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[Sally_Mahoney]

Trump gives out more pardons and clemencies: Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Charles Kushner, and other longtime allies

I really wish I hadn’t stayed up and saw this. Hate doesn’t even come close to what I’m feeling. There isn’t a word strong enough to express it. Bury this man in a volcano when he’s gone otherwise there’s going to be a swamp of piss permanently covering his grave- I’ll see to that personally. What an obvious criminal piece of shit. This man is pure corrupt garbage, makes Nixon look like a saint. Can we remove presidential pardon power after election dates already?

[milliefink]

The Gallery of Just Plain Assholes (Part 1)

I don’t know… I kind of find that thread pretty free of the larger historical context of European imperialism and racism. Trump most certainly isn’t from a country dealing with the historical legacy of specifically racist imperialism that had a direct impact on him, nor is he a victim of racial injustice in his own country, which would have been true of Black Africans. The thread starts with 1971, as if Ugandan history STARTS with Idi Amin’s actions, rather than his actions being made possible b…

[Mindysan33]

[smulder]

@NukeML

Sounds more like Oasis.

[Sally_Mahoney]

The Washington Times demonstrates how to fake an Antifa attack

Once you accept that war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, and racism is economic anxiety, it makes perfect sense that anti-fascists would show up in support of Trump with Maga hats, Confederate flags, Auschwitz shirts, and other fascist paraphernalia.

[DukeTrout]

The best take I’ve ever heard on the topic:

Josh Hawley lost his book deal, haw haw

The problem is that Nazis have already abandoned the notion of free speech. As ever, it comes down to an imbalance in the meaning behind common language as used by different groups. When Nazis say “I want my free speech” they universally mean “I deserve to be heard by as many people as possible and any attempt to even counter my argument is an offense that should be subject to legal punishment”, whereas people who oppose the freedom of speech for Nazis are usually opposed to it because the Nazi…

[alahmnat]

Aww shucks, thank you

[milliefink]

Another Round Up of Resistance to Trump

Oh, I can hazard a guess: The assurance that the deck would always be stacked in their favor just due to being White, straight and male; the privilege of being “the center of the universe,” valued above and before everyone and everything else on the entire planet; that’s what they believe has been “stolen” from them. This is the myth of personal exceptionalism that is spoonfed to White American males from infancy: [Scarface's Folly] Never mind that it actually only applies to a tiny fractio…

[Ratel]

Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout

He did miss the opportunity to tell us whether his client would take the stand.

[Sally_Mahoney]

Boston Marathon Bomber sues over his right to wear a baseball cap in prison

“At the same time, I don’t think anyone deserves death, or cruel and unusual treatment while incarcerated.“ Lots of people deserve Death or Cruel or Unusual treatment. That doesn’t mean we should lower ourselves to providing it.

[DukeTrout]

Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 2)

You have had it patiently and thoughtfully explained to you why that statement is wrong. You have insisted on not listening and insisting that you know better than people who understand this stuff and do it for a living, who have spent their lives studying how to control and minimize damage from things like this. You may choose to howl into the void, but it does not make you right. My office is down another provider because their preschool teacher caught covid and exposed her entire class. T…

Patience and grace in writing.

[Ratel]

Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 2)

Just like copaganda, promotion of stories like this can be used as part of the effort to convince parents to push for in-person school and sports. Those doing that have a vested interest in “getting back to normal” as soon as possible. The issues of mental and physical health are too often ignored in the face of that. This story could be used as a cautionary tale on a few points. The loss of school part makes me wonder if young children are still taught how to be OK alone vs. needing externa…

No one talks about this side of the “kids aren’t in school” “apocalypse”. Suggesting introspection to parents isn’t a great way to sell subscriptions, though.

[Sally_Mahoney]

'The Anatomy of a Lie,' NYT reconstruct of 'Trump's failed 77-day effort to subvert democracy and overturn the 2020 election'

Take note of the names of all the enablers, henchmen, toadies, cowards, opportunists, fascists, white supremacists, and conspiracy nuts who helped him and continue to pose a danger to liberal democracy.

[ClutchLinkey]

God damn you 2020

These days, I am trying to include “handles” or constructive ways to respond positively, whenever I post a negative story. So… https://lifewithoutplastic.com/ If you are privileged in your own life to have the option of choosing less plastic consumption, please consider and thank you in advance. @boingboingshop @boingboing @jlw … please stop peddling plastic tchotchkes and other plastic crap when you can aim for higher quality durable alternatives wherever and whenever possible. P…

[navarro]

Contrapoints takes a deep dive into J.K. Rowling's anti-trans bigotry

Except in both the Contrapoints video and in the Jessie Gender video, they condemn people who attacked Rowlings. They do not condone it remotely. They are not excusing people who attacked Rowlings on twitter, even while they gave a reason why that happened (because an extremely powerful culture figure is using her platform to punch down). they also note that Rowlings is NOT the victim of oppression because of that. None of which they or anyone here has argued. Do you think that the people h…

there are others i could have quoted from this thread but this is a good “greatest hits” piece regarding the intersection of unexamined privilege and punching down.

[Mindysan33]

[gero]

Nanotech scientists teach spinach how to send emails, detects bombs

You mean to tell me that after a hundred years of increasingly dire warnings about pollution and climate change, the rich and powerful are suddenly going to start listening to a bunch of spinach?!

[Ratel]

One thing that Boing Boing comments / forums always got right

Steve was a serious moderator and more. The story of the end of his tenure there and the demise of Netslaves as quoted above is based on an embarrassingly self-serving account by the founders of Netslaves. The real story is more sordid and interesting, and since I was there at the time I’ll tell it (there’s a tl;dr at the end for those who want the short version). As background, at the time Gilliard was made moderator the two founders were increasingly disengaged from the site. Bill Lessard an…

[Sally_Mahoney]

Facebook bans anti-vax disinformation

“The horses are out of the gate, across the field, have disappeared over the mesa, have given birth to multiple generations, and have now evolved intelligence and are building pyramids. But hey, here comes Facebook to close the barn doors!”

[gero]

Brexit "considerably worse" than feared, says UK retail boss

Or in many cases just made up by the Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent, (checks notes) a Mr Borris Johnson.