@JamesOnTheRun

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Old man. Still relevant. Art lover and practitioner.
Is it a cabinet or a cartoon full of Batman villains?
Maybe I've identified a problem with Mastadon. The suggestions for who I should follow are full of people who haven't posted since 2023.

Trump avoids FBI background checks of his cabinet picks.

— If you want the Russians to rule America, you can't have the FBI nosing around in people's ties to Russia…

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/security-clearances-fbi-gabbard-gaetz/index.html

Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for administration jobs, people close to the transition planning say.

CNN
I've had Bell's Palsy for four months, half of my face is paralyzed. If you cover each half of my face you can really see what it's like. My face isn't twisted, I'm just smiling.
#mattgaetz just so I understand... The sex criminal appointed another sex criminal to head the agency that goes after sex criminals?
The infighting is sickness. Is it so important to win the suffering Olympics, to determine which of our sub groups will be worse off under this admin, and then to crap on all the others? It's mass selfishness and it makes me want to get out altogether. The thing that made progressive thought great is that we cared for and about each other. That spirit's dead here now. #dems #progressive #politics #nottheenemy

My best friend of 18 yrs, Jack, passed away 2 months ago. Then this little was wandering into the street in front of me and I saved her. I was not (am not) ready for a new pup, but can't find her people or a new home, so here she is. I called her "puppy" for so long that she thought it was her name. So I changed it to Poppy. And here she is. The only thing wrong with her is that she isn't him.

#dogsofmastodon #SilentSunday

My Fediverse Advice:

* Follow more people. No, even more people than that. Basically, if you find a real person and their posts are good follow 'em
* If you get a good reply to a post boost it. If you make a good reply to a post boost it. Replies are not visible in the feed unless you do this. As long as the post is an OK start to a conversation or interesting boost it.
* Write thoughtful replies. And if you put effort into a reply boost it or probably only the people tagged will see it.

Bluesky: we'll have no gender wars here!

50 comments: I know! Men are so awful!

#gender #irony