Notices by Weasel (weaselx86@mastodon.social)

LA fire coverage: idiot camera operators focus on speaker podium but cut off half of the sign language interpreter. Seen on multiple television channels.

“Musk could be the first [U.S.] oligarch,” Kasparov said. “Having the largest private contractor of the U.S. government potentially being in the position of supervising the entire U.S. budget? I mean, just think about it. If this is not classical oligarchy, what is it?”

“Oligarchy is not about the amount of money. Oligarchy is about blurring the line, erasing the line, between business and government.”

Russian dissident warns of 'extremely dangerous' development in U.S.
https://www.rawstory.com/the-2670272615/

@br00t4c @GhostOnTheHalfShell

What happened to the first person who sat down from Elon's standing ovation?

@br00t4c @GhostOnTheHalfShell

"The Conspiracy Theory That Elon Musk Stole the Election Using Starlink Is Everywhere Now"

@br00t4c @fsinn

@luv_wins @JuliusGoat

The MAGA mob shouts for their dream
Of whites über alles supreme
With Trump as their leader
The chief bottom-feeder
Ruling a fascist regime

@br00t4c @otownKim

Matt Gaetz brought his fatal attraction
Cross-state for a piece of his action
She was just seventeen
And you know what I mean
Now he's desperate for any distraction

His camera set for the scenes
Matt Gingerly pulls off her jeans
But nought will arise
'Till he closes his eyes
Imagining back in her teens

@futurebird @martinvermeer @nazokiyoubinbou

Um...

Ballot secrecy penetrated in Texas

Stunning Lawsuit Accuses Texas Election Officials of Failing to Protect Ballot Secrecy — And Now the Texas GOP Chair’s Ballot Has Been Leaked

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/stunning-lawsuit-accuses-texas-election-officials-of-failing-to-protect-ballot-secrecy-and-now-the-texas-gop-chairs-ballot-has-been-leaked/

@steveriggins @Cdespinosa @alienghic @AnthonyJK

@Mary625
"Thinning"

@RustyBertrand @Edelruth

@jeffowski

Carl Sagan was a user and advocate of marijuana. Under the pseudonym "Mr. X", he contributed an essay about smoking cannabis to the 1971 book Marihuana Reconsidered. The essay explained that marijuana use had helped to inspire some of Sagan's works and enhance sensual and intellectual experiences.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#Marijuana_advocacy

@ryanhoulihan

Calls for "civility" most often come from supporters of the status quo.

@georgetakei
Each politician is judged according to the standards of his own party.

@feditips
Yes, slow mode is how I run, to avoid the earlier problem of it moving my location when coming "Back" from drilling down into a post.

Slow mode being on is why I have to click to see the new posts.

@feditips
That was only happening for a couple of days around Aug 6 when I posted the complaint. It hasn't been doing that lately.

What it does still do is this: when at the top of my feed (in slow mode) I click to see the new posts, it drops me at some random point between where I was (the topmost toot visible pre-click) and the newest toot post-click (i.e. somewhere in the middle of the newly-visible toots).

I'd rather it left me at the last toot I already read, with new ones above.

@Peg33
"Wait until Republicans find out that Kamala Harris becomes president if they impeach and remove Biden."

This reflects my "insurance" theory of VP choice by Richard Nixon and George H. W. Bush (though it didn't work for Nixon).

@GW

@feditips
The behavior on mastodon.social (using Firefox on Linux) changed yesterday and is still broken today. After drilling down into a post, when I return "Back" to my "Home" display it does not return me to where I was -- usually it goes to the very top (most recent posts) of the feed.

This despite me being in "slow mode" (it does still show me the "n new items" prompt at the top).

This is annoying because I have to then scroll down trying to find where I was.

Why is this happening?

@garbageman @Teri_Kanefield

No. Military officers are prohibited from obeying illegal orders. There was some uncertainty about that for a while, but they started to make it clear, as I noted in this tweet I posted June 9, 2020.