On Twitter, I felt invisible and felt like I was pissing into the winds with my posts. Mastodon is the news reader I've been trying to create for years, with the added bonus of having more human interactions than Twitter. I'm so tired of performative posting to create engagement. I also don't miss the ads.
Medvedev on 12/26 called for the collapse of the IMF & World Bank, the Euro & US$ to stop circulating as the global reserve currencies & for digital fiat currencies to be used instead. Musk called it epic. It's Putin's dreamπ¨: Destruction of the Fed Reserve system & all central banks to drive a financial crash to hurt the West, so Russia can fund the war & continue to exploit the world. Please read @davetroy's Twitter thread for an explanation of Putin's diabolical goals: https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/1608097948788789249?s=20&t=nvacXzkl2vT1z8LHND0P-w
Horsehead and Flame
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I know exactly who needs to hear this, so:
Hating LGBTQ+ people isnt bold or edgy or alt-anything. Itβs one of the oldest hatreds out there, & almost every evil regime sharpens its claws on us
Precisely *because* we truly harm no one but make some deeply uncomfortable. Thus: an easy target enough will overlook, justify, or downplay.
@ScottSoCal I know someone connected an RSS feed aggregator to a morse receiver a few years back... it'd just start tapping things out whenever something new showed up. Not sure it's been done the other way though.
βWhat the US has to do is to know your enemy. You have to look at Josh Hawley, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson. Russian media was showing clips of Carlson and understand that if Russia is on your side, you're on the wrong goddamn side, Russia means absolutely no good to the United States of America. Russia is your enemy.β-Paul Niland on @radicalizedpod
https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/know-your-enemy-a-radpod-interview?utm_source=direct&r=1tfo38&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
As Miss Universe approaches, Ukraineβwhich has had more important concerns this yearβsent 2021's runner-up to represent Ukraine in the pageant.
And her fierce outfit is the perfect representation of the nation's strength and resilience in the face of Russia's invasion.
Brava! π
Politics
@msignorile In the Republican party now, character and morals don't matter at all. Only party loyalty and strict adherence to the mandatory hyper-conservative/near-fascist political dogma do.
What? A small flock of Scaly-breasted munia in my yard π never happened before!
#backyardbirds #birdwatching #birding #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #birdnerd #birds
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.