New video! I think Netflix, Hulu, and other similar streaming media sites are harming society. And now I'm going to tell you why, and how I use self-hosted media instead to fill the gap.

https://tinkerbetter.tube/videos/watch/adb3102a-f329-44a8-86c7-50c7e52a5bd7

fixed that for you

#Wikipedia

Does anyone here know about 1930s cars?

In 1940, some British paratroopers "borrowed" a car. I'm trying to work out if they needed to bypass something like a key, or if they were able to just get in and drive off.

It was a large car, owned by Crown Prince Olav of Norway, so was probably a high-end model. It was probably British, but possibly American.

Any ideas?

Boosts appreciated.

#car #cars

I became a US citizen yesterday!

4 years in the making, a dream for much longer than that. I was fortunate to have one of the fastest routes to citizenship and to have mostly experienced a very smooth process with lovely immigration agents who processed my cases with respect and dignity.

I spent the last 9 months living in fear, watching immigrants get demonized and even permanent residency (green cards) to be treated as “a privilege” to be revoked at whim.

I've been quiet, afraid to say anything in public that could be misinterpreted or used against me.

I've repeatedly said goodbye to my city, I've cried walking my favorite streets, bracing for the worst as top officials bragged about getting rid of immigrants and "cleaning up" the country as if we were filth.

Now, I intend to find ways to use my citizenship for the greater good and to be civically engaged in ways not available to people here on visas and green cards, affected but forced to suffer in silence. I am looking forward to discovering what that will look like for me.

#USA #citizenship #immigration #immigrants

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The #Portland #FrogBrigade speaks! (now with subtitles!)

"We decided to come support our friend Toad. (aka The #AntiFascistFrog) He's a friend from another pond.

They are calling Portland an explosive fire-ridden sort of warland, which it's not, because we're here."

This would be good for Jimmy Kimmel's show.
#ShowMeYourHellhole

From @OregonLive
@lizzyacker
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/trumps-antifa-roundtable-made-some-wild-claims-about-portland-heres-the-truth-about-7-of-them.html

Edited cover image to highlight the phrase:

"He's a friend from another pond."
#uspol

The antifascist frog, alongside Freedom Chicken, regularly protests outside the #ICE facility in #Portland #Oregon. Obviously, nobody wears a costume like that to do any violence; it's to ridicule the Nazis and amuse your own side, as I've learned.

A few days ago I saw a video in which a Nazi #DHS agent sprayed pepper spray into the air hole of the frog costume, in an effort to cause serious harm to an obviously nonviolent protester.

The frog is back at the facility like nothing happened.