Notices by aburtch (aburtch@triangletoot.party)

Y’all, please continue to boost good posts you see. I’ve realized that almost all of my discovery of new (to me) accounts on Mastodon comes from when you boost something, I like it, and click through to the original poster to check them out and end up following them.

Holy smokes! @pluralistic is really good at cutting through the bullshit and explaining things very simply. He's surfaced something today that I've always suspected, but never quite been able to put my finger on.

97% of the finance sector is useless gambling and creates nothing of value. It's what got us the housing bubble in 2008 and what's inflating the current AI bubble.

This is a must-read: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/self-licking-ice-cream-cone/#job-creators

@kims @evacide @superflippy we really need to ban surveillance pricing.

Can you imagine if this guy teamed up with Cocaine Bear!? They’d make a great superhero duo.

https://youtu.be/rH_SYjOnKfM

Also, Trey enjoys playing better with Mike on days when Mike hasn't gotten enough sleep. “Lucid dreaming Mike" is what he called it. #Phish

Trey Anastasio of #Phish is the guest on the latest episode of “Wong Notes.” It’s a great interview. Opens with a lot of talk about gear, but then they get into playing style, tone, how the band developed their improv style in the early years, and other great stuff. Worth a listen.

https://pca.st/episode/a347d83d-c13c-49e7-bee2-215c1a5c6bfc

@jeffowski Do you have the source link?

#NorthCarolina #NC #Facts

Empathy is important.

The #tech #oligarchs do not have our best interests in mind.

"Instead of democracy, we will have basically tech feudalism — fiefdoms run by tech corporations. They're pretty explicit about this point."

https://futurism.com/billionaires-corporate-dictatorship

This is who they are, believe them. Enabling pedophiles is the lowest of the low. There is no redeeming congressional Republicans.

Non-paywall link for those without a subscription: http://archive.today/ZVTob
https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/politics-news-rgm2ohbiz/-/a-h8CNnZg8T9WZEb6lvxTG9g%3Aa%3A3199477-%2F0

This is what corporate welfare looks like. It's socialism and government handouts for the rick and unregulated cutthroat capitalism for everyone else. https://beige.party/@Lana/114812580809025225

Happy 30th birthday to my favorite site on the internet, #Astronomy Picture of the Day!

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250616.html

#APOD #astrodon

Just pointing out here that the Minnesota individual suspected of assassinating a Democratic lawmaker (thus changing the balance of power in the state legislature) and gravely injuring others, who is a white male, and was described as “armed and dangerous during the search” was arrested “without the use of force from law enforcement." 🤔🤨

This is #fascism. https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/114658992048705231

@lain Shout, shout! Let it all out.

How the billionaire hoarders prevent everyone else from having nice things.

Post World War II, a single income of a factory worker could support a family, own a house, drive two cars, and afforded vacations. Today most families with two parents working full time can barely make ends meet.

201 million Americans (almost 60%) live in poverty where a minimal quality of life is out of reach. Compare this to 5% in Italy and 11% in Japan.

https://newrepublic.com/article/195862/billionaire-hoarders-wealthy-biggest-threat

#oligarchs

@lain Obviuosly his credit was so bad even the “get your paycheck early” lenders rejected him and he was forced to eat locust.

@lain Klarna’s dark patterns got him to accidentally click the three easy installments buttons instead of “pay with your life up front.”

@palmoildetectives @appassionato Check out the #1 land use in the entire United States…