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  Brave on my phone seems to have terminal sclerosis. It won't load anything. So I installed WaterFox. Working fine so far!

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  I spent twenty minutes yesterday chatting with Mitch McConnell. He did twenty minutes straight of his Darth Vader breathing impression. What did he say to YOU? #MitchMcConnell #TwentyMinutesWithMitch

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  Google/Alphabet is flat-out determined to make EVERYBODY pay them a monthly fee for storage. They've announced plans to count all Android backup data against your Google cloud storage. When that happens, what are the odds that millions of people will suddenly find themselves out of storage? And don't forget, once you're out of data space you will no longer be able to receive email. Probably no longer be able to text. Hell, you might not even be able to browse the web anymore, assum...

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  @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social So I still have to wait five years for my favorite book. But I'm ready; I've scanned it and recorded myself reading it.

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  @nickofnz@mastodon.nz I want a future for my planet and the human race.

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  @FluentInFinance@mastodon.social I vote for toilet water! Which should also be force-fed to the billionaires who own those centers. Force-fed until it comes out of their fucking EARS.

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  I was driving in an unfamiliar area today, when I passed a giant bookstore. The sign on the front said it had 100,000 used books, every one of them $3 each. And blu-rays and DVDs, too. I'd have pulled right in if it didn't look closed. Looked it up when I got home. Permanently closed as of 2 weeks ago. I must grieve now. #books #Bookstodon

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  @rootschange So can anyone recommend a Fediverse alternative to Discord? #Discord #Fediverse #Technology

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  @catsalad It's the expression on his or her face that gets me. So deadpan. No sign of the heroic jump that's in progress. Just, like, "yup".

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  What will it take for Democratic Party supporters to realize that the Democrats are just as fascist as the Republicans? #Politics #Shitlibs

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  Quasit's Book Recommendations: "Shōgun" (1975) by James Clavell When I was in my early teens my father had a fairly serious heart attack. He survived, thank goodness, and lived well past 90 years old. But while he was bedridden and convalescing, our neighbors brought all sorts of books over to help him pass the time. They were mostly best-sellers of the time; books that I would never have read on my own, since I was a science-fiction fan. "Shōgun" wa...

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  Speaking of book recommendations: if anyone would like a personalized book recommendation, please feel free to ask! I've probably read more books, particularly older books, than 99% of the human race. And my memory for books is unusually good. So I'd be glad to make a recommendation for anyone who needs one. Now, I •will• note that I haven't read that many books that were published after the year 2000 or so. I've read some, and I'm trying to read more, but just not that man...

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  How many war crimes can Trump and the United States government commit before anyone stops them? #Politics #Trump #WarCrimes

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  I need a hashtag. Can anyone help? I need a hashtag for comments on posts by people who are supporting the DNC, either intentionally or as useful idiots. We're seeing more and more people who are actually claiming that the Democrats will make everything "normal" again, and reminding us that Obama and Biden and Kamala Harris were SO much more "moral and respectable" than that crude and foul-mouthed Trump. Somehow they are completely oblivious to the f...

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  Appetizers are not "apps". That is all.

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  @ZebKing Zero, but not for lack of trying. It's frustrating as hell. But I'll keep trying!

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  Quasit's Book Recommendations: “The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1 (1929 - 1964)” (1970), edited by Robert Silverberg When I was a fairly young child (maybe seven years old), my father brought me a book from the library. That book changed my life. It was a collection of some of the greatest short stories from science fiction's Golden Age, as selected by vote among the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America. The time frame for those stories was 1929 to 1964—i...

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  Here's something I've been looking forward to: the first free ebook recommendation. H.G. Wells was not only a founding figure in the creation of the genre of science fiction; he created plots which have continued to define the genre to this day. "The War of the Worlds", "The Time Machine", "The Invisible Man", "The Island of Doctor Moreau" are just a •few• of Wells' genre-defining novels. Which make...

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  Is it just me, or is there a post-coital vibe to this picture? #humor #Trump #Jesus #DonaldJesusTrump #memes #DoctorJesus #Politics

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  I hate YouTube, but I like listening to these guys sometimes. "How to destroy US Imperialism" https://youtu.be/1f9gXWNdoeQ?si=vpTmESRxgm1rukJ1 #YouTube #Video #Communism #IranWar #Imperialism

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  In the old days I received a printed request form in my in-box at work. Ran the report they asked for and mailed it back via interoffice mail. Then I started getting request forms via email. I'd run the report and email it back to them. Now? I get a request via email. Or Teams. Or the intranet project site. Or ProposalTech. Or SharePoint. Or the newest custom software package. The last three of which are ALL different, ALL practically impossible to figure out, and ALL a huge pain in th...

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  @ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world So how does it go from (4) to (1) again?

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  @ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world So it's a spiral, then?

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  Trump's image of himself as Doctor Jesus reminds me of Emperor Caligula's revelation of his divinity in Robert Graves' "I, Claudius". So Trump will appear one day on nationwide TV, every channel, bedecked in his white robe and red mantle, and declare his Divinity. He will be Donald Jesus Trump, God of Gods and King of Kings. And Trumpianity will be the official religion of America by executive order.

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  @alissaazar I noticed the piece doesn't mention whether the officials in question were Republicans or Democrats. Given that it's Portland, I'll bet that it's Democrats. They are just as much fascists as the Republicans are. Don't forget that.

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  Austerity = Punishing the working class and poor for BEING the working class and poor

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  @melioristicmarie @dnkboston @AccordingtoWouter @ApostateEnglishman @gerrymcgovern @artemis As long as great wealth exists, our "leaders" will NEVER be held to account by the people. Because the wealthy will own them. The answer? No leaders and no wealthy. End capitalism.

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  If you haven't heard Laurie Anderson's "Mister Heartbreak" album, I'd highly recommend it. The music is great, and very...different. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lmU4QTZfD49rzv3stsegAUBMaM3uw1hqA&si=lgGygrgRzcEPPT12 #music

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  Can you imagine what it would be like to live in a world where everyone does what they do because they WANT to, and not because capitalists are holding guns to their heads? #politics #capitalism

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  Here's the problem: To even turn things back to the way they were 20 years ago would take a President as ruthless and unchallenged as Trump himself. Or a President, House, Senate, SCOTUS and Federal judiciary that would be completely behind that level of reform. Plus a ruthless purging of all the apparatchiks that Trump and his team have ensconced throughout the federal bureaucracy. Tell me truthfully, do you believe that that will ever happen? Is there any doubt in your mind that if...