Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 🧵
1/22
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on...
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
@imillhiser I’m concerned about this too. The NY Times says that the charges would be based on a novel legal theory that has never been used to convict anyone.
@albanymuskrat How did it work for a government to own a slave? Like, they’d just buy a person instead of hiring an employee? I can’t even wrap my head around that.
There is more than enough public information to confidently assess Governor Ron Desantis's character, intentions, and his approach to governance.
The press is treating him like an ordinary candidate, when he is anything but.
DeSantis is a small, thin-skinned demagogue who has shown nothing but contempt for democratic norms and the lives of Floridians.
If he was ever elected president, he would use the federal government as a blunt force object against perceived enemies.
He engages in the most destructive acts of performative sadism just to appeal to the worst among us.
DeSantis would bring ruin to this nation.
This is me on January 6, 2021 and my uncle Dude Bachom just before he was shot down by Nazis on December 10, 1942. I was 76 and he was 19. I never thought I would see fascism take hold here. I was wrong. I’m really scared for our country.
@masknerd It's not just you. This website has become much less useful as a source of information, and I'm not spending as much time here. It's pretty sad, but I'm guessing that was one of elmo's goals.
"I am your retribution."
-- Donald Trump, March 4, 2023
"Eines Tages kommt die Stunde der Vergeltung!"
("One day the hour of retribution will come.")
-- Joseph Goebbels, June 5, 1943
When do you want to take the threat of Republican fascism seriously, before or after Republicans seize control of the government & suspend the Constitution?
Walgreens’ corporate cowardice is unconscionable—a dangerous disservice to women’s health care. It’s likely to be a net money loser in the long run & cost steeply in credibility & brand value. It’s putting profits over people. Like many others, I’ll shop elsewhere.
@DavidAFrench@RadioFreeTom@DKThomp The study did NOT say that high quality masks are ineffective. It said that mask mandates are, likely because people didn’t actually wear masks.
🇦🇶Antarctic summer (Dec-Feb) sea-ice area was ~1,300,000 square kilometers below average.
That's a lot of additional open water available to absorb additional heat from the sun.