Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

your 2016 protest vote keeps making you look dumber and dumber every single day which you are, to be honest, you're a fucking imbecile. and yet you want to be an even bigger imbecile even in 2024 knowing it will kill you and your family. now that's commitment. kudos, bro.

Since Twitter is becoming increasingly hostile towards those that just want to share information about Russia’s war against Ukraine, I am finally going to begin the process of moving here and setting up shop In hopes of making it my primary platform for publishing.
It’s difficult enough living and working in a war zone. The arbitrary rules imposed on my Twitter posts unnecessarily add to that difficulty at a time when I no longer have the time and mental bandwidth to deal with it. My Twitter account will remain active, however I will not censor or remove innocuous content that has retroactively been deemed in violation of their arbitrary TOS changes. If it is suspended, so be it. I will not advocate for its restoration.
But enough about that nonsense. Let’s move forward.

Threads, Twitter, and Bluesky: Our billionaire is better than your billionaire.

Mastodon: You actually don't need a billionaire at all.

Threads, Twitter, and Bluesky: Hold on, we have to ask our billionaire if that's true.

Sources:

Empty homes: https://medium.com/@hrnews1/in-2024-america-has-15-1-million-vacant-homes-while-homelessness-is-at-an-all-time-high-of-650-000-7a28c527d4a7#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20boasts%20approximately,and%20dreams%20of%20habitation%20deferred.

Houseless people: https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20Housing%20and,the%20same%20report%20in%202022.

Prison: https://time.com/4596081/incarceration-report/

Lack of health insurance: https://pnhp.org/news/lack-of-insurance-to-blame-for-almost-45000-deaths-study/

Border camps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_detention_in_the_United_States#:~:text=As%20of%20July%202019%2C%20around,with%20roughly%205%2C900%20being%20women.

Death by police: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585159/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-month/

Anti-trans states: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-legislative-risk-assessment-3dc

Murders of trans people: https://www.statista.com/chart/31286/trans-people-reported-killed-worldwide/

2/2 #uspol #politics

Already sent out this digitally, but this beats around the bush for four columns, 22 column inches, without getting to the point. #climateemergency #climate #journalism

Fun Facts:

Both men are old.

Both men mangle names.

Both men have done the job.

#Trump was inept, criminal, and irresponsible.

#Biden is governing the country to prosperity, is knowledgeable and respected on the world stage.

This isn’t difficult.

1980 Computers are for nerds
1990 Computers are for everyone

1995 The internet is for nerds
2005 The internet is for everyone

2005 Smartphones are for nerds
2015 Smartphones are for everyone

2006 Twittr is for nerds
2016 Twitter is for everyone

2022 Mastodon is for nerds

🇦🇺 🇷🇺 #Russia accused #Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" for charging a Russian-born couple with espionage, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday to tell Moscow to "back off".

https://www.reuters.com/world/moscow-condemns-australia-paranoia-espionage-arrests-russia-born-couple-2024-07-13/

@alexhammy my heart is with progressives, except that I'm sick and tired of some of their most absurd positions being used against all Democrats throughout the MAGA silos on social media. Progressives need to tone it down for the sake of beating Trump and preserving democracy. That's our utmost goal from now until November 5th. We can argue in the margins after that.

“US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for #Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode.

The plot was one of a series of Russian plans to assassinate defense industry executives across Europe who were supporting Ukraine’s war effort..” #Russia

https://cnn.it/46hhKxP

"AI still remains, I would argue, completely unproven. And fake it till you make it may work in Silicon Valley, but for the rest of us, I think once bitten twice shy may be more appropriate for AI."
James Ferguson, founding partner of the UK-based macroeconomic research firm MacroStrategy Partnership

https://futurism.com/the-byte/expert-warns-ai-industry-collapse

Just stunning that Haaretz published an irrefutable report that the Israeli government ordered the killing of its own soldiers on 10/7, the Israeli military complied & killed its own soldiers, & there’s been virtually zero media coverage about it from the right, center, or left.

Florida man runs amok…

Gunman who was killed by Yellowstone rangers had planned a July 4 mass shooting, park reveals - ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gunman-killed-yellowstone-dining-facility-earlier-told-woman-111795119

investigative journalists have determined each AI query wastes on average 100ml of potable water.

so running 10 queries of "AI" and its valueless, theft-driven, ecocidal, griftmonging horseshit costs our only planet one litre of potable water and turns it into waste nobody can drink. multiplied by the millions of hoodwinked dipshit users that is a crisis, my guy.

using our water supply for reddit users to teach the world how to cook and eat gravel, glue, and bleach.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/just-five-chatgpt-queries-can-use-16oz-of-water-say-researchers

Right Wing media claims VP Kamala Harris is the “DEI” candidate or "Didn't Earn It," which is wild because in reality, generating historic wealth through 2 billion acres of stolen land from Native Americans, enslaving Black people for 300 years, banning Asian immigration until 1965, & banning women from financial access til 1974 — all without paying a single red cent in reparations or restitution — is the living breathing example of not earning it.

Every MAGA accusation is a confession.

@lovelylovely I’m with you. In a perfect world, maybe I’d prefer someone else. In this world, it’s Biden or Trump, and there’s no measure where I like Trump over Biden.

One guy is flawed but more or less OK. The other is batshit crazy and wants to hurt the people I love. This is an easy choice. Let’s go, Joe!

I think there’s a pretty direct correlation between “Biden stump speech starts including line that billionaires should pay their fair share of taxes” and “Billionaire-controlled corporate media starts saying that Biden is incompetent to lead”