Notices by Mats Holberg 🇺🇦 (holberg@mstdn.social), page 2

The 14th amendment places no qualification on birthright citizenship.

The 2nd amendment places a highly specific qualification—a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State—on the right to bear arms before even mentioning it.

But who are we to quibble with conservative Constitutional experts and their alternative facts?

How many GOP-obsessed clichés can we squeeze onto a single license plate? Utah naturally asked.

@skinnylatte I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised!

@skinnylatte I first bought those Laksa noodles because I (who never really buys instant noodles) couldn't believe they were that expensive, so they MUST be worth it. And they were haha.

Three important things to know about Hollywood history in 2025.

1) It has always chosen to censor itself preemptively before the government got involved. The Code, the blacklist, the ratings system—all self-imposed.

2) It’s a liberal town but a conservative business. Ars gratia artis? Yeah, right. Its sole ideology is profit.

3) Only Warners took an early, strong stand against Nazism. The other studios—mainly Jewish leadership—acquiesced to lots of crazy demands to stay in the German market.

The thing about a brand that’s inextricably tied to a personality is that it’s—for better or worse—inextricably tied to a personality.

To drive a Tesla is to associate yourself with Elon Musk even if he’s not the reason you got it.

And, yes, I’ve been unusual in my decade of loathing him, but—sorry—he’s been showing his whole ass for at least three years. And I especially don’t feel sorry for people who bought a car from him when anyone could see what he’s about.

@kims Just to confirm I remember it correctly, it’s The Spot on Desert Inn?

Just thinking of all the corrupt goings-on in the lead-up to Trump’s selection of cryptos—it’s not currency, I refuse to call it that—for his scammy reserve.

Kickbacks, pre-announcement insider purchases, etc. You KNOW it was all part of the process.

I can’t believe Zelenskyy has to navigate Trump in addition to Putin. A completely gratuitous war on two fronts.

A pub quiz at an Irish bar so it’s got to be Harp.

Very sad news about Roberta Flack. She cut one of the best disco tracks no one ever noticed. Written by Stevie Wonder.

Here—if you’re looking at the cover—on a concert album with Peabo Bryson standing in for a late Donny Hathaway. ‘Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long’

RIP

https://youtu.be/zWGJeVgdT2U

If you listen, be sure to wait for the bridge that starts around 4:30 with nothing but vocals and bass—perfection.

Had totally forgotten Roberta Flack sang the theme for VALERIE (later THE HOGAN FAMILY when the star the show was named for got the boot in a contract dispute) back when sitcoms would spend well over a minute on opening credits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9mkpI_IAtw

You love to see it

Anyone who appears to be making a Nazi salute is making a Nazi salute.

There’s no need for speculation when the only people who ever do it are Nazis.

Very Vegas: Every single local ad during this game has been for a personal injury attorney.

Related: Car insurance here is insanely expensive.

It’s just amazing how blatantly awful people have gotten even in small talk. Like, someone I met at a party last night, who assumed I’d fled ‘communist’ California—a notion/conversation I batted away by saying actually I’m a Hollywood liberal—and who, when someone else was asking about local organizations I support, snarked ‘I hope you weren’t counting on USAID.’

I’m talking about homeless youth and he’s scoring points on depriving the whole world’s most vulnerable people of basic necessities.

I fucking hate Republicans for being such awful people, and being so awful to people, and interfering even with my enjoyment of gin.

I’ve realized my coping mechanism, for the time being, is to realize our white trash president and his apartheid pal are going to bumpkinize the government, and maintain big-picture fury while not bursting an aorta every time I learn they’ve found yet another worthwhile federal department or service to destroy.

The GOP really has abandoned any pretense of propriety, hasn’t it?

Their new morality is a brazen end-justifies-the-means dismantling of democracy by two narcissistic psychopaths with astonishing conflicts of interest.