@buercher@tooting.ch2025-07-02 18:08:50
President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him fire the three Democratic members of the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of items like toys, cribs and electronics.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/02/us/trump-policy-bill-news
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-23 19:15:25
A senior Iranian official has told Reuters that Tehran’s retaliatory strikes will continue.
The official added that Iran has the “necessary rationality” to begin efforts at diplomacy after it had punished “the aggressor”.
https://www.
@Captain_Faraday@social.linux.pizza2025-06-29 21:11:16
Hey everyone! I've made the jump from Mastodon.Social and wanted to introduce myself. I'm an electrical engineer living in the southeastern USA.
You'll find me tooting about Linux, FOSS, Python, and scripting. When I'm not on the keyboard, I'm into photography, hiking, and enjoying nature with my spouse.
Also, I have two black cats that pay rent with their winning personalities and love. lol :rickdance:
Looking forward to connecting in this community! D…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2025-06-13 19:59:11
Warning for anyone scared of spiders or the Titanic wreck!
Spiders used to terrify me so much I couldn’t even sleep. I overcame it by doing what they call exposure therapy, just googling spiders and looking at pictures until it felt less scary. Now, I actually want to own a tarantula as a pet, which is kind of funny.
Something I’m even more scared of is the Titanic wreckage. It’s a oddly specific weird fear, but I think it’s a specific kind of Submechanophobia, where the fear is …
@buercher@tooting.ch2025-07-03 08:11:53
Dysfunction reigned on the House floor into the wee hours of Thursday morning ahead of the vote, as a handful of Republicans opposed bringing up the measure and more withheld their votes altogether, sending Mr. Johnson grasping for a way to muscle through the sweeping legislation in the face of unified Democratic opposition.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/03/us/trump-news-policy-bill
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-06-06 21:45:23
LMAO. 🤣
“But Elon is a man who has never known a day’s hardship in his life. He has had a charmed life & so has never had to learn that the hard way.”
✅ Musk’s father: Trump & Elon feud like ‘two gorillas’
https://www.thetimes.com/us…
@buercher@tooting.ch2025-07-02 18:07:03
Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose three Republicans on the vote to pass the party’s sweeping policy bill, and he’s already facing one guaranteed no vote. Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, said Trump and White House staff have not reached out to try to sway him.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/02/us/trump-policy-bill-news
@buercher@tooting.ch2025-07-03 15:34:04
Jeffries is still speaking, passing the six-hour mark. The Democratic leader just indicated that he plans to keep going for at least several more hours.
Jeffries has spent much of his time reading testimonials from Americans – parents, veterans, business owners – all of whom say they would be harmed by a bill Democrats says would “explode our nation’s debt” and “devastate our social safety net”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/03/trump-big-bill-tax-spend-latest-voting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2025-06-13 21:10:09
In a way, the Titanic is like the Flying Dutchman of real life, a legendary ship doomed to tragedy, forever remembered in history and myth.
#Titanic #FlyingDutchman #POTC
@buercher@tooting.ch2025-07-02 18:21:42
Another war crime: Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/02/israeli-military-bomb-fragments-gaza-al-baqa-cafe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other