Notices by Timo (timo21@mastodon.sdf.org)

@StillIRise1963 Installation? When a figurehead representative is placed in a country by another country, it's called an installation, IIRC. Like a governor- general or a Viceroy. Such as the governor general of Canada that represents the King of England.

@GreenFire @davetroy Both are true. If Trump could be an expansionist like Putin, he would. And sucking out all the media air so nothing else is covered is an effective Trumpian strategy. Because the MSM is on his side. Trump was getting a lot of shit about his nominees. Not so much now that the geographical buffoonery has started.

@davidtoddmccarty How about this: the fediverse may be comparable to the proverbial 'Irish monks that saved Europe' after the fall of Rome? 🙂
@WarnerCrocker

@jaykuo In all my medicare adverts by the corporations, the companies are touting the $2000 cap like it is their own policy, no mention of the law Dems pushed through.

@GottaLaff if there were any non-fascists in the Republican house, they could counteract Musk by voting for Jefferies. The dems still wouldn't have the votes to pass any laws, but it would thwart Musk.

@GottaLaff yep. Agree. It's now my number one evidence that the USA Republican party IS the fascist party. They are following the wealthy migrant fascist crowd. The domestic libertarians like the Kochs must be out of favor.

@skinnylatte I found this article about Hedge funds buying vet clinics. From the article: "According to the FTC, private equity firms have been acquiring a large number of veterinary clinics and consolidating them into larger groups, resulting in increased prices for veterinary services and reduced competition." https://www.k9ofmine.com/vet-clinic-acquisition-by-private-equity-firms/

@skinnylatte We had both of our dogs pass in the last two years. Their care was recently getting much more expensive as they were getting older. Luckily we found a retired vet who did house calls part time. We are not in a hurry to get a new dog because the kenneling costs are as expensive as the trip we went on. It really doubled the cost of the trip.

@skinnylatte Vet bills have become very high. I overheard our neighbor telling one of their kids they couldn't have a dog because the vet bills would be too high. 😬

@lin11c let us all contact our banks: "I heard someone say Trump is getting rid of deposit insurance. How can I remove my money from the bank?".
@palin

@blogdiva Musk has spoken like a true Ayn Rander.

@randahl Putin took over the USA government without fiting a shot. so he has that.

@mekkaokereke @zack Elitism is a group or place that claims to be better than everyone else. The only thing I know about BlueSky is the various people coming over to Mastodon saying 'look what we have, you need to do better if you want to be like us', in the same way rich conservatives talk to the rest of us. It's become worse since the 'influencers' moved to BS from Twitter.

@zack @mekkaokereke I'm an outsider to this argument, as mastodon is my fifth social media stop since the usenet days, as they all disappeared from management malfeasance. What I'm seeing is the naggy elitism of the BlueSky people makes me never want to go there.

@br00t4c will the detained people that voted for Trump get a separate detention camp?

#NewWorldScrewworm
News reports are New World Screwworm was found in a cow in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, at an inspection checkpoint close to the border with Guatemala.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/mexico-notifies-united-states-new-world-screwworm-detection

@susankayequinn Today's answer: how will that lower the price of eggs? 😅

@alexadeswift
The 'place of places' as a description of the fediverse is great. That setup is the only way our online selves are going to survive the continuing corporate onslaught on any form of communication not Oligarch approved.

@dalias @mekkaokereke @mav

The 'Woke Agenda' is actually just Human Rights. Every time someone says 'woke agenda', mentally substitute 'human rights' and the conversation will become clearer.

@br00t4c the headline forgot 'useful idiot' Joe Rogan. I hope this ends his career as a self-branded 'outsider'. Rogan is clearly a fascist insider.