Mastodawn

Learning from a Mentally Ill President

We should continue to focus on this degeneration taking place daily.

We should also ask what we can do about the powers, interests & system that put this #horrifying person in #power

You may know that #Trump’s mental deterioration got more extreme in past few days

I was rattled actually by his reaction to the wave of artists cancelling out on the self-glorifying concert series he’s holding on the mall

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/learning-from-a-mentally-ill-president

#DementiaDon #dictators

Learning from a Mentally Ill President

We need to deal with the powers and system that put him in power and keep him there

Paul Krugman

DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic 4d ago

#Billionaires and #Dictators want to live forever. The rest of us can eat dirt and die.

Putin’s goal of living forever may be his only way of avoiding hell 👺

“When Vladimir #Putin was captured by a hot mic telling #Xi Jinping that humans could achieve immortality by replacing their organs, some dismissed the exchange as eccentric small talk between aging #autocrats.

In fact, during the conversation at a Beijing military parade last September, Putin appeared to be describing a Kremlin-backed #Longevity initiative that has become one of #Russia’s flagship scientific projects.”

https://on.wsj.com/4uzpZ3r
#bezos #altman #petertheil

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines May 22

Friday, May 22, 2026

"I'm not counting on the US;" In Estonia, faith in Trump's defense of Baltics fades -- Russian drones hits apartment buildings in Dnipro injuring 19, including 3 children -- Is Belarus about to enter the Russian war? -- The anniversary of Russia's long-forgotten genocide ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/friday-may-22-2026/

Catherine Schmidt May 21

#News #Trump #StephenColbert #dictators #FreeSpeech #Resist #Resistance #NoKings #Video

FOR STEPHEN COLBERT….THANK YOU

https://youtu.be/mqjh4hB1DYc?si=lTZh7tzHBnjH5MMD

Charlie Chaplin's Greatest Speech — The Brutal Truth About Greed, Power & Humanity (1940)

YouTube

Tim Mocarski May 21

"Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorship."

Andrei Sakharov

#quoteoftheday #Freedom #FreeThought #ConspiracyTheories #Dictators

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines May 19

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

How Europe can succeed in post-American world, and why Ukraine is part of answer -- US again grants Russia oil sanctions waiver despite Treasury chief's pledges not to -- First known Russian recruited from university dies in Ukraine, exposing Russia’s student recruitment campaign ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/tuesday-may-19-2026/

FurballsNHairballs May 13

Xi: Donald? Why is your ass so big?
Donald: Half of Russia has been back there .
Xi: wow !!
Trump: Now it's your turn.

Art of the Deal
#Trump
#China
#Russia
#dictators

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines May 13

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

She told us we're Russian: Abducted Ukrainian teen on meeting Putin's notorious children's commissioner -- Inside a Ukrainian mission to liberate territory from Russian occupation -- Ukrainian drones strike Russian gas facility over 1,500 kilometers from border -- EU 'frustration' at failed defense industry ramp-up ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-13-2026/