Notices by LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)

@ottaross Oh, I saw one other thing in my wanderings around other soc med sites that may amuse you. Someone has made a wooden version of that classic plastic chair, hahah

@HistoPol The pro-natalism doesn't really tally with them removing vaccines and other healthcare that helps children live long enough to become adults.

Is there really one single American who voted to remove disaster preparedness programs?
https://grist.org/politics/fema-moves-to-end-one-of-its-biggest-disaster-adaptation-programs/

@DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss The EU should put stronger sanctions on Türkiye.

@br00t4c Surely this is illegal?

@bruces "The street finds its uses"

Today I learned the term "klepto-keynesian".
I despair.

@bruces Elon thinks he's Genghis Khan.

@bruces Phwaor!

Hero.

"Asked by reporters whether he would visit the crash site, he said: “What’s the site? The water? You want me to go swimming?”"

WAPO

Are you in the group that says OK, I think we have to deal with the 🌿climate emergency and 🐋species loss, but only if I don't have to change anything about MY life.

Because if you are, shame on you - you are part of the problem instead of being part of the solution.

Speaks for itself.

I hear Zuck doesn't think fact-checking is necessary.

@vegos_f06 Leonard Cohen flirted with just about every religion and every woman and every lifestyle, without committing to any of them.
The only thing he ever really committed to was music, which is what this song is about. I suspect it was the same for Bach; the church was the only employer for musicians at that time.

@openculture

@openculture I love Leonard Cohen, but that song turns my stomach.

I just came across the phrase -->political affiliation as a team sport<-- to describe the over-polarisation of politics today and I think it really hits the nail on the head.

Many people, (esp men) are from an early age indoctrinated to feel they have to identify with a particular team in a particular sport as part of their identity, and this makes them vulnerable to also seeing politics in this way instead of looking at the issues and policies, problems and solutions.

@ekis You can do both

I don't know who made this, but I salute them 😘

@dansup I sent you some coffee money, I hope it at least helps a bit.

I am trying to remember a single xmas when the CND postal workers have not gone on strike, but...