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Octogenarian, and recent (6 yrs) transplant to NWP. Wide range of interests but no coding experience which is a handicap with this crew.
@edbott And if you use Amazon-fuck you! You’re part of the problem.
@goatrodeo you overlooked: take the media and control content.
@HopelessDemigod I fear that the present administration wants to return the nation to the 1950s in civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights and human rights.
@georgetakei One word: Mitch McConnell
@stux It’s not like he has a real job.

@knittingknots2

And Hell’s Angels is a book club.

@stux It wasn’t that long ago that Americans were shocked when countries arrested and deported journalists who expressed opinions critical of that government. Now, America arrests and deports foreign students who have opinions. Maybe 300 according to Rubio.

Trump finally did something I agree with, years overdue - doing away with the penny.

Link:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html?

Trump Orders Treasury to Halt Minting New Pennies to Cut Waste

Can he do that? It’s not clear. But President Trump is right when he says that pennies “literally cost us more than 2 cents.”

The New York Times

@hn50

Because: the freedoms

@knittingknots2 High speed rail is much too French. Better that we go Boring.