Mastodawn

On Tik Tok, a guy asked a purely click-baity question: If you could get rid of ONE thing on the planet, what would it be?

It's the kind of post designed to elicit a lot of engagement.

After reading that Daily Kos post about Trump's new ethics office head, I have my answer: the manosphere.

Just *foop* it's all gone: the podcasters, the infrastructure for it, the monetizing, the advertisors, the creators, the listeners, the -stans. All of it just sucked into a black hole.

Earth would heal.

OldFartPhil May 19

A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆May 19

If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity.

OldFartPhil May 14

Natasha Jay (she/her) 🇪🇺May 14

Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt

#Art #Artwork #Artist

OldFartPhil May 14

Jonathan Kamens 86 47 May 14

This is fucking dystopian and we should all be fucking horrified that this shit is happening.
I've become kind of inured recently to horrifying, dystopian shit, and this still shocks me.
We aren't "at risk" of living in a police state. We _are_ living in a police state.
That's been true for BIPOC forever, and now it's catching up with the rest of us because we let it happen to them.
h/t @josephcox
#infosec #privacy #policeState
https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/

License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.

404 Media

OldFartPhil May 13

Sordid Amok!May 13

There once was a man from Limerick
which is the third most populous
urban area
in Ireland
according to Wikipedia.

#LimerickAnything
#HashTagGames

OldFartPhil May 13

Joe Brockmeier (@jzb)May 12

Happy birthday to Bubby. According to his microchip, he's 20 years old today! IMO he doesn't look a day over ten.

We got him at 14 years old from a shelter. He was not considered adoptable due to his age and having diabetes. Since I already had one diabetic cat, how hard could it be to handle two?

He's a prince, one of the sweetest cats you'd ever meet. Likes everybody. He just wants a soft place to sleep, regular meals, and some attention. #CatsOfMastodon #Blackcat #SeniorCat

OldFartPhil May 13

Rod Mesa May 12

If US press wrote about the US the way they do the rest of the world

OldFartPhil May 12

Qasim Rashid, Esq.May 12

White supremacy is when Donald Trump bans 1600+ vetted Afghan refugees who helped the USA against the Taliban, but proudly accepts white Afrikaaner South Africans as refugees to the USA for no apparent reason except they're white.

Reminder that Trump is pro-apartheid & racist.

OldFartPhil May 8

Grimm

May 8

A big swath of American Christians super-mad that the new pope turns out to be a pope who DOESN'T say "being a complete cunt all the time is moral and good" is the most American-ass thing I can imagine.

OldFartPhil May 8

Johannes Ernst May 8

No kings.

Call for counter-protests on Trump's birthday, the day he wants to have the military parade.

https://www.nokings.org/

No Kings

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.

No Kings