We’ll need super majorities to legally stop these monstrous Republicans from dismantling America even further.. But does legal even mean anything to these people anymore? It wouldn’t seem so. “New Florida standards teach that Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills.”

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New Florida standards teach that Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills

The standards, which were blasted by a statewide teachers' union as a "step backward," were approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education.

I have to leave the house now. I’m leaving laughing. Source: @npub1qzsy...9002

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The murderous Republican party strikes again: A 16-year-old poultry worker has died due to a plant accident in Mississippi. That we have allowed conservative legislatures to bring back child labor, with minimal public comment from a complicit media is absolutely disgusting. But once again, we will just take the easy route and blame politicians for things getting this bad. We the public let it get this bad. We need to stop making excuses for us. We get the government we deserve.

Trump’s white house nemesis, Miles Taylor (aka “Anonymous”) has really refined his message. He was brilliant on Morning Joe, saying, ironically, that the path forward is urging more conservatives to drop their anonymity and openly thrash Trump and Trumpism, as Grift Christie is now doing. But pardon my broken record, but nothing will change until someone spends some money to promote these messages aggressively to world contingent on performative digital politics. One book isn’t … 1/2

I swear, before this Trump saga is over, we're going to learn that Lindsey Graham, Jim Jordan, Ron Johnson, and the rest of the blow job glee club were all blackmailed by Trump. Effectively. And the MAGA response to that will be "What about Hunter's laptop—or Benghazi?"

I hope you dumped your crypto before "Easy Money" dropped today. Because it's gonna get ugly. Excellent news.

Good morning. Today is the soft launch of the new, rebranded release of Calckey, the ActivityPub community software for choosy fediversians. Coming to a download server near you :)

I forget who it was ,but someone voiced a similar take almost 2 months ago. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the Facebook prevailed not because it had particularly good moderation, but that it had any at all to cope with a massive, global user based? The problem with takes like this is that they assume Blue Sky is determined to follow previous paths. Unfortunately, that’s probably exactly what they’ll do. Source: @npub1a24y...dkqm

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Attached: 1 image Wrote about the racist user names on Bluesky and how it reveals one of Bluesky's core challenges: building world-class content m...

I’ve been suffering from a painful big toe joint since I got a joint implant 3 years ago. I get steroid injections 3 times a year. My surgeon decided to only see surgery patients, so he hands me off to Nishit, a 35 year old surgeon who says “I want you to try these. Other patients swear by them.” NOW they tell me (15 visits later). Fuck. They work brilliantly. If your toe needs to flex less too, try it. Worth every penny.

It's fun to root for the underdog. Even if he's a snarling mutt who should be put d… away as soon as humanly possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/18/desantis-new-hampshire-poll/

I cannot escape the horror. I will never forget the time I had a colossal brain fart and left Manhattan for Florida. My kiwi roommate, a brilliant colorist, stopped in this tracks, turned and looked at me quizzically, then asked, “Why the fuck would anyone want to move to Florida? What exactly are you thinking? ” He’s been dead a long time, but every time DeSantis opens his mouth, Nick’s question comes back to haunt me.

You you doing todayand at least 7 other people… in his family. Source: @npub12za7...p9qf

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The American media bends over backwards to cover every aspect of heat waves, or incidence of extreme weather, except the the extreme conservative politics that are causing it without a second thought for future generations. And we all just watch them do it. Sometimes we bang the table; sometimes we scream profanities; but most of the time we blame politicians and shriek “why doesn’t somebody DO SOMETHING?” Alas, Somebody never seems to give a shit. I think we need a better strategy.

@npub1k0j4...yddn I appreciate the effort in sharing this, but In my view, this is more of the “one person can change the world” idea that I think is romantic, but often wrong. Many of our problems are caused by rampant individualism that completely misunderstands the idea of the social contract. It advances the idea that one person can impact or remedy the needs of the many, and thus, discourages collectivization, which has been how modern civilization was able to succeed and … 1/3

It’s solidarity with the orcas. This is getting very ugly. Source: @npub1esha...5fqz

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Don’t you hate it when a friend or relative gives you some food they baked or made and it’s almost inedible? I just had one of those moments with a muffin. This beast should be sent to the CDC for analysis. It could be toxic.

America is one election away from outright Republican authoritarianism, or worse , and some stupid mofos once again want to make this election some simplistic purity test for Democrats. Fuck them all very much. And if you can't do that, please just ignore them. Shorter: They're absolutely is and always has been a lesser of two evils, and to maintain there isn't is simplistic, dangerous, and in our present situation, downright suicidal.

@npub1v040...ft6q @npub1v040...ft6q For years on twitter I often referred to some anon account as “Somename BunchaNumbers.” Still a great handle :)

Listen I don't have much time to spare this week. If you're a Democrat and thinking about voting for RFK Jr. or Woowoo Williamson, please let me know so I can block you and save some time. Thanks.

Good morning. I have no time for this. That's why I'm here.