Online discourse: "You have to convince me to vote for Joe #Biden"
Why? I don't like Joe Biden. The idea that anyone has to convince you to fall in love with Joe Biden is as absurd of a #political assertion as the #MAGA cult and #Trump, that #politics is about #passion
@benroyce regarding Gaza, I really wish everyone studies Trump's track record. If his repeated use of the term "Muslim problem" doesn't send chills down your spine...
Not to mention, Trump's political debut started by his being known for one of the biggest propagator of "Obama being a Muslim and not American" conspiracy theory.
Then came his "bullets dip in pig blood will rid of the problem for 25 years" campaign story.. https://medium.com/nilc/86-times-donald-trump-displayed-or-promoted-islamophobia-49e67584ac10
@mina@benroyce oh man that would be so cool if they turned off the street lights at midnight. I have to drive well over an hr to get a sky that dark. They are passing Dark Sky regulations on the state level here in Massachusetts. But it will take yrs before that has any real effect.
old heads remember when the local #pharmacy was an independent business. a sphere run by an independent class of #pharmacy professionals is now reduced by #corporate leverage into a cookie cutter wage slave existence
@benroyce 100% happened to my vet. Now that they’re owned by a Corp. they’ve started sending me texts “reminding“ me to bring my cat in for a semi annual visit, something I never did before. I told them I have a very young cat and to knock it off. For now I’m sticking to annual visits.
@benroyce that’s when you realize how fierce and talented our women of color congress folks are, they get dealt that double standard on fucking capital hill every day — still they’re human and need and deserve all the extra love and support to stay healthy amid that buuuullllshit
"#SpaceX satellites threaten to hide asteroids that pose danger to humanity
The International Astronomical Union demands that urgent action be taken against the uncontrolled proliferation of these devices. #Starlink satellites make it difficult to search for objects at risk of impacting the Earth"
China, still bitter over 百年国耻, its century of humiliation, has not forgotten that the imperialist #colonial power that took the most land from it was Russia
And now, with a few desperate, obsequious hugs from the downtrodden mafia ghoul Putin, #Xi takes it all back, and heck of a lot more
all you need is a large population there, which China has, a little coordination, complete economic dominance, and corrupt local officials- which, being Russia, is not exactly difficult
then you de facto run the place, pesky national borders be damned
If some Russian Nationalist yells "China owns the Far East!" you pat him on the head, point at the border and say "clearly this is Russia" and smile
@Dutchinvestor alternatively, Russia descends into chaos, and, in friendly cooperation with the West, China moves into Sakha to "secure nuclear weapons and provide for the people" or whatever pleasant bs (while Japan takes Sakhalin, usa kamchatka, Finland karelia, norway kola, poland belarus, turkey circassia, Ukraine to the Volga, etc)
The West may then move out later when democracy takes hold
But China simply says "we're still concerned with security" or whatever bs
'Members of the audience laughed when he mocked fresh graduates of Columbia University, which had some of the earliest encampment protests in the country. He said they’d have a hard time on the job market and described their views as a “pagan religion infecting our universities” and “an infection inside of our society”. (He’s made these comments before.)
“The peace activists are war activists,” Karp insisted. “We are the peace activists.”'
'As the moderator asked general questions about the panelists’ views on the future of war, Schmidt and Cohen answered cautiously. But Karp, who’s known as a provocateur, aggressively condoned violence, often peering into the audience with hungry eyes, palpably desperate for claps, boos or shock.'
"Mark McAfee, founder of Fresno’s Raw Farm and the Raw Milk Institute, said his phone has been ringing off the hook with 'customers asking for H5N1 milk because they want immunity from it.'"
we live in a world with suicide cults of ignorance
@benroyce about the cats, "In a case study last month, researchers reported that a group of about two dozen farm cats developed severe illness after drinking milk from H5N1-infected cows. Some developed severe neurological symptoms. More than half the cats died in a matter of days."
@benroyce He will be his father’s son. He doesn’t know anything else. His mother has no values. His father offers him up as a sacrifice. For him to be even moderately adjusted would be the work of a miracle factory. No one around him cares about anyone but themself. He will be the product of his upbringing.
i think this is a battle of wills between two parents who don't communicate, at least, and detest each other, probably. this is a teenager being used by his parents as a weapon to fight each other
Donald: "he's going to the convention"
Melania: "no he's not"
not said behind closed doors. out in public. with Barron as a pawn
obviously this is toxic. Barron's social development and psychological well being are being hit
While most Western countries are concerned with extrajudicial security personnel from #China going after Chinese dissidents and other interference via secret police stations, Hungary just went and signed a deal with China: "lol, police from a totalitarian country officially patrolling our streets? sure thing"
@benroyce And that government lost all its credibility on (claimed) conservative values of protecting the family not that long ago, exposing more of their moral corruption, and yet, they cling to power.
"The Hungarian government's invitation to Chinese police officers to patrol in Hungary poses a threat to European security and in particular the freedoms of Europe's Chinese diaspora."