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richardinsandy

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Unapologetic old lefty, cat lover, dog lover, despises all aspects of right wing politics. Strums a few chords on a guitar. Music always playing somewhere in a wide variety of formats. Blair was wrong about Clause IV.

Life long Liverpool fan. YNWA JFT97 COYR.

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@Binder@petrous.vislae.town avatar Binder , to random

Finally thought of a love story that I want to watch today so I can Log it on Letterboxd.

True Stories (1986). The touching romance between David Byrne & David Byrne’s voice.

Just kidding. It’s the story of my bromance w/ Spalding’s voice.

I’m going to have lunch first tho so you’ve got time to Block me before I’m back on my live tooting bullshit.

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@Binder the couple walking in a field “Uh, did you just fart ?”. John Goodman does country. The steering wheel as Byrne soliloquizes about freeways. The fashion show. Everything about the film.

@richardinsandy@c.im avatar richardinsandy , to random

Your Sunday won’t be hurt by 40 seconds of Bob Cat, one of our tripawd feral rescues, playing with the skirt of the Christmas tree.

Bob Cat, an orange and white short haired cat, plays on the skirt of the Christmas tree. He is a tripawd, missing a front leg, the result of an accident.

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Bob Cat, our most recent feral rescue, stares as I take his picture. He is a tripawd, his front right leg was removed as a result of an accident. He is still quite shy. He whispers Happy

A short haired ginger and white cat called Bob Cat looks intently at my phone as take his picture. He is sat on a big, soft, cat bed. He is under a glass coffee table, and the wood and metal supports for the glass top are visible in the picture. To the right, above his back, are the fake logs of a gas fire.
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Tiny Sir with his BFF Clover.

Clover the Leonberger is sprawled out on a black leather sofa. Tiny Sir the cat lies in front of her, looking toward me as I a take the picture. Clover has very long, fluffy, brown fur. Tiny Sir is a long haired orange and white cat.
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@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

The president, on his Truth Social account, posts an AI video portraying him as 'King Trump' piloting a fighter jet which drops shit on 'No Kings' demonstrators. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115398251623299921

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@w7voa he has an awful lot of fantasies about the military for someone who faked bone spurs to avoid service, doesn’t he ?

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@georgetakei wouldn’t she have to learn to speak English first ? The drivel that she currently spouts doesn’t count, surely ? And don’t call me Shirley.

@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar pluralistic , to random

"Why Winning Is Bad for Democrats by Anonymous Democratic Consultant"

  • Sadly on-point satire by Francesca Fiorentini for The American Prospect.

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-26-why-winning-is-bad-for-democrats/

Should Mamdani win and begin to deliver on some of his campaign promises like free buses, city-run grocery stores, or a rent freeze, it will certainly be a slippery slope. Giving Democratic voters what they want is just like the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Whenever the mouse gets something, it only wants more and more, until the point where it is well-fed, well-rested, and happy. It’s a primrose path that will ultimately accustom Democratic voters to creature comforts like health care or education. As I’ve always told my clients, instead of giving a mouse a cookie, we should give him the ability to qualify for one chocolate chip, provided he completes a three-year apprenticeship program in an underserved neighborhood, and as long as his income doesn’t exceed $50,000 a year...
Let’s talk about the kind of candidate Democrats should win with. Mamdani is a telegenic, intelligent guy with real convictions. If he wins, what will that mean for the average, boring Democratic legislators and candidates who pride themselves on receiving all their beliefs from polls and the crypto industry? In a way, Mamdani winning is an ableist erasure of candidates incapable of believing in anything at all. Our big-tent party must make space inside for those who are dead inside.

Let’s talk about the kind of candidate Democrats should win with. Mamdani is a telegenic, intelligent guy with real convictions. If he wins, what will that mean for the average, boring Democratic legislators and candidates who pride themselves on receiving all their beliefs from polls and the crypto industry? In a way, Mamdani winning is an ableist erasure of candidates incapable of believing in anything at all. Our big-tent party must make space inside for those who are dead inside.
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@pluralistic seizing defeat from the jaws of victory, it’s the Democrat’s way.

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

Will be interesting to see how the table and chairs are arranged at the White House on Monday. The Daily Mail's body-language and lip-reading interpreters will have oodles to dissect.

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@kevinrothrock it’d be brilliant if the other leaders turned up dressed as informally as Zelenskyy did last time. trumpelthinskin in a ridiculous ill fitting suit with that tacky red tie, and the others dressed to show solidarity with a genuine leader.

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@georgetakei more proof, if any were needed, that (other people’s) money can’t buy class.

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@georgetakei the integration of church and State. They all look past trumpelthinskin’s crimes, so this was a simple choice for the Utah GOP.

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We’ve gone from "Uncle Sam Wants You" to "I’ll Deport You."

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@georgetakei they're challenging for the Walmart greeter demographic.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Also: Karoline Leavitt suddenly worried about denying reality.

A screenshot of a post on X by user Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski ). The post includes a quote tweet from Karoline Leavitt (@KLeavitt ), who is identified as "PRESSSEC." The quote tweet reads: "TRUMP press secretary doesn’t engage with reporters using pronouns in emails, says they deny reality." Below this, in bold text, it says: "FACT CHECK: TRUE." The post also includes an image of a person standing at a podium with microphones, with a caption that reads: "TRUMP PRESS SECRETARY DOESN’T ENGAGE WITH REPORTERS USING PRONOU..." The image is credited to "FOXNEWS.COM." Additionally, there is a humorous comment in large text at the top of the image that says: "‘THEY’ IS A PRONOUN."
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@georgetakei the word gormless fits so perfectly. It also fits so many of trumpelthinskin’s people, I wonder if it could be a pronoun for the trump regime ?

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

I'm not sure if I follow.

"If a man called a duck a goose, women used to smile, nod, and pretend it was a goose. Now they'll just tell you it's a duck. So don't tell me the patriarchy still exists." -Clint Eastwood
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@lowqualityfacts Perhaps he’s angling for a place in trump’s government.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

Trump campaign says the former president is safe following gunshots nearby.

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@w7voa The man-boy who cried wolf ? Or melania and Lindsay Graham shooting at pictures of Laura Loomer ?

@helldude@mastodon.social avatar helldude , to random

im ready to go viral on mastodon:

uwu

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@helldude @Gargron “you absolute station wagon” is a new one to me 😀