Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

@MariaHill @Drax How desperate a "lawyer" do you have to be, to agree to work for a fella with several thousands of lawsuits up his ass, so many debts, they made his skin turn orange and himself a national security threat, & so many Russian mobsters owning condos he sold them, making Putin get interested, which idiot dares to benefit from his very gang?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/02/donald-trump-mafia-letterman-video

biblically accurate cat

The question of why so many evangelical Christians on the right continue to support Trump no matter what has been answered for some time.

#christian #politics

https://www.atheistrev.com/2023/08/continued-support-for-trump-among.html

Alphas Explain Why They Love Joe Rogan https://www.theonion.com/alphas-explain-why-they-love-joe-rogan-1850708478

#BarelySatire. I DGAF about the guy, but then again, I am not an "alpha" anything.

"Anti-democratic measures like Ohio’s Issue 1 are emblematic of how the fight for abortion rights is playing out in a post-Roe America. With almost 70 percent of Americans supporting abortion rights, opponents are increasingly offering no substantive response."

~ Laleh Ispahani

#Ohio #abortion #democracy
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https://newrepublic.com/article/174814/ohio-election-abortion-rights-ballot-democracy

While Iowa has been in a drought for three years, state agencies have a new tool to better identify the slow-moving phenomenon and respond to its effects. Published in January, the Iowa Drought Plan provides guidance to address #drought in #Iowa.

The plan was developed through an interagency effort with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Midwest Climate Hub and National Drought Mitigation Center.

https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/News.aspx?id=409&fbclid=IwAR2vhc1lE3O_IRGf3chi9zQ-T2DEiRVZla7ybB2RvS9BJYDhOVbq4eYI62c

"Instead, they’re deploying a quiet, nationwide strategy of altering the playing field in ways that concentrate power in the hands of conservative extremists—limiting abortion by undermining democracy itself. Anti-abortion activists realize they can’t win a fair fight, so they’re changing the rules of the game.

This approach is not new. Attacking democratic initiatives and voting rights has long been at the forefront of an anti-abortion strategy."

#Ohio #abortion #democracy
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Esperanza is one of my favorite plants, as its #tropical origins makes it perfect to survive our Texas triple-digit weather.

#Bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening

It's a #SevereWeather day on the East Coast. #tornado producing thunderstorms expected to spin up mid-day, then winds.

Antarctica’s heatwaves are a warning to humanity – and we have only a narrow window to save the planet

Antarctica’s sea ice levels are plummeting as extreme weather events happen faster than scientists predicted Opinion Antarctica is currently … Antarctica’s heatwaves are a warning to humanity – and we have only a narrow window to save the planet

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/08/07/antarcticas-heatwaves-are-a-warning-to-humanity-and-we-have-only-a-narrow-window-to-save-the-planet/

@tultican When AI gets good enough I predict humans will not only establish friendships but will fall in love with it, especially when technology provides a mobile physical lifelike entity we can touch. It could actually destabilize the species. A primer from 60 years ago: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0734656/?ref_=m_ttfc_tt 🤔

@Huntn00 Capitalism with such regulations on corporations, monopolies, and wealth is called socialism. Plus, of course, we need environmental protection, and protective labour laws. All of which the CONservatives want to eliminate to allow unrestricted laissez-faire capitalism to take hold here.

'Ed' an AI chatbot will be LAUSD's newest student advisor, Carvalho says in splashy show - Who needs humans when a robot can do an almost human relationship. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ed-an-ai-chatbot-will-be-lausds-newest-student-advisor-carvalho-says-in-splashy-show/ar-AA1eOih8?ocid=socialshare #education

That is, for instance, Christopher Rufo’s openly stated end goal. He wants us to believe radical leftism is so ubiquitous, so dangerous, that nothing but an equally radical counter-revolution to seize control of the state and all major institutions will do to save the United States. 6/

Journalists, Rights Activists Warn of Damage From Anti-Gay Rhetoric in Turkey https://www.voanews.com/a/journalists-rights-activists-warn-of-damage-from-anti-gay-rhetoric-in-turkey-/7212323.html #voanews #voiceofamerica

I'm seeing a group willing to support a twice-impeached, one-term president, famous for lying and sexual assault and historically relevant as an insurrectionist working against the Constitution.

Don't tell me Republicans are good people.

#VoteBlueForever

#SilentSunday #Sunday

Grape leaves and morning sun.

#Napa #NapaValley #California

Last month shattered the previous record for the hottest July global sea surface temperature on record 🥴

Data available from NOAA ERSSTv5 (https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.noaa.ersst.v5.html).