Notices by Paul Schoe (paulschoe@mastodon.world)

@rk

I think that you underestimate how pliable people are and how much they will simply follow orders.

Most of the people running the Nazi camps were just like us and our neighbours.

@evan

That Pixelfed is now in the Top 10 of most downloaded APPs in the USA, also means that we, as a Fediverse community, have to come together.

If you see a link somewhere, PLEASE support your PIXELFED server. Even when it is just with $2, $10 or $50.

Their operational costs are surely skyrocketing and we have to make sure that this does not become a Fediverse debacle but a Fediverse success story.

@jaredwhite
#Pixelfed #Fediverse #TopApp #Support

A comprehensive article in France about Luigi's background.

- Brian Johnson was shot by someone in his class, or destined to join him in the dominant boys’ club .

- Luigi Mangione is a bro like any other.

- Hadn’t posted anything online for six months.

- In the Mangione case, the hierarchy of reality has been reversed.

- Mangione knows exactly what he is doing, who he is targeting, and why.

- Fans support him with the tools of the time.

https://www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/clic-gauche/luigi-mangione-lerreur-404-pour-la-presse

#Luigi #Mangione #Prevost

Also worth noting in this in-depth article about Luigi are the staggering actions of United Health Care, the insurance company.

- during the pandemic, UHC billed the government $11,000 for the $8 saliva test, a margin of 183,000% .

- UHC's in-house algorithm, nH Predict, forces patients to leave the hospital while still sick, but has an error rate of 90%.

- UHC defers doctors’ payments for months or even years while offering them a loan system to survive.

#Luigi #Mangione #UHC #United

I doubt if you are going to get what you want.

Politizing the departments is explicitly announced as a policy by Trump and his minors.

I hope their work will not hurt you, your family and your friends in the same way that their politicizing civil servants will hurt tens of thousands of appointees and millions of Americans.

@KuteboiCoder @randahl @ysegrim @naught101

When Jared Kushner sees this picture, he sees his wildest dreams realized.

He sees dollar signs appearing on every square meter.

He sees a way to pay back the 2 billion US$ to Saudi Arabia.

And he sees this being realized by tens of thousands of slave workers in their own home country.

@appassionato @DrALJONES
#Gaza #Palestine #Kushner #OceanView

OK. Point taken 🤣 .

Thanks for all your FediEfforts.

@evan

Too many variables in one question to get a quantifiable response.

I did vote No, but is that because:

a) I don't think volunteer-run servers are a reliable path for the future?

b) I don't think open registrations are a good path for the Fediverse?

c) both?

Better split questions into ones that only deal with one aspect.

@evan

I don't understand.

According to your account, you have 10.000 followers.

You went from less than 100 to 10.000 in a day?

@ploum

It looks like they have found the reason why the Saudi crown prince gave Jared 2 billion US$.

This article from the Guardian describes how Trump’s close relatives and business cronies have been secretly pursuing a multibillion-dollar scheme to cut a nuclear deal with Riyadh.

Plus, of course, the return on the beachside apartments to be built in Gaza.

What is 2 billion US$ if you can get sensitive US nuclear technology?
Peanuts.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/23/trump-cronies-secret-talks-nuclear-tech-saudi-arabia
#Trump #Traitor #Kushner #Gaza

Obama on the number of people that unnecessarily died from the Covid-19 pandemic

“But if you look at a country like Canada, their per capita death rate was 40% lower than it was here in the United States. So just do the math. That’s more than 400,000 people,” Obama said.

“People’s grandmothers, people’s fathers, people’s moms who would have been alive if Donald Trump had just paid attention and tried to follow the plan that we gave him.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-trump-pandemic-playbook_n_67150febe4b0ae82147fd9ed
#Trump #Unresponsible #Deadly

If that is the case, how can instances differentiate?

I became a member of a particular instance BECAUSE they do not accept, save, and forward everything.

The policies of my instance form the guardrail that protects my mailbox.

@evan
#Safety #Personalisation #Differentiate #Instance #Fediverse

Unbelievable that Musk promotes a Tweet that says:

"This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision making.

Democratic, but a democracy only for those who are free to think."

It only reminds me of one warning:
When people tell you who they are, believe them.

@knittingknots2
#Musk #BeWarned

That domain really made me laugh.

neverwalz dot com,
you can't unsee it.

@jeffowski

@notwhatwethink

It is not ignore. It is forgotten.

Thanks for reminding us that it were Kushner's activities that Kashoggi was investigating and the after Kashoggi was killed, Kushner received 2 billion (!!!) dollar from Saudi Arabia.

But let's prosecute Hunter for owning a gun for 11 days and paying his taxes late.

@soc_i_ety

Rhetorical question:

Whenever a Republican accuses somebody of something, why do we nowadays first think:
What has this Republican done in his/her past?
What does he/she try to hide?

Every single time, their accusations turn out to be confessions. Every Single Time.

@notwhatwethink
#Republicans #Responsiblity #Hiding

Everybody who sells their business to a VC knows that the first thing that they will do is sell the real estate and then rent it back to the company.

That rent becomes a millstone around the company's neck, making it almost impossible to survive in lean times.

If you want your company or brand to survive, know that giving a VC the majority of votes will almost certainly not secure its long-term future.

Bye-bye for a healthy Red Lobster.

@hn50
#RedLobster #VC@dangillmor@mastodon.social

Very amusing 4-minute video by Robert Reich about how Musk and Bezos want to dismantle government protection for workers.

Quote by RR:
"14 mei 2024
Nothing tells you how important unions are like corporations controlled by the richest men on earth suing to dismantle the government agency that protects the right to organize."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO1Q3yyXJ7E
#Unions #Musk #Bezos #RobertReich

Wow, what a picture.

@jeffowski

I have the impression that, statistically speaking, in the US, Latin Americans are more aligned with Christianity than Caucasians.

@DemocracyMattersALot