Notices by JamesWNeal (jameswneal@mstdn.social)

I've been asleep for a few hours and just started catching up on the #minnesota shootings. Has Trump said the wrong thing about them yet or do we have to wait until 2 in the morning?

You have no idea how many long threads I read, decide to just learn about other people, not even saying "yep" (though I do that on occasion) because I really don't think anything in my life experience applies, is worth bringing up as it would simply interrupt the flow.

So I'll just say this.

I prefer to take showers when fully awake, but only when the sun's up, during that short time when the light can penetrate the stall a bit.

Next house? BIG shower with BIG sun. @actuallyautistic

#Transgender Coloradans receive new discrimination protections as Gov. Polis signs bill into law. House Bill 1312 — the Kelly Loving Act — also makes it easier to change names, gender identity on documents. https://www.denverpost.com/2025/05/16/colorado-trans-rights-discrimination-bill-signing-jared-polis/

Guess that strategy of having all the protests at Harris rallies (where it was safe) and none at Trump rallies (where it would have been anything but) really worked out well. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-working-plan-move-1-million-palestinians-libya-rcna207224

I'm not really into conspiracy theories, but I'm starting to wonder if the oil & gas lobby isn't behind AI. I mean, in a few years it might be the nuclear lobby, but for now, damn, AI is sure looking like one of big fossil's most promising big, new customer.

What's between your legs is your business, whether we're talking genitalia or someone who likes you at least as much as as you do them.

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.