Notices by Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS! (maryaustinbooks@mstdn.social), page 4

"A Face In the Crowd"

A depraved, Trump-like populist politician, played by young Andy Griffith, swindles followers and treats women like crap. At the end, a brave young woman causes him to be heard on the radio trashing the naivete of his dumb supporters and they all stop supporting him in a fury.

That movie anticipated many things about this era, but not the ending where the supporters see who he really is and still storm the Capitol for him.

#AlternativeMovieEndings
#HashTagGames

@paninid
Biden is fit to be president, he just really needs Rick Wilson to be his debate advisor. It won't happen, but he needs somebody on the team who knows Republican dark arts backwards and forwards.

The problem is Biden is the opposite of Trump; he accepts *too much* responsibility for bad outcomes. He put all the blame for the debate on himself when it's his advisors who should have been fired, possibly jailed for treason.

Oh man, I hadn't seen the melted Abe Lincoln statue from this angle.

This is surely the new logo of the #Republican party.

#GOP #MAGA

@br00t4c Lol the ink ain't dry on all the articles wailing for him to step down and he's already back to Dark Brandon. 😂

If the next debate doesn't have live fact checking, both candidates might as well put weasels in their pants.

At least that way it'd be entertaining.

I am not Catholic. I am Episcopalian and have serious differences of opinion with the Vatican, e.g. on birth control. Actually most US Catholics agree with me on that.

I am not blind to the failings of out of touch old men in the Vatican. I have fought for victims of child sex abuse.

I am also not a coward, so I don't slander the world's 1.3 billion Catholics or lash out at random Catholics when I'm really angry at the SCOTUS nutjobs.

This reliably causes assholes to think I'm Catholic.

"President Joe #Biden has repeatedly stated that the US would defend #Taiwan."

Oh, that tricky Dark Brandon! Definitely trying to trick China into an invasion.

Same vibes as when the MAGAs see Jan 6 rioters actually going to prison and they won't show up and riot for Trump any more "because it's a fed trap."

https://www.businessinsider.com/xi-says-us-trying-trick-china-invade-taiwan-wont-succeed-2024-6

@skeletor This you?

Shout out to Jamie Morath for this gem! She has an Etsy if this speaks to you.

(Yes, I have a handsome house panther, and yes, he crosses my path every day, and yes my life was already 💩 so whatever.)

#Caturday #BlackCat #Cats

https://www.etsy.com/shop/jamiemorathart/

Courtesy of a friend: a cornfield in #Illinois in the #cicadapocalypse 😬

My heart goes out to all you Midwesterners!

@Adam_Cadmon1
It has been zero days since my cat last tried to eat my hand so actually for some it's not a bad goal.

@kevinrns @Adam_Cadmon1
No, it's a good thought but if anything she's mellowed with age! She's 14 and as playful as ever, but there is less hand eating going on. Her youthful raptor phase was legendary. My friends and family and I all call her "the panther" because she is 8 pounds of ferocity.

I'm pretty sure she's joking, but you never know with the internet. Either way it's hysterical.

I AM A SINGLE WOMAN WITH CUMIN and if you need that to know there's something wrong with me you haven't read many of my toots.

Hummer Done Dumber

#RejectedCybertruckNames
#HashtagGames

@forestine @mynotaurus
Wow, didn't know who that was. Go figure, if somebody is one kind of POS they're probably a POS on every other issue too.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-12/youtube-can-t-win-with-steven-crowder

Also, he's terrified of his own words written on a potato.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/steven-crowder-threatening-yam/

Well, I'm done reading about him, please pass the brain bleach. 🤮

@lanodan @Polychrome
-zero emissions
-no traffic
-no giving money to Elon Musk
-cheaper to wash
-much better looking

Where do I get one??

There once was a bigot from Queens
Whose "empire" wasn't worth beans
He started a riot
And tries to deny it
But everyone knows what he means

#LimerickAFamousPerson
#HashTagGames

#Biden #Trump

Life in America be like... 🌪️ 🔫 😬 🏃♀️

"Even if you aren’t buying expedition-level gear, your closet almost certainly contains #PFAS. A 2022 study by Toxic-Free Future found the chemicals in nearly 75% of products labeled as waterproof or stain-resistant."

A worthwhile read on progress in banning "forever chemicals" used in waterproof fabric and non-stick cookware. This being Mastodon, you probably know these chemicals are a disaster for the #environment and for #health .

https://heatmap.news/lifestyle/raincoats-pfas-gore-tex-patagonia-rei