ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades. https://theintercept.com/2025/09/30/trump-hegseth-generals-admirals-military-meeting

If whatever religion says being with the same sex is wrong I can only say that religion is wrong

Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans

The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from collecting and selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/ted-cruz-blocks-bill-that-would-extend-privacy-protections-to-all-americans/

#Privacy

Pop Goes the Cryptid! #popcryptid Cryptid Block Party Returns to Covington for Fourth Year of Offbeat Fun - Cincinnati Magazine https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/cryptid-block-party/

ICYMI: I wrote about why it's impossible to compromise with conservatives on trans issues. They've already rejected the common sense compromise positions and lie about us anyway.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3gxyh4elwykcdnpci7gmqrvh/post/3lzyfeyavas2y

Having just seen a video of Trump today.....jfc....it's not long for him now!
He really seems more hunched than usual and his face is drooping....

#Trump #Health #USPOL

Before:
Can't trust Wikipedia, anyone can modify it.

Now:
Better check Wikipedia, they have actual humans verifying.

1973: US Govt helps install Chilean dictator Pinochet

1987: Luis Leon survives torture at hands of Pinochet, escapes to USA, receives asylum

2025: ICE disappears Leon (now 82), lies to family that he's dead, he's actually in a Guatemalan hospital

He did everything right and legal, and ICE disappears him anyway. This is fascism through and through and anyone who supports this is complicit.

Cowards are the worst of them all.

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/cbs-can-pretty-much-fuck-all-the

A primer for the civically ill-informed.