Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

Why wait for #Caturday?
Porch kitty

In other rich-people-going-rogue news, the war on immigrants lives on: empty shipping containers used to create an ad-hoc scrap-metal "border wall" in AZ across pristine oak grassland are apparently being staged on land owned by the James and Jennifer Douglass Family Revocable Trust. (DOJ yesterday filed suit against the State of Arizona for the environmental destruction and the anti-democratic behavior.) Via @UnicornRiot

https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/a-quiet-retreat-hundreds-of-shipping-containers-hauled-to-az-state-prison-as-protests-halt-border-wall/

#uspol #immigration #RogueRichPeople

This made me laugh - Jason Goldman’s take on joinmastodon being banned from Twitter

Re: posts asking "Why're there so many ____ here?
I mostly see these posts in reference to autistic or trans people. In some cases the comments joke "it must just be trendy right now."
🙄
We've always been "here" wherever here is - schools, laundromats, grocery stores, even social media. There's just no algorhythm keeping you in your bubble here. The fact that you chose not to hear or see us before doesn't make us new or trendy now. Your worldview is narrow & rude af #ZipIt
#Autist #TransAlly

Remember: Twitter is Elon's company, he has the free speech and free association right to run it pretty much however he wants and to ban people for petty narcissistic reasons.

And we have the right to laugh and point at his ridiculousness and at the free-speech pretenses of his gullible fans.

Know how we know these comments are grounded in white supremacy—not national security?

Right now there are 600,000+ undocumented immigrants in America from Canada & Europe—when was the last time you heard MAGA call for a northern border wall or travel ban from Europe?🤔

That’s the complexion for protection. An ask again to demand Dems pass DACA protections before Jan 3. Do not leave DACA’s fate to MAGA extremists: https://bit.ly/3YedKtj

Your DNS query history is a detailed roadmap of everywhere you’ve been on the internet, usually provided to end users by their ISP. One provider of DNS services was selling this information to the government without letting customers know. Sen. Wyden wants the FTC to look into possible deceptive business practices. (via @JosephMenn) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/15/wyden-ftc-neustar-sussmann/

In 1941, Nazis asked the city of Amsterdam to make this map of Jews in the city. Each dot equalled 10 Jews.

In 2022, TX AG @KenPaxtonTX sought data from driver's licenses on #transgender Texans.

But don't worry. History never repeats itself. #LGBTQ+
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/14/texas-transgender-data-paxton/

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has reportedly asked for a list of everyone who changed their sex on state documents in the past two years. Why? Paxton's office hasn't said. When asked for docs, they said none exist.

I'm sure it's no big deal. They just want a list of transgender people in Texas so they can send them milk and cookies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/14/texas-transgender-data-paxton/

Here's the #inflation story you're expected to believe (advance warning: this story is entirely false): America gave the poors too much money during the lockdown and now the #economy is awash in #FreeMoney, which made those poors so rich that now they're refusing to work, which means the economy isn't making anything anymore. With all that extra money and all those missing workers, prices are skyrocketing.

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With today's US confirmation that Russia will receive missles from Iran, race is on.

Can US deliver Patriot anti-missle batteries before Russia can scale up its barbarism?

If past is indication, thousands of Ukrainians will be murdered while the West is not "provoking Putin"

Elon Musk doesn't really believe @JxckS is responsible for someone following one of his cars.

But he knows that Jack Sweeney ran an account he didn't like, that he's essentially just a kid, and that having to fight a frivolous civil claim will take up a significant amount of his time, energy, and money. Could even bankrupt him.

THAT is the point.

After leaving the Army, I was searching for a way to fill the hole that my service once filled. Team Rubicon's mission aligned with my values and vision.

https://teamrubiconusa.org/

I was fortunate to be able to deploy to Fayetteville, NC, during Hurricane Florence and provide food assistance locally.

I want veterans, like myself, to have the opportunity to help their communities recover after a disaster.

I maintain a fundraising page if you are interested in helping-
https://fundraise.teamrubiconusa.org/fundraiser/4295855

i wish in addition to boosting my social media posts every cis-het ally would write their local and state government for trans inclusive rights, expanding universal healthcare coverage, and decriminalised sex work, once per month every month.

I guess this is my holiday photo. Northern mockingbird.