Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@qoto.org

George Galloway once asked the late Donald Dewar why it was that folk seemed to take an instant dislike to him. Dewar replied, "It saves time, George."

“Israel has not yet provided evidence to back Hamas 7 October attack claims against UNRWA. 112 dead in chaotic scenes as Israeli troops open fire near aid trucks.” Why are politicians especially in the USA and UK supporting this obvious genocide? #Gaza

Just going to say what everyone else is saying, because it’s important:
- Hamas’s action was wrong.
- Israel’s genocide is wrong.
- The people of Gaza are innocent, and could be any of us.
#GazaGenocide #CeasefireNow

BREAKING: Lauren Boebert's son robbed a woman who is suffering with a brain tumor.

In unrelated news, Tyler Boebert is proof that the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

@420 @StillIRise1963 If all the anti trump voters vote he will not stand a chance but you have to get out and vote. They are the minority which is why they are doing so much to suppress votes, and gerrymander and propagandize. VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!!!!

Happy Leap Day!

Y'all—we need 185 leaders to donate to hit our end of month goal. We have 14 hours to go!❤️

My campaign for US Congress in IL-11 is 100% people funded. My opponent is funded by Exxon, Amazon, & Big Banks.😳

$1 or $1000 — can you join us?
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/newleadershipforil11

@ChrisMayLA6 did you see this in the Guardian? "Amid a financial crisis hitting town halls across England, councillors in Southwark have resorted to a crowdfunding scheme to raise £6m over the next six years to help fund climate-friendly projects."

A complete abdication of responsibility by central government!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/28/cash-strapped-london-council-starts-crowdfunding-drive-to-pay-for-green-upgrades?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

For those who missed that livestream, my much cruder and off-the-cuff explanation was that I find Zionist apologists disgusting and embarrassing for denying what everyone can see is very clearly happening. It's not just that history will judge them. The present is judging them

Legitimate concerns about the safety of MPs are leading to a mistaken focus on demonstrations & the 'mob'.... as Stephen Reicher concludes:

If MPs 'make collective protest more difficult, it will increase rather than decrease the dangers they face & undermine rather than safeguard our democracy'.

As so often the #Tories are using a real issue to push forward a different agenda... #democracy cannot faction without a right to protest, but the Tories don't want democracy!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/25/protests-crowds-police-mps-violence

Side note I missed this week:

MTG's case to reclaim her salary she lost due to mask mandate fines ($100k) was rejected by the Supreme Court. This is a final decision. It is getting expensive to be a loudmouthed fascist imbecile.

Does anyone have one of those fundraising thermometers to keep track of the money-where-your-mouth-is crowd?

Many companies now ask if you wish to opt out of things like mailing lists for Mother's Day. Sadly Microsoft doesn't give a damn and just imposed it on the search bar today - mostly so they could direct to to buy "great Mother's Day gift ideas".

Fuck you, MS, many of us find that day very difficuly to deal with, a reminder of the worst loss in our lives, so to hell with you shoving it right on my screen like that.

Stop sending me your novels or texts written by an AI.

I definitely don't want to read or be exposed to AI output. I don't want to AI-poison my imagination with the most statistical tropes, and a big mix of story data that might be plagiarism from I don't know what source. Furthermore, I think that feeding my imagination with human-made imaginary is a better diet to train my own ideas.

(I thought it was obvious, but apparently it's not. I'm writing this to pin to my profile.)

Has anyone out there in Mastodon land ever bought a van and then later converted it for full wheelchair accessibility? If so, would you please share details?

I'm disabled but ambulatory enough to transfer. We're looking for something with a hoist for now and then be able to put a ramp in later.

Please boost for reach.

#disability #wheelchair #accessibility #wheelchairVan
#accessibilityConversion #vanConversion

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Via Julia Claire:

Putting a baby in a freezer would kill it, but freezing embryos keeps them alive. That's why an embryo isn't a baby. Hope that helps if you're very stupid <3

The US landing on the moon, Russia and the US on the cusp of war; the 1960s are a wild time to be alive.

If democracy for Scotland now has so little value in Westminster following Speaker Hoyle and Labour leader Starmer's shabby deal that pushed the SNP out of their own debate, is it time we brought this UK to an end? I cannot see the point in electing Scottish MPs to go to Westminster where they are not respected.
#ScottishIndependence

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Keep in mind #QOTO will need quite a few hours to handle the backlog from downtime. Tomorrow we are going to split out the workers so they can begin using the scaling. So tomorrow this should be fixed. For the next 24 hours expect things to be a bit slow and uploading pictures probably wont work until we fix that.