Notices by JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)

Another chapter from the book, "I liked that dog 'till it up and bit me in the ass."
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/04/21/sanders-says-arkansas-in-dire-need-of-federal-assistance-but-trump-says-no

I know something has to be done about it, but I just don't think giving him a chance to rename it Trump Station is the right move. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/nyregion/trump-penn-station-nyc.html

Right now, it seems canadians, specifically the canadian government (and Ontario) are doing more to warn Americans about the cost of tariffs than any Americans are. Don't believe it? (thread)

The Canadian billboards include the following messages:

“Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans.”
“Tariffs are a tax at the gas pump.”
“Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill.”

The Canadian billboards have been spotted in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, Ohio and New Hampshire.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2025/03/29/canada-freeway-billboard-arizona/82689206007/

@Lana I am a "boomer," which means I know a lot of people of the same generation. While I've heard all the stereotypes in your post, I have never met a single boomer who ever felt the way you describe - not in 1995, not in 2025.

Generational warfare based on inaccurate stereotypes does nothing but drive people apart and honestly, Trumpers do enough of that for all of us.

If you'd like to talk to a boomer about what we think, well I'm here.

Remember when we blamed algorithms for our timelines being filled with memes and garbage and only the most shocking news? Then we migrated here and to Bluesky and I have bad news for you. We are barely better on our own. Algorithms just helped bring out the worst of us. Sorry, TL;DR amirite?

Zuck decides independent fact-checkers are eating into the bottom line (not that he's pointing that out) & so he's decided the best way to profit from his user base is to put them to work, force them to correct each other and do it for FREE! At Meta, you're not just the product, you're the workforce

Superstition Spring. Superstition Mountains as seen from Lost Dutchman State Park. 35mm scan. from a recently rediscovered stash of .tif files. #Photography

Monument Valley, shot so long ago all I can say for certain is it was after 2002, as we drove down in my 2002 Forerunner. 35mm transparency, digitized using a Nikon SuperCoolscan 4000ED. #Photography

Tonight Donald J. Trump put out a message to every major exporter in Canada, Mexico and China. The message:

"you can donate to my transition and if it's enough, I might find a way for you to avoid the tariffs."

It's a protection racket, people.

If you look at Trump's posts, there is always a grain of truth to them.

Pete Buttigieg: "He’s really doubling down on the crazy uncle vibe this evening."

Please be aware that at some point in the next 2 months, people you never heard of will come out of the woodwork and accuse
#kamalaharris and #TumWalz of exactly the kinds of things that have sunk candidates in the past. It will be timed to make it difficult to find out who paid them to lie before the damage has been done. Also be aware that Roger Stone is still out there, Steve Bannon will be getting out of jail, and the guy who came up with the Swift Boat smear is already working for Trump

My voice likely will get drowned out in the din, but I too, have things to get off my chest.

(1) they did basically pull the rug out from under Joe. The big money interests who won’t back a Republican, but didn’t really like how progressive Joe had become either. The “we need new blood” interests who saw a scratch and decided to rip open a major wound.

(2) Even the “damn if Joe has to step down in a second term we’re gonna get that AAPI Kamala” crowd. Together, they convinced enough of the electorate that Joe couldn’t pull it off that his ratings took enough of a nosedive he became convinced himself that he needed to bow out for the good of the country.

(4) We’re about to see what a lame duck president can do to leverage his “ain’t no reason to hold back now” position. I doubt the House is going to pass anything he might put up, but that’s entirely the point. Biden can Executive Order the hell out of anything he wants, and as court challenge after court challenge comes in, the American people are going to get a preview of just what could become reality if we keep the White House and dominate congress.

(3) The “democrats in disarray” and the “all is lost” lines are bullshit so long as we keep our heads in the game. Kamala’s already getting major financial and political backing and at least one of the people some folks want to fight her for the nomination, Gretchen Whitmer, has said no.

(5) Trump’s totally fucked himself with anybody who may have been on the fence, but still sees Biden as a good man. His statements today are going to be viewed by most Americans who respect Biden for his lifetime of service as just a step away from going to his funeral, standing outside the church and calling him names. No, Biden’s not “weak” for stepping down. It took more courage and humility than Donald Trump could even comprehend to make the decision he made today.

(6) I fully expect that Kamala Harris is going to tell us that Joe’s asked her to pick up the ball and run with it. The past four years have been her administration too, and as she said, on every key decision, Biden respected her enough to give her what she asked, the same thing he asked of Obama - to be the last person in the room with him.

(7) Some rich folks ain’t a gonna like that much, because she’s not going to suddenly give them the pass they were hoping for when they worked so hard to push Biden out. Will she be her own woman? Damned right and heaven help any person or organization she sees as taking advantage of the rest of us.