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joeinwynnewood

@joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social

Union family raised Deaniac, former teacher/IT professional/IT strategic consultant, former candidate & county Party treasurer, local #Indivisible leader who understands politics from the inside and the outside.
Avatar is me doing a double back dismount from the still rings a long time ago.
Background is me & teammate doing a comedy pommel horse routine during fundraising exhibition, also a long time ago (other teammate rolling on the floor in laughter would indicate successful comedy!).

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mekkaokereke, to random
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I really like that idea of using white reflective paint to reduce climate change by reflecting some of the sun's rays back into space! We'd have to cover a huge area though, so maybe we could paint the desert, or a floating platform in the ocean? We could even make the platform out of ice, if we float it somewhere cold! And snow is white! We don't even need paint! So if we cover millions of square miles of the ocean with a giant ice sheet, we could reflect a lot of the sun's rays!

🤔 Oh wait...

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke
There's actually some good data on using relatively low quality, inexpensive mirrors to reflect sunlight that has the additional benefit of reducing ground temperature and moisture loss when placed above crops.
Actually deploying is quite the challenge, but it's potentially doable.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/volts-podcast-dr-ye-tao-on-a-grand#details

joeinwynnewood, to random
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As most folks know, each Mastodon instance (server) is moderated by the instance admin (or people helping/working for the admin).

If an admin doesn't do a decent job moderating their instance, it's not going to stay connected to the rest of the Fediverse for long nor garner many users.

This is perhaps the most important characteristic of Mastodon/the Fediverse and sets it apart from all other social media.

The outrage economy: Why social media makes everything worse
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/15/2181179/-The-outrage-economy-Why-social-media-makes-everything-worse

StillIRise1963, to random
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The members of the Court clearly don't care about the reputation of the Court.

joeinwynnewood,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @StillIRise1963

The left of center members care about the jurisprudence of the Court and the significant impact it had on our lives.

The reactionary right-wing members care only about using their made up doctrines to achieve the political goals of the "conservative" movement and the oligarchs who fund it. The billionaire paid perks are their just rewards for their work.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Sharing in case this helps someone.

The last time someone in our household got Covid, we were able to keep it from spreading to anyone else. ♥️🙏🏿 This time we were not so lucky. My Covid high score streak is finally broken! Rona got me y'all!

Completely unscientific observations of how this thing looks to have beat our mitigations:

Day 0: Contagious. No symptoms. Negative tests.

Day 1: Contagious. Slight symptoms. Negative test.

Day 2: Contagious. More severe symptoms. Positive tests.

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke
I hope you can reorder that to cough, tongue, cheek, nose, otherwise it's really gross!

joeinwynnewood, to random
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"... based on more than two dozen interviews and a review of public filings and internal documents, shows that Justice Thomas has received benefits — many of them previously unreported — from a broader cohort of wealthy and powerful friends."

Let's just call it what it is. Corruption at the highest, most consequential level of government.

NYTimes: Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html

emptywheel, to random
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Gary Shapley and Hunter Biden's Colleague Named "Z"

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/10/gary-shapley-and-hunter-bidens-colleague-named-z/

joeinwynnewood,
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@emptywheel
Seems like maybe someone ought to be investigating the people who investigated Hunter and get to the bottom of this witch hunt...

GW, to random
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Experts panic over Florida tourism as major conventions flee state’s 'unfriendly political environment'

Convention organizers are pulling out of Florida

When asked for a reason why they were scrapping plans, one organizer wrote simply: “Governor DeSantis.”

Thousands of dollars are also being lost by restaurants and attractions by visitors going elsewhere.

...Community Schools Conference – it also pulled out of more than 2,000 hotel rooms.

https://www.alternet.org/experts-panic-over-florida-tourism-as-major-conventions-flee-state-s-unfriendly-political-environment-2662247798/

joeinwynnewood,
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@KatM @GW @makkhorn
Trust you will be sure to let them know why.

joeinwynnewood,
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@GW
They never learn...

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    joeinwynnewood,
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    @Teri_Kanefield
    Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy... well, except for that other lawyer with the coup plans in his virtual pocket.

    noelreports, to random Dutch
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    The Pentagon confirmed the transfer of cluster munitions, saying that the consequences of their use are less than worries about a Russian victory.

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @noelreports
    I have mixed feelings, though having read that the failure rate of bomblets is 2-3% vs over 20% in cold war era munitions - and of course current Russian munitions - and given all other factors, I will support this.

    (The high failure rate is what makes use of cluster bombs very dangerous for civilians after the fighting is over.)

    futurebird, to random
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    Listening to all of the heat records being broken gets me really upset in a very unproductive and unhelpful way.

    I try to turn the fear, helplessness, frustration around by thinking of something that I can do to push back, prepare, educate, preserve--

    But sometimes the dread just -- makes that hard.

    How are you coping?

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @futurebird
    Any time life has felt impossible, I've reeled myself back in and dealt with things one step at a time and I'm still talking steps, so that's what I'm going to keep doing.

    So maybe I can't do anything about it, or maybe I can, but I'd much rather try and fail than give up.

    MKSinSA, to Futurology

    Could someone gently walk me through this whole kerfuffle? I kinda get bits of it but why is it getting blocked and should I want to do the same? Thanks in advance.

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @Jason844 @MKSinSA @tiamat271
    There's nothing they can mine by being federated that they can't mine without it. Only public post content is sent from instance to instance and only public posts can be seen on any instance without an account, or even with an account. Only your instance admin has access to your email.

    joeinwynnewood, to random
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    More evidence of the salience of in every state. Democrats are already running hard as defenders of our with front and center, at the same time highlighting just how radical MAGA Republicans are in their drive to take away our .

    It's absolutely a winning strategy.

    Ohio abortion rights backers submit nearly double needed signatures for fall ballot measure
    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/5/2179431/-Ohio-abortion-rights-backers-submit-nearly-double-needed-signatures-for-fall-ballot-measure

    DeanObeidallah, to random
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    The failure to prosecute Donald Trump swiftly after Jan 6 has allowed the fascism of MAGA to grow stronger. As a result, our Republic is more at risk today than ever before in our lifetimes.

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @DeanObeidallah
    This is just not true.
    Trump has a role in the accelerating authoritarianism in the GOP, but his is very far from the only role.

    The cruelty competition among GOP presidential candidates and state governments as well as the tall pile of antidemocratic moves by state legislatures show that the GOP base and the Party establishment in the states is all in on the project.

    Convicting and jailing Trump will change none of this.

    joeinwynnewood, to random
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    Extreme weather will continue to increase in frequency & severity due to global warming & the climate disruption it fuels.
    Extreme weather events cost money, the amounts escalating along with the extreme weather.
    We can either spend lots more money & work as hard as possible to stop burning fossil-fuels now or pay far more later.
    As the old commercial says, pay me now or pay me later.

    Emergency room visits surge, Texans die amid dangerous heat wave
    https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/30/texas-heat-wave-deaths-illness/

    joeinwynnewood, to random
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    The six reactionary MAGA judges on the Supreme Court can and do make up whatever they like, completely divorced from legal precedent and principal to arrive at the 100% partisan result they desire.

    Actual standing? Nah, don't need it. An actual business that exists to pretend to be harmed? Nah, not necessary.

    These decisions are truly lawless.

    The Supreme Court is out of control and must be reformed
    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/30/2178563/-The-Supreme-Court-is-out-of-control-and-must-be-reformed

    TonyStark, to random
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    Get out and vote, people. We will continue to see these small-minded, homophobic decisions unless we clean house. It will take a generation at least. I hope voters have the stamina and patience.

    Then people can force cases like these back up where they can be overturned. These yahoos have established there is no such thing as precedent, anyway.

    Supreme Court rules for website designer who doesn't want to serve same-sex couples-
    https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-wedding-lgbtq-303-creative-rcna75876

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @mentallyalex @TonyStark @Heimdall
    Not that anyone is going to sue without a regressive-right wealthy elites funded litigation mill behind them, but out of an abundance of caution, be sure to whip up a logical sounding (actual logical legal reasoning is clearly not required...) religious reason for denying them service.

    w7voa, to california
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    CBP in thwarts attempt to smuggle ~900,000 pills that were concealed inside of porcelain sinks. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-nearly-900000-fentanyl-pills-one-event

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @w7voa
    Aha! So it isn't undocumented immigrants bring fentanyl in their undershorts after all!
    Who could have known?

    mattsheffield, to random
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    The ties between "No Labels" and billionaire donors of Ron DeSantis keep multiplying.

    The allegedly bipartisan group hired a Republican firm to get signatures to qualify for the Colorado 2024 ballot: https://flux.community/erik-maulbetsch/2023/06/no-labels-hired-republican-firm-linked-to-ron-desantis-to-get-onto-colorado-ballot/

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @mattsheffield
    Just another wealthy regressive-right elites funded ratf*cking operation with the goal of undoing our democracy.

    Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield
    And Cannon reported to reject DOJ request to keep witness list under seal.
    Barbara McQuade on MSNBC said it's a reasonable ruling...

    stux, to random
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    Oh just notice mstdn.social is now home to 199,991 awesome lovely people :blobcathearts:
    https://fedidb.org/network/instance/mstdn.social

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @stux
    Wow! Well, you are doing a great job administering the instance.

    I hope everyone is paying at least something towards your monthly utility bills - https://patreon.com/mstdn.

    Karoli, to random
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    Does anyone feel like this whole Russia coup-not-coup is just a massive mind fuck?

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @Karoli
    Maybe, but what will it do to the minds and morale of front line Russian soldiers?
    If it causes more uncertainty for them and further erosion of trust in military leadership, that'll be to Ukraine's advantage.

    TonyStark, to random
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    I quit reading the quite awhile ago due to some obvious partisan spin. Now I know it does absolutely no fact-checking on opinion pieces and is in bed with Alito.

    Just giving a public official an open mic to prebut an article about his lavish conflicts of interest and then defending him is not journalism: it's advocacy.

    WSJ editorial board defends Alito, calls ProPublica report 'non-scandal built on partisan spin'-
    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/22/wsj-editorial-board-defends-alito-calls-propublica-report-non-scandal-built-on-partisan-spin-00103093

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @Doreen32128 @Heimdall @TonyStark

    There may not be any immediate consequences for Alito, but there sure can be consequences for the Republican Party that made his perfidy possible.

    Making that happen opens the door to consequences for all of the corrupt SCOTUS GOP judges via expansion of the court and the loss of their ill-gotten majority.

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    The problems Americans see. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/21/pew-poll-biden-analysis/

    joeinwynnewood,
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    @pbump
    There are only 4 on the GOP side that are actual problems and the GOP is at best doing nothing about any of them:

    • inflation
    • public schools
    • drug addiction
    • violent crime
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    @Teri_Kanefield @emilyk
    If the only pertinent aspect of the 31 documents relative to the charges in the indictment is the fact that they are national defense information, is it not possible that very limited parts of the documents will be sufficient to demonstrate that fact and simplify things considerably?

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