❗️🇺🇸 Trump says he insists on immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Turns out Zelenskyy is good at standing up against dictators.
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Congratulations to Volodymyr Zelenskyy on delivering the first recorded cyka blyat in the white house.
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Its time to uninvite Trump from coming to Canada for the G7 -- G6. Vance also should be forbidden from coming here ever. Why do you want 2 Manchurian candidates for Russia on Canadian soil?
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Unfortunately we still need two things:
Time - The longer we have to make better connections and alternate arrangements, the less damaging it will be for Canada.
A Personal Rift - What happened today was between two of our friends. Trump needs to defy us directly. At the G7 he will be humiliated into being less than the most important person in the room. There he will expose himself further as Putin's lapdog. There he may give us exactly what we all need to expel him.
Time - The longer we have to make better connections and alternate arrangements, the less damaging it will be for Canada.
A Personal Rift - What happened today was between two of our friends. Trump needs to defy us directly. At the G7 he will be humiliated into being less than the most important person in the room. There he will expose himself further as Putin's lapdog. There he may give us exactly what we all need to expel him.
Honestly, I don't know how Zelenksy didn't punch the cheetoh that whole time. That man has remarkable restraint.
I have never been so embarrassed for our country. What a thug. "World War III," he says over and over, echoing Putin's sabre rattling throughout his invasion. Even sitting in the White House, Trump is echoing the Kremlin line.
What's even more despicable is that the spineless, gutless GOP will say nothing about this indefensible show of gutlessness and cowardice by their leader. Imagine that: Being afraid of cowards makes you one.
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Congressional Republicans are becoming more open about receiving death threats if they stray off the party line.
I doubt legislators can be protected in the shit hole states, but maybe the blue states can protect their own with the help of local, non-maga law enforcement?
Everyone knows that if Zelensky had agreed to the "deal" Trump would have just taken whatever minerals he could from Ukraine and still let Putin roll in and destroy the country.
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And of course we already agreed to protect Ukraines borders when they gave up nukes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_…
In 30 minutes, join Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, and Christopher Mirasola for a live discussion of the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration, including the the firing of probationary employees, the foreign aid freeze, and more. youtube.com/live/x1QESieCUh4?f…
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 28
On Feb. 21 at 4 pm ET, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff and Assistant Professor...YouTube
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Trump's exchange with Zelensky at the White House - full video
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#UkraineWar
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#UkraineWar
Watch angry exchange between Trump and Zelensky at White House
The US president accused the Ukrainian leader of being disrespectful in a tense meeting in the Oval Office.BBC News
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and this is why you shouldn't have a businessman as president. The cheeto is trying to make a buck out of Zelensky's desperation.
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The Independent's WH correspondent Andrew Feinberg asked Sir Keir #Starmer whether he had discussed with #Trump his repeatedly expressed desire to annex #Canada (a British #Commonwealth realm) & make it the 51st state & what #KingCharles thought of Trump’s plans for Canada.
As I previously said, Starmer totally ducked the question.
Video →
#geopolitics #USpol #idiocracy
independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum…
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Something to keep in mind when you hear that voters care about the economy and vote the way they do because of the economy and vote for fascists because of the economy…
…is that for about half the population, “the economy” just means “whether a Republican is president.”
theguardian.com/business/2025/…
Republicans flip on economy while majority of Americans believe it’s getting worse
Harris poll finds 51% of Americans think US economy is worsening one month into Trump’s presidencyLauren Aratani (The Guardian)
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That reporter from The Guardian — and the Harris pollster they talk to — dance around this, but just somehow can’t quite put it together:
They have the causal arrow backwards for a •large• chunk of voters. That chunk didn’t vote for Trump because they thought the economy was bad under Biden; they thought the economy was bad •because• they vote for Trump.
(Yes, there are •also• plenty of people whose “economic concerns” are actually economic concerns. But they are only one part of Trump’s coalition, maybe not even a majority of it. Analysis that misses that fact misses the whole story.)
They thought the economy was bad because they voted for Trump in 2016? Why vote for him again then... I'm confused.
@niarbeht Oh ok... they didn't realize the economy did better under Trump because of Obama's policies, similar to now with Biden's.
Alright #fediverse. Where are the #planetaryscience kids talking about the #planetaryalignment happening? WHO has the cool #telescopes? Where are the #planetarium nerds?
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Planetary parade: Mercury falls into line for rare seven-planet alignment
The seven will appear to form a straight line in the night sky in display that won’t be seen again until 2040Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Well since you guys voted to fire all the cool #nasa nerds, I’ll just go ahead and obsess about #science.
#Mars is east in the back, with #Venus, #Mercury, #Moon, #Sun and #Venus in the western sky.
Sounds like a #SailorMoon episode. lol.
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The media has more empathy for white Trump voters burned by Trump than they will ever have for the transgender folks, Black people and immigrants these voters *knew* they were going to hurt.
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not having read the article, is it sympathy or schadenfreude?
I remember lots of articles about British ex-pats and pensioners living in Spain who voted for Brexit being all pissed off about how everything's more complicated for them now and many had to move back to the UK.
I'm not sure they got much sympathy...
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checking in on decentralized assets intended to be independent from governments and big banks
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
I can't even count the number of times VCs said to me "build something people love". Don't we all wish Andreesen Horowitz would take their own advice? That'd be novel. Innovative, even.
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How would you feel if your country was partially occupied by a foreign force?
Currently, russia occupies approximately 20% of #Ukraine's territory.
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russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territories violates international law, threatens Ukraine’s culture, and endangers future generations.
This is why Ukraine fights—for freedom, justice, and sovereignty.
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The video shows the parts of the UK that are occupied by a foreign power: the English.
A forced ‘peace’ without #Crimea means a carte blanche for russia to continue its crimes against #Ukraine
Crimean #Tatars have faced savage repression.
Acceptance of russia’s occupation of any part of Ukraine would be a betrayal and dangerous
A forced ‘peace’ without Crimea means a carte blanche for Russia to continue its crimes against Ukraine
Crimean Tatars prevented Moscow from staging a coup without open invasion 11 years ago and have faced savage repression ever since. Acceptance of Russia’s occupation of any part of Ukraine would be a betrayal and dangerousHuman Rights in Ukraine
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russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territories violates international law, threatens Ukraine’s culture, and endangers future generations.
This is why #Ukraine fights—for freedom, justice, and sovereignty.
Crimea is Ukraine
(Image: Source Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)
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🚨BITCHIN' CROW ALERT🚨
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This is what dictators do.
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Wait, what? Real question here.
I somehow "get" that Trump can "legally" do this for federal workplaces. However, private companies can still choose how they want to operate internally, right?
Right?
Just cancelled my Amazon Prime membership, and will do my best to avoid ever buying anything from the Jeff Bezos octopus, now strangling dissenting opinion at the Washington Post.
Remember, consumers strike on Feb 28! Buy nothing.
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Remember, consumers strike on Feb 28! Buy nothing.
nytimes.com/2025/02/26/busines…
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Sigh. I cancelled Amazon Prime a few weeks ago, and the Washington Post today.
Help with search
I'm not sure if this is a settings problem, an node problem, or a Friendica problem, but I get very different search results from using the web-ui (Frio theme w/ BookFace style) and an app (Raccoon for Friendica) on the same account.
From the web-ui, unless I search for a specific account ('user@server.name'), I can only search for other Friendica users. Here's me searching for me ('@breakfastmtn'):
However, if I search using Raccoon, I can see my many other accounts across the Fediverse:
So from the web-ui, I can only discover Friendica accounts which is less than ideal. Is there a setting I'm not seeing to change this? Should I talk to my admin? Thanks in advance! 😀
Similar bonus problem: I never receive notifications for new follows in the web-ui. If not for the Raccoon app, I'd never know when I had a new follower. All desktop notification settings are enabled -- although it looks like the 'introduction' settings all apply to email.
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@xy.. Yep. I just didn't include it in the last message to keep Friendica from changing "@ breakfastmtn" to "@ adam".
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Today’s email in support of the #Fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb in Canada and trying to convince our governments not only to dump Twitter/X but also create their own independent platforms that Canadians can know and trust!
Phew... 😅
Senator @Paulatics, you have mail. 😇
(and thank you for your continued work on this!!)
I've reproduced the letter on my blog.
chrisalemany.ca/2025/02/26/the…
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Mastodon #SocialMedia
The Supreme Court of Canada Leaves Twitter - It's time all Canadian entities use Canadian Social Media - Murkyview
This is a letter I sent to the Supreme Court of Canada upon hearing this morning that they had announced their departure from the Twitter/X platform.chrisale (Murkyview)
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Right on.
The Court *should* be concerned about its independence and technological security, particularly given the current American experience of historical factual government information being deleted for ideological purposes.
It would be wise and, of all things, the Court should be wise.
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BRB, submitting a series of WaPo op-eds on the personal liberty to get an abortion and how oligarchs strangle free markets.
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Indeed. More op eds about "personal liberty" sounds great really, but somehow I'm suspicous exactly what certain particular people using those particular words really mean.
Maybe we could faciliate free markets by having open borders, limiting intelectual property to promote competition, and such? I don't even know where to begin for op eds suggestions on "liberty", but not somewhere Bezos would approve I'm sure.
A note on changes to our opinion pages:
After a long and passionate discussion with our benefactor we have decided to let go of our current columnists, and we wish them well on their next adventure, and will be hiring a new syco--esteemed writer to take over their duties.
We will also be running a minimum of three opinion pieces championing the cause for the Right to Hunt Humans for *valued contributors* to civil society. A worthy cause embodying the spirit of America. Hurray!
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Goooood morning! ☕
The other day I had two glasses of wine but yesterday I felt like it'd been two bottles. Just walking around in a haze all day. But I have it on good authority that today's a new day. The coffee's flowing and I'm ready to go.
The instance has felt really stable for the last few days. Moving the problem to another time of day has either made it easier to manage or... the problems are happening while I'm sleeping. Either way, that works for me! ;)
Today's a good day to cancel your WaPo subscription
'Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction'
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Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”www.nytimes.com
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Is it bad if only 78 percent of Trump-loyal Republicans view democracy positively but 55 percent view an unchecked strongman positively? Asking for a fairly large nation.
Gift link: wapo.st/4hLudP3
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Luckily they're 25% of the population, tops. So 55% of 25%.
Who cares what they think. Seriously, why amplify this nonsense?
Yeah, that’s gonna happen:
#Trump admin says #undocumented immigrants must *register*
The Trump admin will require all unauthorized immigrants in the United States who are 14 & older to register w/the federal government or face #civil & #criminal penalties, including up to $1k in fines & up to 6 months in #prison.
#immigration #law #USpol #Nazi #NurembergLaws #YellowStar #WhiteSupremacy
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#DHS Secy #KristiNoem [& dog serial killer], who announced the plan Tues, argued that the #Trump admin should know who is here illegally so that it can #deport them or give them the chance to leave voluntarily. She has warned immigrants in recent days that they “will be #hunted down & deported” if they fail to register & has cited a provision of the 1952 Immigration & Nationality Act as justification for the requirement.
#immigration #law #USpol #Nazi #NurembergLaws #YellowStar #WhiteSupremacy
The registration plan faces several significant obstacles. Immigrants may be *reluctant* to register after watching the #Trump admin order federal officers into US cities & towns to #detain people or send them to #Guantánamo…. And lawyers & legal scholars say the admin’s proposal is on shaky #legal ground & could quickly destabilize communities & an #economy w/millions of unfilled jobs.
#immigration #law #USpol #Nazi #NurembergLaws #YellowStar #WhiteSupremacy
“I do not think they can do this without going through the proper legal processes,” said Nancy Morawetz, a professor at NYU Law School. “You can’t just say, ‘Oh I’m going to go back & read the law that way.’ You have to explain why you’re changing it, why it’s legal.”
…Registration dates to the 1940s & is codified in the 1952 #Immigration & Nationality Act. The #law requires immigrants aged 14 or older to register & be fingerprinted within 30 days of arrival, if they had not done so already.
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…The new program could lead to a “nationwide show-me-your-papers regime” that could ensnare US #citizens & legal immigrants, Greg Chen, senior director of government relations for the American #Immigration Lawyers Association, warned in an interview. Anyone who “appears foreign” could be harassed, he said.
#Trump #law #USpol #Nazi #NurembergLaws #YellowStar #WhiteSupremacy
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…#Registration laws were originally intended as an inventory of noncitizens in the country, Morawetz said. But once govt officials obtained that info, they used it to aid the #detention of #Japanese Americans during WWII & #Muslims after the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“Registration laws have a very, very bad history in terms of what they have meant when they have been fully enforced,” she said.
#Trump #immigration #law #USpol #Nazi #NurembergLaws #YellowStar #WhiteSupremacy
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Sounds familiar!!!
The #Trump #SocialSecurity Admin said on Tues that it had closed its Office of #CivilRights & #EqualOpportunity, describing the office as redundant & putting its employees on administrative leave.
The closure of the civil rights office, whose workers were responsible for addressing #discrimination complaints & working-condition accommodations for #disabled employees, came one day after the agency said it had eliminated another office.
#law #labor #Musk #DOGE #USpol
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Warning kicks activated... resume belly rubs immediately!
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Hello Stories.
Available soon on TestFlight.
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Personally, I dislike Stories. What attracted me to Pixelfed was that it went back to the basics of what IG started out to be. A place to display your best photos. Glad to see in another comment that you can disable them.
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They never message back ☹️
#graffiti
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"who committed this crime? Tell me their name so I may congratulate them personally!"
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BREAKING: According to FT, Ukraine has reached an agreement with Washington on a minerals deal, hoping to strengthen ties with a potential Trump administration and secure a long-term U.S. security commitment.
Ukrainian officials say they are ready to sign.
ft.com/content/1890d104-1395-4…
Ukraine agrees US minerals deal after Washington drops toughest demands
Kyiv hopes agreement on jointly exploring resources will improve relations with Trump administrationChristopher Miller (Financial Times)
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The only US president in the last 80 years to have a net negative approval rating after one month in office is Donald Trump.
In both his terms.
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-6?
So the vast majority of US citizens think he is doing a good job??!!
God Help America.
@lyndamerry484 No, the majority disapproves, which is almost unique in this list. The only one with a larger disapproval rating is Trump himself, with -11 in 2017.
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Well well well the painful day turned out to be just fine.
We've had almost no downtime at all and when it's dropped it's just been for a few minutes.
Thanks @Ruud for all the work you've put into this instance! Here's hoping the stability holds.
For your enjoyment, here's a dramatization of the admin taming the rogue process that was bringing us down:
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Indeed! I was very happy to have little downtime and quicker responses tonight! 😁 Ruud did a good job! Hope this solution holds up. 🤞🏻
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Well, for now I shifted the downtime to my timezone so I can monitor this while awake 😀
But I'll keep working on it today. (Next to my day-job, family stuff and other hobbies...)
But I'll keep working on it today. (Next to my day-job, family stuff and other hobbies...)
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This year, I founded an indie news blog doing long-form Op-eds.
It's 100% free and 100% reader funded. No venture capital, no ads, no bullshit.
And it is unapologetically opposed to Nazi fuckery.
Read/subscribe and support:
theindex.media
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My budget, demands I do not pay for reading opinions, no matter how enlightened they are. So I will check your long form out.
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russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territories violates international law, threatens Ukraine’s culture, and endangers future generations.
This is why Ukraine fights—for freedom, justice, and sovereignty.
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Aoife 🦫🏴
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