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Sue Stone 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

"Treating parenthood as some special qualification for civic responsibility is nationalists’ way of compensating for the right’s Trumpian drift away from wholesomeness. True to form, instead of simply celebrating the virtues of having children, their critique is framed mainly as a reason to distrust and delegitimize their political enemies. "

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/jd-vance-cat-ladies/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Baby%20Bust&utm_campaign=Boiling%20Frogs_Everyone_Baby%20Bust

Baby Bust

On J.D. Vance and ‘childless cat ladies.’ - Start a free trial today for full access.

^{Nick Catoggio (The Dispatch)}

Lee 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Lance Chance Vance
and
Doomedald Trumpe

Cheradenine Zakalwe 2 months ago • calckey (AP)

The right-leaning media (which is most of it) is repeating the GOP's attacks on Kamala Harris as being a DEI Vice-President. So what does it mean?

When you hear it, or when people ask you "Well isn't she a ...", remember that what it means is this:

They can't actually criticize anything about her record or performance, so they're going after her for not being white and male because that is what energizes their hate-filled base.
That is what it means. And they're beating this drum because Trump is afraid of her. He knows she can beat him.

Katherine Bond 2 months ago • diaspora

I made a quick trip to the store this morning and a family of cranes was out and about

It looks like two parents and grown young ones…

#cranes #summer #myphotos

#cranes #summer #myphotos

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Katherine Bond 2 months ago • diaspora

They’re a little miracle every year @Kenny Chaffin. Living in wild kingdom. And they’re not even afraid of people.

@Kenny Chaffin

Kenny Chaffin 2 months ago • diaspora

Clearly not bothered by cars/people!

Katherine Bond 2 months ago • diaspora

This one made me laugh

I have a friend with two cats and one is always judging the behavior of the other. 🤣

#caturdayeveryday #humor

#humor #caturdayeveryday

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Katherine Bond 2 months ago • diaspora

Lol. It is funny to watch.

Jay Bryant 2 months ago • diaspora

Same in my house. Daphne is a loon, and Velma has one kitty eyebrow permanently cocked in judgement. 🙂

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Primo Natura 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

"Germany records its wettest year ever: What’s needed to protect citizens during deadly floods?"

#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/23/germany-records-its-wettest-year-ever-whats-needed-to-protect-citizens-during-deadly-flood

Germany records its wettest year ever: What’s needed to protect citizens during deadly floods?

Here's what’s behind the record rainfall and how Europe can prepare itself for more flooding.

^{Angela Symons (Euronews.com)}

#Climate #ClimateChange #germany

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Happy Festival to all those music nerds at WOMAD this weekend, see and experience some wonderful things!

#WOMAD

#womad

trinib 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

It's the last friday of the month! That means it's time for a new episode of our monthly #punk rock special, Blank Generation!

it's free! just hit play!

https://hearthis.at/trinib/episode-132/

episode 132 - Blank Generation - Songs About Something

Listen to episode 132 - Blank Generation - Songs About Something by trinib on hearthis.at | Punk

^hearthis.at

#Punk

Today I learned 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

TIL In 1965 part of the training to be a Medic in Vietnam included the Dog Lab where they had to shoot a Dog (Patient) with a .22 (in the thigh) and then treat the wound successfully

https://youtu.be/zM6MAM-Qtic?t=1195
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ecrtt2/til_in_1965_part_of_the_training_to_be_a_medic_in/

Gary Burnell Beikirch, Sergeant, US Army, Vietnam War

Sergeant Gary Burnell Beikirch DOB: 8/29/47 Hometown: Rochester, NY Place of Birth: Rochester, NYUnited States. Army Vietnam War, 1961-1975 5th Special Force...

^YouTube

#TIL #todayilearned

ArcticIceDaily 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Current arctic sea ice concentration & extent

#Alaska #Arctic #Climate #ClimateChange #Earth #ice #iceshelf #nsidc #research #Russia #SeaIce #snow

#Climate #ClimateChange #russia #ICE #snow #earth #Arctic #Research #Alaska #seaice #iceshelf #nsidc

taz (inoffiziell) 2 months ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Biden kann wieder mit seinem Schäferhund kuscheln, Rechte lässt man links liegen und Scholz grinst vorm Urlaub. 5 Dinge, die wir diese Woche gelernt haben.#JoeBiden #OlafScholz #Kokain #Haie #OlympischeSpiele2024 #Alltag #Gesellschaft #Schwerpunkt

Lektionen der Woche: Haie auf Koks, Hunde spenden Trost

^taz.de

#gesellschaft #JoeBiden #Alltag #OlafScholz #Schwerpunkt #Kokain #OlympischeSpiele2024 #Haie

Mastodon Users 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

15,302,761 accounts
+106 in the last hour
+2,600 in the last day
+15,331 in the last week

Four time-based charts

Upper blue area: Number of Mastodon users
Upper cyan area: Hourly increases of number of users
Lower orange area: Number of active instances
Lower yellow area: Thousand toots per hour

For current figures please read the text of this post

Voting is Your POWER 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/the-us-is-about-to-get-its-first-solar-covered-canal

The US is about to get its first solar-covered canal

Thousands of miles of canals stretch across the U.S. A pilot project on tribal land in Arizona shows the benefits of covering these waterways with solar panels.

^{Canary Media}

Phil Plait 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Fun fact: You can see stars during the daytime*!

It's just really hard.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-see-stars-satellites-and-more-in-the-daytime-sky/

[*Not including the Sun, duh]

How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime Sky

It’s possible to see celestial objects during the day, but it’s not always easy

^{Phil Plait (Scientific American)}

Dan Neuman 2 months ago • hometown (AP)

I think a blue-blocking filter might work (orange gelatin filter)

JuneSim63 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that it is “absolutely critical” that the UK does not continue to challenge the right of the ICC to seek arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, and defence minister, Yoav Gallant, who the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, believes could bear responsibility for crimes against humanity.

#Israel #ICC #WarCrimes #LabourGovernment #UKPolitics #HumanRights #HRW #Netanyahu

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/26/labour-must-drop-challenge-over-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-says-human-rights-chief

Labour must drop challenge over Netanyahu arrest warrant, says human rights chief

Yasmine Ahmed of Human Rights Watch says the UK should not challenge the international criminal court’s right to seek justice for alleged war crimes

^{Geneva Abdul (The Guardian)}

#HumanRights #Israel #warcrimes #Netanyahu #ICC #hrw #UKpolitics #labourgovernment

JuneSim63 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

And it's happened...

Britain drops its challenge to the ICC request for arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, the correct course of action. Now ban arms exports...

#ICC #Israel #Netanyahu #Gallant #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jul/26/britain-drops-challenge-icc-arrest-warrants-israeli-leaders-netanyahu-gallant

Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

Labour government says it will not pursue questions on court’s jurisdiction over Netanyahu and Gallant

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

#Israel #Netanyahu #ICC #UKpolitics #gallant

BerlinFokus 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

🤔 🤔

Vielleicht sollte #Mastodon auch vollkommen ausgedachte "#View" - Zahlen und #Bots die eure Posts sinnlos ins Nirgendwo boosten einführen, damit die Honks die noch auf #Twitter aktiv sind ihre Fake-Reichweite mitnehmen können.

[ haha .. bloß nicht 😏 ]

#Mastodon #Twitter #VIEW #Bots

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BerlinFokus 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@energisch_

Ja ich fühl mich hier auch recht wohl.

Drüben hatte ich zwar auch meine kleine Community & das war spannend und z.T. echt hilfreich .. aber mensch war Fremden gegenüber wirklich immer sehr feindlich als Grundposition eingestellt.

Hier hör ich mir erst mal alles an, schlaf ggf. ne Nacht drüber, und siehe da, so einige Konflikte stellen sich oft einfach nur als Missverständnisse raus.

Das hat der Eugen gut konzipiert & wir füllen es gut.

Klar gibs auch A-Löcher. Aber sehr wenige.

@Mensch, Marina

Andi Popp 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 :antifa: 2 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@energisch_ True. Ich hab auf Xitter fünf Mal so viele Follower wie hier, aber null Interaktion. Keine Replies, keine interessanten Gespräche, keine Retweets, keine Likes. Schlicht und ergreifend kein Feedback, das darauf hindeutet, dass überhaupt wer irgendeinen Post liest, außer diese komische Impression-Zahl. Und wenn doch mal eine Reaktion kommt, ist es fast immer ein persönlicher Angriff. Daher hab ich mich hier her verkrümelt, ist so viel angenehmer. @berlinfokus

@Mensch, Marina @BerlinFokus