From now until the #election, I'm playing the Benny Hill theme tune at full volume and adopting a Kenneth Williams "oooh matron" voice, because it's now the only way to keep a grip on #reality
In a few weeks @w3c social web community group meeting may receive a proposal to explore chartering new social web working group that would only be open to people who work at W3C member companies. (The CG is open to all). Today there was an in person discussion at TPAC, the yearly W3C-wide f2f. It was a day-of addition to the agenda. Now is a good time to join the CG, subscribe to mailing list, and start participating in the discussions. https://www.w3.org/community/SocialCG/#vote#activitypub
Good morning. It's Tuesday, November 7, 2023 and it’s Election Day in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NH, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WY.
Some people call them off-year, but it’s important to vote on your local government. These are races for school board, people who will be in charge of criminal justice reform, and how tax money is used. Please #Vote
The justices ruled that the 14th Amendment did not allow Colorado to bar the former president from the state’s primary ballot. The justices offered different reasons, but the decision was unanimous.
After Donald J. Trump tallied victories in Texas, California and 12 other states, Nikki Haley was expected to drop out of the presidential race, according to people familiar with her plans. She was set to deliver remarks in Charleston, S.C., at 10 a.m. Eastern.
I hope you vote today folks. ESPECIALLY if you live in Ohio or Virginia, but wherever you live! It's harm reduction at worst, and sometimes can do some real good!
Not one republican has the courage to call #Trump what he is, and "will likely nominate a soon-to-be convicted felon who can't vote or possess firearms and who has been lawfully found by a civil federal jury to be a rapist. The issue will be if he remains free for the entire campaign."
Pennsylvania and Kentucky have primaries for offices from ward commissioner and school board to governor (KY.) Philadelphia, PA and Jacksonville, FL have elections for mayor.
If you haven’t voted early and these elections are yours, please vote. It affects everyone. #Vote
I was asked to do a series of books of animal folktales. I am in early planning stages, and musing what would be the best system to organize the series by... any input?
“The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Nazism was their failure to unite against it. At the crest of their popular strength, in July 1932, the National Socialists had attained but 37 per cent of the vote. But the 63 per cent of the German people who expressed their opposition to Hitler were much too divided and shortsighted to combine against a common danger which they must have known would overwhelm them unless they united, however temporarily, to stamp it out.”
Manafort is a convicted felon. It’s not just that he’s a Kremlin agent who was paid $10 million/year by Oleg Derispaska starting in 2006 to advance Putin’s interests in the United States. It’s not just that he knowingly colluded with the Kremlin in 2016 bypassing proprietary data to Russian intelligence in mid-campaign.
Rapist Donald to Rehire Confessed Money Launderer Who Conspired with his Business Partner, a Russian spy, wanted by the FBI.
WaPo reported the criminal defendant Donald has hired the convicted felon, national security threat Manafort as a campaign adviser. The rapist pardoned Manafort in 2020 after he was convicted in 2018 on Obstruction of justice, bank fraud & tax charges.
Reward: The #FBI is offering a #reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to the #arrest of Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime Manafort business associate, a Russian intelligence agent.
Tuesday, November 7th, will see a large number of elections across the United States from governors to school boards to ballot issues. Every single election and vote matters.
Please check this excellent compilation from Bolts Mag and make a plan to vote if one of these elections is yours.
The trial on charges that Donald Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House was scheduled to start May 20.
#Republican Donald #Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the #history of the #Jan6, 2021, Capitol attack [#insurrection], but positioning the #violent siege & its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the #WhiteHouse.
Live Updates: Trump Prevails in Supreme Court Challenge to His Eligibility (www.nytimes.com)
The justices ruled that the 14th Amendment did not allow Colorado to bar the former president from the state’s primary ballot. The justices offered different reasons, but the decision was unanimous.
Live Updates: Haley Is Expected to Suspend Her Campaign (www.nytimes.com)
After Donald J. Trump tallied victories in Texas, California and 12 other states, Nikki Haley was expected to drop out of the presidential race, according to people familiar with her plans. She was set to deliver remarks in Charleston, S.C., at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Trump classified documents trial in Florida postponed indefinitely (www.cnbc.com)
The trial on charges that Donald Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House was scheduled to start May 20.
Eyebrows raised as Viktor Orbán to visit Donald Trump in Florida (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s PM arrives in US this week without a White House invitation as he pursues what critics call his ‘fantasy’ foreign policy