Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#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.
Joined May 2023
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Today I am amused by one minority user reporting another minority user for being inclusive.
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Brilliant food today. Babaganouj followed by vegetarian chopped liver. Here’s the recipe if you want to try.
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I hope when I wake up in the morning I’ll find out that Russia has been liberated and Ukraine is free again.
#Russia #Ukraine Ah the screw turns for Vlad, one of Trump’s best “strong men” buddies. 😬 So the Wagner Group, vile traitors or patriots? It depends on who you might believe.
Vlad: "betrayal" and "treason."
Prigozhin: “(I’m) a patriot…we do not want the country to live on in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy."”
Don’t we all hate bureaucracy? 😉
Bottom line, a fortunate power struggle that distracts from Russia’s nefarious intentions in Ukraine.
#Mastodon I picked up my iPhone and see 1500 posts have been made since I last looked at Mastodon. How do you all keep track of conversations with scrolling texts? Unless you live on it, you are just seeing a small glimpse of what is going on at the moment. It makes me feel like a hit and run commentator.
Frankly this is why I never cozied up to Twitter or Discord. Scrolling text conversations are not nearly as efficient as a forum structure with categories and topics posted. 🤔
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Fighting to be Trump’s VP. I suggest Thunderdome. A Kari Lake/MTG match. Pay per view. I’d pay.
#politics # Politics
https://news.yahoo.com/stupid-mtg-mocked-over-resolution-160157143.html
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According to my daughter our cat has a birthday coming up on June 25th and it has to have a gift basket
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Good morning. A day of infinite wonders. 
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Via Elie Mystal:
We are 20 min out from another round of SCOTUS opinions. We have 18 cases left to go in about a week. The 4 I'm waiting for most:
Student Debt Relief
Indep State Legislature Theory
The Bigot Who Wants To Discriminate On A Website She Hasn't Made
Affirmative Action
I still have hope 3 of those cases can be dispensed w technicalities.
No Standing on Student Debt & Bigot of the Month.
Mootness on democracy destroying one.
I have no hope for affirmative action, but we'll see 1/..
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US Not Backing Down on Biden’s Xi Dictator Comment https://www.voanews.com/a/us-not-backing-down-on-biden-s-xi-dictator-comment/7147829.html #voanews #voiceofamerica
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I’m (almost) always happy to talk ocean, but the flood of media requests I’m getting to talk about the ocean near this lost sub is icky. It was probably avoidable, & there are almost certainly 5 dead people in a sub that won’t be retrieved for weeks. This is not a bandwagon that should be jumped on. #ocean #sub
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Spotted a goldfinch hiding in a tree and got a clear shot. Time to make a batch of cookies so I can award myself one #BirdPhotograpjy #NaturePhotography
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Democracies must unite -report: decline in freedom for 17 yrs🚨. Dictators: forging bonds, sharing methods, copying tactics... & new ways to quash free speech & indep journalism, eradicate NGOs, silence dissent & suffocate criticism. Auth. regimes must maintain: illusion of control -protest & dissent: threat. If a country becomes democratic in a region -rest: follow. Show trials: against journalists, bloggers, academics, lawyers, entertainers... Putin & Xi coop. #Democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/dictators-trade-toolkits-cling-power/
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Senate confirms abortion rights lawyer to US appeals court | Reuters
The U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman, a top lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, to the Boston-based 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals by a vote of 51-43. Source: Senate confirms abortion rights lawyer to US appeals court | Reuters
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Elon Musk vows to suspend Twitter users for harassment over ‘slurs’ like ‘cisgender’ and ‘cis’
THANK GOD FOR MASTODON!
#Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #News
https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/elon-musk-says-terms-like-cisgender-are-considered-slurs-on-twitter/
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On the face of it, Justice Alito is guilty of bribery. These are his defenses:
1) Although I accepted something of value to ME, it hardly cost the billionaire anything at all.
2) Although I then ruled in favor of the billionaire at the Supreme Court*, I didn’t realize the billionaire was involved.
3) I am personally incorruptible. Anyone who knows me knows that I would never sell my vote.
*[edit] Ten times.
#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.
Joined May 2023
