You know what? I’m starting to think that a nazi might not be a good pick for Defense Secretary if he can’t respect women.

Somehow he used the wrong formula but got the right answer.

It’s insane, honestly. An old coworker of mine who I sometimes stay in touch with is Muslim, and a Trump supporter. I’ve tried to figure out why, since Trump has never shown any meaningful support of Muslims, and all he could say is that the economy was good under Trump. Like… was having gas be $0.08 cheaper really worth having your actual family banned from entering the country? Not only was he already living paycheck-to-paycheck under Trump and still under Biden, but he was literally directly affected by Trump’s Muslim ban. I don’t know how you justify that with yourself.

If only there was any way to have seen this coming based on literally every single thing he’s said and done over the last decade!

Unlike older Trump voters, younger supporters prioritize economic issues over immigration, are concerned about climate change, and favor more government involvement in health care and student debt forgiveness.

They are also less supportive of fossil fuel expansion, hardline immigration policies, and tariffs.

“Gee, if only there was a party whose platform actually focuses and aligns on these issues. Guess I’d better cast my vote for the candidate who wants the exact opposite of the things I want.”

-These kids, probably

Maybe this was Trump’s bigger plan for fumbling the pandemic response; cause a bunch of high school kids to start missing/failing school so they’re too dumb to understand how ballots work once they’re old enough to vote. Might explain the first round of gut-punches he dealt to the Department of Education last time.

Not with two dipshits behind the wheel, it won’t.

Well, Lemmy isn’t really in the running since it’s a link aggregator, and not a microblogging platform.

But that said, it would be nice to see Fediverse platforms mentioned. Mastodon and dozens of adjacent platforms exist, too, but never see a mention in any articles.

I really wish somebody could get a decent, populated Misskey instance spun up. I think that would be more attractive to people, due to the features more closely resembling those on Twitter than Mastodon’s do. It seems to be doing pretty well in Japan, not sure why we haven’t picked up on it as heavily in the west.

If by “big” you mean “inflamed”.

Trans erasure in action.

I hope denying healthcare to children was worth owning the libs.

You just convinced me to buy a Mac.

It’s literally one of the top 10 most trafficked websites.

Journalists have no clue what AI even is. Nearly every article about AI is written by somebody who couldn’t tell you the difference between an LLM and an AGI, and should be dismissed as spam.

We are so fucked.

what’s his actual goal here?

To cause enough instability in all aspects of society that it affects everybody. Once everybody is in the same position, it’s easier to convince them all of what (or who) to blame, and people’s desperation will allow them to justify whatever atrocities are “necessary” to remedy their problems. Right now, it’s “You’re poor because of immigrants”. Tomorrow, it’ll be “You’re in danger because of trans people”. Soon, “You’re being surveilled because of dissenters”, “You’re unhappy because of women”, etc.

When they control the problems, they control the solutions. Disrupting the food chain is the fastest, most immediate way to grab society by the throat; we’ll do anything before we go on a diet.

Oh, but it can.

Then fucking DO something about it. Every breath the man takes, he’s breaking a new law, but nobody ever does anything about it. They just keep letting him get away with every fucking thing he does, and it’s emotionally exhausting hearing about Trump’s Crime Of The Day every single day and never seeing any consequences.

The Dems are really losing my support lately. The inability with the party to take any sort of meaningful action has given Trump the presidency twice now, and is driving me fucking insane. Put the cunt behind bars already.

Goebbels 2

I’m gonna be honest, Mastodon is kinda trash, on its own. It’s clunky, ugly, and feels like a platform from 2010 (but not in a good way). I think getting people onboard with a Misskey/Sharkey instance is going to be much better. The feature set is a lot closer to Twitter, and it does literally everything Mastodon does, but better.

Were democrats the ones hunting down FEMA? You’re forgetting (or ignoring) the fact that Trump supporters, who identified themselves as such, were the ones who made active threats against the lives of FEMA members. Your democrat boogeyman doesn’t exist in this scenario.

If a bunch of people wearing the same uniform routinely threaten your life, you’re going to start avoiding people in that uniform. It’s not a double standard, it’s preservation of life.