Notices by Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ (cferdinandi@mastodon.social)

@photomatt They're literally not. Cry harder.

Yesterday I had some describe the US’s funding of genocide as “an exaggeration” before saying “it’s complicated.”

It’s not, and it’s not.

we send money and bombs directly to Israel. Israel then literally indirectly uses them to slaughter Palestinians en masse, mostly women, children, and civilians. they have even publicly stated their goal is to ensure that the Palestinian state no longer exists.

Sorry folks, that’s a fucking genocide!

@aral We seem to put a lot of stock in Russian and Chinese bot farms, so...

@aral i’m not saying you shouldn’t care. I am saying you should stop trying to tell Americans what course of action we should be taking when you lack the nuance of having lived in our political system.

@emma Wait, Glitch did this too!? I expected better from Anil Dash.

@br00t4c I haven’t had confidence in Joe since he botched Covid. One lousy debate hasn’t changed a thing.

@donny @interfluidity @rscottjones @aral DONNY! I didn't know you were on Mastodon! Glad you tooted this. Now I can follow you!

@aral "Look man, killing kids is ok if..."

STFU

@aral I just assumed they had a reason, even if it was something totally nonsensical like "it only kills 'the olds'" or whatever.

@aral That’s literally mind blowing! America has failed hard at Covid, but I take comfort that I can at least get vaxxed. What’s the logic behind that policy?

@aral Holy shit they really make you wait that far out??

@SallyStrange @thomasfuchs @schratze It's the second, of course. But both Thomas and his partner are allergic to ever admitting they were wrong, so... don't hold your breath.

@aral making up alternate realities is fun but but at all useful

@aral @josh I wouldn't call the kids at MIT, Princeton, UCLA, etc. without privilege by any means.

And yes, of course if our own President was murdering us, things would be "different." It's not a lack of care, Aral. It's a lack of agency.

@josh @aral I cannot convince Aral that voting against Biden (or not voting at all) is going to be EVEN WORSE than voting for Genocide Joe.

There won't be a democracy to save.

@aral It's so weird to describe a protest filled with Jewish people as "anti-semitic", and claiming that protest shouldn't disrupt people's lives misses the whole fucking point.

I'm not surprised, though. This dude called Vietnam protestors "assholes" back in the day.

Bernie Sanders hit the nail on the head when he called this Biden's Vietnam moment.

@aral @delroth "Now..."

Privilege is a hell of a drug, eh?

@aral Fucking irony

A lot of people don’t realize just how violent the struggle between labor and the rich was in recent history here in the US. https://mastodon.social/@workingclasshistory/112303284411139172

About to launch a podcast for ADHD ftw!, and can't decide if the category for it is...

- Health
- Technology
- Education

I apparently have to choose one.

https://adhdftw.com