Notices by Mr. Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/117464082991975073

if I were a cop or corporate cereal killer or some oligarch shithead, those are exactly the people I'd leverage my resources to put in power, by running piles of ads, paying for oppo research to teardown their opponents, by lobbying to disenfranchise people who aren't my peers, because they're the ones who can be bought, or owned by other means. And if you ever say I shouldn't be able to own your leaders and bend them to my will to benefit me, I'll say you're trying to deny me freedom of speech

Versus what it looked like afterwards:

#biketooter #yegbike #onpoli #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

If the goal is to fight fascist tyranny wherever it is - and it damn well should be - then you will be better equipped to fight it where you are than anywhere else. It doesn't seem like that's your goal if you just try to act better than people in other countries that ostensibly have a bigger problem.

The attitude shouldn't be "why haven't you deposed your dictator yet" but instead "how can I help you?"

@VeroniqueB99

Cypress — the goth who makes every conversation feel like a funeral. Even his birthday parties have a dress code.

Sycamore — the phony intellectual. Constantly saying, “You know what people don't understand…” before demonstrating that he doesn't understand it either.

Poplar — the loudmouth. Always popping off, never has anything worthwhile to say.

Finishing up... #inktober but w knive/ scissors #contraption

Light reading in bed this morning with my coffee. Jeff is the guy who ran the class I took in Georgia earlier this month. His book was expensive but it's pretty well written and very well illustrated. What I like most about it is that it assumes you have basic #silversmithing and #lapidary skills and knowledge (which I do) so it doesn't waste a lot of time with discussions of basic tools and techniques. The techniques are advanced (for me). I'm looking forward to trying them. (1/3)

JD Vance’s Biggest Problem | The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/216750/jd-vance-trump-successor-2028-biggest-problem

He does not has IT, and it shows every time...

@xs4me2 @bmacDonald94 > Republican voters like him [Trump], in part, because he’s unpredictable, gleefully breaks political and social taboos, never bows to reality, and is funny—or funny to them, at least. Vance, meanwhile, is very much something we’ve seen before: ruthlessly ambitious, albeit in a palpably desperate way.

@haikushack @bmacDonald94 Hi Cendrine, just purchased your book. Looking forward to reading it and seeing your photography!

In Wanderlust (2023), Cendrine Marrouat has brought together the poems and photography from six of her most beloved books. The pieces have been rearranged to create a new, evocative experience. 

https://creativeramblings.com/wanderlust/

#poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetrybook #book #books #bookstodon

@misskitty.art 👍

Mark Zuckerberg blocked the Indivisible Team from their accounts today. That tells you how dangerous it is to use any Meta platform. Boost what you can on all the channels!

They fear democracy! #NoKings #Indivisible #VoteEarly

🧵 Are Progressives Overplaying Their Hand?
2/3

Are Progressives Overplaying Their Hand?

Charlie Cook thinks it won't be so much a Blue Wave as a Red Undertow and this would have profound implications for how Dems should govern in the next two years.

What do you think about the argument he lays out in https://twp.ai/IlvfAQ?
1/3

More broadly, we've seen ad-based malware and we've also seen indications for ad-based spyware delivery, in reports on offensive capabilities offered by ADINT vendors and most profoundly, in Amnesty Security Labs' investigation into Intellexa's ad-based 'Aladdin' infection vector and the co-timed Google report:
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/12/intellexa-leaks-predator-spyware-operations-exposed/
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/intellexa-zero-day-exploits-continue

To our knowledge, our report presents the first public technical confirmation of a zero-click mercenary spyware attack delivered via ads.

@NorcalGma2 ~ Yaqui down here and still proud. Everyday is Indigenous Peoples Day in my heart. ❤️

If you cannot make it to one of the "No Kings" rallies in your neck of the woods, here is some live coverage and info to help experience the nationwide event vicariously and to lend your support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_aogo2mt5U
https://www.nokings.org/
#UsPol
1/n

@darwinwoodka ~ Yeah, I adjusted to an earlier walk time and they stole even that few minutes. My vote has already been counted , just waiting for the war.

Hello from sunny SoCal where it was 83 degrees F. / 28.33 C. and mild rain at 6am.

So people ask questions regarding how or why I exist.

Why did I transition?

I might ask *you* why you are asking that question in the first place.

I know the answer, even if you do not.