@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-03 01:04:46
It's a weird feeling of accomplishment to wear out a resistance tube and snap it.
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-03 01:04:46
@theodric@social.linux.pizza2026-01-02 12:59:01
I do have to wonder how many of these news stories wherein the subtext is that China is a hellhole are in fact entirely spurious and manufactured propaganda from [?????]. We know that China runs pro-China influence operations on the Internet (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-02-03 08:58:07
Communist Party general secretary Alex Gordon told the Morning Star: “Peter Mandelson’s resignation from a Labour Party he reformed in his own image is like a man trying to resign from his own shadow. He leaves behind a party apparatus that served as a corporate career ladder dominated by vicious right-wing sectarians.
“The only resignation that matters now is that of Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister who recommended him as UK ambassador....”
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-03 16:25:53
Trump Labor Secretary Caught Using Govt Funds for Her Birthday Party (Hafiz Rashid/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/207234/trump-labor-secretary-chavez-deremer-government-funds-birthday-party
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p58#a260303p58
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-02-03 08:22:28
Operation Sovereignty: Bundestag plans a breakthrough from Microsoft & Co.
A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Operatio…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-03 15:08:52
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #LiveOnKEXP
Courtney Barnett:
🎵 Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party
#CourtneyBarnett
https://foxandcapture.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-really-cares-if-you-dont-go-to-the-party-courtney-barnett-cover-live
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Txknw0J1uPyTFxdOiUgt8
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-03-01 19:06:17
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-02 19:34:13
#Gleichschaltung is a German word that means “coordination” or “synchronization.”
Gleichschaltung refers to a process of #Nazification designed to turn Germany into a single party state under Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Even children were brought into the Nazification process. Participation in t…
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-03 04:20:10
RE: #MST3K
@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.de2026-02-03 13:55:58
»Say what you like about the tenets of populism, it certainly seems to be, well, popular. But what are the tenets of populism? It’s easy enough to say what a centre-left party is likely to stand for, or a libertarian. But a populist? Maybe it is a mistake to describe populism as an ideology at all.«
Why populism became popular | Tim Harford
@davej@dice.camp2026-03-01 00:57:40
This. All of this. https://beige.party/@TwoClownsEating/116151153786143992
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-03-02 23:57:47
Only a few regions on our planet - just west and east and especially inside of the dark zone in this NASA map which is mostly the Pacific Ocean - will have a good view of the full totality from 11:04 to 12:03 UTC of the #LunarEclipse today, but there will be webcasts galore to try out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywJ47LZ-Ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNZCZcS45jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOlqcK5Edg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgOLKgNyLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtL3BA94t5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJUW0Kx4Eg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLcLAfilkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-_LYVuIEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl9UAUiqNKM
Also https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164029689080320 = a graphic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1R8rrAMzw = an animation, https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/41436 = satellites near the dark Moon, https://www.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/2001-2100/LE2026Mar03Tprime.html and https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/march-2026-total-lunar-eclipse-your-questions-answered/ and https://solarsteam.siu.edu/3march2026_tle/ and https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse-lunar-2026-march-3 and https://news.siu.edu/2026/02/022426-siu-to-host-viewing-party-for-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse.php and https://www.perthobservatory.com.au/astronomy-events/2026-total-lunar-eclipse = websites, https://scicomm.xyz/@AkaSci@fosstodon.org/116156904320261558 = a thread, https://www.space.com/news/live/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-march-3-2026-live-updates = updates, and https://gizmodo.com/the-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse-sounds-amazing-but-theres-a-catch-2000726548 and https://www.geekwire.com/2026/total-lunar-eclipse-visibility-weather/ and https://www.astronomy.com/observing/how-to-watch-the-lunar-eclipse-online/ and https://www.space.com/stargazing/lunar-eclipses/watch-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-3-with-these-free-livestreams = articles.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-02-02 16:12:35
Can we please not call it "supply chain" attacks?
It's "people overly rely on third-party libraries for no good reason and do not check those dependencies or version manage them properly" attacks
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-02 12:55:32
Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, and how China and the US are building the future (Dan Wang)
https://danwang.co/2025-letter/
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-02-27 17:24:52
In which I’m reminded that I had (note past tense) an Amazon Wish List with additions (books & music) from 2006-2010. Remembered almost none. Ordered one from the public library.
See https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-address-private-third-party/
@ckent@urbanists.social2026-01-04 04:19:43
RE: https://mstdn.party/@kbeninato/115833463132858218
Yeah but they know that, and want you to feel this way — this is new. The previous generation were aiming for plausibility. This is a different game — distraction, dissonance, despair
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ie2026-02-02 20:53:39
""The problem with treating politics as a doughnut, where the centre is consistantly defined as the hole where policy doesn't belong is that it leaves the parties of the Hole to just react to wherever the dough is.""
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-labours
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-03 17:56:37
A veteran's son posted this tribute by Alex Pretti:
https://archive.li/taD4G
Sgt. Randolph died in the VA hospital that Pretti worked at. Pretti read this tribute to him, and the words are relevant to us all today.
Mac Randolph, Terrance Randolph's son, wrote in part, '... my Fathers fin…
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-02-03 05:05:11
If Schumer doesn’t resign as senate minority leader, he should be removed by the rest of the Democratic Party https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/116002666751298842
@aredridel@kolektiva.social2026-02-01 17:36:59
So y'all who complain about the democratic party: I've got a friend who works (very hard I might add!) as a consultant and campaigner for campaigns. There's a special election primary going on where he is, and he's trying to get the leftmost candidate elected. Guess who didn't show up to help get the candidate elected?
The progressives and leftists.
This is the problem. The party is whoever's left. It's not us, because we're not showing up.
@rmdes@mstdn.social2026-02-01 21:40:31
🎶🎵 Dire Straits Š l’honneur ce soir …
je me suis pris de nostalgie tout d’un coup et j’aime bien ma page qui s’actualise automatiquement avec ce que j’écoute 🤓
https://rmendes.net/listening/
@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de2026-01-02 11:32:49
You may want to #fediblock this pro-russian propaganda outlet which also happens to deny that the German Fascist Party #AfD is right-wing extremist: @ voiceofeast.net@voiceofeast.net
🚫 web.archive.org/web/20260102113448/https://voiceofeast.net/2025/12/27/us-intelligence-exposed-the-myth-of-rus…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-02-03 21:23:33
It's an huge indictment of mainstream journalism that they don't just mock Mike Johnson mercilessly. Like, I get why they don't mock Trump and others, but Johnson is not only constantly lying, but also constantly saying _the wrong lies_ with respect to whatever the party line is. It's hilarious and extremely mockable.
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-02-28 23:47:03
Scottish Green Party forecast to overtake Scottish Labour in Holyrood, to be 3rd biggest party after SNP and Reform, according to the Scottish Election Study.
Not mentioned in the article, but the SNP are again predicted to get no seats from the list, due to winning a disproportionately large number of constituency seats.
SNP voters choosing to vote Green on the list could utterly change the balance of Reform and Green seats.
@chrysn@chaos.social2026-03-02 15:35:44
If you depend on a third party linter to use a system securely, maybe you shouldn't use that system in the first place.
(What's the term for a subtoot when it's for a commit/PR?)
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-01 10:22:24
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2026-01-02 19:44:45
RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115827174897405793
If it were not for Rocker’s works "The Soviet System or the Dictatorship of the Proletariat?" and "The Communist Party and the Idea of Dictatorship", I would likely have …
@scottmiller42@mstdn.social2026-01-04 05:17:20
If the Democratic Party takes Congress in 2026, the first thing they should do is end the Senate filibuster. It’s a rule that if it ever did serve a purpose, it now prevents any opportunity for Congress to challenge a POTUS that does not respect the rule of law. It’s not in the constitution.
#USpol #SenateFilibuster
@StephenRees@mas.to2026-01-31 18:28:00
From FairVote Canada
We're reaching out to all proportional representation supporters, to find individuals who are also federal Liberal Party members. We would like to help get a resolution for proportional representation to the national convention.
https://secure.fairvote.ca/civicrm/mai…
@domm@social.linux.pizza2026-03-02 10:21:45
Today we had our family birthday party for the not so small number of relatives having their birthday in february. My mother made me a box containing one small present for each of my years, each with a picture of me at the respective age. Very beautiful present!
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-03 23:46:09
I used to shop at this mall. I still have furniture I bought at that Ikea.
https://youtu.be/ZXi_BkFCZRA?si=z6w0u8oxoHDYEUyp
@bthalpin@mastodon.social2026-03-02 14:11:37
RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/116159665967332199
When a professional managerialist centrist like Khan (highly competent, successful, good track record, prominent) is way to the left of the party mainstream like this, it shows clearly how f…
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-12-29 22:54:50
The Republicans are truly the party of greed, waste & corrupt misappropriation.
#trump #Republicans
From: @…
@catsalad@infosec.exchange2026-01-02 03:55:09
Cats do not like third party cookies
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-01 00:43:39
Country or party? My bet's on party...
Republicans face a 'major test of loyalty' after Trump's latest 'slap in the face' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675453658/
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info2026-03-01 03:50:40
Tomorrow, I plan to operate in the North Carolina QSO Party CW. I can't imagine going from 10AM to 8PM US/Eastern; I don't have that kind of Morse stamina. My initial plan was single-operator home, but I might decide the weather is too enticing to work from indoors, and go out into the field.
Maybe I should have planned ahead a bit more.
My club,
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-01-04 08:11:32
It's rich for the leader of the Conservative party to sling an insult like "people who couldn't find Venezuela on a map" when there are relatively few adults who grew up in the UK outside the effects of tory education policy.
@barijaona@mastodon.mg2026-03-02 15:17:02
Does international law still matter? The strike on the girls’ school in Iran shows why we need it.
Article 52 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions stipulates that “Attacks shall be limited strictly to military objectives.”
The United States of America signed this protocol (in 1977) but has not ratified it. Israel is not a party to it.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-31 20:50:43
The French rightwing party UDR launches a parliamentary inquiry into the "neutrality, workings and financing" of state TV and radio amid accusations of bias (Angelique Chrisafis/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.co…
@jackie@social.linux.pizza2026-02-03 03:31:48
Lightning round privacy guide
https://microblog.jackiejude.me/posts/202602021855/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-02 18:30:43
Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry (Christine Mui/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/02/m
@outer@mas.to2026-02-01 01:28:13
Thank you, @…! That was great. Somehow I'd missed it. https://beige.party/@GrimmReality/110595228014516058
@dkomaran@social.linux.pizza2026-01-29 20:57:01
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-01-03 03:14:48
There's your problem. Install using fingers and eyes and especially brains. Vaginas are great, but really not the right body part for this job.
I may not have a good answer for your question (other than, "Usenet was my rum") but maybe I'm not a coward.
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-02-27 04:37:35
Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election | UK News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-by-election-13512774
'The Greens, who had earlier said they were "very confident of a win", received 14,980 votes to claim a majority of more than 4,000 votes.
Reform picked up 10,578 votes, while Labour received 9,364 votes.'
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-03 20:40:45
Citizens of both Greenland and the Faroe Islands are full citizens of Denmark.
As one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union,
Greenland’s citizens are also recognized as EU citizens.
https://mastodon.world/@Sumocat/115832984603150620
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social2025-12-28 17:45:27
Damn. This is beautiful.
The story and the writing.
https://beige.party/@raineyday/115793532205514401
@searchparty@mstdn.social2026-01-02 17:18:29
Die E-Petition gegen eine Liste von Menschen mit trans oder nonbinärer Identität nimmt Fahrt auf. Gute Vorsätze und so: Sucht euer Login für die E-Petitionsplattform. Oder macht einen Passwort-Reset, falls der elektronische Hund die Daten gefressen hat: https://peoplemaking.games/@Beurkeek/1
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-03 19:26:00
Oklahoma is crashing the green hydrogen party with some serious innovation.
Startup Tobe Energy just landed $1.8M for their membrane-free electrolysis system that could slash production costs by up to 75%. Their secret? LED technology that simplifies the process and cuts waste heat.
With strong renewables and business-friendly policies, Oklahoma is positioning itself as a major player in the energy transition.
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2026-01-30 21:31:02
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’ https://www.404media.co/musk-to-epstein-what-day-night-will-be-the-wildest-party-on-your-island/
@fell@ma.fellr.net2026-02-01 00:30:34
It's my second #FOSDEM, but it was my first Bytenight party at @… this year. The party was absolutely wonderful. It really cheered me up after a very crowded first convention day. I'll certainly be back next year for this. 🍻
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ie2026-02-02 20:28:57
New Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
"At the last poll, both UK Labour and Fine Gael were on 18% support. It appears that Morgan McSweeney's political project has reached its successful conclusion."
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-labours-fg-mastermind/
@scott@carfree.city2026-02-01 22:49:27
First they made useless demands, then they also caved even on their useless demands. The US is a one-party state but in our typical extravagance we have two of them.
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-cave-on-demands-f…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-02-28 08:26:07
"Sharon Graham, the general secretary of the leftwing union Unite, had a blunt piece of advice [for #UKLabour 'Stop listening to your rich mates and start listening to everyday people.'"
Just so. Britain doesn't need yet another party funded by and beholden to the #kleptocrats
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 16:25:53
Blanche: 'It isn't a crime to party with Mr. Epstein' (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5719992-doj-todd-blanche-epstein-files-parties/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p57#a260203p57
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-03-02 05:45:15
This is so unfortunately true. Instead of build a better USA and world, Trump, Republicans and Oligarch aligned Democrats are ensuring China will be the world leader. https://beige.party/@PhoenixSerenity/116157749243371252
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-03-02 20:10:29
"Mahmood, who is closely associated with the Blue Labour wing of her party, has faced a backlash from MPs, peers and affiliated unions for pressing on with the policies after Labour came third in last week’s Gorton and Denton byelection."
Mahmood’s move to make asylum temporary ‘may undermine refugee convention’ | Refugees | The Guardian
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-04 00:59:14
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Bloc Party:
🎵 This Modern Love (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2015)
#BlocParty
https://kingkongkicks.bandcamp.com/track/bloc-party-this-modern-love-king-kong-kicks-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1798MQBd3lfqa7joQ0ZAEF
@Xavier@infosec.exchange2026-02-25 20:59:04
I do #privacy consulting for sex workers. This is very bad news. If you know anyone that's in that field, please let them know about this.
https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-ad
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-04 00:18:56
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Party Dozen:
🎵 Mad Rooter
#PartyDozen
https://cityslang.bandcamp.com/track/party-dozen-mad-rooter
https://open.spotify.com/track/6cuXSWojM83UcPkrfbd75t
@krone@frawas.de2026-02-28 16:38:40
Party mit Kurz und Co. - Benkos Sommerfest im Visier der Finanzermittler #News #Nachrichten
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-01 13:14:03
“... The West is the first and only civilization to import a foreign labor class that is granted full political rights, including welfare & the right to vote ..."
#StephenMiller, Trump's Chief of Staff, quoted by historian #HeatherCoxRichardson
Mr. Miller is the m…
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.social2026-02-24 10:28:21
Great piece by former Republican, Tom Nichols.
"The Republicans have a Nazi problem, yes. But this means that the United States also has a Nazi problem. The responsibility for defeating it in the 21st century falls, as it did in the 20th, to everyone—of any party or creed—who still believes in the American idea."
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-02 20:21:13
Donald Trump said that his party should seize control of elections in ‘at least 15 places’
and brazenly repeated a number of blatant lies about his electoral history in Minnesota and Georgia
during a Monday phone interview with a right-wing podcaster who briefly served in a top FBI role last year.
Trump, who continues to falsely insist that he won the 2020 election despite having lost to successor-turned-predecessor Joe Biden by wide margins in both the popular and electora…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-02 18:10:47
Elon Musk Asked Jeffrey Epstein to Invite Him to the 'Wildest Party' on His Island (Prem Thakker/Zeteo)
https://zeteo.com/p/elon-musk-jeffrey-epstein-files-island
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p70#a260202p70
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-02-28 09:08:51
"Green officials point out that voter fraud tends to be most prominent in postal ballots, and that on this occasion Labour won the postal vote."
But otherwise the article presents no data on sectoral poll shifts.
Labour anxiety and accusations after big shift in Muslim vote to Greens | Green party | The Guardian
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-02 20:35:03
When people talk about the Enlightenment as if it were an intellectual garden party where everyone sipped wine and agreed about reason, they're missing the part where producing and distributing ideas was (in fact) dangerous and thankless work.
Today we have more information than any civilization in history.
But aside from Wikipedia, we've organized the sum total of our collective knowledge into formats optimized for making people angry at strangers in pursuit of private …
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-02-27 04:39:58
Massive win for the Green party in the Gorton and Denton by-election; not even close in the end:
Hannah Spencer (Green Party): 14,980 Matt Goodwin (Reform UK): 10,578
Angeliki Stogia (Labour Party): 9,364
Hopefully the UK government will now realise it needs to tack hard to the left. Chasing after Farage's xenophobic votes is a losing proposition.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-04 04:35:52
Hundreds of Voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties Affected by Polling Location Confusion (TDP/Texas Democratic Party)
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/media/hundreds-of-voters-in-dallas-and-williamson-counties-affected-by-polling-location-confusion
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p160#a260303p160
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-01-03 09:34:34
Written to my MP #Venezuela
"I call on you, the Labour Party and the government to condemn in the strongest terms the unprovoked bombing of Caracas and other locations in Venezuela.
This follows a campaign of lies against Venezuela and its president: US security experts make it clear there is no evidence that Venezuela is a significant source of drugs entering the US. Venezuelan oi…
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-01-01 12:32:38
??
Was it raining? Was water pooling up on your roof?
@krone@frawas.de2026-02-28 16:39:18
Wilde Party aufgelöst - Polizisten beschimpft und mit Pyrotechnik beworfen #News #Nachrichten
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-03 20:27:45
You see some effort on the part of Congress to assert itself in the realm of war.
But it failed predominantly on party lines
Republicans predominantly were supporting the president and whatever it happens to be that he would like to do.
Moderate Republicans and Republicans who are in less safe districts were and are more likely to at least stand up a little bit to the president,
but there’s a very small number of them.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-03 05:28:39
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Continent
Flavour Ft Diamond Platnumz:
🎵 Time To Party
#FlavourFtDiamondPlatnumz
https://open.spotify.com/track/1fsSipH7Us9jNb1QmpVUk8
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-02 19:05:42
Marc Elias writes:
DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:
Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"
And, it included a non-party in the caption.
These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-01 19:01:06
Trump Parties With Millionaires as American Troops Die (Nico Hines/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-big-money-party-as-missiles-are-fired-at-americans/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260301/p51#a260301p51
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-17 17:40:53
Meta say it has frozen its third-party Horizon OS headset program, announced in 2024 with Asus and Lenovo as the first partners to build headsets (Ben Lang/Road to VR)
https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-horizon-os-third-party-headset-cancelled-asus-lenovo/
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2025-12-30 04:15:14
It's possible I have mastered this particular game.
#SuperTuxKart #LinuxGaming
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-04 01:03:25
Trump scolds CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for not smiling as she asks about survivors of Epstein's abuse
Frustrated by her persistence in asking questions about Jeffrey Epstein during an Oval Office event
he wanted to use to promote himself and his party,
Donald Trump scolded the CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins for supposedly not smiling enough in his presence.
The exchange began with Collins pointing out that Trump’s attempt to frame the disclosures in the late…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-03-01 09:13:01
Sadiq Khan - Labour must stop imitating 'Reform'.
"In all my mayoral elections in London, I asked potential Green supporters to lend me their vote so that we could deliver progressive policies to build a fairer, safer, greener and more prosperous London for everyone. Many did, but it only worked because people believed we would walk the walk, not just talk the talk."
/Cont'd.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-02 15:25:06
The rightwing populist
Laura Fernšndez
has won Costa Rica’s presidential election in a landslide
after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
Fernšndez’s nearest rival, centre-right economist Álvaro Ramos,
conceded defeat as results showed the ruling party far exceeding the threshold of 40% needed to avoid a runoff.
With 94% of polling stations counted, the political heir of
outgoing president, Rodrigo Chaves,
h…
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-01-31 15:24:06
Sent to my Congressional Representative, Nick LaLota (NY District 1).
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Representative LaLota:
You and your colleagues will have the chance over the next two weeks to craft a new budget for DHS and especially ICE and CBP.
I am aware that you cannot, in the current climate, simply disband these agencies.
I urge you strongly to add to the resolution a rider defining their roles.
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@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-27 15:36:10
Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place (Josh Halliday/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p44#a260227p44
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-01-01 03:11:58
Rim shot! 🥁
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-27 10:04:53
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-01-31 00:26:33
Alec of Technology Connections explains why renewable energy, and solar panels in particular, will replace fossil fuels.
And then in the last third, he devastates the Trumpists, complaining all the way that he never wanted to do political videos.
#TechnologyConnections
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-31 21:19:40
Dems tout another special election as a boost for their party ahead of midterms
Democrat won a special election for an Iowa state Senate seat Tuesday,
denying Republicans the opportunity to regain a supermajority in the chamber
and handing the Democratic Party a large-margin victory ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
#Renee
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-01 00:11:19
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Party Dozen:
🎵 Mad Rooter
#PartyDozen
https://cityslang.bandcamp.com/track/party-dozen-mad-rooter
https://open.spotify.com/track/6cuXSWojM83UcPkrfbd75t
@markhburton@mstdn.social2025-12-22 20:00:17
Portugal’s far-right Chega party ordered to take down posters targeting Roma people | Portugal | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/portugals-far-right-chega-party-ordered-to-take-down-pos…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-31 18:19:18
A new report from the grassroots organization #RootsAction aims to do what a promised “autopsy” from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not:
publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats’ 2024 presidential campaign.
While the Democratic Party’s official postmortem assessment was pulled from public release earlier this month, RootsAction’s
“
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-03-01 19:25:42
While Starmer and the far right condone USAsrael
'Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said Iranians "deserve to live free from a brutal regime", but Trump's "unilateral and illegal military action won't deliver freedom, peace and security".'
'Referencing reports that a strike had hit a girls' school and killed dozens, Green Party leader Zack Polanski said "This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-29 14:29:03
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Fazed on a Pony:
🎵 Wrong Party
#FazedonaPony
https://fazedonapony.bandcamp.com/track/wrong-party
https://open.spotify.com/track/4jXTOzieVCSVRNdkqKHvQn
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-02-26 10:49:19
Historian Garret Ryan talks about the decline and final irrelevance of ancient Sparta.
Caused by: increasing economic inequality, leading to a shrinking of the percentage of the population being called "citizens", which in turn led to civil unrest.
https://youtu.be/yvWpzEwdFEg?si=NOa5Gl
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-29 17:09:27
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Oingo Boingo:
🎵 Dead Man’s Party
#OingoBoingo
https://murderbydeath.bandcamp.com/track/dead-mans-party-by-oingo-boingo
https://open.spotify.com/track/2h47SG8bNphmicAll4H9RV
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-02 04:55:44
Darkness draped Crans-Montana,
a ski resort in the Swiss Alps with a reputation for posh luxury.
Le Constellation, however, had few pretensions:
a cavernous venue with TV screens on the top floor to watch sport,
and a basement with low lighting, loud music and a dancefloor.
It attracted a young crowd, including under-18s, mainly from Switzerland and continental Europe,
and early on Thursday morning hundreds thronged the venue to see in 2026.
Many wo…
@nitpicking@mstdn.party2026-01-26 10:28:56
Well-regulated #militia time:
"The Minnesota National Guard made it clear which side they were on. Wearing neon vests to distinguish themselves from federal agents, they handed out doughnuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters."
-Historian Heather Cox Richardson
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-29 14:33:25
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Last Dinner Party:
🎵 Nothing Matters
#TheLastDinnerParty
https://lookingglassalice.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-matters-the-last-dinner-party-looking-glass-alice-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5rzxppLxFWvtwzjmyppcqk
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-27 18:06:01
Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to scrap the #filibuster,
saying it had become an obstacle to "effective governing" and removing it would prevent another government shutdown
and pave the way for his party to push through its legislative priorities.
“The filibuster is hurting the Republican Party,” Trump told Politico.
He called on Republican lawmakers to eliminat…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-23 21:37:57
It’s DNC Chair Ken Martin with a legal update
You may know that the Democratic Party has a best-in-class team of lawyers fighting tooth and nail to stop Trump from interfering with our elections.
If you’re in a position to support work like this, I’m humbly asking you to donate to our Fight Fund
https://
