It is really simple:
A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin.
A vote for Le Pen is a vote for Putin.
A vote for Orban is a vote for Putin.
A vote for Fico is a vote for Putin.
A vote for Wilders is a vote for Putin.
A vote for any party aligned to ID, Renew or Patriots for Europe is a vote for Putin.
If one really wants that: Be original and book a one-way ticket to Russia. Don't come back.
*pops in*
It's Friday! The Tories are gone & the world is briefly a slightly brighter place for it. Have a good weekend if you possibly can π
*pops out again*
These fucking CHILDREN demanding Biden fold will be "Gosh Gee" "surprised" when Republican mega-donors file multiple lawsuits in every state and district to prevent anyone else replacing him on the ballot, and prevent anyone else from using his campaign funds. These people live with their heads firmly up their own asses.
Gov. Gavin Newsom in Michigan on his meeting with Pres #Biden:
"I left last night from the White House β¦ had the opportunity to talk to the President for an hour, hour and a half β could have gone two-three hours. And I mean this with absolute conviction: That was the Joe Biden I remember from two weeks ago. That was the Joe Biden that I remember from two years ago. That's the Joe Biden that I'm looking forward to re-electing President of the United States."
@ScottSoCal @fkamiah17 I am definitely getting some pastries tomorrow to celebrate the death of the tories.
@fkamiah17 Mogg losing its seat is beyond Schadenfreude, that's Shokoladenfreude. The most delicious freude ;)
Democracy Rule of 80:
Every 80 years without fail America has had to overcome authoritarianism. In the 1780βs it was a monarchy. In the 1860βs it was insurrectionists trying to establish a slave-based empire in the Americas. In the 1940βs it was global fascists with supporters on our own shores. And in the 2020βs it is a global push for authoritarianism. Why 80 years? Maybe because most who witnessed and stopped it the last time have passed. Now itβs our turn to save and renew Democracy.
Despite abundant evidence to the contrary, people donβt seem to understand that todayβs βconservativesβ actually do run psyopsβ¦ as do hostile foreign governments.
Bidenβs too old, Trudeau *canβt* win another election, and a thousand other talking points are fed to us to keeps people divided, to stop us from talking about what really matters - our plans, our values, what we have and will accomplish - and to create the hopeless apathy that keeps voters home on election day.
βYou donβt turn your back because of ONE performance! What kind of Party does that? Itβs been a masterclass. 15.6 million jobsβ¦the only thing the last 3 Republican presidents have in common is RECESSIONSβ¦This President has DELIVERED.β
βCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on President Joe Biden, last week
My camera stopped working today. At 1st I thought it was my wildlife lens but now it's a problem w/ all my lenses. I had issues 2 yrs ago. Back then the repair cost was cheap.
Just checked my shutter count (it's insane I can't get that info from the camera). It's a whopping 182,317. I think the useful life for my Nikon model is 100,000.
Question (for photographers only, please):
If you had limited funds would you use for repair? Or would you buy a new camera?
Please boost.
248 years ago tomorrow America declared independence from a tyrannical king, and now Donald Trump and his allies want to make him one at our expense.
HELL NO!
#WeBackBidenHarris
Video shows Project 2025 planning a bloodless coup against our Democracy.
A rainy night in Savannah from the archives. β€οΈ
Prints here: https://mark-tisdale.pixels.com/featured/the-historic-savannah-theatre-mark-tisdale.html
and on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1742079362/savannah-theatre-art-print-savannah
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The New York Times normalizes extremism again, this time finding a "both sides" way to ponder the corrupt Supreme Court's overturning of the rule of law, by giving presidents (well, Trump anyway) total immunity from prosecution for crimes they commits in office.
This may be a new low in the Times' democracy-who-cares era.
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.