listening to this c-span stream of heritage foundation lawyers and religious leaders go on about the importance of religious liberty and how the government needs to do a better job of protecting theirs.

all white. all christian, save one Jew. and Ben Carson.

only the barest recognition of other faiths. no recognition of the rights of those who reject religion. that fucking cake shop, over and over.

all grievance, all bigotry, all the time.. theirs is the only faith worthy of recognition. these people have the presidents ear.

Four page spread in @Wired on bluesky. Monetization. Megaviral. Decentralized. Crypto. Revolutionize. Ambition.

New names for old apps. Attention economy.

Had plans to climb up to some radio towers this am, about a 600m ascent with terrific views and 60km of lonely gravel.

Some trash on the road turned it into 20km of sprinting back home while a stubborn puncture refused to seal.

Better than nothing, i guess. Barnold was disappointed.

after hearing non-stop from the trump camp that 2020 was rigged, and with all manner of nutter theories, plus a constant drumming from CISA about how secure elections infrastructure is, it is hard to give this more than a minutes attention.

it is an attractive story, though, and seems like exactly the kind of thing the enemy would pursue.

i dont know anything about the source(s), just a toot i saw in the feed and bookmarked for later reading.

https://substack.com/@thiswillhold/p-165658733

https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/the-machines-were-changed-before

https://apnews.com/press-release/access-newswire/diane-sare-kamala-harris-kamala-harris-es-kirsten-gillibrand-new-hampshire-225173eaaf66b420844508516b365caf

what is going on here?