The abject failure of today's national media to call out GOP's march towards fascism is a potential death knell for a free press
If they get away with this attack on the #FreePress - no one is safe!
https://popular.info/p/in-a-small-kansas-town-a-brazen-attack
Started a little experiment this summer. In the end, I'm not sure if it'll be enough soil for the moonflowers I planted in the hanging basket but I've managed to train it up my improvised twine trellis. Payoff will be if it blooms because moonflower flowers are huge. The spikes at the base along with cayenne pepper are squirrel deterrent b/c one of them likes to dig at the plant base and exposes the root ball.
(08/12/23)
#garden #gardening #flowers #FlowerPhotography #photography #AltText
@GottaLaff what do you do with a rabid dog? Said just for the mental picture. Instead for this case, muzzle it, detain it, and let a jury of people superior to the sad sack, determine its fate as a treasonous, insurrectionist.
@Kozmo This is all about PROFITS NOW, live large now, party 🎉 time, and no, NO sacrifice, I’ll be dead in a couple of decades, que sera. 🔥😳
Wow, Al Gore is on fire disclosing the fossil fuel industry hypocritical positions on #climate. Worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZC6da4mco&t=1234s
And then https://countdown.ted.com/
@abellware I share the dream, but sadly the record indicates this is just a pipe dream. Will be happy to revaluate when action of humans warrant it. 🫤
I know I'm just a liberal dipweed, but can you imagine the world we could have if instead of making war we made hospitals and universities and theaters? What if all that money were put into housing people instead of blowing them up?
Imagine all that energy focussed on making things good rather than bad.
There should be NO fucking copyright that lasts longer than 70 years, period.
https://mastodon.archive.org/users/brewsterkahle/statuses/110879983411465250Now the Washington lawyers want to destroy digital collections of scratchy 78rpm records, 70-120 year old, built by dedicated preservationists online since 2006.
Who benefits?
Good morning and happy Monday, folks.
New week, new adventures and only 5 days of work ahead before our office will be closed for one week.
Have a wooftastic day ahead and listen to "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down, out song of the day.
Love you all 💕 ❤️ 😘🐶
#Dogs #Zshq #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfTwitter #Dachshund #SausageDog #Dackel #PaulaTheSausage
@devopscats I have some icing for your cake, capitalism will choose profits/AI over our jobs. These are the same guys who sent tens of millions of jobs east for profits (1970-present) collectively diminishing the post WWII middle class in America. The absolute only hope is a govt that actually looks out for its citizens. That is not in the business model, or bylaws of any corporation. You need a movement and votes for that. 🤔
Polar Bears See Sharp Decline In Numbers Near ‘Bear Capital of the World’! — Stigmatis
“The actual decline is a lot larger than I would have expected,” said Andrew Derocher, a biology professor at the University of Alberta. Suman … Polar Bears See Sharp Decline In Numbers Near ‘Bear Capital of the World’! — Stigmatis
Brewster Kahle just wants libraries to work the same on the internet as they do in real life. How is that not obvious? How is that controversial? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/internet-archive-emergency-lending-library.html
Challenging thoughts on Jamaican identity, unity, and more on Independence Day
A lively discussion took place on the Independence Day holiday (August 7, 2023) at “Regardless” (The Manley Centre), the former home of National Hero… Challenging thoughts on Jamaican identity, unity, and more on Independence Day
@Huntn00
Yeah, it's definitely not an easy decision to make and for someone like me that has no income there are nothing except for tax credits to help offset my investment in getting to net-zero
I'll not tell you how much adding #solar and/or #batteries will increase your building's resale value, but it seems to clearly do that according to multiple sources though so even if moving in a few years you can recoup some of your investment towards a stable climate at least.https://www.ecowatch.com/solar/solar-panels-increase-home-value#Do%20Solar%20Panels%20Make%20Sense%20For%20Your%20Home?
@jessta You can easily blame city councils and zoning boards who welcome development blindly, enthusiastically. Get the tax base, houses built and worry about the rest later. N of Ft Worth it was developed like this, a mess the last time we were there. 4 way stops everywhere on farm roads and such congestion. Virtually every great place in the country is guaranteed to be ruined by over developed. We’ve got to get the idea of endless expansion as a positive out of our noggins.
Every few months there is an article in the ABC about some missing infrastructure in the 'growth areas'. They never seem to address that we've knowingly grown populations in areas without infrastructure instead of growing populations in areas where there is already infrastructure.
We're building houses in the middle of nowhere and only later being surprised that these houses also need schools, trains, libraries, shops, cafes , roads and jobs.
We should be growing the areas that already have infrastructure
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.