Bill de Worde

@BilldeWorde7a
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I like oddball humor and empathy.
Musk-linked group offered $5m for proof of voter fraud – and came up with nothing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/elon-musk-voter-fraud-group?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Musk-linked group offered $5m for proof of voter fraud – and came up with nothing

Fair Election Fund has yet to reveal evidence of voter fraud despite deep-pocketed backers – and has now gone silent

The Guardian
We all knew Trump was going to betray Ukraine, there was never a question about it. It is vital for Europe to show a unified front without the United States and keep in mind that its interests do not align with the rest of the democratic world until Trump & his cabal is removed or overthrown.

Say it with me: Everything out of their mouths=lies &/or projection/confession

“New: #Tesla and SpaceX relied on work by undocumented immigrants while Elon #Musk advocated for a border crackdown”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-14/elon-musk-s-tesla-spacex-relied-on-undocumented-immigrant-workers

"...if American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk," VP Vance tells the Munich Security Conference.
People who think it’s funny to put BREAKING: in front of the mundane or trivial should be made to walk barefoot on Legos.
Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans

Donald Trump’s new order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel.

Rolling Stone
@venetiana for fiction, I often fall back on Terry Prachett, Becky Chambers and a lot of T. Kingfisher (it’s horror, but it’s wholesome horror! 😅). For non-fiction, Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life, or anything Robin Wall Kimmerer, particularly The Serviceberry.

@venetiana Two very different books that I never tire of reading to the kids (and just in general):

1. "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones. It's wildly inventive and fun and I figure out some new connection in the story every time I read it. (The Miyazaki film is also wonderful.)

2. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Perhaps overly saccharine and simplistic...but it's both heartwarming and quite funny.

Oh, and The Hobbit!

@venetiana

Terry Pratchett - but I've already read them all several times

Anything by Iain Banks, especially the Culture books

Anything by @cstross - especially the Laundry Files series

@venetiana aside from Discworld (of course), anything by Becky Chambers!