Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

There will be a trump trial every quarter next year. He will have to be there everyday of each trial. This thought brings me a tiny joy.

That was quick. Texas A&M is paying Kathleen McElroy $1 million to settle claims after right-wing agitators and ultimately some regents objected to her hiring as journalism program director. https://www.tamus.edu/internal-review/

You know how weird things are these days? I repeatedly find myself rooting for the #CollegeBoard as defenders of #academic honesty and critical thinking.

#education #edutooter #teachers

@Huntn00 @GreenFire This is so true! Many people also don't really pay attention to what's happening in politics—either at the national level, or at the local level.

Thanks a lot, Florida. Your idiot leaders have now taken away my daughters' ability to take an AP Psychology class, which would have started in a week. In turn, this is taking away her chance to earn college credit, and therefore also is going to cost me money. I really appreciate your closeminded bullshit. 😡

https://newsroom.collegeboard.org/statement-ap-psychology-and-florida

Well, I’ve done it! Ripped off the bandaid and left Twitter.

LGBTQ people in the EU, there is a survey from the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency on LGBTQ experiences (e.g. with discrimination and acceptance) in European countries, highly recommend filling it out!

https://www.lgbtiqsurvey.eu/lgbtiq/?campaign_id=302

‘I need one more indictment’: Trump goes off-the-rails in pre-arraignment rage https://www.rawstory.com/i-need-one-more-indictment-trump-goes-off-the-rails-in-pre-arraignment-rage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

BREAKING: the youngest and only gen z member of Congress just came out swinging against #KOSA, echoing concerns that LGBTQ and human rights groups have been raising for months https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-08-03-breaking-youngest-member-of-congress-comes-out-swinging-against-kosa

👀”US military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping #Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels…”

https://apnews.com/article/57295a81dc45c9e0755bd6a83ece86d9

“Conspiracy to defraud the United States”

#LockHimUpAlready #TrumpIsACriminal #AuditTheFedUnderMnuchin

Maine’s ballot initiative to make electricity a public good could set a national precedent for giving power to the people.
#Maine #power #energy
https://progressive.org/latest/power-struggle-in-pine-tree-state-daigon-230802/

No doubt most of us missed this at the time but isn’t this interesting. Two days prior to Jan6, troops were being mobilized and the Insurrection Act was already being openly discussed.

DEFENSE
Esper orders hundreds of troops from 82nd Airborne home from D.C. area

This is the second time this week Esper has ordered the troops to head home.

By LARA SELIGMAN
06/04/2020 03:44 PM EDT
Updated: 06/04/2020 04:32 PM EDT

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered home several hundred active-duty troops from the 82nd Airborne Division who were brought to the national capital region to respond to protests if needed, a defense official told POLITICO.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/esper-troops-washington-dc-301568

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Morning Good people! A new day to be thankful for. Let's appreciate the friends & family that are in your corner, in a world as cold as this one, no one is obliged to be good to you, be thankful for the ones that are. Happy Friday!

Legs still sore from Wednesday’s 43km trail ride. I’m strangely proud that they gave out before my heart stopped. I’ve reached a new rung of confidence in my ability to not die. I’ve been inwardly timid about pushing too hard, there was even a guy out on the trail who’d give me heck for pushing myself too hard. Haven’t seen him in a while.

We had significant flooding in my region last month. Folks are rebuilding… in the same places. 🤦‍♂️ I understand the many reasons, but government has a responsibility (IMO) to set regulations to prevent this repeated loss.

I'm so sick of everything being framed as a "cost". What about the *benefits* of doing a thing? Like, what are economic benefits of having extensive and healthy rainforests?

If some fucking economist is like, "we can't calculate that, it's literally incalculable," I'm going to fucking strangle him. Just because something doesn't fit nicely into your spreadsheets, it doesn't mean it lacks value.

NPR: U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs in July, still marking a steady pace of growth. The unemployment rate edged down to 3.5%.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1191884937/employers-jobs-economy-inflation-soft-landing