Notices by CarolTheCrone (carolthecrone@mastodon.sdf.org)

So my friend texted me that she thinks she knows where he got a pope's outfit for that pic.

I told her it was AI generated.

Silence.

We have no idea how many people don't understand tech and will be fooled by everything they see.

Several generations.

#Technology #AI #Future #HelloBoomer

Dick Durbin will not run for reelection in 2026.

He is a good man, and was a good senator, but 80 years old, and no longer up to take on the load of today's politics. Time to pass the torch.

Now, how about @adamkinzinger.bsky.social or @casten.house.gov for #IL senator?

#Congress #USPolitics #DickDurbin #SenateDemocrats #Democrats

US measles total tops 600 cases, with almost 500 in Texas

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-total-tops-600-cases-almost-500-texas

#PublicHealth #Measles #Cases #Texas #Tennessee

From Josh Marshal at TPM:

"NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.

...I'm told it's a pretty key part of the web of oversight that keeps the food we eat safe and generally not killing us."

#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #Halthcare #FDA #Foodies #USPolitics

Are you keeping up? They fired them all Thursday, then the Dept of Energy frantically called them to hire them back Friday.
The National Nuclear Security Administration.

#NationalSecurity #HomelandSecurity #NuclearSecurity

https://newrepublic.com/post/191564/trump-fires-rehires-nuclear-weapons-agency-staff

WTF

@nikatjef
Read the link they attached.

I'm not sure people understand what it means to shut up the CDC et al.

The FDA alerts docs and hospitals when heart and lung machines are exploding *while in use* during bypass surgery.

They notify the medical community when patterns of fungal infections show that equipment isn't being cleaned properly.

When lettuce/carrots are killing people, they notify the public.

Every single thing they do saves American lives.

DAILY.

#PublicHealth #Healthcare

#Health #CDC #FDA #HHS #NIH

It doesn't matter how many times I watch these videos.

I am still horrified by my fellow Americans.

https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/

#Jan6 #Insurrection #capitol

Why isn't the #NationalSecurity breach of all our telecommunications a bigger story in the news?

I still am seeing constant coverage of trump's every fart.

While the FBI tells all Americans to switch to encrypted apps for messaging.

#HomelandSecuirty #telecom #media #MSNBC #security #telecommunications #China

A reminder that #JillStein works for Putin.

Her job in every election is to rile up enough people to have an effect on the outcome.

That is why we are seeing her emerge again.

BEWARE.

#PutinsLapdog #Election2024 #ElectionInterference #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #HarrisWalz #ForeignInfluence #USElection #USPolitics

To anyone in #KaneCounty #IL :

A referendum will be on the Nov 5 ballot for land acquisition and forest preserve improvement.

Please vote YES.

It will cost $35 a year in taxes now, but will reduce your taxes by 2027.

Our natural lands need protection. We are the stewards. Please support the upkeep and maintenance.

#Nature #ForestPreserve #Illinois #Prairie #Woodlands ##WalkInTheWoods #Forest

"The crimes of a would-be assassin do not obligate us to ignore what Trump would do with the power he is demanding....Republicans can insist that the attempt on Trump’s life demands a swift coronation of the aspiring despot who leads their party, but you are not compelled to obey."

--Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

https://archive.ph/kyRO9#selection-1007.0-1011.165

#Election2024 #VoteBlue #BidenHarris #Democrats #DNC #DCCC #Dems #SaveDemocracy

@br00t4c

Oh god. now we're hearing from Kayleigh McEnany again? I can't take it.

I just want to run and hide from The Convicted Felon and his blonde nincompoops.

@w7voa

And the next sentence should have been

"Therefore, the US will withhold all aid to Israel until this concrete plan is communicated, created and implemented."

The more I hear about this Israeli attack on World Central Kitchen workers, the more I think it was intentional. I don't care what Israel says.

It was in a deconflicted area. WCK was coordinating with the IDF. They were so clearly marked as food relief. Israel has precision weapons.

No.

This was intentional. Israel does not want Gazans to have food.

It's time for the world to unite and stop Israel.

They are out of control.

#Israel #Gaza #BidenHarris #Famine #WCK #WorldCentralKitchen

Whether you're old and it's been a while or whether you're too young to remember:

Treat yourself to the Blues Brothers on Netflix this weekend.

1. It reminds us as Americans how we feel about Nazis

2. James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Aretha, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway. Enough said.

3. Carrie Fisher. lol

4. Maxwell Street in Chicago. I can still smell the fried onions when the bus drove past.

5. Picasso.

I miss the real Chicago.

#Midwest #Chicago #IL #Illinois #BluesBrothers #music #blues

I believed Anita Hill, back in 1991.

I believe E.Jean Carroll now.

We would all be in a much better place if only we believed women.

They tell their stories, in an effort to divulge the character and crimes of the men in leadership positions.

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Roe #Florida #FL #Abortion #Mifepristone #ClarenceThomas

So Illinois banned assault weapons and all the sheriffs in my area immediately put out statements that they will not enforce it.

What about all those people in HIghland Park??

These weapons are so often purchased legally and used illegally.

If shop owners stop selling them and it saves even one life, it's worthwhile.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/group-of-illinois-sheriffs-say-departments-will-not-comply-with-assault-weapon-registration-requirements/3043115/

#MomsDemand #GunViolence #BanAssaultWeapons #AssaultWeaponBan #Illinois #IL

I will never forget.

#SandyHook #BanAssaultWeapons #EndGunViolence
#Newtown #CT #MomsDemand
#NeverForget