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Still Mad About CD Prices<p>Last night I went to a candlelight <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vigil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vigil</span></a> for blah blah <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> shit in a gazebo in a small town park. I live in a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/smallTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallTown</span></a> (~20K people). There were 30-50 in attendance. I'm 55 and was one of the younger people. There were songs and brief speeches. Talk of how we will vote like crazy next time, etc. It was over in 40 minutes (remember: old people).</p><p>I couldn't stop thinking that the League of Women Voters (the organizing body) was hopelessly on the back foot. These people, many of whom I know and protested with during Trump 1, seem to be under the impression we merely have an awful president.</p><p>I was crying as I left. I hope I'm wrong, but I couldn't stop thinking</p><ol><li><p>Trump keeps making batshit/hateful "pronouncements" via <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a>, and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TruthSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthSocial</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>Many/most of those represent violations of law/ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> and always arrogation of powers that are legally held by <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>Nobody is stopping him.</p></li><li><p>What do you call a system of government where one asshole says whatever shit comes to his mind or makes him wealthier or makes him more powerful, and he always gets what he wants?</p></li></ol><p>I was crying as I left. I hope I'm wrong, but I think we're in a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a>, now. I think we have a chance to save ourselves from this as a long-term situation, but who is going to do that? Not the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, who are desperate to kiss Trump's ass harder than each other. And not the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>, if all we do is have 40-minute candlelight vigils in out-of-the-way parks where nobody will be inconvenienced or even have to be aware of what we're doing.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p>Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, October 18 2024</p><p>First step to World War; North Korea preparing 10,000 soldiers to join Russia's war -- NATO armies built on Korean War-era military principles -- Ukraine’s southern forces release footage of strike on Russian training facility -- Coming of age amidst war: The journey to adulthood for Ukraine’s youth during Russia’s war -- and more</p><p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20October%2018%202024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20October%2018%202024/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spectacular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectacular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Unraveling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unraveling</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>. </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bullytactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullytactics</span></a> that the surly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nominee</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/implementing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>implementing</span></a> has been <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.levelman.com/the-spectacular-unraveling-of-donald-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levelman.com/the-spectacular-u</span><span class="invisible">nraveling-of-donald-trump/</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>BREAKOUT<br>Z is not restrained by corporate lies.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CorporatePropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePropaganda</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ineffective</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/GenerationZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerationZ</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves for Years?<br>Studies prove that popular decongestants just don’t work.<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/09/cold-medicine-decongestant-phenylephrine-ineffective/675303/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&amp;utm_content=20230913&amp;utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/health/archive</span><span class="invisible">/2023/09/cold-medicine-decongestant-phenylephrine-ineffective/675303/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&amp;utm_content=20230913&amp;utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/phenylephrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phenylephrine</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/PE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PE</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/decongestant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decongestant</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> May Have Lost <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> (&amp; 2024 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a>).</p><p>Forcing the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CollegeBoard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeBoard</span></a> to omit <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genderidentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genderidentity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sexualorientation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexualorientation</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> course sought to regain favor gained after "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DontSayGay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontSayGay</span></a>" <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, but it’s been <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disastrously" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disastrously</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/desantis-ap-psychology-florida-culture-war-mistake-presidential-election/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">intomore.com/impact/politics/d</span><span class="invisible">esantis-ap-psychology-florida-culture-war-mistake-presidential-election/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PG</span></a>&amp;E Scraps <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tree</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trimming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trimming</span></a> Program Once Seen as Key to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FirePrevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirePrevention</span></a> - So Billions wasted destroying trees - same methods used on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/eastcoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eastcoast</span></a> by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Pepco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pepco</span></a> to decimate our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/treecanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treecanopy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/globalheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalheating</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utility</span></a> spent more than $2 billion on effort it says was <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a>; focus now is on power-line settings <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/pg-e-scraps-tree-trimming-program-once-seen-as-key-to-fire-prevention-97a1ac5e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/articles/pg-e-scraps-t</span><span class="invisible">ree-trimming-program-once-seen-as-key-to-fire-prevention-97a1ac5e</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a></p>
Socar Myles<p>This is a brief, accurate illustration of what it means to lift oneself up by one's bootstraps.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bootstraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bootstraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a></p>
Bob Payne<p>The big takeaway from Cop27? These climate conferences just aren’t working<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/20/big-takeaway-cop27-climate-conferences-arent-working?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2022/nov/20/big-takeaway-cop27-climate-conferences-arent-working?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COP27" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP27</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ineffective</span></a></p>
@Om<p>when not in new york...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiderman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiderman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ineffective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skyscrapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skyscrapers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/none" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>none</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chimney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chimney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animatedgif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animatedgif</span></a></p>