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wndlb

@wndlb@mas.to

arbitrator/mediator/lawyer; curious, humanist, globalist; husband, father, zayde x 3; Lexington Group; Little Crow band Mdewakanton and then Arch. Ireland lands by MSP. #tfr Header image is a rock formation in the Mississippi Gorge right west of my house that looks like a sci-fi soldier. Avatar is me, lying on Minnie, a ShihTzu/poodle mix. She looks...suspicious.

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Alice, to random
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Bill Gates named his company after his penis and nobody even flinched.

wndlb,
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@aud @Alice small Dairy Queen soft-serves?

nixCraft, to random
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🤣

wndlb,
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@nixCraft @hannu_ikonen I’d always wondered

augieray, to random
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Donald Trump just offered to gut environmental laws if oil company execs raise $1 billion to help him get re-elected. In return for that $1 billion payoff, experts say Trump could do $900 billion damage to the environment. But, certainly, do go on about how angry you are with Biden that you can't possibly vote for him. Don't worry, our children don't really need a planet to live on--we'll just send billionaires into space once Earth becomes unlivable. Problem solved! https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/trump-oil-industry-climate-change-wildwood-rally-crowd-20240514.html?utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral

wndlb,
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@augieray Good ROI, yagottasay

wndlb, to random
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Now THIS is genuinely interesting, and sometimes illuminating https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/nyregion/trump-celebrity-gatekeeper-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

valthonis, to random
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Boomers be like “we didn't start the fire..." while acting like I didn’t spend my entire childhood and early adult years watching them gleefully pour lighter fluid onto it at every opportunity.

wndlb,
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@valthonis Did that monster truck I ordered come in yet? (Kidding, actually; mine is a BEV)

dgmltn, to random
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RadiOMG for @somafm new beta version alert! Fixes next/prev and adds favorite/unfavorite in Android Auto and notification. Fixes some battery consumption bugs. Fixes TV banner. Rolling out on Play Store or get the APK at https://RadiOMG.app

wndlb,
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@dgmltn Android only? Any iOS equivalent?

grimalkina, to random
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I can't figure out if mastodon is a high context culture or not. People seem to be expected to give long introductions and do a lot of identity/positionality disclosure, but also an enormous reply guy culture which is defined by low context drive-by. Conversational turn-taking is extremely low compared to other platforms ime, but depth-seeking is high. What an interesting mix.

*obviously, these experiences are all situated within my own network effects, and I'm not well networked here.

wndlb,
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@pseudonym @grimalkina I think of all of these as being like a convention's lobby during break. And different conventions differ in quality and form. And the goodness of the snacks.

daweaver, to Eurovision
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Oof! A big fat nul points for "Dizzy"!. Robbery.

And I think that makes "Hurricane" the winner of the televote. 50-50 juries and public proves its worth.

wndlb,
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@daweaver you going for Steve Kornacki's job?

thomashauer, to Eurovision German
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Someone explain me the fingernail thing this year

wndlb,
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@thomashauer Did you watch the Women's March Madness? THAT was what was truly remarkable; these people just have to dance.

wndlb,
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@thomashauer They were playing top flight basketball with the same

AGT, to Eurovision
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#eurovision #eurovisionsongcontest #music #singing #song #europe I’ve created better tunes twanging the elastic of my underpants…

wndlb,
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@AGT but with inferior staging

wndlb,
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@AGT Seriously, the lighting design! No wonder Greta was protesting

RealJournalism, to Ukraine
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Russian air defenses are nonexistent. is sending drones hundreds of miles into Russian territory to blow up oil refineries. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/9/2239774/-Nearly-a-1-000-miles-into-Russia-in-Broad-Day-Light-What-Air-Defense-Doing?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

wndlb,
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@RealJournalism which also shows how seriously the Russians REALLY took “NATO aggression.”

TonyStark, to random
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I’ve said this before but apparently it hasn’t sunk in but if you say “Biden has lost my vote”, don’t expect anyone to listen to you or be surprised he’s not out gunning for it. The election is 6 months out. If there’s no way you’re voting for him, nobody fucking cares what you want.

You can enjoy likely a 7-2 or 8-1 conservative SCOTUS that will be grinding down our rights for the next generation or three. Enjoy that.

wndlb,
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@TonyStark and taking the administrative state back to the Spoils System. And see this: https://apple.news/AkjfGgn_uTHaIwAjUaQtouQ

br00t4c, to random
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U.S. Military Shot Down Drones With Lasers in Middle East: Report

https://gizmodo.com/military-drones-lasers-middle-east-houthis-yemen-gaza-1851461194

wndlb,
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@br00t4c Good; the conventional way of shooting them down is unsustainable and too expensive.

cdarwin, to random
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The Founders drew a line between peaceful protest and armed insurrection

Today, armed protesters believe they are evoking the spirit of the Founders,
yet, the history of the Whiskey Rebellion offers a different perspective,
showing the Founders made a clear distinction between public assembly and protest
— protected by the federal Constitution
— and threats of insurrection.

The Founders were also weary of a tyrannical government,
after all they had just fought a war against King George III and Parliament over the issue.

But, figures like George Washington understood that armed protests and domestic violence threatened the young republic.

Shays’ Rebellion of 1786-1787 in Western Massachusetts exposed the weakness in the Articles of Confederation and spurred on the creation the federal Constitution.

When unrest started to brew in Western Pennsylvania, just years after the formation of the new federal government,
Washington made it clear the boundaries of acceptable protest.

The Whiskey Rebellion started outside Pittsburgh after the federal government passed a new excise tax in 1791,
which became called the “Whiskey Tax.”

Many local small farmers were also distillers and they considered the duty an unfair tax on their livelihood.

Over the course of several years, their protests became bolder and more violent.

Resistance came to a head on July 16, 1794,
when an armed mob of about 500 protesters attacked and burned the Pittsburgh home of tax collector John Neville.

The incident became known as the Battle of Bower Hill,
and although casualty numbers are unclear,
one of the leaders of the rebellion, Major James McFarlane,
died during the firefight and became a martyr to the rebel cause.

Many frontiersmen saw McFarlane’s death as murder by the federal government and further radicalized the countryside.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/30/founders-drew-line-between-peaceful-protest-armed-insurrection/

wndlb,
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@cdarwin You’re skipping Hamilton’s role in the suppression.

AAronL1968, to random
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Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/03/media/truth-social-stock-trump-djt

wndlb,
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@AAronL1968 Meanwhile, in Meme Stock World: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DJT?p=DJT

br00t4c, to random
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Andrew Weissmann Calls Hope Hicks' 'Devastating' Testimony a 'Body Blow' to Trump: Crying Was 'Icing on the Cake'

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/andrew-weissmann-calls-hope-hicks-devastating-testimony-a-body-blow-to-trump-crying-was-icing-on-the-cake/

wndlb,
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@br00t4c If paywalled: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1786486189215605006?s=61&t=LJKlZ3wKYmhdVwzLRXCY0A

europesays, to politics
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https://www.europesays.com/1192905/ More credible”: Legal experts say Hope Hicks’ testimony “ties everything more closely to Trump #U.S.Politics

wndlb,
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@europesays And blew up his defense. And provided him with the makings of a different theory of his defense. Heck of a day’s work, for someone who did not want to be there.

flexghost, to random
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** IT’S HERE! FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC THREAD ON **

Tonight’s theme is:

★🎸🎧 ROCK, ROCK TIL U ROCK! 🎧🎸★

—
🎵 Post hair metal from the 70s, 80s and 90s along with what you’re drinking. 🎶
—

I see your face every time I dream
On every page, every magazine
So wild and free, so far from me
You're all I want, my fantasy

🍷 Def Leppard ‘Photograph’ + Sex On The Beach🍸

Post often • share • make some friends

I have no idea why but I listen to Def Leppard pretty much every week. The drummer still has two arms in this one, so enjoy kids!

wndlb,
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@flexghost @Bam “kinda???????????????????????????????????”

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Scott MacFarlane, part of a thread about this:

Rep Cuellar and his wife are released on bond

This case complicated arguments by Trump that the Justice Dept is weaponized against MAGA

wndlb, (edited )
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@GottaLaff who is corrupter?

Susan_Larson_TN, to philosophy
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Here’s why this about in does more than

It’s meant to be a “" to , but what does it actually about !

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/heres-why-this-common-argument-about-trans-men-in-bathrooms-does-more-harm-than-good/

wndlb,
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@Susan_Larson_TN somewhere in there is the idea that rapists/perverts would use this as a way to insinuate themselves into the Ladies' Room, and that is self-evidently awful, and so

wndlb, to random
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This is absolute comedy gold: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/politics/bankruptcy-giuliani-spending.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Susan_Larson_TN, to LGBTQ
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lifts 40-year on + , . ‘We no longer say is a ’

The in with a 692-51 their on and on at .

Most opposition to + in the still emanates from .

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/02/united-methodist-church-lifts-40-year-ban-on-lgbtq-clergy-we-no-longer-say-being-gay-is-a-sin/

wndlb,
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@Susan_Larson_TN tbf, the opponents had already left the building

flexghost, to random
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Absolutely, positively, in no way is it OK to compare the face of this 75,000 year old Neanderthal to Marjorie Taylor Greene

also…hehehehehe. 🇺🇸

wndlb,
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@flexghost Truth to tell, we all (except sub-Saharan Africans) are Neanderthal crosses.

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