@cdarwin@c.imThe Trump administration claims to be fighting an existential battle against insurrectionary forces in Los Angeles.
In truth, it created this cynical spectacle itself,
deploying troops and inflaming tensions to distract from its policy failures.
https://jacobin.com/2025/06/la-immigr…
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energyI was curious to see what streaming news media would do today, after three straight weeks of nonstop, utterly pointless coverage of the Pope. Would they finally get back to talking about the ongoing destruction of the American democratic state and the urgent matters piling up?
Naaaaah. Every single network (including, sadly, BBC and Sky News) chose to air the thoroughly disgusting spectacle of TFG and MBS making deals in KSA.
And then: Show trials! Kardashian! Mendezez! Diddy!
@pre@boing.worldThe fediverse is often full of drama with admins falling out with each other and defederations, and threats and tears.
Now, with the public spat between the Twitter admin and the TruthSocial admin, the rest of the world gets to enjoy a similar spectacle!
They can't defederate of course, because Twitter never became open enough and TruthSocial was already defederated by everyone as soon as it existed.
Only on Fedi can you get the full experience of a public spat and defederation, because only on Fedi can the admins really at-mention and and directly reply and take the final dramatic action of a flouce-defederation.
Trump fans who are Twitter users can't port their followers over to TruthSocial, and Turther Musk fans can't just migrate their account to Twitter.
They're stuck.
So you see Fedi really is the best when it comes to massive public spats between admins and this current admin-drama is only getting more attention because it's between two of the worst people in the world.
#fediverse #interInstanceDrama #adminFight
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialIf i was an american i would surely join the #nokings protest on June 14th. An amazing number of events. Join !
https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
@cdarwin@c.im"For Glory's Sake - For Vengeance Sake - War"
The predicate is being laid.
There’s a very easy A to B if, after a day or two or three, you don’t see the violence stop,
you could imagine easily that Trump would use that as a pretext for a much more sweeping assertion of power.
So we are at a very, very dangerous time.
The rhetoric is maximal rhetoric. The deployment is relatively minimal, but I’m worried it’s only a matter of time before the depl…
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.social#GoodNews #GuteNachrichten
Walmart heiress Christy Walton (76), one of the richest women in America, has joined a small group of billionaires speaking out against President Donald Trump.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzRussell Wilson relishes playing in New York, chance to return Giants to ‘highest level’: ‘I don’t mind the lights’ https://www.nfl.com/news/russell-wilson-relishes-playing-in-new-york-chance-to-return-…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to[OT] Saturday June 14: No Kings protests https://www.nokings.org Could be US citizen's last chance to save US democracy from oligarchy and a police state
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@crell@phpc.socialOK, Americans. Where will you be this Saturday?
I know you'll be at a No Kings march, because that's where anyone who cares about this country needs to be. But which one? There is almost certainly one near you, if not several.
Find one, sign up, march, make noise. America does not go down without a fight.
https://www.no…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialIn America, we don’t do kings
They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.
On June 14th, we rise up.
https://www.nokings.org/
@cdarwin@c.imTrump walked out to a thunderous standing ovation as Kid Rock’s “American Bad Ass” boomed from the sound system.
He watched martial artists slug it out behind a chain-link fence.
A female champion let the US president try on her gold belt.
It was a night of machismo, spectacle and violence.
Shortly before he joined an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night,
Trump had signed an order deploying 2,000 national guard troop…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz"Patricia #Espenak announced in an email that Fred passed away yesterday afternoon," Michael Zeiler just wrote on the Solar Eclipse Mailing List: "Fred was in hospice at their home in Portal, Arizona. Pat was holding his hand when he passed away and is devastated.
Fred had an extremely consequential life and was a giant in the solar eclipse community. Let‘s remember his enthusiasm for nature‘s greatest spectacle, his warm friendship to many of us, his generosity in sharing his knowledge, and his impact on all of us."
Obituaries: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/fred-espenak-1953-2025/ and https://www.astronomy.com/observing/fred-espenak-dies-at-71/
@salrandolph@zirk.us @cdarwin@c.imWe are witnessing the suicide of a superpower
No doubt Trump thinks that tanks and soldiers on display will make America, and its president, look tough and strong.
But the planned spectacle in June 14 is laughably hollow.
Even as the president wants to showcase U.S. military power,
he is doing grave and possibly irreparable damage to the real sources of U.S. strength,
including its long-term investment in scientific research.
Trump is declaring war on sc…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaWhy do I even watch this YouTube spectacle about 20 FRP voters and one Red politician?
No state or party can grasp my needs better than I do. All political systems serve only to chain freedom and divide society.
This is why YouTube is a tool of domination, spreading the lies that keep us enslaved.
https://www.
@cdarwin@c.imIndivisible And Partners Announce
'NO KINGS' Nationwide
DAY OF DEFIANCE!
Saturday, June 14th
STAND TOGETHER !!
with 3.5 % of the populace = 8 million
To find an event near you
Visit https://nokings.org
