidden. There are 700,000 redactions. Multiple members of Congress have stated that the republican regime mishandled or concealed critical evidence related to the Epstein child exploitation rape and trafficking ring legal case.

#epsteinfiles #europeanunion #eu #europe #UK #france #Poland #Germany #Deutschland #Italy #Spain #news #usa

Just another bonkers sunset in the #sunsetdistrict in #SF

Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 👇

Fingers crossed! 🤞

Super cool: Glass as the new permanent storage medium--potentially lasting more than 10,000 years https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10042-w