Notices by Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)

The lower ore dock at Marquette, Michigan, 13 January, 2025. Photo by Sovereign Photography.
#TheUP
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior

Cartoon by Michael de Adder.
#AtRumpPuppet

A Short Eared Owl landing in western New York, 11 January, 2025. Photo by Dave Cook.
#OwlsOfMastodon

Hey, fuck head - why in HELL would you donate EVs to people with no way to charge the bastards? Why not just give a few million bucks to organizations that can fucking help those people? Fucking idiot.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/elon-musk-donates-cybertrucks-starlink-california-fires?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1DlG_3CtvVAuFBO7ShVSO19CRCZnNyjL6r2s_32AMq0K246062GCg_Fuw_aem_VMbcAaZb8TcHYo08OiSaug#8aj5eu67512mgr00mlz0lhy4keqlszr6

This is what it means to be a good neighbour. Our finest flying in Canadian Canadair CL-415 water bombers are doing non-stop runs filling up in the Santa Monica Bay to drop water on the Palisades fires. - Matt Austin
#Neighbors

I’m a Ukrainian fact-checker. Meta just handed Russia the keys to your newsfeed.
Meta claims it’s championing free speech. But for Ukrainians, it feels more like a death sentence for the truth. - Olga Yurkova

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/12/im-a-ukrainian-fact-checker-meta-just-handed-russia-the-keys-to-your-newsfeed/?234hiuyb&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3kG06cWYcRuptMKqMbv19YexqwKOWRHcUnyFazoVFkIMk3N1nkDGYMQh8_aem_k0IMtjpjx_cpCAro1UZKUg

There it is.
#InANutshell

While there’s been a lot of focus the past few years (as there should be) on the growing lack of local newspapers resulting in less and less coverage as those newspapers get gobbled up by corporations and the local aspect is disappearing as a result, local TV stations are also being hit by corporate.

“Many of those who were let go had decades of experience covering news in their communities.” - Wisconsin Public Radio

https://www.wpr.org/media/december-layoffs-affect-wisconsin-tv-news-stations#:~:text=Several%20longtime%20journalists%20at%20Wisconsin,implemented%20recent%20layoffs%20company%2Dwide.

The big day for MAGAts everywhere!
#Fuckers

BOOM! Excellent summation.

Trump, of course, has always been a firehose of lies, distortions, and other bullshit—spouting falsehoods that serve his political agenda. But in just over two weeks, he’ll once again be spouting them from the most powerful office in the country, where his words will have a far broader reach and carry greater significance. His disinformation has been bad enough on its own—corrosive to our civic life, and a danger to our democracy. - Eric Lutz
https://apple.news/A85M2VIn5Tea42cOsfczFSA

Never thought of it like that but yes, I believe Walt was correct.
#DeepThoughts
#AGoodBook

“Surrounded by a cathedral of frost, a moose at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge settles down after a breakfast of browsing cottonwoods. The Wyoming refuge protects a mosaic of riparian, wetland and upland shrub habitats along 36 miles of the Green River. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.”
#Nature
#USFWS
#Bullwinkle
#SilentSunday

I’ll believe it when I see it.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/30/mike-johnson-freedom-caucus-trump-hostage?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR098coAIPgJfiTL1K_fQtgqFN4gW5ruy8HDdbx-Bjzvj1m0lfqXIKRtyLY_aem_qg1IkEmohtjIQhGF3TUpJw

Co-President Musk: Only the far right party can save Germany.

Co-President Trump: I must take the land of our neighboring countries.

Republicans: Stop calling us Nazis! - Taunt The Elephant

Musk vs Loomer is a sequel to “Alien” vs “Predator.” - Andy Borowitz

These silly boys.

“Musk said the quiet part out loud, arguing that the number of ‘super talented engineers’ who were also ‘super motivated’ was far too low, implying that Americans lacked both talent and motivation.

Hmmm. Folks on the right didn’t like that so much.

Then, adding his own cultural fuel to the fire, Ramaswamy posted that high tech companies need to bring in foreign workers because Americans lack a strong work ethic due to cultural factors. - Jay Kuo

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-dont-come-for-my-immigrants?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2WlHG6lU1Il2y__yzcrYM9KR1F4qSgkz_mMFhQidzkhuvvHqI8I0LXEdo_aem_KW-vA8PdaU1JboV4hVafmw&triedRedirect=true

The film about the “Six Triple Eight” was something I heard about the other day on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” It’s on my “to watch” list. I highly doubt Pete Hegseth will bother with it.

“Among the roughly 9,400 graves at Normandy American Cemetery are those of four women: Mary Bankston, Mary Barlow, Dolores Browne and Elizabeth Richardson. They’re a reminder of the less-heralded roles American women played overseas during World War II.” - Phillip Walter Wellman

https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2024-06-04/women-american-cemetery-normandy-14071727.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3rhxfpUt8gJBjOsgZOG1pSUnJjx_CcDwxBZGDNsU2nRLYiEjIukxtdYlQ_aem_GL7iKKemRImWO64vJ0AhFQ

They certainly do.

“Elections matter.” - Jay Kuo

Well, shit.
#ApocalypseNow