Notices by Ray Gulick, he/him/🥥 (rgulick@social.coop)

Yes, let's be honest: simple, memorable lies designed to appeal to fear and hate (ie, GOP messaging) will always capture attention more than an honest discussion of complex issues designed to appeal to intellect and people's better angels. A left-wing media apparatus combating right-wing lies is only part of the battle; the rest, and probably the bigger part, is finding a way to help more people value truth and honesty.

https://www.editorialboard.com/lets-be-honest-the-democrats-need-a-media-apparatus-to-compete-with-the-republicans/

'Kakistocracy' has to be the odds-on favorite to win word of the year honors in 2025.
#ItsTheStupidStupid

@GottaLaff
And a vote for Trump is really a vote for Vance.

@mekkaokereke
If you have evidence, present it, and they are not persuaded, then are they really open-minded?

@lowqualityfacts
Sings "You're gonna make it, after all..."
Now throw your hat into the air.
(if you didn't watch MTM in the 70s, you might not get this.)

One thing I've learned in my 7 decades (actually in 5 decades because I didn't give it any thought the first couple decades): Democracy is always a work in progress.

Unless, of course, Project 2025 gets put into practice; then it's game over.

#Democracy2024
#HarrisWalz2024

Make sure everyone you know is registered. Send them to VoteAmerica.org where they can register or check that their registration is current: https://voteamerica.org/

I hope the ABC debate between Harris and Trump is the only debate. It won't actually be a 'debate', but it will be an opportunity to compare and contrast a world-class liar with a serious presidential candidate with an actual vision for moving America forward.
But once is enough.
#HarrisTrumpDebate

It sounds like Trump was mostly his true self at NABJ and did himself no favors. I've got no problem with platforming Trump if he's facing an interviewer and audience who aren't in the cult.
#WeirdTrump

How racist and misogynist do you have to be to say something like “America isn’t ready for a black woman president”, when the alternative is a convicted felon (who has yet to be held accountable for stealing classified documents or attempting to steal the 2020 election), with rapidly declining cognitive abilities, who loves Putin, Kim, and Erdogan?
#Kamala2024
#TrumpIsDone

#Project2025 puts the US firmly in #ShitholeCountry status.

Am I just missing it, or has no Republican come forward with a statement about how the Trump shooter was obviously suffering from mental issues?
#ItsTheGuns

Saw this posted by someone else, but it deserves alt text.
#TrumpViolence

It's kinda hard not to admire Marjorie Taylor Greene for her consistency. How is it possible to be so stupid for so long without a break?

Why are we hearing so much about Biden's subdued performance and so little about Trump's non-stop lies?
#Biden2024

At what point do we talk about the Supreme Court being collaborators in the coup?
#SupremeCollaborators

@jeffowski
I suspect people who work in computer or application support also have a pretty good idea...

For more than a month, since my cargo Lectric eTrike was delivered, all my visits to the grocery store (5 miles, roundtrip) have been on the trike. It's been fun, and my gas consumption (some trips are still too far, or time is a factor, or I need the pickup to haul something big) has been cut in half. Hope to do this through the winter.
#EV #eTrike #eBike

@aral

Let's say it turns out to be super-simple to create your own instance, and that's no longer perceived as a barrier.

It seems that what people are drawn to is the ability to easily interact with others within a community, in a public or semi-public enviroment. Will Kitten support that kind of interaction?

@aral
Sorry, but I see nothing in your article to quell the fears of technophobes about managing their own web presence/instance.