Mastodawn

"Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s" | Great piece in UPenn’s #PennToday on our recent @PNASNews article, providing critical context for the extreme heat we're seeing right now in North America and Europe:

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme-summer-weather-patterns-have-tripled-1950s

Nancy Parker Jun 23

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jun 23

They are treating people worse than mere numbers, not even bothering to track them once they’re in the system. Unacceptable.

Nancy Parker Jun 23

Jay Kuo Jun 23

Maybe because consultation with Congress is required by law, RoJo?

Nancy Parker Jun 23

Ruth Mottram Jun 23

Another essential thread from @pluralistic ...
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114733317506784669
pluralistic@mamot.fr - A major problem with letting billionaires decide how your country is run is that they will back whichever psycho promises the lowest taxes and least regulation, no matter how completely batshit and unfit that person is:

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/nations-are-people

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/23/billionaires-eh/#galen-weston-is-a-rat

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

Attached: 1 image A major problem with letting billionaires decide how your country is run is that they will back whichever psycho promises the lowest taxes and least regulation, no matter how completely batshit and unfit that person is: https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/nations-are-people -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/23/billionaires-eh/#galen-weston-is-a-rat 1/

Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net

Nancy Parker Jun 23

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jun 23

A valid point! They can’t claim there was no time to consult the Congressional Gang of Eight and share key intelligence with them, as required before committing the nation to war.

Nancy Parker Jun 11

JA Westenberg Jun 11

The American state has failed by every operational metric.

But it still exports legitimacy.

That’s what collapse looks like in a world where perception is power.

https://www.theindex.media/america-is-a-failed-state-with-good-branding/

Nancy Parker Jun 11

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jun 11

Terry Moran worked at ABC for 28 years. Then, within moments of calling Stephen Miller “hateful,” (which he absolutely is if you listen to his own family), ABC fired him under pressure of an authoritarian hypocrite who ran on “free speech.” The chilling effect this will have on other journalists cannot be ignored. Today, authoritarianism advanced, and the Fourth Estate miserably failed.

Nancy Parker Jun 3

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jun 3

An alien, you say? 🖖🏼 https://www.comicsands.com/ice-alien-harm-tweet?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

ICE Trolled For Asking If People 'Harmed By An Alien'

An alien, you say? 🖖🏼

Comic Sands

Nancy Parker Jun 3

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jun 3

Imagine dedicating your career to hurting the most in need.

Nancy Parker Jun 3

earthling Jun 3

Who’s onboard the Madleen Gaza flotilla, and where has it reached so far?

The Madleen ship, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), is en route towards Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and human rights activists protesting against Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza.

The vessel has set sail in response to Israel’s total aid blockade of the Palestinian enclave since March 2, which has resulted in the deaths of dozens of children due to starvation.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/3/whos-onboard-the-madleen-gaza-flotilla-and-where-has-it-reached-so-far

@palestine