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retrohondajunki

@retrohondajunki@mstdn.social

Nervous energy. Resonance fields. Scarcity is a myth. Future reimagined, let's keep all the good parts.😴😪 Who looks inside awakes. 🚸

I'm thrilled that we're all becoming "woke". It means self awareness to what is happening to ourselves, others, and our world around us. How else are we going to redeem humanity?

Stalemate. Life is fleeting.

CW: All posts are that of my opinion.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

TonyStark , to random
@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

Good for New Jersey and for Andy Kim on his winning the New Jersey US Senate primary.

I'd read about Kim in 2018 and was impressed. He unseated one of the architects of the failed Paul Ryan plan to repeal the ACA.

In the middle of the night after Jan. 6, Kim cleaned up garbage from insurrectionists at the US Capitol. He was acting alone, doing his part. I hope he wins in November.

Behind the viral photo of Rep. Andy Kim cleaning up at midnight after riots:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-viral-photo-rep-andy-kim-cleaning-midnight-after-riots-n1253519

retrohondajunki ,

@Npars01 Bingo!

futurebird , to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

When I bought this titanium teapot as a gift to myself for finding a new job years ago I really felt bad about how much it cost— but I’ve decided it’s, in a way the ideal sort of expensive treat: absurdly durable, timeless, utilitarian, strange.

This one is going in my will. I hope someone takes it with them to space someday. (that is my new heirloom benchmark: how likely is this to be in the 1 ton allowance for those moving to the dyson swarm never to set foot on earth again?)

retrohondajunki ,

@futurebird
A charming pot

mondoweiss , to palestine group
@mondoweiss@social.mondoweiss.net avatar

Indiana University's "Liberation Commencement" was a celebration of the students' brave commitment to fighting powerful institutions and their involvement in challenging Zionism and the Palestinian genocide.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/a-tale-of-two-commencements-how-gaza-solidarity-encampments-are-changing-the-way-we-see-university-education/


@palestine @israel

retrohondajunki ,

@KathyLK @somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel
Possibly, but we won't know that since Israel does not wait for attacks to happen. With Western weapons they have always attacked first.

retrohondajunki ,

@KathyLK @somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel
Jews and Muslims lived in peace in the region until the forced injection of the masses of Jews into the land in a secular ideology called Zionism. Since then the theft of home and property has been devastating to the Palestinian locals. Despite what you would do in such circumstances, the way forward is for the two peoples to work together towards a two state solution. That means going back to the previously agreed upon borders.

retrohondajunki ,

@KathyLK @somekindahate3 @mondoweiss @palestine @israel
You're talking about a war of religion.
How many in Israel's govt are truly religious and not pretending? I'd say there's hateful people on both sides, and some prioritize their hate first on race and then religion. An objective view would tell you that one religion isn't better than another (any religion) and both can be weaponized for genocide and to commit human vices.

retrohondajunki ,

@KathyLK @somekindahate3 @palestine @israel

Jewish history shows that antisemitism is a Western problem.

https://social.mondoweiss.net/@mondoweiss/112537004158084475

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

U.S. prosecutors are examining whether committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-securities-wire-fraud-2024-05-08/

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
Elon continues to stifle real human technological progress with his false advertising for government funds and contracts.

Nonilex , to random
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

In yet another bad sign for :

has essentially banned in . His cabinet voted to kick out of Israel says its are threats to .

I guess the pen truly is mightier than the sword & all that.


https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-cabinet-moves-close-al-jazeeras-local-operations-2024-05-05/

retrohondajunki ,

@Nonilex

When you're on the wrong side of history, freedom of the press is not your friend, this has been imported to the US. Israel is jeopardizing citizens rights in the US.

retrohondajunki ,

@Nonilex Anything and everything is "anti-semitic" if it isn't pro-Israel, nowadays.

retrohondajunki ,

@Nonilex
I doubt it's coming back unless there's a government overhaul given Israels tight "Israel is endowed" narrative. This narrative facilitates the dehumanization of Palestinians and perpetuates "us vs them". A challenge to this narrative will bring down that facade.

retrohondajunki , to random

Maybe the mainstream media should focus on the suffering in Gaza. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RfYCXJZEEq0

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via Ben Wikler:

Absorb this graph—but note that the final year is 2018, the year of Trump’s tax cuts. That’s ’s big goal, always has been: to rip off working people and hand huge bags of cash to the ultra-wealthy, like himself and his Mar-a-Lago buddies.

Rutger Bregman:

Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
With all that money they buy up our media and shape our collective narrative to the detriment of us all.

MikeDunnAuthor , to random
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social avatar

Today in Labor History May 4, 1970: Ohio National Guards murdered four students at Kent State University. They also injured nine others, including one who was permanently paralyzed. During the massacre, they fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds at the unarmed crowd. The students were protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. With the current wave of student protests against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the government’s response is looking sickeningly similar to its response to student protests in the early 70s: Violent repression, use of chemical agents, snipers on rooftops. If the vitriolic rhetoric of politicians and pundits continues, another student massacre seems imminent.

retrohondajunki ,

@MikeDunnAuthor
The student massacre of '24

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

An Israeli official has told News that will not agree to end the war with as part of any potential deal. Read more -ABC News

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
Republicans are milking this moment to bring about a fascist state and water down first amendment rights it's to be expected but they are not getting any pushback and the main stream media including NBC is totally with it.

randahl , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar

Horrifying news from Ukraine: According to Ukraine Army Commander Oleksandr Syrsky, Russia has broken through the frontline at Novobakhmutivka in the Donetsk oblast.

You can see the progress on these screenshots from DeepStateMap. First picture is April 10. Second picture is yesterday.

Syrsky mentions lack of equipment as one of the reasons, Ukraine is now retreating.

Mike Johnson truly deserves a Hero of Russia medal.

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retrohondajunki ,

@randahl
This is terrifying. And this video highlights why.

How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War https://youtube.com/watch?v=lakdZIuZe7c

rbreich , to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us...

But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?

retrohondajunki ,

@rbreich
The new generation is getting unwieldy and mindful.

appassionato , to palestine group
@appassionato@mastodon.social avatar

‘Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah’

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

@palestine

retrohondajunki ,

@appassionato @palestine
Chuck Shumer turning the corner, an end to the war looks promising.

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Johnson signals shift on to GOP senators

“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Republican senators Wednesday to expect the House to send them legislation to help Ukraine, but cautioned that what comes out of the House will look substantially different than the $95 billion foreign aid package the Senate passed last month.”

https://apple.news/A2JMKbTqIRjeiQdWzosfjxQ

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
Putin saying he's ready to use the bomb got his attention. Nuclear annihilation tends to do that.

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🤔Gee, who owns the ? Oooo, ooo! Pick me! I know!🙋🏻‍♀️ 1/...

Via democracydocket:

BREAKING: Republican National Committee files lawsuit alleging that 's voter rolls are outdated and the state is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act. The RNC wants Michigan to purge voters before the November election.

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
A new party needs to be ready to take the reigns.

retrohondajunki , to random

Palestinians and supporters, March 12, 2024, brace for conditions to become inconceivably worse as Netanyahu prepares to invade .

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

“Distrust of ’s ability to rule has deepened and broadened across the public from its already high levels before the war, and we expect large protests demanding his resignation and new elections,” according to the report. “A different, more moderate government is a possibility.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/us-intelligence-report-netanyahu?cid=ios_app

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
There's a wormhole in your apple and you want to know how much of the apple is salvageable.

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

"Blood bath at " 1/...

"Trump’s newly installed leadership team at the RNC began the process of pushing out dozens of officials.

All told, the expectation is that more than 60 RNC staffers who work across the political, communications and data departments will be let go. Those being asked to resign include five members of the senior staff, though the names were not made public. Additionally, some vendor contracts are expected to be cut" https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/bloodbath-at-rnc-trump-team-slashes-staff-at-committee-00146368

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
It's because people like Mitch McConnell were spineless and let's not forget the 147 Republicans in Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 election results.

ajsadauskas , (edited ) to Asklemmy
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

What should I add to my '90s website?

So I'm currently toying around with NeoCities, and decided to trial it by building your classic mid '90s Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire pastiche website.

Some of the most important elements are already in place.

Tile background? Large font? Heading in bright pink with a shadow? Unusual colour choices? Random cat gifs? Under construction gif? Check! Check! Check!

In the true spirit of the '90s DIY web, some more pages (including the links page) are coming soon.

(I'm thinking of adding a page dedicated to either Britney or a nu-metal band.)

You can see the page so far here: https://that90ssite.neocities.org/

There are a few things that I want to add to make it complete, and I'm looking for suggestions.

The first, is to embed a midi file that plays automatically. Any suggestions on the best way of doing this?

Second, it's just not going to be complete without a guestbook.

Third, any webring suggestions?

Fourth, what's the best way of adding a java chat room in 2024?

Finally, anything else that really needs to be a part of a great '90s website?

UPDATE: Thanks for all the feedback! I've added more annoying GIFs, a guestbook, a links page, and a cyber cat hangout.

UPDATE 2: And added even more gifs, an amazing Amiga demo, and a ton of links.

@asklemmy #tech #webdev #neocities #technology

retrohondajunki ,

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy
A little music player with a playlist that plays that eras music. Links to retro sites that no longer exist that actually work, that way we can bring the internet of the past back.

Strandjunker , to random
@Strandjunker@mstdn.social avatar

1923: Hitler’s coup failed. No real consequences, no changes. 10 years later, he and his co-conspirators took over Germany.

2021: Trump’s coup failed. No real consequences, no changes. 3 years later, he’s running for president again and his co-conspirators are still in Congress.

retrohondajunki ,

@Strandjunker
Trump feels as emboldened as every. The enablers are a big fn problem.

rbreich , to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

It now seems official that the Republican nominee is an adjudicated rapist, business fraud, and insurrectionist who's been indicted on 91 criminal charges. That is how an honest media must refer to him in every headline between now and November.

retrohondajunki ,

@rbreich
Can we call it what it is without raising the temperature? Should we raise the temperature? Or should we be pulling out all the stops?

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Destroying America, Part 38473.

Via Acyn:

Speaker Johnson: We also advanced cuts to some of the agencies that have been turned against the American people. We are going to cut 3% from DOJ, 7% from the ATF, 6% from the FBI, and 10% from the EPA.

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
A great time for President Biden to win over these government employees. He needs to speak directly to them. The fascistic threat is real.

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via sherrilyn ifill:

LISTEN: Don’t lose the plot. Today’s decision in the Sec 3 case is not just about Trump, it’s also insulates congressional insurrectionists. More alarming is that the concurring justices are telling us in stark terms what is going on with the conservatives on the Court. And it may be worse than we thought.

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
It's always worse than we thought nowadays isn't it.

marcelias , to random
@marcelias@mas.to avatar

Put simply, the Court allowed Trump to stay on the ballot in order to avoid an outcome that would raise the “national temperature.” My objection is that Judges should not bend to the will of an insurrectionist simply to placate his supporters.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/in-9-0-ruling-supreme-court-justices-bend-toward-trump/

retrohondajunki ,

@marcelias
The 9-0 ruling is quite alarming, putting a kind of merit seal on it.

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

So. People WANT a Hitler to run the US? Because all morning/week/month/year I’ve seen polls (I know, I don’t give polls much credence either, but it’s consistent) telling me how Biden’s numbers have dropped and how Trump is beating him in swing states, etc. WTF America? W. T. A. F.!

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
Must be the messaging.

lowqualityfacts , to random
@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar

DeSantis is the worst.

retrohondajunki ,

@lowqualityfacts
"All lives matter"

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

It never does, Angry.

Via Angry Staffer:

Make it make sense

Rick Lenzie:

Republicans are actively investigating Joe while claiming the president has total immunity.

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
Mitch McConnell is also pushing for an impeachment.

retrohondajunki , to random

Imagine when this number grows to 50k, maybe then it's a ?

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🎯Via Shannon Watts:

Sen. Mitch ’s legacy will be that he purposefully undermined America’s first Black president, he broke the Supreme Court, he helped elect a fascist President, and he abetted up an insurrection on American soil.

retrohondajunki ,

@GottaLaff
He didn't find Trump guilty during the impeachment because it benefited his party. We could have went back to a normal timeline and had less fascists.

prolrage , to palestine group
@prolrage@todon.nl avatar

Leaked ceasefire proposal 'psychological warfare': Hamas
@palestine

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/23640

retrohondajunki ,

@prolrage @palestine
What I get from this is that they're nowhere near close to a Ceasefire and Hamas believes the US is gaslighting them.

retrohondajunki , to random

This is what denial of self determination of a people looks like.

breadandcircuses , to random
@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social avatar

A few days ago, we focused on the fraudulent scheme of plastic recycling. It does not work, it never has worked, and it never will.

The oil industry, which produces millions of tons of plastics every year and makes HUGE profits from it, has known all along that recycling doesn't do any good — yet they continue promoting the idea.

So should we just quit? That's the question asked by a new article at Salon.

"Plastic experts say recycling is a scam. Should we even do it anymore?"

Erica Cirino, communications manager at the Plastic Pollution Coalition, says, "Plastic recycling rates vary widely from region to region around the world. In the U.S., plastic recycling rates are currently below 6 percent."

Yet even those numbers are deceptive, Cirino warned, as they incorrectly imply that at least the plastic which does get 'recycled' is handled in ways that help the environment.

"Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter where or how you set out your plastic for recycling collection, whether at the end of your driveway, at your local recycling center, or in a municipal recycling bin: Most plastic items collected as recycling are not actually recycled," Cirino explained. "Surprisingly, plastic is not designed to be recycled — despite industries and governments telling the public that we should recycle plastic."

Instead the plastics that people think get 'recycled' are often instead shipped from the Global North to the Global South, with waste haulers often dumping and openly burning plastic without regard to environmental laws, Cirino explained. People who live near the sites where these things happen face a lifetime of health risks, to say nothing of living in a degraded environment.

Indeed, a compelling question arises from the fact that the crusade to recycle plastic is more corporate propaganda than true Earth-saving measure: Should we recycle plastic at all?

"No," Cirino told Salon. "Even if plastic recycling rates were higher, recycling alone could never come close to solving the serious and wide-ranging health, justice, socio-economic, and environmental crises caused by industries’ continued plastic production and plastic pollution, which go hand in hand." Cirino argued that, given how plastic production has grown exponentially and its pollution problems have likewise worsened, emphasizing recycling over meaningful solutions is at best irresponsible.

"It’s clear recycling is not enough to solve the plastic pollution crisis," Cirino concluded. "The fossil fuel industry, governments, and corporations really need to turn off the plastic tap. Ultimately, our world must decide what it values: money or life."

FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.salon.com/2024/02/23/plastic-experts-say-recycling-is-a-scam-should-we-even-do-it-anymore/

retrohondajunki ,

@breadandcircuses
The surcharge that's added to a "recyclable" plastic bottle purchase to make the customer have to recycle to recoup their money is just wrong. Recycling is a hassle that's passed off to the customer.

retrohondajunki , to random

wdlindsy , to random
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

Why place your daughter-in-law as co-chair of the Republican National Committee, as Trump has done with his son's wife Lara Trump?

Roger Sollenberger explains:

"Trump will have more than enough say to turn on the money spigot, and can demand large personal cuts from party funds."

The RNC, flush with money given by donors to the party itself — not to Donald Trump — is a cash cow for Trump and he intends to keep milking it.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-truth-about-trumps-rnc-shakeupand-why-the-gop-will-suffer

retrohondajunki ,

@wdlindsy
It'll be a great way to destroy the Republican party once and for all.

retrohondajunki , to random

A hopeful future exists.

ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar

Defend our

(from @tomgauld)

@bookstodon

retrohondajunki ,

@ChrisMayLA6 @tomgauld @bookstodon
The world is in a bad shape once again and needs heroes.

oatmeal , to palestine group
@oatmeal@kolektiva.social avatar

#Biden / In Private Remarks to Arab Americans, Biden Aide Expresses Regrets on Gaza

In a private meeting with Arab American leaders on Thursday, Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer acknowledged that the Biden administration made mistakes in its response to the Gaza war that has killed over 27,000 Palestinians since October 2022.

“We have left a very damaging impression based on what has been a wholly inadequate public accounting for how much the president, the administration and the country values the lives of Palestinians. And that began, frankly, pretty early in the conflict.”

Finer admitted the U.S. failed to properly convey the value it places on Palestinian lives. He expressed regret over the White House statement on the 100-day mark of the conflict that did not mention Palestinian casualties. Finer also said the administration should have faster condemned dehumanizing rhetoric by Israeli officials comparing Gazans to "animals."

#NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/us/politics/biden-aide-israel-regret.html or https://archive.is/4QOIG
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelUSAHamasWar
#Gaza

retrohondajunki ,

@oatmeal @israel @palestine
merely Republican "thoughts and prayers"

tzimmer_history , to random
@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social avatar

Republicans believe they don’t have to accept difference and compromise, regarding it as their prerogative to shape the nation in their image, to define the boundaries of “real America.”

If they don’t get to rule, they might as well ruin what they no longer regard as “America.”

New piece:

🧵1/

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/domination-or-dissolution-rule-or

retrohondajunki ,

@tzimmer_history
When will a new party rise to take the place of the old Republican party and make these far right loons irrelevant again?

tzimmer_history , to random
@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social avatar

Weekend reading: I wrote about the broader implications of Texas defying federal authority on the border.

Republican governors are aggressively endorsing precisely the argument slave states used to justify secession. That’s, uhm, really bad.

🧵1/

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-texas-border-standoff-is-an-acute

retrohondajunki ,

@tzimmer_history
Americans will just have to show how they out American conservative christo-fascists. It's hard to argue with the subset of people who prefer war.

retrohondajunki ,

@tzimmer_history
A Union cannot survive amidst constant kaos and divisiveness. Both sides will have to win or lose interest.

oatmeal , to israel group
@oatmeal@kolektiva.social avatar

/ Around 49% of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders adults said the U.S. is "not supportive enough" of Palestinians in the conflict with Israelis, according to the AAPI Data/AP-NORC Center monthly survey released this week.
PDF https://apnorc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AAPI-Data-AP-NORC-December-2023-Report.pdf

[…] The broad poll of AAPI adults may indicate a crucial voting bloc of President 's election coalition disagrees with how the president is handling the Israeli-Hamas war.

Via https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/asian-americans-aapi-palestinians-support

@israel
@palestine

retrohondajunki ,

@oatmeal @israel @palestine
What Palestine needs are international monitor personnel in some form to take down names of the perps. You can't just take the IDF or Israel's zero credibility word for it.

velshi , to random
@velshi@mastodon.world avatar

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has inflicted significant damage on Hamas but appears a long way from the death blow Israeli leaders vowed to deliver. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israels-offensive-hamas-gaza-succeeding-rcna130745

retrohondajunki ,

This forever war is going to be taxing and costly. Perpetually on our minds and polluting every generation. Israel demands preferential treatment and will take nothing less at any cost.

Why are Palestinians, uprooted from their homes, the bad people? When the Jewish were driven from the region, some ages ago, did they think they would return to do the same ethic cleansing to another people?

#Israel #Palestine #TaxPayerMoney #BDSMovement #MakePeaceNotWar #NoForeverWars

retrohondajunki , to random

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