Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:
“Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald #Trump’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.
“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”
Ditto.
Today, within 2 minutes of reading the first ten postings, I’ve learned still more about political corruption, crime, death, racism, congressional oath-breaking, famine, #climatecatastrophe, creepy SCOTUS actors, election threats, disease…none of which I can change or affect in any way but all of which affected MY mental state.
The persistent negative slant of social media, bringing all the world’s ills to our door, just can’t be good for us long term. Humans weren’t meant to be exposed to THIS MUCH evil on an hourly basis.
I feel the same way about AI that I did about crypto when it started becoming a thing:
• All of the moral practices that make it possible are fucked beyond repair.
• It’s spawning some of the worst companies, and enriching some of the worst billionaires in the world.
• While there are some genuinely useful, practical applications for it, there are so few of them, and they have had so little positive impact so far, that it doesn’t even seem like it’s going to be worth it anytime soon.
I've been asked by the fam to 'just knock together some vegan baklava'. I don't want to be a dick about it, but I feel like it might not be a 10 minute job. Just wondered if anyone has any pointers? I assume I replace with maple syrup?
so. in January I was in a bad car accident. fractured spine, ruptured discs, cracked pelvis, broken arm. last 4 months have been v hard. tonight though I'm going back to my adult dance class for the first time. I wasn't sure I'd ever even walk properly again so this is a moment for me. a good one
Cross-examination of #MichaelCohen resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, #Trump’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s #criminal trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.
@Nonilex
…and yet, it’s likely all, or almost all, will be re-elected in November. Too many Republican voters are either willfully ignorant re their Representatives’ conduct or they’re all in a masochistic and/or Munchausen syndrome by proxy relationship. For example, how many Bills has Jordan’s passed in his years in congress? 🙄
@DemocracyMattersALot
Taxpayers should be reimbursed for the ENTIRE 2022 GOP congressional term, excepting the last day they voted on the Budget. They have done NOTHING for their constituents or the country since being sworn in (which oaths were big, fat lies).
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ A large House GOP group is discussing a trip to New York to back up Donald Trump at his trial — joining a growing Republican trend.—Politico
I imagine the very first shitpost on the internet was probably from the third person on the internet after the first two where like hey check out this cool thing we did. Then the fourth person got on and fucked it up for everybody.
"Florida will eliminate climate change as a priority in making energy policy decisions, despite the threats it faces from hurricanes, extreme heat and toxic algae blooms.
On Wednesday, the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, signed the legislation, which is set to go into effect on July 1. The measure also removes references to climate change in state law, bans offshore wind turbines in state waters and weakens regulations on gas pipelines."
But the rest of the US will pick up the tab for DeFascist’s ignorance & stubbornness in the form of taxpayer disaster relief when FL fights rising seas, hurricanes, loss of agri land, loss of tourism dollars when all the fish & wildlife die off.