They're after me... @frickinLasers@qoto.org

I watched the Tyre murder videos, against my better judgement. I expected to be surprised and shocked at a particularly unusual or egregious example of police violence.

What I saw on those videos was not unusual or surprising in any way. We should not allow ourselves to become desensitized, but neither should we buy into the copaganda that Tyre's murder somehow represents an unusual incident of pigs being violence against Black men.

Cops behave like this on a daily or weekly basis all across America.

I decided earlier today that I would not watch the video. Even just reading this now— I’m sobbing, heartbroken. How could they do this? How could this happen? AGAIN. He died crying for his mother— it’s devastating.

The federal government— Congress, DOJ, Biden— needs to do something REAL to address this epidemic of police brutality.

Cops Kept Beating Tyre Nichols as He Screamed for His Mother

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tyre-nichols-brutal-beating-by-memphis-police-revealed-in-video?via=ios

Time to text my teenage daughter and pretend that being home by 11 is a critically important thing.

This algorithmic bias to select for and promote furry-like content is called "furry inflation" if you want to learn more just search for it.

NASA Announces Successful Test Of Its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine.

#science #news #space #NASA #Rocket

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/feature/nasa-validates-revolutionary-propulsion-design-for-deep-space-missions

It wouldn't be heaven if they made you hang out with all the dead evangelicals.

Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.

Not the case.

It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.

Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.

By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.

So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.

Idgaf if you pour your milk first or cereal, just shut your mouth while eating.

Soooo, it ‘appears’ that “the largest egg producer in the US,” has seen their profit margin soar, showing a massive increase since last year. Avian flu seems to have played an insignificant role. Inflation seems to have played a zero role. Greed seems to be the bottom line. Just another example of what folks with money are willing to do to the little guy to increase their profits. Geez, maybe we should reward these big egg producers with some hefty tax cuts. 🤬 https://mindly.social/@annie/109755900547807890

If I have to tip someone in a restaurant bathroom, the least he could do is hold it for me while I go.

I like the Navy because they have terms like, “dinghy”, “rear admiral” and “poopdeck” and nobody has questioned it since its inception.

It's All I Wanted For My 60th Birthday...

#mastodon #photography #old #photo #FollowFriday

10-year-old girl sends police a DNA sample to determine if Santa Claus is real https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/girl-police-dna-sample-santa-claus-investigation-ongoing-040933424.html

I know, I know, but it’s still funny to me.

@RitchieTorres Wouldn't it be better to also make sure things are declassified when they are past their point of usefulness?

The vast majority of "classified" documents that Biden turned over were itineraries and other Presidential travel documents.

Why are those sorts of things still classified?

@RitchieTorres

Why is it when someone powerful breaks the law, instead of enforcing the law, new laws get written?

[loading up the ark]

Mrs Noah: you’re gonna need a bigger boat

Noah: fuckit, just leave a few behind, no one will ever know*

*the truth about what really happened to the dinosaurs, unicorns, and the dodo