Notices by Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)

@foolishowl The major problem is these people are no longer thinking in terms of elections and democratic consequences and the only audience they're concerned with are true believers like they are. There is nothing stopping them from a massacre. They will simply lie and when called out on those lies, they will shrug. They don't answer to us. They never did.

The fascist MAGA takeover is best viewed as a formerly conquered enemy state -- the Confederacy -- recapturing territory it lost in the last war. It's a counterrevolution against democracy and the very conception of modern America. These people do not see themselves as Americans in the same way you and I do. They consider most of us "enemy combatants."

RE: https://mastodon.social/@richpuchalsky/115379812774930350

Here's an article with further details.

"Trust us, if we wanted to carry out genocide, we could do it."

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face

Israel and its supporters in other governments lie all the time.

It's not the entire reason but a good part of the reason we're here is because Biden and Democrats considered it more important to support Israel doing a genocide than it was to stop fascism in their own country.

Politicians are all fans of big tech because it makes their patrons and themselves money, obviously, but also the promise of an inescapable total surveillance state appeals to them, whether they're straight up fascists or just freakish upper class scolds with an axe to grind. In many respects, there's no meaningful difference.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/115362195671663674

ICE is going to have to be destroyed. DHS will have to be abolished. A bunch of these cops at all levels of government need to be prosecuted. Anyone who says otherwise is in on it.

The utility of frog wizards as protesters is it undermines Trump's "cities burning to the ground" narrative for white audiences who pay attention, and it increases the short-term odds of them getting on TV where they will be seen.

Anything that makes Trump look stupid and delusional is good even if it does seem perfunctory to the rest of us.

As a protest tactic, I doubt it's very useful otherwise. Random people interdicting ICE on the streets or hiding people probably works better.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem/115351729180459369

Republicans are going to get themselves tongue-tied over the Epstein thing because on the one hand, they've made pedophilia and violence against girls and women a centerpiece of their rhetoric against immigrants, trans women, etc.

But at the same time, they totally support pedophilia, rape, incest, forced pregnancy, and violence in general against girls and women. It's one of the biggest planks in their platform!

"Fewer people are eating out since 2020 and it's hurting the economy."

Weird, I wonder why that happened.

@hellomiakoda "You didn't actually like having markets for your produce, did you?"

"LOL, you'll bail us out anyway."

"Sure, we will. Sure... Hey, look over there! It's air!"

[farmers look, politician runs]

I swear, American farmers are the dumbest motherfuckers on Earth.

So they gave the peace price to a pro-Trump politician who admires Margaret Thatcher, supports crippling sanctions on her own country, supports bombing her own country's shipping, and wants to privatize the oil industry? Oh, and she's pro-genocide in Palestine, too. Hmm.

I mean, Maduro is a dictator, absolutely, but she sounds like she was made in a CIA laboratory.

Trump only wanted the Nobel because Obama got one. I wonder if he'll continue openly musing about whether he's going to hell when he dies.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115344945575874225

Every age verification system is just a scheme for companies and hackers to steal your identity.

It's probably late to drop this but Navigator Book Six, "Torn Skies, Warm Hearts," is now available as a Kindle ebook and shortly in paperback.

Picking up from "A Series of Unlikely Explanations" and "Infinity Has Your Phone Number," follow MK as she gets in over her head in another dimension, Kristen as she screws up history again, and everyone else scrambling to pick up the pieces!

Now with Funny Aurvandil, a distinct improvement over original flavor Aurvandil!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTTDZX9M

I think it's funny some people's solution to Bluesky fucking its users over is to move to a different server with all the potential headaches and complications that might cause, but these same people are loathe to touch Mastodon.

Do you ever dissociate so hard you're happy for like five seconds? Is that just what happiness is? I dunno. Don't ask me.

"Bluesky are the Democrats of social media. Unlike their rivals, their racism and transphobia are merely implied but still very real."