Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

@briannawu @mingo decades of being told “criticism of Israel” === “antisemitism” will do that to you. If you can’t see what the people currently in charge of Israel are because you’re blinded by nationalism, that’s on you:

I still refuse to believe an actual human woman voluntarily agreed to marry Stephen Miller.

If your lemonade stand has to spend $16 every time you collect 80 cents, you don’t have a real business. https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112935160004870869

@Chip_Unicorn @lovelylovely

And POTUS is not in charge of Israel, yet these pro-Hamas assholes keep pretending otherwise and using it as an excuse to help Trump.

Helping Trump is disloyal to America.

Yes, they have a plan to stop certification. What is our plan to stop their plan.🤔

"If you believe "Let's Take Canada Back" is somehow different than "Make America Great Again", you're unfortunately part of the problem."

-- Patrick Gagnon, retired Canadian Armed Forces

#cdnpoli #canada #poilievre

Sheesh, TFG's airplane lands 100 miles short of the destination - so he hires another airplane rather than driving. An in so doing he cost more CO2, more time, more $$ - basically to feed its already bloated ego.

@gubi

people here on #mastodon also still on #twitter:

i understand it is large and full of content

it is also a nazi bar

you know it

you *have* leave it

not because some asshole like me on mastodon is preaching to you

but because you know, in your heart, it simply is not good for you

leave

Tim Walz’s Masculinity Is Terrifying to Republicans

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-09/tim-walz-isn-t-a-typical-democrat-that-scares-republicans

Man who served under Walz says governor retired before unit had deployment news

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4818655-walz-veteran-service-record/

New post: Gerald Ott explores the root causes of the flow of migrants and refugees from Venezuela, as well as the recent presidential election.

https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/08/08/the-road-to-democracy-in-western-hemisphere-goes-through-venezuela/

It's not a question of stopping climate change.

It's now a question of how bad are we going to allow it to get.

Stop burning fossil fuels.
#climatechange

Abbott public hospital order tracks patients’ immigration status | (Me: Fake order... they have been able to do so for years and get regular funding to cover such costs -- show boating again) The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/08/texas-public-hospitals-immigration-status-patients/

"Last month, the US Supreme Court basically told Trump who has been convicted of fraud that going forward he will be immune no matter what he does in the White House. The man has openly vowed that he will be a dictator on day one. He said he will "terminate the Constitution of the United States." This man should never again stand behind the seal of the President of the United States. Never again." --#KamalaHarris #press

I was part of the White House traveling press pool the day of this event in California. Willie Brown was not in the helicopter which did not crash nor did it nearly crash. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/trump-helicopter-willie-brown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

“If you were REALLY that sick then it won’t matter if you get set back.”

I’m begging non disabled people to stop acting like we can’t possibly have a quality of life while severely ill. Like our baseline isn’t the most important thing to us.

My baseline is EVERYTHING.
Sometimes people believe that if you’re severely ill - you must not have any quality of life and therefore you should be willing to push yourself. Willing to risk a setback.

They don’t understand the devastation setbacks cause or the realities of chronic illness.
I AM severe. I’m housebound & most days I’m bedbound. I need help to shower and sometimes to get to & from the bathroom. I can’t cook for myself and eating & swallowing is a challenge. To most people it would appear I have no quality of life.

But I still have joy. I have my writing. I have the community here who I value & cherish and who’ve helped me find a purpose again. I’ve got people who see me as I am & love me anyways. It doesn’t look like the life I planned - but it’s mine & I’m making the most of it.

Writing is incredibly hard. I’ve got carpal tunnel and tendonitis in both wrists. Hypermobile fingers which dislocate frequently. Hypoxia from low BP which means I have to lay upside down to form a coherent thought. It doesn’t come as naturally or easily as it did before.

Despite those challenges - it brings me more joy now than it did when I was writing professionally. My heart soars when I complete a thread or an article. When I read comments that say my experiences helped someone. These things light a fire in me that keeps me going.

That joy is so important to me - because much of my day to day life is suffering. Until you’ve experienced losing your health, your independence, your autonomy & the ability to trust your own body… you won’t ever truly understand. It’s a grief that never fully goes away.

If you manage to carve out a way to have joy - you won’t do anything to risk it. If you manage to find a way to gain some function back (for me it’s getting to the bathroom unassisted and regaining a few foods to eat)… you won’t do anything that might cause you to lose it.

People won’t understand this. They will push you to do things that WILL risk your baseline. Often under the guise of “well you’re sick anyways so what difference does it make if you’re sicker?” It shows how little people understand the unrelenting & chronic nature of chronic illness.

We see this in people’s attitudes about masking and covid as well. This idea that since we’re already disabled - we should throw caution to the wind and not “worry so much” about covid. We don’t have that luxury. A Covid infection could rip whatever baseline we have from us.

I’m growing tired of the judgement. Of being pushed to do things by people who won’t be around to deal with the fallout. Of being put down by people who have the privilege of good health - and as a result can’t possibly fathom what losing one’s baseline does to a person.

I’ve worked really hard to maintain the small amount of independence I have left. I’ve made great personal sacrifices to avoid Covid and other infections that might put my baseline in jeopardy. Yet despite my efforts - things can and do destroy it. 1/2

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #SevereMEAwarenessDay

@tuban_muzuru @dougiec3
Spying and proactive digital intrusion aren’t necessarily the same thing.

Waiting for the Russians to takedown a hydroelectric plant seems unwise?

The United States has dropped to fifty-fifth place on the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, the country's lowest-ever rank.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-way-democracy-crumbles-whitney-20240807/