@ricardoharvin @dmitry

An election with only one allowed outcome is not an election.

This "election" is performative, to make people think they can still vote so they will accept all these measures. If they get away with it, it will be the last one. This performative election is the last faint chance to object to fascism, that is why they are spending so much - to render any opposition to the current administraton ineffective so that resistance will fail.

@kralcttam @nemeciii

The lack of response by us stock markets to these is either criminally negligent, or actively criminal. That's why I am now calling it the "greater fool market".

@kralcttam @nemeciii

There are many ways the US administration is sabotaging growth:

- No more subsidies for population/labour force (SNAP, ACA, etc)
- Science no longer supported (many scientific agencies now drastically smaller, they were economic growth engines)
- Shrank the bureau of labour statistics, trying to dictate bad financial policy to the fed.
- Hunting down and detaining/deporting low-cost workers.

@Flux @sundogplanets @geckzilla

Instead of searching for goats you can pop over to the pet floors and visit the pets.

Hmmm, dyed-pink poodles and who knows what ... well, if you're feeling brave : -)

@dresstokilt @panmanphil @carsten

It also deprives the Big Tech companies of the information they use/steal for surveillance and feeding their AI models.

@carsten

No streaming, no youtube.

Great time to get (back?) into board games, do some baking, knitting, electronics, woodworking, visit/help neighbours.