When you've earned trust, you have earned the right to sit with new friends
But if the new friends sit high in a tree where you cannot reach, do you forfeit the right?
Not if the new friends go out of their way to take you to a special tree they know where you can also sit, and patiently walk with you rather than easily fly
#GINAHINOJOSA #HINOJOSA WINS
FUCKING #TEXAS WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU WONDERFUL BASTARDS
🤩 🤩 🤩
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/texas-governor-results
#midterms #midtermElections #election #elections #ElectionDay #midterm
" #ChrisPappas makes history as the first out #gay man elected to the #US #Senate"
💪😤🏳️🌈
https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/chris-pappas-wins-senate-election?1
#LGBT #LGBTQIA #NewHampshire #midterms #midtermElections #election #elections #ElectionDay #midterm
"BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe" 🤪
#Democrats suck in many ways but if you don't see a difference with real stakes in your own life, and marginalized communities, you're not a serious person
If you want good, rather than just better in ways that feel inadequate, that requires your participation. Standing on the sideline and judging doesn't help the world in any way. That only helps how you feel about yourself. And how you feel about yourself isn't more important than real world stakes
It matters
A Black Swan Event describes an occurence that is extremely unlikely but carries massive impacts
The phrase comes from the Romans. They never saw one
But in 1697 Dutch explorers found some. They live in Australia
Maybe we should rename it a Green Star Event
A green star is impossible
Because of the way black body radiation and temperature work in tandem: the color green never shows
So...
Ah, fuck
"Astronomers discover the 1st ever green star"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-referendum-live-results-9.7385074
Surprise! Most Albertans want to stay in #Canada
Obviously
That it is even asked is a joke. And counts as a "win" for all the Russian/ American divide and conquer psyop, that the question had to even be asked. Sleaze thrives on attention. So now comes the endless lies about the #referendum to keep the idiots engaged and controlled
@katzentratschen @dictor @geoffl
next, the poster responds i should be more careful. i say no, this is informal social media not a doctoral dissertation. etc, etc. we go back and forth in the usual pathetic social media slapfight and i get the block. fine. one less pedant to deal with (see below in the larger thread, if you're interested, but you shouldn't be unless you like popcorn)
2/x
@katzentratschen @dictor @geoffl
"fun" times ahead! welcome to our world of fakes, pedants, and the devils in the details. a mildly entertaining/ annoying read:
so someone shows me a screenshot of an #openai tester page showing the following image is #AI (from my original post)
well not good enough, i want to verify
i go to openai myself, upload, and yes: this is AI
so i remove the image and thank the poster sincerely. i don't want to post AI
1/x
With the days shortening and cooling in the northern hemisphere the #wildlife is busy preparing for the coming lean months of scarce food
But these two #deer seem to have made some sort of evolutionary leap in cognitive planning skills
Or they are evolving into snails
I'm not sure
EDIT: it's AI. thanks @katzentratschen @dictor
image removed
EDITEDIT: it's not AI. thanks
@geoffl
unfiltered version of the image restored
see my "exciting" rant about what happened here below if you want
Xi: "this is miserable. i'll get my staff to announce a surprise visit to an American fast food establishment for a photo op. any excuse to get out of here"
i mean, fuck xi jinping, but i'm totally in his shoes in this picture. he wears the expression of a deeply concerned couples therapist watching a marriage/ nation fall apart due to personality disorders 😂
Attention #fediverse / #mastodon
We're entering #election season in the #USA. The #midterms
That means something for you:
You will see an increase in #trolls
Messages along the lines of
"Nothing ever changes, both sides the same, waah" #cynicism
And
"The candidate is unideal. Allow me to amplify and manufacture high holy outrage on the point" #perfectionism
All of which is designed to suppress the #left #vote and help #MAGA
You have been warned. Brace yourself
Update on the #Macklemore #EdSheeran #Pink #RobertKraft drama
I think we can call this the "you're canceled" uno reverso maneuver: "no, you"
In solidary with Macklemore:
#Finneas quit
#AaronRowe quit
#LukasGraham quit
Ed's own backing band, #Beoga, quit
💪 😤
All of his opening acts on his #LoopTour
So Ed reaps the taste of ash in his mouth over his desire to be "neutral" on #genocide
surprisingly: recent news on this structure
also: well done!
i'm a little worried that the graduating architects might be a little too hot tempered though: residual contamination
https://news.mit.edu/2026/met-warehouse-opens-new-home-mit-school-architecture-planning-0812
if you're going to have a rage warehouse, it has to be ire proof
that just makes sense
What the fuck is going on in #Germany #Deutschland
#AfD is poised to win the election in #SaxonyAnhalt on Sunday?
Fuck
That's former East Germany right? I sense a possible cultural spit with former West Germany. I could be wrong
Well, take it from this depressed and angry American: don't stop fighting
Flip it before the cancer grows
A lot of Americans just sort of gave up. It's maddening how easily so many just roll over. Don't do that
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/europe/germany-state-election-afd-trump-russia-intl
In the mysterious and enduring Human - #Orca peace treaty of mutual appreciation and nonaggression, thank these crab fisherman in Coronel #Chile for showing #Orcas why, though they could eat us easily, that we're better left undisturbed because we're somewhat useful. I shudder to think of the repercussions of a human being cruel to an orca
And it's rather curious how they looked for us to fix a problem as if doing that it is unremarkable. A certain familiarity
