Notices by Michael Wyman (mwyman@mastodon.social)

@skinnylatte @emma is that the one without the humidifier chamber? How does that work out? (Been wondering about getting one, although last I asked my doctor said no, since I actually have a BiPAP)

@thomasfuchs All but four humans that have ever existed are in that picture

@Uair @blogdiva America also needs to use the funds to build public parks and green space in cities. Many of cities are atrocious at having safe outdoor green spaces for kids (and adults).

@thomasfuchs The replacement blades are getting hard to find

@cwebber @jalefkowit The next DMCA will criminalize independent thought that doesn’t rely on the intelligence utility

@WarnerCrocker savvy Democrats would throw him an anchor. If there were any in party leadership.

@inthehands and Europeans complain Americans don’t protest in large enough numbers

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tvaziri/115945507044637707

Because many of those folks railing against federal agents became them for Trump, specifically to brutalize blue states

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115936568415889819

This isn’t “immigration enforcement”, this is straight-up kidnapping, criminal behavior from federal agents in open war against The People of the United States. This is fucking Treason.

@mousey Donald Trump’s thugs are kidnapping children now!

@aral @blogdiva @Sherifazuhur “Board of Genocide” sounds more accurate, given both their actions.

@inthehands wow, that’s an inspiring list of locals. I even recognize a good many of them, though I’ve been out of the city for 15 years (visit the metro regularly). Even Angry Trout up in Grand Marais!

@skinnylatte regarding seasoning and flavor, I have to wonder if a big problem is American portion sizes are commonly expected to be so huge that properly seasoning would lead to massive over-consumption of salt (and probably other things), so the result is massive, bland portions.

@WarnerCrocker yeah, I’m guessing GOP leadership buries it.

@WarnerCrocker if Senate GOP want to block it, the entire GOP including the swing district folks can still get bashed for it during the campaigns

@inthehands oh, I’m not advocating it; I’m just pointing out why the chickenshit ICE folks start wigging out when the crowd arrives— they’re personally cowards, suddenly confronted by real personal courage, and while they’re excited to bust heads, they’re imaginative enough to know they stand little chance personally if that kind of courage were to suddenly raise arms against them.

@inthehands the Trump folks set about hiring the worst gun-nut folks who for ages fantasized about raising arms against their fellow citizens, and mostly hired them for that reason; but those folks are also really quite chickenshit, yet just imaginative enough to consider their chances if the crowds willing and determined enough to stand against them despite the explicit threats, armed with nothing but whistles, decided instead to show up for war.

@inthehands exactly. I think we’ve seen the Trump regime demonstrate they don’t care about their opponents rallying and protesting. But spontaneous action, even just blowing whistles, seems to scare the shit out of them.

@inthehands I think people outside the US largely don’t understand the sheer size of US cities, and the widely spread population within, which makes it hard to have the kind of spontaneous mass demonstrations that could coalesce in cities like Europe’s. A million or two people trying to converge for a rally/protest in downtown Minneapolis would turn the city’s road infrastructure into one enormous parking lot, and most wouldn’t arrive.

Instead, people take action locally.

@skinnylatte corporate America long ago decided Americans didn’t deserve good snacks. Go to Asia, go to Europe, and the snack flavors are just so so much better. And don’t get me started on the sludge we Americans have been taught is “chocolate”!