Notices by Roy -- the dull one (oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social)

So EFF's mouthpiece says training AI models on copyrighted works is "exactly the kind of creation that copyright is designed to foster.”

Whoa, Nellie! She's twisting the truth. Copyright is designed to foster creative contributions to society by REWARDING THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS. Copyright wasn't established to REWARD BUSINESSMEN WHO REGARD CREATIVE PEOPLE AS WORTHLESS NUISANCES. The AI oligarchs intend to suppress original creative work and replace it with imitations.

Bike lanes are "DEI".

Let that sink in for a moment, folks.

If you ride a bicycle, you are one of those deviant people who don't conform to the lifestyle our Fossil overlords demand. You must be infected with that "DEI" stuff, whatever it is, that hated stuff about "equality" or whatever. DEI creeps like you DESERVE to be crushed under a gasoline tanker rushing to nourish our big, Exxon-approved Aggressionmobiles. So sayeth Conformity Secretary Sean Duffy.

https://newrepublic.com/post/212853/donald-trump-transportation-secretary-bike-lanes-dei

@VeroniqueB99

Someone who knows how to do it should set up a fund to receive donations to help Major Watson with legal expenses and other costs. If the scum can spend billions of our dollars protecting and rewarding people for attacking America on January 6th, then those who are actually American patriots should (I hope) be willing protect and reward military people who actually stand up for America.

@Kierkegaanks @_L1vY_

Unsure I understand your point.

They are arresting Native Americans at/near reservations; some are US Citizens (eligible to vote in US elections!) with tribal membership.

They're not confining their actions to "battleground states", although they are putting much more force into states with Democratic leadership and voters, and being more selective in Confederate states.

Purpose for the "enforcement officers": the quota. Miller's purpose: steal election.

@Kierkegaanks @_L1vY_

Hmmm. By "Indian elections" were you referring to Native Americans? Or perhaps to actual Indians, people of India?

@Kierkegaanks @_L1vY_

Riots and mass murders against Native Americans were generally not about voting. Most instances occurred before they had voting rights. Today, suppression of their vote is mostly by legislative or administrative trickery.

In some areas, it's dangerous for Native American individuals (particularly women) to venture off reservation, so fear of violence may affect some, but that's not the major limit on their voting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_United_States_elections

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/archive/how-native-american-vote-continues-be-suppressed/

@_L1vY_

All true, and must-know for honest Americans.

Especially the bonus for meeting quota, even if the arrests turn out to be totally false. Some sources say bonus is $2000.

"IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT" IS A SMOKE SCREEN. THIS IS ALL-OUT WAR ON AMERICANS. THE PURPOSE IS TO STEAL THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION.

The Regents of Miama-Dade College announce that the College will disband in 2026. Furnishings will be stripped from the buildings to make room for the new Museum of Second-Hand Trophies and Unique Sporting Awards, expected to open in 2028 next door to the Trump Presidential Library. Donors have already offered trophies confiscated from soccer teams, second-hand prizes forwarded by winners of international awards, and gold medallions awarded by sports associations; many more will soon follow.

Public Broadcasting is gone. CPB shutting down because of federal funds termination. PBS, NPR.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/business/media/corporation-for-public-broadcasting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA.vpfM.d1WUY4HqjMt_&smid=url-share

Canadian goons for Alligator Auschwitz???

https://thewalrus.ca/the-overlooked-canadian-role-in-trumps-migrant-crackdown/

All Americans should refer to the new addition to the White House as "The Epstein Ballroom".

@cdarwin

Everything is for sale. Lock, stock, and barrel. The brick and mortar, the client list and "good will". Even the fixtures. Complete liquidation.

@minorusaba @appassionato

Wow! As recently as that!

I suppose that, if the dose they receive is very small, the risk would not be very great. Maybe no more than the cosmic ray hazard from taking high-altitude airline flights. But, without very careful and continuous monitoring, how could you feel confident that the radon concentation is not fluctuating and sometimes quite high?

@appassionato

At various places, people paid by the hour for the chance to sit in an abandoned mine, inhaling radon gas emitted by the rocks.

@petergleick

And fossil fuel infrastructure is essentially worthless when the roads and bridges are washed out, the crops are under water, the power lines have blown down, former homes and businesses are floating debris, and the refineries are flooded. But the wind will always be blowing out of the mouths of the fossil fools.

@chessert @RickiTarr

At a luncheon table at professional society conference, 25 years ago. Six guys with ties per table. The salad course was a cup of Iceberg lettuce with a couple sprigs of possible carrot. Two carafes of ranch dressing, the size of inflatable kiddie swim pools. Empty in 3 minutes. Requested second set of carafes arrived quick and died quicker.

After lunch, sit back, loosen tie, burp, and say "Don't understand why I can't lose any weight. I eat a lot of salads!"

@BPStuart

Isn't it funny how, whenever he's with Trump, Putin's face resembles that of a snake that's amazed because the frog is going to jump right into his fangs.

Aug 4, 2025 3:24 PM MT
MAGA Stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene Signals Potential Split From Republican Party

https://time.com/7307443/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-party/

@davidaugust

So why are the deputized goons covering their faces?

Maybe so the public can't look them up and see how many of THEM have been convicted of violence and other crimes?

Fish falls from sky and starts a fire in British Columbia.

Tom Homan and Marjorie Taylor Greene warn that Democratic fish bombing campaign will be met with harsh action in the Senate by ICE squads.😉

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/world/canada/brush-fire-bc-interior-fish-power-lines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE8.-YZa.RLIlYIetF-Kb&smid=url-share