[uspol notshitpost] I'm real tired of people trying to hide behind terminology like "demographic issue" or "demographic shift" to not say what they mean. Because they mean that they believe there's some cosmic order in the universe that says people living in a particular territory need to […]

The Supreme Court, if it was normal, wouldn't allow cases that are not ripe. All the LGBTQ cases they take never seem to stem from actual events. The conversion therapy case seems to be like the website case where the plaintiff hasn't been banned, but somehow gets a case through the courts […]

People want to build stone cathedrals from software, but all we have are shifting piles of sand. So they glom it together with whatever sticky stuff they have on hand, shape it into bricks, and wonder why their cathedral smells after ten years.

I'm enjoying the 'Firepot' dahlias so much right now. I think the colors really resonate with me. #bloomscrolling #pnw

A magnificent male Ring-necked Pheasant stretches on a wooden perch, showcasing his vibrant plumage & long tail. His iridescent head & striking red wattle are stunning! See more: www.lukehaigh.co.uk #Birds #lukehaigh #birdphotography #photography

A cool thing about maybe it's an overall culture change or could just be my corner of social media. For much of my life it seemed like brain meds had a pretty big stigma - like only really mentally ill people took meds or went to therapy or whatever. Now, a lot more people are pretty open and […]

“WE CAN AFFORD THIS”: New Mexico US Sen. Martin Heinrich warns of economic crisis if Republicans succeed in killing health insurance subsidies for working families.

Josie is not gonna take it, anymore. #mondog #bernesemountaindog #dogsofmastodon

A Moorhen (or Common Gallinule) foraging on muddy ground with green moss. It has dark plumage, a bright red frontal shield, and a white undertail patch visible. Please visit www.lukehaigh.co.uk. #Birds #lukehaigh #birdphotography #photography

Little Egret #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

Little Grebe. It's October, and its 20 degrees C outside. Nice light, but I'd prefer rain right now. #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

As it's Autumn or 'Robin season' as I call it, it would be wrong not to share a Eurasian Robin photo. So here is one from today #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

A Raft of Gadwalls #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

A female Mallard duck #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

Great White Egret from today #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

A lovely Dunnock sitting in a shrub surrounded by berries #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

You might be a #Fascist if you employ agencies to spread #propaganda

More Robin action. This fella giving it the beans from a wall between a lake and a garden #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

A Long-Tailed Tit perched on a branch with its remaining autumn leaves #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling #borb

Here is another Long-Tailed Tit #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #uk #birdscrolling

Gorilla Forest Corridor, GRACE Center, Kasugho, Eastern DRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSyjwY6zSQ #africa #wildlife #congo #gorillas #live #webcam

Edgar would like to know if I have considered perhaps Take Nap With Edgar? #catsofmastodon #BlackCats

APROPOS OF EVERYTHING MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classWar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes. Living Wage Calculator https://livingwage.mit.edu/ ❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

late stage capitalism is being nostalgic for early-late stage capitalism

We saw her in a little box at a Petco 7 years ago, around this time. She was 11. They said if we didn’t take her she would most likely be euthanized. We thought ‘wouldn’t it be nice to give her a home for the next year or two’. It’s been 7 years and she’s still […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Ya know, right now would be an AMAZING time for Mastodon's leadership to break bread with the Black programmers that really wanted to help make this place less racist. Bluesky just banned a prominent Black user from basically being seen by anyone. **Because Bluesky's CEO is mad about their […]

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I was resisting the urge to offer advice to newcomers, since that’s such a laughably Fediverse thing to do, but, yeah, we generally do take #alttext quite seriously. There are a lot of Blind and visually impaired users here. Really. Four mutuals leap to mind. One reason they are here is because […]

Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this. What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they […]

Hello all. Mastodon does NOT solicit paid verification. Looks like there’s a new version of the fake ‘Mastodon Team’ phishing attempts that are targeting new users by replying to Introduction posts. Again, please alert new users, and please report and […] [Original post on tenforward.social]

And to reiterate obvious points for the times you do need a big tent - ditching the vulnerable in your coalition is removing people from the tent. It is falling for a trap laid by the enemy. Labor hasn't always been consistent about this, but plenty of examples going way back of people siding […]

Sometimes when people talk about a "big tent" it feels like they just want to control a lot of people. Fighting against fascism requires all kinds of people working towards that end. The good news is we don't need the broadest possible cooperation all of the time. A rural conservative who […]

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today. h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

In Unhinged Speech, #hegseth Says He's Tired of ‘Fat Troops,’ ‘Fat Generals’, beards « A federal court told the Marines it couldn't force #sikh recruits to shave in 2022. Men with pseudofolliculitis barbae - a condition that causes painful ingrown hairs & razor burn after shaving - have long […]

"ICE goes masked for a single reason - to terrorize Americans into quiescence." - from a decision issued today by a federal judge (appointed by Reagan)

One pretty cool thing about getting outside and doing something for the metaphorical "touch grass" is that if you raise your head to look around, you find things you didn't expect to see. In our era of algorithm driven content engagement farming, you have the wealthiest corps on earth trying to […]

U.S. federal data has been seen as the most authoritative and reliable data for a variety of uses. This is a depressing read but underscores the challenge facing the FSS in retaining trust in the system. switzer.com.au/the-experts/...

Never change North Denver

I don't think I'm living my life right. ... but I have seen this weird string of news stories of the form "Something culturally important that you haven't been plugged into for like ten years just went MAGA and now we have to boycott it." And I'm like... Well I must be doing _something_ right […]

Well, goodbye electronic arts

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'A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the H.I.V. epidemic.' […]

I think we should treat people who get scammed and come out and talk about it like heroes. And this is important: no matter how "obvious" the scam might seem in retrospect or from the outside of the community it prey'd on. The more I look at scams the more I think this is major factor in how […]

If your book(s) were, or are pirated on LibGen and subsequently used by Anthropic to train its AI models, the courts have ordered them to pay a minimum of $1.5B. Authors might/could/perhaps get an estimated payment of $3,000 per work (based on current estimates of the # of pirated works trained […]

Me: *socializes for 1 hour* Me afterward:

I really wish the message could get through to normies: Just because political violence is threatened or done against a right wing political figure doesn't mean it's coming from the left. It's almost always either someone from even farther right, or someone who just has weird extreme views […]

Ok real talk Mastodon. One of the 35mm slide carousels I picked up is a 1993 expedition to Uganda and based on this photo here, I was able to figure out the name of someone likely involved - this guy here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_T._Boaz Should I try […] [Original post on retro.pizza]