Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@dukepaaron @aelliotpr All of this kind of reminds me of the argument about how the swastika didn't start out as a nazi symbol and so we shouldn't automatically assume everyone using it is a nazi. (I first learned about this argument from an ex-boyfriend which is part of the reason he's very firmly an ex, but that's a collection of stories for another day in which I have copious amounts of alcohol and weed). Anyway, if you're using a swastika I'm assuming you're a nazi. Also, if you and your friends are yelling "from the river to the sea" I'm assessing the risk of you and your friends being genicidal fucks as too high for me to dig up some sort of benefit of the doubt on your behalf. See also: If you either regularly make jokes about raping women, or you regularly defend others who do the same as not really misogynist assholes and I just need to calm down, I'm assuming you're a misogynist asshole.

today Alabama and Texas are fighting over "shittiest state"

this contest is now closed please. no other states need apply. I am looking at you, Florida.

holy fuck is right, @obeto
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46092028/alabama-prison-death/

@tristansnell If it wasn't for double standards the GOP would have no standards.

@maxkennerly

Anti-abortion laws are intended to be cruel & unusual punishment of the innocent.

Roe vs Wade's overturn is a disenfranchisement scheme.

4.6 million former felons can't vote in America.

Women found guilty of abortion or contraception will swell those ranks enormously.

Trauma works similarly.

Deliberate psychological torment, like Jim Crow, is also voter suppression.

Torturing women over miscarriages, rape, or unviable pregnancies is intended to suppress the vote.

Important read from #JenniferRubin on the #Texas #abortion case. Gifted copy.

The Texas abortion case blows up the abortion ban rationale
https://wapo.st/41eOzJ3

oh it's going to be like that is it?

#hornedlizard #hornedtoad

Trump said he would testify in NY AG trial -- and suddenly he backed out.

He blinked.

When the chips are down, he ALWAYS blinks.

Anti-abortion attorneys ascend federal government ranks with Christian right legal training https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121123_anti_abortion_attorneys/anti-abortion-attorneys-ascend-federal-government-ranks-with-christian-right-legal-training/
The Alliance Defending Freedom has employed and trained thousands of conservative Christian attorneys, some of whom have climbed the highest rungs of power, and the legal group is working on nearly a dozen ongoing lawsuits involving abortion and contraceptive access.
#Tucson #Arizona

Yet again, the GOP is proving that they believe in the free market. Until they don't.

To protect right wing talk radio, they want to require that a car I purchase have AM radio, whether or not I want it. Just let the market decide - if enough MAGA Republicans want AM, they can only buy cars which have them.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/07/ted-cruz-am-radio-senate/

Angry Trump spox erupts over Jack Smith's request that SCOTUS rule on immunity https://www.rawstory.com/trump-scotus-jack-smith/

How to change iPhone default notification sound https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/how-to-change-iphone-default-notification-sound/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I am trying to find my people on Mastodon. Can you please boost this if you:

-Believe that blueberries could be bigger and that farmers are simply not working hard enough to grow massive blueberries.
-Lie awake at night wondering if squirrels are sad when they forget where they buried their acorns.
-Think restaurants should legally be required to participate in Taco Tuesday.
-Find Tilda Swinton to be terrifying yet oddly attractive.
-Know that you could defeat 50 Smurfs in hand-to-hand combat.

Sheila Jackson Lee files for 2024 reelection to her House seat https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/11/sheila-jackson-lee-reelection-bid-00131097

A mess of moths...

Cr: Nat Geo

when you order a horse online and forget to check the size

#horse

"#WesternValues" is #rightwing code for #ChristianNationalism. Whenever you hear them complain about people not believing in western values, they mean their bastardized version of #Christianity isn't the center of attention. And that makes them sad.

#Christofascists #religionOfHate #UnderHisEye #Gilead

https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/california-parent-children-indoctrinate-may-mailman-trump