Notices by Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social), page 2

For now, Pentagon and DHS won’t recommend that Trump invoke the Insurrection Act | CNN #Politics https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/politics/pentagon-dhs-wont-recommend-insurrection-act/index.html

Tell me, who exactly are the conspiracy nuts, the criminals, the juveniles and the terrorists again?

http://covid.gov now points to a ‘lab leak’ conspiracy website
#politics
https://www.theverge.com/news/651825/covid-gov-lab-leak-conspiracy-website

Prediction: This will be as ultimately unsuccessful as any current recommendation engine.

Netflix's New AI Search Feature Will Understand Your Viewing Moods
#AI #Streaming
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/18/netflix-ai-search-feature-openai-discovery/

Good morning. Spring is trying. #Photography #Today #Spring #bloomscrolling #Chicago

This is important in ways we do not yet understand.

@siracusa Every villain sees themselves as the hero and every act of theirs as righteous

When I was a kid, I wondered if the kids that bullied me in school watched the same movies and TV shows I did, but rooted for the bullies in those stories.

As an adult, I watch The Handmaid’s Tale and wonder how many Americans watch it and root for Gilead.

@lisamelton ❤️🫂❤️

LMAO

Virginia flag banned in Texas district over exposed breast https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2025/04/17/texas-school-district-virginia-flag-ban-nudity

Well whadda ya know? Even David Brooks is calling for a mass uprising.

Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising
#politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html

@mgs Given "waves hands at all of this" I think perhaps visitors from outer space are exactly what we need at this moment.

Pay attention. Pay close attention.

“They see this everyman Salvadoran laborer as the speed bump on their autobahn toward a strongman regime of unchecked corruption and naked retribution”

Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the Jenga piece that could topple the American Experiment | Will Bunch
#politics
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/kilmar-abrego-garcia-trump-deportation-20250417.html

@marcpalmer @Shareshot Love the app, but I will say I was confused by the lack of a Close button.

Chicago cancels Cinco de Mayo parade over fears of ICE deportations
#politics #Chicago
https://reason.com/2025/04/17/chicago-cancels-cinco-de-mayo-parade-over-fears-of-ice-deportations/

@bodhipaksa I'm not as sure of that as you are (doing what she feels is right by her constituents. Her donors perhaps, but not necessarily her constituents. And I'll disagree somewhat by saying Senators have a greater responsibility to the nation as a whole than do House members.

@bodhipaksa I'm not suggesting one doesn't feel fear and I don't think there's responsibility attached in feeling it or not.

@bodhipaksa I don't disagree with your point in a general sense. That said, if you're brave enough to run and win office, you have a different responsibility than you or I do, especially in the face of feeding the beasts and bullies.

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Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says
#Google #tech

https://archive.ph/tY7CB

@afl I think that's what I said in the post.

Maybe “We’re All Afraid.” We Need To Stop Saying So.
#politics
https://warnercrocker.com/2025/04/17/maybewere-all-afraid-we-need-to-stop-saying-so/