One major power NOT delegated to the federal government is the general power to keep the peace. That is reserved to the states. Also embedded in U.S. is the principle that the military shall neither occupy the states nor be used for domestic law enforcement. See the 3rd Amendment, prohibiting […]

I finally have finished reading the 69 page complaint and multiple exhibits filed by the state of Illinois and City of Chicago against Trump, Noem, Hegseth etc., seeking to prohibit them deploying federalized National Guard troops in #chicago. #chicagoland #lawfedi […]

[A snarky sticker with pictures of Trump and Epstein's stupid faces] I got the best tip today. My customers are cool.

"woah, she's gorgeous, who is she?" *clicks on the profile* "oh, someone photoshopped boobs on kevin james. apparently she'd be a 'would'."

If Dems win in 2026, we need hearings to publicize the abuses by federal law enforcement. Then pass a bill creating a path to sue for those abuses. Trump will veto it. Let him. Let the public see these videos & hear from victims, & then learn there's no way to hold the abusive officers accountable.

Cory Doctorow gave us the term #enshitification Learned today he's classified this era as The Great Enshittening and I'm just laughing....perfect, no notes

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Sorry I haven't been around much, my brain has the blahs. Love you friends, especially #Monsterdon & #cultoframencatholicism & people who share cool pics.

Should the #cultoframencatholicism compound have a mini-golf course?

Some of the people I cherish most in my life have a reputation with others for being kind of rude and off-putting when they are, instead, just very direct and not good at being "likable" so they don't bother. Thing is. THAT is what I like best in a long term friendship.

It's called projection https://truthout.org/articles/trump-shares-meme-calling-dems-the-party-of-hate-evil-and-satan/

#helluvaboss - come for the horny cartoon demons, stay for the help with processing trauma.

Finally saw a link. However clear you want to make it, the law is dead. This and the use of websites to blame the Democratic Party for Trump's shutdown are as clear violations of the Hatch Act as you can possibly imagine. And yet. ----- Education Department employees surprised to find their […]

["AI" schadenfreude, reddit screenshot] "What if someone uses an LLM to rip off my app that I ripped off with an LLM????"

I miss the part of my childhood when I believed that America celebrated being a "melting pot" of cultures and beliefs.

This, via @jayrosen.bsky.social, is a great matrix on how to deal with right wing trolling. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...

“It’s easier to talk here [in Saudi Arabia] than it is in America," Dave Chapelle told an audience after first double checking his Riyadh Comedy Festival contract for which jokes, if told, would result in his summary execution.

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

Criticizing Linux on Mastodon is really the best way to make men type paragraphs, isn't it?

Saw the queen this morning when feeding the colony and she looks great! She’s almost five years old which is impressive for a little bug. She’s almost five was busy laying eggs as ever. Such a handsome ant. 🐜

Still incredibly disturbed by this account of a 1 AM raid on an apartment building in Chicago, where Border Patrol and FBI agents in military clothing smashed in people's doors—even those of citizens—and dragged everyone out onto the street, including naked children. Citizens & others were […]

The reason they hate science is that they don't like competing prophets, especially when those prophets tend to be right more often.

The only J.R.R. Tolkien book I've ever finished is 'The Silmarillion.' Should this have been a hint of my neurodiversity, or am I just weird?

It's Violet's monthly visit & she is so fucking high right now 🫠 #cats

I need as many members of the #cultoframencatholicism to move to Minnesota (Twin Cities), so I can have an IRL D&D Group. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Mike Johnson shut the government down to prevent the release of the #epstein files. Full stop.

That scene in The Producers when the first song from Springtime For Hitler is over.... https://www.rawstory.com/trump-military-speech/ #petehegseth #usmilitary #uspol #uspolitics

Westminster City Forum- Karen Kalavity hasn’t heard about buses. Wild concept. #copolitics

CNN fact-checker spends four minutes debunking Trump’s multiple ‘lies’ in his speech to US military top brass | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-speech-lies-debunked-cnn-b2836902.html

In 2011, Aaron Swartz was arrested after he downloaded millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR via the MIT network. He was charged under federal laws (including wire fraud and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) with up to 13 felony counts, carrying the possibility of […]

"This" The Doctor says, with a grand sweeping gesture, "is Far Reach Delta, one of Humanity's greatest achievements, a massive space station and thriving settlement where races from many planets meet for trade, transit, and the occasional brunch. And if I have […] [Original post on retro.pizza]

Medbeds are just a way for conservatives to fantasize about universal healthcare without being called "socialist." It's a permission structure, an outlet for that unspeakable desire to see a world where the reaction to a person being sick is the very obvious thing: help them, help them get […]

Reporters: lol the QAnnon Shaman filed a hilarious case against Trump Me: May I see the complaint please Reporters: haha it’s 26 pages and it’s so funny and here are a couple of details Me: Link please Reporters: seriously you won’t believe this shit Me: probably but could I read it Reporters: nah

I'm reading some more about this today. When LDS Mormons have moral clarity, they can be some of the most courageous people ever. We were raised to be. It was part of our conditioning. The only problem is our leaders and doctrines confused what we were to be courageous about, channeling that […]

I'm so tired. So of course there was a minor emergency at work & I have to go cover. But, I got people to grab the other open shifts this week. So that's nice. I'd rather go in tonight than have to close Friday & then pull a double on Saturday. #RetailLife