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🌍🌎🌏 👋 “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish

Acknowledging that I live on the land of the #Atfalati tribe of the #Kalapuya people who inhabited this land before colonial settlers arrived

#PNW #Cascadia #knitting #crochet #gardening #BloomScrolling #SilentSunday #LichenSubscribe

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The only upside of this clearly politically motivated CBS firing is that Stephen Colbert has 10 more months to say exactly what he thinks of the Trump administration. Turned up to 11.
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"In striking moment of editorial independence WSJ published Free exclusive report linking Trump to disturbing artifact from life of convicted sex offender #Epstein birthday album compiled in 2003 by #GhislaineMaxwell includes bawdy letters from Epstein’s powerful circle of friends. 1 letter allegedly from Trump features sexually suggestive text inside hand-drawn outline of naked woman. letter concludes w words, “Happy Birthday & may every day be another wonderful secret.” https://archive.is/NunQn
Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador

Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know," one lawyer said.

404 Media

Head's up, the "you must confirm your profile" scam is proliferating on the Fediverse. I wonder if they are trying to gather driver's licenses and credit card numbers? It's a scam.

#scam #MastoAdmin #cybersecurity

WSJ - Trump’s letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday has the outline of a naked woman, small arcs denoting breasts with a squiggly ’Donald’ signature below her waist, mimicking pubic hair. It concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796

Paramount settles with Trump, and then cancels the Late Show.
If it walks like fascism, and talks like fascism, and shuts-up-opposing voices like facism…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20n4q0q9zqo

What an incredibly dark time in America.
#TheAmericanFascist #Colbert #LateShow #Paramount #CBS

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to end in May 2026, CBS says

The network called it a financial decision tied to the "challenging backdrop in late night" television.

Every financial advice article: If you deprive yourself of all joys in life, then you can save up enough money to maintain your joyless lifestyle until you die.

FT: "Donald Trump is preparing to open the $9tn US retirement market to cryptocurrency investments ..."

Trump is seeking to direct Americans' retirement funds to a sector in which he and his family are heavily invested.

https://www.ft.com/content/07906211-5ab8-4917-bcad-5397c0bc3170

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics

Client Challenge

Due to tariffs, Americans are likely to hear a lot about farm mental health as harvest approaches this year. Especially farmer suicide.

So let's get it on the record now. The "farmer suicide epidemic" of the last few years in the US is not real.

It's a lobbying tactic.

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Despite measles being declared eliminated in the US in 2000, annual measles cases have reached a 33-year high — and it's only July.

This is the tragic result of the spread of anti-vax disinformation, and will only get worse in the coming years because anti-vaxxers now lead our health agencies.

Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US

There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.

CNN
@luckytran The anti-science anti-vaxxers are unconscionable.
@luckytran In Alberta Canada where anti-vax hit hard and the Premier seems to encourage it we are at ~1190 for a pop of ~4.5mil. She also likes JFKjr advice apparently.

@jeffhorton @luckytran

Same finance network, same playbook. One goal, subvert democratic norms.

@luckytran

There are no limits to human stupidity...

@luckytran When do schools restart in the US? I dread what will happen then. The holiday camps will mix up kids from various states so nicely spread the disease if they aren't there long enough to eliminate the infection in the camp, then the return to school, oh gosh looking grim, especially if any infant siblings with an outbreak of SSPE in about 7 to 12 years time.

@luckytran
A proportion of people who catch Measles die of it.

This rise in cases is driven, deliberately, by people in and out of public office.

At what point is action taken to prevent one or the group of them murdering another person?

And how furious would the parent of a dead child be if they lost their fixed belief that they had acted sensibly in avoiding immunisation?

@midgephoto @luckytran The Boomer antivax dipshits have survivor bias. The dead victims aren't around to counter the survivor's ignorant argument that measles ain't so bad.
@BLTpizza @luckytran
A bereaved parent however does not have survivor bias.
@midgephoto @luckytran Unless they are religious zealots . My toot only refered to all of the boomers I've met that say they never got the MMR and nothing bad happened.
@luckytran Republicans love measles

@luckytran

measles cases have reached a 33-year high — and it's only July.

How high is pneumonia, most of the deaths come from that secondary infection.

@luckytran it will lead to increases in average IQ as the idiots die off.
Donald Trump Vows to Let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘Go Wild on Health’ If Elected

At his Madison Square Garden rally, Donald Trump all but promised that conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pushed crank science for decades, would have a role in a prospective administration.

WIRED

@luckytran I'd say, let's treat measles in red states like republicans treated HIV in queer communities in 80's.

After all, they did everything in their power to stop innocent people from dying, right?
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@fionor @luckytran Honestly, that's the plan. They believe it's better to let the virus burn through the population. They are fine with increased mortality because they will ignore it. In their minds they are right and are doing the right thing. Stupid people are very dangerous
@luckytran True but this what happens when the captain of the ship refuses to engage with reality

@luckytran

Thanks Alberts!

@Ratoncita @luckytran all gratitude for the measles epidemic in Alberta should be sent to D. Smith and the UCP caucus.