Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

👋 to all of my #trans & #LGTBQ friends. We need to talk about the cis-het progressive/liberal problem, and I hope that you might be able to help me get through to the ones in my life.

I spent a few days with some old friends that I haven't seen in a while. At one point, Jason Aldean and #TransRights both came up in conversation. These people are solid #Democratic voters that hate all things #MAGA. They also happen to be Jewish, which I would think should make them sensitive to #fascism.

They don't watch #FeauxNews or any other right wing bullshit. They do, however, consume #Facebook & #Instagram feeds daily. It was their impression that trans people are forcing other people to use pronouns and make special arrangements for them. They also think that people uncomfortable with trans people should be free to bunk at camp in a cabin without trans people in it.

I 💯% know and believe that #TransRightsAreHumanRights but how can I more effectively pierce their myopic bubble?

🙏 Thanks

You ever read this? Might partially explain how we got here.

The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy

"Written in 1971 to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Lewis Powell Memo was a blueprint for corporate domination of American Democracy."

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/

#Fascism is #Capitalism run amok

Interesting that this appears right after I start saying the exact same ideas lol

https://youtu.be/t4JHK3uyn-o

#SilentSunday

Justice Dept. warns #Texas against floating barrier on Rio Grande

“The #floating #barrier poses a risk to navigation, as well as public safety, in the #Rio #Grande River, and it presents #humanitarian concerns,” reads the letter, which also informs the state that the Justice Department intends to #sue if the barriers are not #removed.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/justice-department-tells-texas-that-floating-18255629.php

AI is the wild card in Hollywood's strikes. Here's an explanation of its unsettling role https://apnews.com/article/e872bd63ab52c3ea9f7d6e825240a202

Pregnant woman killed, 4 injured in Houston shooting - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/22/pregnant-woman-killed-houston-shooting/1571690068479/
(Me: time after time, after time... too many guns) "One pulled a gun. When he pulled his gun, the other guy's girlfriend came out of her truck and came with a gun. They were talking back and forth about who would do what and however, and they started shooting at each other."

Last view

A7rii + Light Lens Lab 35/2

#Photography

So I was a #Firefox hardliner back in the day, and eventually moved to #Chrome when it started kinda getting unusable in the late aughts.

Just fired it up on my phone and laptop and I gotta say I'm impressed. It feels lean and fast by comparison, and syncing my old Chrome stuff was completely painfree.

@Huntn00

@Huntn00 Good grief.

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/praise-be?r=2nggq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Don the con is such a fool, so ignorant, a loser. He hides it by being fake and bullying the people looking for a “strong man” to help them through their understandable grievances.

The closing is most poignant: Don't let yourself be a mark for this con man.
#conman #evangelical

Migrants face misery in Tunisia. Rights activists fear that the EU deal will make things even worse https://apnews.com/article/4500616048008a4f5c4e85a84b2e82fe

@ai6yr I was following @nwsgsp_bot and it seems it’s no longer posting up over here. Is there another way I should be looking for the specific NWS bots?

Netflix kills off cheapest no-ads plan in the U.S. and U.K. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/netflix-cancels-cheapest-no-ads-plan-us-uk-rcna95112

When I tell you that police are not designed to do what you think they're designed to do, you don't believe me.

81 kids, zip tied for hours, until some peed themselves.

While in other parts of the city, car break-ins happened.🤡

Later, you'll ask me why they don't trust cops.

https://www.tiktok.com/@jacqi_rose/video/7257969336365763883

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

Infante began exhibiting #heatstroke symptoms including confusion, altered mental state, dizziness and loss of consciousness.

His friend and co-worker Joshua Espinoza began pouring cold water over him, trying to cool him down.

A foreman insisted Espinoza call the police, #claiming Infante’s bizarre behavior was due to #drugs, and the foreman pushed for a drug test when emergency medical services arrived.

On the day of the incident, temperatures in San Antonio reached in excess of 100F (37.7C) with humidity levels reaching as high as 75%, noted the lawsuit.

Infante later #died in a hospital from severe heatstroke and had a recorded internal temperature of 109.8F (43.2C). The Center for Disease Control states a body temperature of 103F (39.4C) or higher is a main symptom of heatstroke.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/texas-construction-worker-death-lawsuit-greg-abbott

Flammulated owls get their name from two ruddy markings that go down their backs, which look like flaming “racing stripes." The species nests in Utah's alpine and is teaching researchers about the state's changing environments.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/07/18/meet-tiny-owls-that-nest-snowbasin/