Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

@w7voa

Ancient Twitter boilerplate:

"Remember all that #Constitutional #Textualism and #Originalism crap?

All lies

The #GOP cares about the US #Constitution about as much as it cares about the #Bible

Find one passage they need right now

Misinterpret it

Ignore all the rest

Throw that interpretation away when it's no longer needed

And basically do the bidding of #LeonardLeo and the #FederalistSociety "

State GOP tells people to “burn all Pride flags” during June. The Republican Party calls LGBTQ+ people "demonic, godless groomers" who "ultimately harm our children."

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/06/state-gop-tells-people-to-burn-all-pride-flags-during-june/

Trump is losing a key voice in the months before the election as Steve Bannon heads to prison

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-steve-bannon-prison-war-room-show-rcna138682

No sex, no immigrants: Texas GOP unveils 2024 legislative priorities

https://www.chron.com/politics/article/texas-gop-2024-priorities-19503582.php

Convicted felon Donald Trump says that he would have “every right” to break even more laws if re-elected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/06/trump-hannity-retribution-biden/

Don't threaten Tesla shareholders with a good (and strategically sound) time...

"Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned"

Seriously, where is the downside? The next CEO will likely not have a negative brand value with liberals (aka the ones who buy electric vehicles) and fewer AI microchips will be diverted to X.

And that's in addition to not having to give $56 billion to a wealthy egomaniac!

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24173064/tesla-board-chair-warn-elon-musk-leave-pay-shareholders

Trump's demand that Putin hold Evan Gershkovich hostage through the election is even worse than "Russia, if you're listening."

It's an implicit quid pro quo; we know what Trump will deliver in return.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu1_5qPTZz4&list=PLzj-nJwdjvbfutHZdsNfOEou7UXvHm_SH

80 years ago today, 2,501 Americans died at Normandy to protect lives and democracy.

Some were black, knowing they would return to a racist US.

Some were gay, knowing they could be court-martialed for who they were.

They fought anyway for what was best and right.

I don't care what you think of Biden. A world with Trump in the White House will be a disaster. In 151 days, you can do what is best and right without risking your life.

Every election. Every race. Every Democrat. #VoteBlue #DDay

@potus Something 45 disparaged and can never understand - courage, bravery and sacrifice. A solemn moment for the world…thank you to the troops and their families for their sacrifices on D-Day. May it never come to this again…

Welcome to the future where we have the technology to create replacement organs and we will keep them running for as long as you continue paying your recurring subscription fee!

The only feeling I have about starship is dread.

They want to use that to launch batches of HUNDREDS of Starlinks at once. And guess where all those Starlinks will end up? The pieces that don't make it to the ground will end up in our upper atmosphere, screwing up the stratosphere, the ozone layer, who knows what else because SpaceX isn't required to do any environmental assessments of this.

Shit. Maybe a good time to post this essay I wrote yet again: https://theconversation.com/an-astronomers-lament-satellite-megaconstellations-are-ruining-space-exploration-215653

"While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity"

― NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman

I’m crying on the bus (again) because some middle school kids decided that for their “design challenge” they envision a food delivery drone that could fly high enough and fast enough that no one could shoot it down. And no one asked why someone would want to shoot down a food delivery drone— or why you couldn’t just drive a truck.

Given Trump's public plea for help from Putin, which the press has mostly decided to ignore, Ball of Thread 1 on Russia's attack on the 2016 election feels more important every day.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/1-by-nuts-attack-105198771

So I'm going to share it all as a video thread over the next week or so.

@lolgop You can’t forget the “grass roots” Tea Party that was sponsored by Fox News and the Koch brothers leading up to this fun.

Israeli PM Netanyahu to Address Congress on June 13

What to expect as American leadership proudly welcomes a man credibly accused of war crimes

https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/israeli-pm-netanyahu-to-address-congress

I wonder if Marjorie Taylor Green wants a divorce from America because she’s been sleeping with other countries?

Republican Party uses pic of Ho Chi Minh City for GOP convention in Milwaukee https://www.alternet.org/republican-party-ho-chi-minh/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon via Alternet.org

An imperfect administration led by an old guy doing the best they can and actually making progress in the face of overwhelming cheating and pure hate,

or

A convicted felon backed by evil money & power mongers who’s a wannabe fascist dictator who has no compunction about selling America to the highest bidder.

This is hard for you… why?