Tin Man walking
@tinmanbs.bsky.social
Reluctant socialist. Committed pessimist. Worships Woke Jesus. Refugee from Social Media Formerly Known As Twitter since Nov'24. Born estimated 311 ppm. Everything that isn't about our slide into an authoritarian abyss is a distraction.
At least the Russians make some attempt to hide it – Israel just brazenly plows ahead tilting the scales in our elections right under our noses. We're left with the best government money can buy.
RAOK@evolvingempathy.bsky.social · yesterdayAIPAC, One of the Biggest Spenders on U.S. Elections, Faces Its Biggest Test www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Foreign governments should not be allowed to put money into our national elections why is this allowed?? 🤨
ANNIVERSARY The Great Forgotten Spokane Fire occurred on August 4, 1889, just 2 months after the Great Forgotten Seattle Fire. The entire 32-block downtown was destroyed.
Here's to the man who drinks water pure And goes to bed quite sober Here's to the man who drinks water pure And goes to bed quite sober He falls as the leaves do fall Falls as the leaves do fall Falls as the leaves do fall He'll die before October Hohoho! --KingstonTrio ("Three Jolly Coachmen")
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · 6d agoDonnie Dementia DumBshit Invoked The "5th", More Than 440 Times During A Single Fraud Deposition In August 2022, Mr. Hawley.......
Somebody actually reads those Shopping Mall Ads? Let's get more!
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2d agoEvery court victory matters, but some are sweeter than others. Congrats to the Elias Law Group team and our client Senate Majority PAC for this well earned victory for free speech and the 1st Amendment.
13 year old Naiara Tammings Stood before the Grand Rapids City Commission and voiced what so many adults wouldn’t! We need more 13 year-old Naiara Tammings! She said what everyone is saying. Too bad the “grown ups” won’t listen. #RisingBlue #DefendersOfDemocracy #SheShed #SheShedAlly
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co isn't going to like this, Yogi.
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · 4d ago🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
The DOJ is still protecting pedophiles and child molesters over the Epstein Survivors. Jeffrey Epstein’s victims expose vile behavior from Trump’s administration..... www.msn.com/en-us/news/o... #Resist #Resistance #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #MomSky
BAD IDEA: Google had just decided to integrate its AI image generator, Nano Banana, into Google Earth, used by people seeking satellite or aerial imagery of real-world locations. "Pick a spot on the map, and start bringing your ideas to life,” Google wrote in a press release announcing the update.
Can you imagine how bad it could get if we had put a Soviet agent in the Oval Office? ...Well, now you don't have to.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoQ: Can you rule out that Iran is behind the water attacks? TRUMP: I don't think so. I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.
Sportswriter Ray Ratto notes "This feeling that everything and everyone is fundamentally untrustworthy is less paranoia and more akin to a survival skill, and one made more necessary by the fact that the people telling the stories are less burdened by the shame of discovery.
I have the Epstein files Donald Trump does not want you to see www.msn.com/en-us/news/o... #Resist #Resistance #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #MomSky
AI is like that carnivorous talking house plant in Little Shop of Horrors, constantly demanding "feed me!"
The way republicans are going after Dr. Fauci you’d think he was prominently mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files.
Scientists call it 'erring on the side of least drama.' Their idea of rationality is sober and dispassionate, which leads them to discount dramatic findings, even when they are true. So climatologists tended to underestimate the rate and magnitude of climate change. Boom! #TippingPointOfNoReturn
D’Haugeranville@dhaugeranville1786.bsky.social · last mo.
Paramilitaries are just plain bad. Paramilitaries operating as government agents is so much worse. This may seem obvious to many but I guess it bears repeating. #FuckICE
NPR@npr.org · last wk.The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media (via St. Louis Public Radio).
The Fed held interest rates steady in a range of 3.50%-3.75% on Wednesday in one of the closest decisions to call in years. Three Fed officials dissented, preferring to raise rates by 25 basis points. Short term rates are dropping a bit now, long term rising.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said, “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned Spain and Europe as a whole about.”
Bordeaux faced its hottest stretch ever in late June, temperatures reached 42°C (107.6°F) three days in a row. Since June 1, Bordeaux has had 20 days with highs of at least 35°C(95°F), vs 5 over the same period last year. “What’s next?” you ask "…Oh, I'm just gettin' warmed up." — Mother Nature
Brendan O’Kane@bokane.org · 5mo ago"always the golfer, never the wildfire victim."
