TFW every new social group has at least one credulous motherfucker all “well _to be fair to the Russians_ there are some Nazis in Ukraine, …”

buddy, you don't gotta be fair to the aggressor who is punching down, in any situation. they don't need your help and you just make yourself look like a fool at best and an abettor at worst.

EDIT: oops, there's the "also, CIA should’t have couped Ukraine in 2014, …" ah, there goes any benefit of the doubt. blocked! (if only slack had better blocking…)

INCREDIBLE

The ag lobby is begging for the USDA secretary to be put on the teams that are negotiating new trade deals.

And she's just.... not even in the room.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-agriculture/2025/04/28/farmers-plea-to-trump-00312065

Author David Joy speaks with clarity and conviction about why choosing to celebrate the confederacy is wrong.

"And then I grew up. And I read books."

This is why racists hate civil rights and equality being taught in school or anywhere else. Because most informed people, choose decency. ♥️👍🏿

https://www.tiktok.com/@babeeblews/video/7495594301901016351

Not a great photo, light to harsh and subject to far away, but it's my first photo of an elusive Water Rail, so I decided to share it with you all the same.

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

google is discontinuing support for first-generation nest thermostats.

it is time for lawmakers to implement a »support-or-open-source« regulation. it is ok to not want to support »obsolete« technologies forever, but it should be mandatory to make it open source when and if you stop the support.