Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org

Good morning to readers, hello from Ukraine.

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, but today on Christmas Eve, the air sirens sounded in the city.

No explosions in the capital reported, but it's a spooky scene.

Latest news is there was a big explosion in market in Kherson.

Just a reminder, there are tons of servers on the fediverse with quote toot feature, and they all follow the same standard. QOTO is a mastodon instance with Quote toots for example. Fedibird is also a very large server that is mastodon based that has the feature. All Misskey servers also have the feature.

Question for those who say prosecuting a former president sets a dangerous precedent: Isn’t it more dangerous to set a precedent that a former president will never face accountability for breaking the law and inciting an insurrection?

Josh Hawley: “I didn’t go to the Zelensky speech because I didn’t want to be part of the photo op”

This is the SAME EXACT dude who rose his fist in solidarity with Trump’s thugs for a photo op

The nerve on this chickenshit traitor 🤦🏻‍♀️

when you stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back at you because the abyss has to poop

I had no idea Moose could even hold swords.

#Canada

A lady told me “watch out for that automatic hand sanitizer dispenser, it will squirt everywhere as soon as you get close to it” and I said “reminds me of my high school boyfriend” and she laughed but little did she know I did not have a boyfriend in high school and it was a joke built on lies

From 1/17/2022

Here’s what I’ve noticed lately: More and more people are saying “we need to learn to live with the virus” and what they actually mean is “we no longer intend to live as if the virus were a present reality, and we’re fine if somebody else needs to learn to live—or die—with that decision.”

https://armoxon.substack.com/p/america-returns-to-brunch

After reading Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony, it's hard not to conclude that Mark Meadows is in deep legal doodoo. I know that's not a legal term, but it's apt.

The question is, with so much exposure, will Meadows flip on Trump? Perhaps he has already. We haven't heard much from him at all for some time now.

Low temps again. Talks of “are winter extremes getting colder with global warming?”
Time to pull out ye olde XKCD explainer.
I believe this is called creeping normality or landscape amnesia - when you either forget or are to young to remember the old “normal”.

https://xkcd.com/1321/

I’m disheartened that we could be dealing with #tfg headlines and unimportant blathering for another six years. I’d hoped Biden’s win would be the end, but noooooo, #tfg just keeps the stink spreading despite his political nothingness. Crap. Lies. And innuendo ad infinitum.

https://www.rawstory.com/a-new-roll-call-of-the-worst-corporate-polluters/

Growing up, Sesame Street taught me the importance of education, empathy, and kindness.

Bugs Bunny, on the other hand, taught me that revenge on my enemies should be quick, clever, and brutal.

Constantly teetering between wishing that people would pay attention to me and wanting to be left alone.

Well, I've just tested positive for Covid. Symptoms are mild because I'm all boostered up. I can even hazard a fair guess as to where I contracted it. I let precautions slip at the Headstones concert. Only myself to blame.

This isn't over, folks. Please, stop acting like it is.

https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-2658990768/

After a weekend that included a brief ban on external links and a poll asking if he should step down as CEO, some Twitter users who initially welcomed Elon Musk are now skeptical of remaining on the platform. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/twitter-users-reach-breaking-point-elon-musk-rcna62403

David Orentlicher: "Prosecuting Trump is necessary, but it isn’t sufficient to preserve our democracy. The forces that Trump marshaled and unleashed preceded him, and they will outlast him if we don’t take steps to subdue them. That is where Congress can be most effective, and uphold the rule of law as it tries to ensure that Trump is held accountable under the rule of law." https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/house-jan-6-committee-refers-trump-justice-department-mistake-rcna62375

What seems like a more dangerous precedent to set?

—Prosecuting a former president.

—Letting a former president avoid accountability for conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to make a false statement, obstruction of an official proceeding, and incitement of an insurrection.

The very first meme I made on Mastodon and if I do say so myself, it’s aged pretty well. #elonmusk #twittermigration #twitter