Greg Spradlin @spradlig@qoto.org

@coreytrina Yes. Another place to donate for down ballot races is via #MastodonBlueWave at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodonbluewave.

@heidilifeldman
For Harris to do that, it's going to require a Democrat-majority House and Senate, and that means donating to those races, and if you can, phone-banking and canvassing.
The link below is for excellent strategic donating recommendations from activist Jessica Craven
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pvzT4gB7FK7n0O_3p6_ymrBaSIlpB3YbkuZCjNXGKw/edit

Nuts and bolts of what we funding the #Harris campaign to do: This week Harris and #Walz are going on a bus tour through Georgia. “The campaign is investing heavily in the Peach State with more than 170 Democratic campaign staffers in 24 coordinated campaign offices across the state.” https://flip.it/8L-xdQ

Winning Georgia is going to take a massive effort. Let’s make sure the campaign has all the resources necessary. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

TL;DR: European iPhones now offer exciting features like third-party app stores and customizable default apps, thanks to advanced regulations. Users are left wishing for similar freedoms in other regions, especially with retro game emulators available in the EU. https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/24/24226946/iphone-eu-regulation-app-stores-fortnite #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

JD Vance makes Ron DeSantis almost seem normal.

'It’s Tim Walz night!

And Mayor Pete might!

And Bill Clinton night no exclamation point."

~ Evan Hurst

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/live-tim-walz-steals-nomination-from

Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on a major theme running through commentary on the DNC this morning:

"After three days at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, I feel like I have seen the political future and its name is the Democratic Party."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-21-2024

Still having a good laugh over the NY Times' insistence that the people shouting "We Love You Joe!" at the DNC convention last night were really saying they love the fact that Joe Biden isn't running again.

Their minds are simply unable to comprehend that people love Joe because he's a goddamn American hero and will one day be spoken of in the same breath as Washington, Lincoln, and FDR.

Struggling to give a f*ck, tbh…

Must be hard for their families but why do we need to be kept up to date on obscenely wealthy people being killed by the weather conditions their excessive gluttonous consumption helped cause?

Where’s the minute by minute coverage of the tens of millions killed by air pollution every year?

#Karma #ClimateBreakdown

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/20/mike-lynch-sicily-yacht-bayesian-italy/

🤞🏼 Vote!

Via Griffin:

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball is shifting its rating of #NorthCarolina from leaning Republican to toss-up in the presidential race.

This is the first time the Crystal Ball has moved any state from the GOP column into too-close-to-call territory all cycle.

Inflation drops below 3 precent for the first time in years: “Did the U.S. beat inflation? Yes, yes, yes. I told you we were going to have a soft landing, and we’re going to have a soft landing. My policies are working, start writing that way, okay?” - President Biden

US Press: People still feel everything is awful. We don't know why.

Space lovers: #SpaceCadetsForHarris is happening Thursday, August 15, 5pm PT / 8pm ET! Speakers include Bill Nye, #NASA astronauts, #scifi film industry pros, and more. 🚀 https://www.spacecadets4harris.com/

If this were a pregnant white woman, there would be a firestorm of outrage coast to coast, even if she was armed and threatened the life of a police officer.

But an unarmed, pregnant Black woman only "suspected" of a petty thief, and posing no threat is put down like a dangerous animal.

This is not a few bad apples, or a police problem, it's the manufactured culture of #whiteness and the state-sponsored racial class system that cultivates and defends it.

Ohio Cop Charged with Murdering 21-Year-Old Pregnant Black Mother Ta’Kiya Young
#BlackMastodon #whiteTerrorism #Police #StateViolence
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/14/headlines/ohio_cop_charged_with_murdering_21_year_old_pregnant_black_mother_takiya_young

One funny thing about the "Harris should give press conferences" discourse is that I work at a publication where we are almost never given access to CEOs or politicians, and yet we break news constantly. In fact, we often beat better funded publications that have press passes to presidential palaces and that get invited on corporate tours.

If your goal is to break news, press conferences are one of the worst places to do it.

@falcennial @dannotdaniel @jeff @tchambers

Yes ... following people and actually engaging matters on Mastodon.

Regretfully, too many who were used to larger accounts on Twitter were accustomed to hanging out in DM rooms with their friends and just sending out posts to be algo-pushed. No real engagement.

This platform is different in that being social is part of it. It takes a bit of effort.

I signed up to all my Patreon subscriptions on their website years ago. They don’t /need/ an iOS app. I never use the iOS app. I’ve tried it but it offers nothing and takes 30%.

Just go all-in on your website, Patreon. Tell Apple to fuck off. Let the open web win again.

Mockery online as slurring Trump steamrolls Musk 'sounding like Sylvester the Cat' - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-trump-2668951926/

trump told TWO LIES A MINUTE at his so-called press conference⁉️ I believe it—that’s probably everything he said—he never gets to the point.

Another useful statistic to keep in politics is: “How Many Times the Candidate DID NOT Answer the Question”. Yes, I know politicians are known for pivoting & deflecting, but at least they start out by responding to the topic. In trump’s recent at his club/home, he rigged his sound system so that the reporters’ questions couldn’t even be heard! #weird

If the point of the “press conference” was to show trump’s prowess at unscripted answers, he failed. trump exposes himself over and over as a candidate who is ignorant of the issues confronting the nation, and unable to speak of anything other than his persecution & grievances. Giving timeworn lie-filled responses IS NOT showing an ability to ad lib.
It’s laughable for an inadequate & ignorant candidate like trump to charge his opponent with being scripted.

#trump #uspol

https://mstdn.ca/@Downshift/112943482565126026

Surprised more people on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” didn’t become ill when having dinner at Rob and Laura’s.

Every meal was a Petrie dish.