ColesStreetPothole

ColesStreetPothole, 1 month ago to random

1. An ex-president's lawyer is arguing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court that presidents can assassinate U.S. citizens with full immunity.
2. Nearly a dozen universities have called the cops on peaceful anti-war protestors, resulting in hundreds of arrests and clear instances of police brutality.
3. Texas anti-DEI bill has led to firings of dozens of staff at public universities.

If you don't think fascism is a real threat in the United States, I don't know what to say.

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

President Joe Biden couldn't have done a better job with his #SOTU2024 speech. It's one of the best I've ever watched.

ColesStreetPothole, 4 months ago to random

Every once in a while, I'm reminded of this simple poem.

StillIRise1963, 2 months ago to random

The racists want to remove any and all progress that Black people have made in this nation. That’s step one. The steps after that will be about enslavement and death. THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

We don’t all need to buy the exact same things that we use occasionally. We should have organized borrowing.

ColesStreetPothole, 4 months ago to random

Oh, look—there's a company out there that tracked who visited 600 Planned Parenthood locations and sold that info to anti-abortion zealots.

The details in Wyden (D-Ore.)’s letter, sent Tuesday morning, reveal what’s believed to be the largest publicly known location-driven anti-abortion ad campaign. Abortion rights supporters have feared this type of data could also be used by certain state governments to prosecute women who get the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled there is no constitutional right to an abortion.

ColesStreetPothole, 11 months ago to random

“Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”
—Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

ColesStreetPothole, 5 months ago to random

Ugh. Trader Joe's is being heinous at the bargaining table, drawing out contract talks. One reason to drag their feet? Management can deny workers at those shops raises as long as there is no contract.

#Labor #TraderJoes

https://newrepublic.com/article/177557/trader-joes-union-busting-bargaining-table-first-contract

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

If you eat surge price burgers and fries, I question your mental capabilities.

ColesStreetPothole, 8 months ago to random

Oh, look. 👀 The child poverty rate more than doubled when pandemic enhancements to the child tax credit expired. It's almost as if child poverty is a policy choice.

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/child-poverty-spikes-after-pandemic-benefits-expire/

ColesStreetPothole, 6 months ago to random

Working on a report, in the footnotes, ran across someone with the last name of Bhole, and now I can't stop laughing.

ColesStreetPothole, 3 months ago to random

I forgot it's #MarshMadness again! Just throwing out this Shoebill, perhaps the coolest marsh bird out there. (©Petr Simon/Shutterstock.com)

ColesStreetPothole, 5 months ago to random

John Mastodon commutes to work using rollerblades and a paraglider.
#JohnMastodonDay
#JohnMastodon

ai6yr, 1 month ago to random

Hmm, people making their own nut milks for their health with "nut milk bags" made out of nylon mesh apparently are dosing themselves with microplastics. (bought some cotton ones, instead). #microplastics

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/sep/30/those-fancy-tea-bags-nylon-microplastics-in-them-are-macro-offenders

ColesStreetPothole, 7 months ago to random

If you didn’t know what day it is, it’s Shut the Fuck Up Friday.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uUEUG-e5w1I

ColesStreetPothole, 6 months ago to NewJersey

Not being able to serve on juries is one of the #CollateralConsequences of incarceration. #NewJersey is looking to end that by passing a law that would allow folks who served their time to be eligible for jury duty. But of course, there's a lot of fear-mongering going on about formerly incarcerated people.

The kicker paragraph in this piece is amazing.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/12/13/the-debate-over-letting-ex-offenders-sit-on-juries-includes-odious-fear-mongering/

ColesStreetPothole, 4 months ago to random

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time….

ColesStreetPothole, 7 months ago to archery

Looking back, this may be my all-time-best round. Twelve arrows at 20 yards. I have yet to match this consistency and accuracy in a single round. #barebow #archery

ColesStreetPothole, 8 months ago to random

Is it gay to want accessible and equitable universal health care?

ColesStreetPothole, 5 months ago to random

While there are millions of users, Mastodon is like a small town—if you do dickish things that piss people off, they will remember, and you will run into them again.

ColesStreetPothole, 3 months ago to random

Made a typo in the suggestion that my org needed a "rabid response team" and I'm on the fence about correcting it.

ColesStreetPothole, 4 months ago to random

I know I am cursing myself here, but I can feel spring coming. There's more than a month of winter left, but you can tell it's on the ropes. Sure, there probably will be some heavy, wet snow dump in early March, but the days are getting noticeably longer, which means the sun is adding more heat to this side of the planet.

ColesStreetPothole, 2 months ago to accessibility

Surprise! Airlines do a horrible job handling wheelchairs and other mobility devices, making air travel inaccessible for many. But it doesn't have to be this way.... #accessibility #disability #disabilityjustice
https://tcf.org/content/report/trips-not-taken-money-not-made-inaccessible-air-travel-hurts-disabled-travelers-and-airlines-alike/

ai6yr, 3 months ago to food

Wendy's adding Uber-style "surge pricing" (driven by AI) #food #ai https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/food/wendys-test-surge-pricing/index.html