@SrRochardBunson@redstateinsurgents As a German that doesn't sound good. We had a 'Secret state police'. GeStaPo or Geheime Staatspolizei was the name in the time of the Nazis. Maybe you should try to stop the fascism of the GOP. Just saying...
Folks. This might be #NorthCarolina's next governor. No joke.
Heartland Signal:
At Moms for Liberty's Philadelphia event, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) says dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao are being taken out of context and promotes reading their writings.
"...It is time for us to get back and start reading some of those quotes."
21 of 26/ SUMMARY: This throat grabbing-gripping-holding behavior of North Carolina coach Mack Brown toward South Carolina coach Shane Beamer was not an accident. Along with his invasive and controlling tricep gripping, this was maintained and it was deliberate.
25 of 26/ A spouse or partner who grabs-grips-holds-squeezes-chokes/strangles you/your throat — even once, without consent — with extremely high likelihood will repeat the behavior. Statistically, your life is in danger. Get out of any such relationship, ASAP.
Police at the University of #NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill are responding to an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus,” according to an alert from the university on Monday.
Basically this amounts to a hostile takeover of the RNC...
And hammers home the final nail in the coffin of the republican party..
They are now full fledged MagaParty... the GOP is officially dead.
Trump will be able to launder party donations directly to his pockets and no funds will be released to those running for office without a full loyalty pledge to trump.
Via Dave Wasserman, who confirms my lack of confidence in winning the House back:
New: NC Republicans just passed a new gerrymander that could flip the state from 7D-7R to as lopsided as 11R-3D. It dooms Reps. Kathy Manning (D) in #NC06, Wiley Nickel (D) in #NC13 and Jeff Jackson (D) in #NC14 and puts Rep. Don Davis (D) in a Toss Up #NC01. #NorthCarolina
Senate Bill 90 dropped a whole bunch of changes last night. Most of it incredibly terrible for lgbtq children. Also portions of it read pretty bad for any child in an abusive house. I havent seen a single article summarizing the sheer number of terrible things in the bill yet.
Some of it is repetition from other states some of it is all new.
The clause that parents get auto-notified and get to block a student from joining any school club. Assuming LGBTQ student alliances are the targets there.
Sounds also like a new council will be setup to oversee all educational standards in the state, and theyve set it up that mostly current GOP controlled positions in the state will nominate most of it's members.
@jdb820 You haven't found the right corners of the fediverse yet. There are definitely servers filled with radical leftists, some-to-many of which range from fight fire with fire all the way to be-prepared-for-violence.
I feel like you run a degree or two hotter than me on this scale. But I am ready for some "fight fire with fire", within reason.
Love people? Thats snowflake. Accept people as they are? Build your relationship as equals?
Be kiiii-iiinnnnd all the time, respect people, recognize they are valuable like yourself???? Snowflake loser snowflake loser.
@w7voa And it’s a goddamned good thing that REPUBLICANS refuse to keep kids/teens/young adults safe because FREEDOM to FUCKING kill anything that MOVES. Go, GOP, go. you fucking gun lobby tools
The wife and I spent 10 minutes picking green beans this morning. This is one of two filled bags that we got in that short amount of time.
We have tons more that still need to be picked, and even more that aren't quite ready yet.
It's nice having a little garden in the back yard!
@bethroots Age certainly plays an issue. I'm nearing that age myself I feel at times.
I've gotten lucky that the deer haven't done anything. I saw some tracks early on after the beans started coming up, but they just haven't messed with them, thankfully.
Recently in Alabama, the Republican legislature refused to comply with a federal judge’s order to create fair voting maps that better represented Black voters. It had to be enforced by court order.
9 days in the OBX was just the thing. Nothing but kiting, and chilling at the beach, and I loved it. Back to Vermont tomorrow though! Lots more to do before we go to WordCamp US this month!
@phillycodehound I like driving. I do not like driving through New York and Washington DC 😅
We’re parking at a state park about 30 minutes away, but I got an AirBNB with some WP friends and will be much closer during the conference. Just bringing the camper because we’re taking it west to Shenandoah for a bit after the conference 😁
I've often thought about starting up a Mastodon instance for the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, NC area.
Not sure what exactly I'd name it/call it
Since I co-admin this instance, I would want it to to be hosted similarly as this one with MastoHost but would love to find someone reliable that could moderate and help run it if necessary.
Just curious if there would be much interest in an instance like that.
I feel Mastodon needs more instances that are focused on various places in the USA like this.
I just personally don't know how many people here on the #Fediverse would be interested in being on an instance that is focused more on the Triad or how many others would want to be on an instance with many others from within the same area of the US.
"A new lawsuit accuses #NorthCarolina House Speaker Tim Moore, one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, of having a sexual relationship with a state government employee...Scott Lassiter claims that Jamie Lassiter confessed & "implored" him to allow her to cont. it so as not to jeopardize her job, which was created and is funded by the legislature. In her role she supports all of the state's 100 elected clerks of Superior Court"
@benhaube I hope you're right. I am never confident or too optimistic knowing what we do about gerrymandering, cheating, GOP-majority states/legislatures, etc. Too much is out of control now.
@GottaLaff
Trying to imagine the conversation:
" well, yes, I am fvcking my boss, but it is no big deal. I don't want to lose my job, so can I keep fvcking him as long as I still fvck you too? Hmmm? I'll even show you some cool tricks he's taught me."
@gedeonm I meant to try and stop and get a picture of the sky here, west of Chicago.. tons of smoke and orange skies and just weird. Smells like burning.
A listener-supported radio station in #NorthCarolina will withhold the broadcast of six operas this season from the NY Metropolitan Opera, because the station management objects to their content.
The Met is showcasing its commitment to recently written works by people who aren't white men. Three of the operas are by Black or Mexican composers.
In April, WCPE also refused to broadcast another Met-produced #opera written by a Black composer that included LGBTQ themes. https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina
@Virginicus
To try to avoid reviews like this? 🤣
"I was not able to detect in the vocal parts of Parsifal anything that might with confidence be called rhythm or tune or melody... Singing! It does seem the wrong name to apply to it... In Parsifal there is a hermit named Gurnemanz who stands on the stage in one spot and practices by the hour, while first one and then another of the cast endures what he can of it and then retires to die."
Please read and share this information about voter ID for your elections. There is a way to get a free ID if you don’t have one and a way to file for an exception if you need one.
@TonyStark A lot of Americans think requiring voter ID somehow infringes on our rights, due to fear that political parties could somehow access that information to target voters.
That’s what voter registration, driver’s licenses, vehicle license plates, and cell phones do already, so it’s a poor excuse.
As a judge of election, I think it is a good idea to require voter ID. It would certainly help to stop some accusations of election fraud.
We don’t have to scan or capture the ID at a polling station. Just visually verify who is voting.
I don’t have a problem with putting your name on your ballot either. You’re already registered to vote.
We can’t even drive our cars in this country, without a license, registration, and insurance.
Voting should be bullet proof. Prove who you are, that you are legally registered to vote, then get a receipt for your vote after you have voted.
🤬#NorthCarolina’s Senate & House voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill limiting #LGBTQ+ instruction in early grades, immediately making it law.
The law, expected to face legal challenge, requires public school teachers in most circumstances to alert parents before they call a student by diff name or pronoun. It also bans instruction about gender identity & sexuality in K-4 classrooms, which critics have previously likened to Fla Don’t Say Gay law https://apnews.com/article/536351cc360a92cdd21f298f6212e6d2
⚠️"#NorthCarolina GOP overrode Dem governor’s veto of bill that overhauls who runs elections & achieves long-sought goal of state’s GOP.
Legis creates bipartisan boards that cd deadlock on establishing early voting locations or certifying results in state that may prove crucial in pres election.
Hi! I'm Kelsi Lyn Star. I go by she/her pronouns.
Most people call me Star if they met me online. I used to go by xxbabygirlstar or xxSupernovaStar, so Star has always followed me somehow.
Other people call me Kelsi because they either know me IRL or they just wanted something more personal than a gamer tag.
Few people call me Kelsi Lyn.
My dog's name is Daxter. :kelsilHeart: :kelsilAngel: :kelsilParty: :kelsilPlead: He's a rescue I got at 8 weeks old. He's NINE YEARS OLD and I want to freeze him in time before he gets any older. He is my best friend. He is never very far from where I'm sitting... unless someone has food nearby. He's a melon. He's a #mutt too, but I do know he has some Australian Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog, and Golden Retriever in him.
I'm 30. I'm currently, temporarily living with my parents in #NorthCarolina, following a pretty huge depressive spiral after losing my last job. Otherwise, I live in #Tennessee with my boyfriend of almost 3 years. Apparently I haven't lived there long enough to spell the state correctly yet, spell-check always corrects my dumb ass.
I love to love everyone. I'm a #demisexual#pansexual --basically, if I love you intimately enough, I wanna get in your pants... But my bf and I aren't poly, so sorry, I have to stay out of your pants. Bummer.
I #stream vidya games on #Twitch. (https://www.twitch.tv/kelsilynstar)
I have a schedule (Tues/Thurs/Sat) but I'm just getting back into it after being gone for 4 years, so everything is up in the air, subject to change. Right now, I'm limited to my #NintendoSwitch on my temporary set up, but I do want to branch back out eventually. I swear a lot, and try to keep my community pretty chill and inclusive.
I'm #ADHD & #bipolar (#type2, the shittier, sadder version with less mania) but on pretty reliable meds so I've been pretty damn balanced lately. I am all about talking about mental health and try to learn as much as I can.
And speaking of learning, I love to teach people things I've learned. My last job was a #TechSupport#Trainer for Corsair, but my job got moved to California and I couldn't go with it. I spiraled hard after that because I really did love that job (even if it didn't always love me). But I will still be teaching people anything I know about, because that's just who I am as a person. I try to meet everyone where they're at and share new things with them in a way that makes sense.
I like to talk a lot, but I think I've rambled enough here. Hope to get to know more people, because I'm lonely as shit! No one is a stranger in my book, just people I haven't met yet. Come say hi, I don't bite... usually.
@MagicLike yeah, my friend was telling me about that... I'm brand new to the platform :kelsilOops: So still learning. Thanks for the advice :kelsilHeart:
