Considering how many Tesla’s have spontaneously combusted I find this comment incredibly ironic

Something tells me that when Ansar Allah humiliated the US Navy, the US wouldn’t forget it. They’re gonna go out of their way for a long time to make sure that never happens again.

What could possibly go wrong

But on that, Sanders has been a VERY outspoken critic of the Isreali government’s genocide in Gaza and the absurd financial support the US provides for it.

He might criticize the financial support because he thinks “Israel” has “gone too far” but he still supports “Israel’s right to defend itself”. Which is the fundamental issue that created this genocidal dynamic in the first place.

If you want a slimy and corrupt US politician to rage about, there’s no shortage to pick from, so it’s honestly weird that you’re throwing a fit over the one who is actually trying to help people.

That is very debatable, but it will suffice to say that he sucks just like the rest of them & it’s fine & good to criticize him. I will never understand people who go out of their way to defend politicians lol. Grow up

I have thought about trying to join a tech co-op many times. Still would. I think one thing that I suppose rubs me the wrong way is most of them are digital agencies which take on custom products. It would be really nice to actually create a product for people. I feel co-ops would be more responsive to their user based in general & therefore would be better candidates to build social media networks, ride share co-ops, etc.

They’re supposed to come down AND they don’t give it a shit what the damage is

She called trans issues (specifically Republicans trying to enact a bathroom ban) a distraction too. Pick me ass

What’s that quote about wrestling a pig in the mud?

Where is a good source that I can read about Navalny?

Can’t help but wonder how much tariffs & embargos sped this process up

24% vs 4% is by estimations about a 40m person difference. That seems like an incredibly important point to get across

I remember reading about the “true unemployment rate” a while back, I always go there to check the rate instead of that 4% number. So ridiculous.

True unemployment rate

EDIT: Looks like it’s from the author of that article! Anyways yeah it’s a running counter

I never noticed but who’s the person on the screen?

Agreed. When I read about imperialism it seems to me like a lot of pressure is just constantly being put on these other countries through many forms (propaganda, finance capital, military presence, etc) - I wonder what will happen when this pressure is released even just a little bit by this chaos.

The propaganda network is currently being thrown into chaos, the world looks at the US very differently since the 2008 financially & it is stretched very thinly, the military was shown to be quite the paper tiger, such as when they went face to face with Yemen with nothing to show for it. The US is still very dangerous but it’s in such decay over the past generation, I don’t think anyone including the Dems have come to terms with it.

He has been on mastodon for a while at this point, which means a lot of the Mastodon community knows if him, & a lot of people have been bringing up his past & their interactions with him with all the new attention he’s getting. He’s been racist, transmisic, & has been pretty negligent about moderation.

https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/113822469270748843

Unfortunately, everyone on mastodon started comparing notes on their interactions with the founder of pixelfed/loops & he seems to simply be the open-source version of a tech billionaire