I respectfully suggest that the qualifying clause "and will to the best of my ability" be removed from the oath. The current oath apparently allows someone who is not able to preserve, protect and defend the constitution, to go ahead and be president anyway.
Fourteen Samurai
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
I realize that Bsky really likes pet photos, but it seems that my whole discover page is taken up by them. Am I really already following the serious news and commentary feeds already?
Connecticut represent!
You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
@fallofcivspod.bsky.social
I think the reason I am addicted to this podcast is that it helps me to know that I'm not alone. This is not the end of history.
It didn't occur to me until just recently, but some future version of Paul Cooper will be writing about the decades I've been alive and the decline and fall of the American experiment.
It seems that Burning Shores is happening a little ahead of schedule. I hope people are able to get to safety.
Same. Except that I usually just block them. I wish there was an unfollow function.
LOL....and Ew
Not that any one will see this, or otherwise care, but if you follow me and your account is nothing but reposted memes or unattributed content, I will not follow back, and will probably just block you. I don't need pollution in my feed.
I'm the father of a non-binary person who is married to a trans man. I am descended from three grandparents who were Ukrainian immigrants.
To all y'all Democrats who were either too butt hurt about Palestine, or just outright too racist to vote for Kamala: Fuck you.
Perhaps I'm antisocial but my first inclination when I am followed by a stranger is to assume that there is bad intent. I am nobody. I am just here to read, and occasionally engage with some people if I have something to contribute. I reserve the right to block, since I can't remove a follower.
I'm in CT. I used to like him. He was a good attorney general. But he's turned into another Joe Lieberman. He needs to be primaried.
Don't follow me. If all you do is repost memes or cute animals I will block you along with the bots. Create engagement by creating content or adding substance to a discussion. Otherwise, my BlockFu is strong and merciless.
I'm old enough to remember conservative objections to single payer health care by saying that it would result in "death panels" who would decide what procedures would get paid. It turns out, the death panels are in the insurance companies... Who knew?
So then why does blocking or following work? If someone can follow me, then I should have the ability to remove the follow, or at the very least deny the request. Some of the follows I get are obviously bots and are easy blocks, but others are not so easy to determine. It's a safety issue.
I really don't understand what that means. Saying something like that without linking to the source isn't particularly helpful when searching doesn't really work here
I'm just a little guy who should not have as many followers as I have. I get followed by random accounts for no reason than engagement farming. Please give me the ability to remove a follower without blocking.
It's been an exhausting week so far, but today is a good day. Mom's surgery was a success and she's recovering well. Thanksgiving can mean different things. Today I'm thankful for all the doctors and nurses and personal care assistants taking such good care of Mom.
At the risk of being repetitive...I didn't think the leopard would eat MY face ...
I am conscious of self censorship. But jeebusfuck I am scared and angry. I'm close to retirement age and these ratfuckers want to dismantle Social Security and Medicare. Godfuckingdammit.
And one for accounts that post photos with no attribution.
One feature threads has that I wish were here is the ability to remove a follower instead of outright blocking.
Ok, Now that the former FL-01 rep has withdrawn his name from consideration for AG, let's bring down the nominee for HHS.
I have always loved Star Trek. It wasn't until I got much older that I realized how cautionary and prophetic Roddenberry was. Perhaps it really IS necessary for the slate to be wiped clean before the world without want can be achieved.
I am perhaps a little bit disappointed in the fact that when I open this app, I don't hear ELO in the background. If you understand that reference, you are my people.
I did also. Mine didn't show up either.
