Because, unfortunately, their votes have more power in the Senate and Electoral College than most other people's!
What a CRAZY coincidence!!!
My foreseeable future between now and September going to be reading very sincere replies asking if we're aware that this logo looks like a cock and balls https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum/111618907852811289
I made a browser extension that changes the word “billionaire” to “oligarch” and, well, it’s about as perfect as I was hoping.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/billionaire-oligarch-replacer/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/billionaire-to-oligarch-r/ealafelnipmdnebociefhhkgoocplidj
I'll settle for desecrating his corpse.
What do you think of Dead Kissingers as band name, and what kind band would it be?
#quote #anthonybourdain #kissinger #henrykissinger #deadkissingers
Trump is taking aim at Taylor Swift
Let’s break it down:
TayTay:
A billionaire with a mobile economic booster on wheels
12 Grammys
Time’s person of the year
Prompted tens of thousands of young voters to register
Trump:
Lost money owning *casinos*
Defrauded students with “university”
Ran an airline into the ground
Faces 91 charges including trying to overturn a free and fair election
Sold our nation’s highest secrets (possibly lost money on it)
Stole from charity
been thinking about my approach to saying critical things about open source projects
I'm always trying to balance 2 things:
1. I want other users to know that if they're struggling, it's not because they're dumb. There are real problems.
2. I don't want to downplay the work people are doing to make it better.
this has been coming up a lot with Nix, which I find useful but incredibly difficult to use
(no advice please, but curious to hear what your personal approach to this is)
(1/?)
Bird of the Day — Hermit Thrush, Kansas 2017
Skeptical
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Thrush
We are deep into the German winter. The sun is up for less than 8 hours during the day. Nevertheless we export electricity to Europe thanks to renewable wind energy.
Be aware: we export because we produce cheaper than the coal/gas/nuclear plants in other countries.
If not for the fuckup in Bavaria (the right wing state government there prevents the installation of wind turbine), we would export even more.
From: @isotopp
https://chaos.social/@isotopp/111611719098358055
#Persuasion was first published today in 1817! (And remains one of my favorite books.)
#janeAusten #Bookstodon #AmReading #AmWriting #books #writing @bookstodon #Regency #Georgian #history @histodons
Earlier this year, I replaced my ailing computer w/ one that should last a while and keep me streaming, podcasting, #writing.
Computers cost money, though, and I'm semi-broke. If you've got a buck or two to spare, consider donating to my Ko-Fi page! :D
Hiking Avalanche Lake Glacier National Park
The Trail of the Cedars is a hiking trail accessible from Going-to-the-Sun Road. The trail is short an accessible for all, the .60-mile path is paved and has a raised boardwalk in some sections. Some of the cedars visible are over 80 feet tall.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/hiking-avalanche-lake-glacier-national-park-wayne-moran.html
#AvalanceLake #GlacierNationalPark #Glacier #Montana #Nature #Mountains #Hiking #Getoutside #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #buyintoart #Ayearforart
"As part of its announcement today, the WHO recommended universal masking for health facilities and protection for health workers."
I wonder... if you could see that and think... hmmm I should probably do that when I'm at the crowded mall this week?
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/who-designates-jn1-separate-covid-19-variant-interest
It's nearly Public Domain Day (my favorite holiday, since the US started celebrating it again a few years back) and I'm eagerly and excitedly collecting materials which will enter the public domain in 2024 to repackage, share, remix, and otherwise defile.
There's so *good* stuff coming to the US, and it will be transformed in to even better stuff.
But! this Public Domain Day is also a time for sadness (small thread)
Look, what I'm saying is that our best chance for making the world a better place is to organize: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VzvH5UZVQU8
Copyright law is a tiny example of a way that the intent of the law has been subverted to serve corporate interests. Major copyright reform, reducing terms to under 50 years from publication, would strike a huge blow to many of the corporations that actively campaign against what is best for us.
All of these struggles are one struggle. The struggle of the rights of People against the rights of corporations.
We must fight.
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
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