Dear everyone:
1/ 🧵
I was simply making a suggestion about doing Bridgy/Bsky
I was not making a demand
I do not know how it works. Read the thread/replies for how to do it.
I'm fine w whatever you choose to do or not do
If you don't bridge over, then you'll simply get less info from this account. It's increasingly difficult/stressful to try to copy over the news I find on Bsky + images + alt text each image + everything else.
Do whatever you'd like. I'm doing the same.
Kthxbye
I got at least 3 "not surprised" in a row.
I may delete my account. 1/... <-- THIS MEANS THERE'S A THREAD. Read the next post down and the next one and...
https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114925694457627324
PINNED THREAD. 1/...
To respond to your VERY kind, sweet, generous replies (bc of those of you who I adore, I'm not deleting my account):
👉🏼
My account will be here, but I've run out of patience with Reply Guys, "not surprised," Debbie Downers, trolls, and know-it-alls who debate everything to death.👈🏼
I'll lurk.
But I know when to step away: It's when I find myself reluctant to check in. I've reached that point.
But thank you. Hugs. I'll be around. You can always follow my Bridgy account. xo
I got at least 3 "not surprised" in a row.
I may delete my account. 1/... <-- THIS MEANS THERE'S A THREAD. Read the next post down and the next one and...
https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114925694457627324
“I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
The news tells us that we are moving from 1 country to a different, autocratic one. The TV shows us: This country looks different, sounds different and feels different. A familiar face and a familiar voice vanish”
🎁
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/opinion/trump-kirk-trans-people-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.vk3_.Mshz3TcUQmRT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2/ “The person who was murdered was rep of a hateful ideology, person thought to have killed him was deluded young man who may have tried to oppose that hatred in most destructive manner imaginable. & yet something in transformed landscape of this country tells me I’m not supposed to say so” #LGBTQ
“I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
The news tells us that we are moving from 1 country to a different, autocratic one. The TV shows us: This country looks different, sounds different and feels different. A familiar face and a familiar voice vanish”
🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/opinion/trump-kirk-trans-people-russia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.vk3_.Mshz3TcUQmRT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The party of Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, CDU, is projected to win the NRW municipal vote, with the far-right AfD making major gains. -- DW News
Heads up 📍
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.msnbc.com
· 23s
"The demonstrations scheduled for this Saturday, August 16th are branded as 'Fight the Trump Takeover'..."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/dnc-nationwide-protests-saturday-republican-redistricting-plans-rcna224365
Pro tip to new followers:
Please don't tell me what to post.
Mastodon, you're seriously irking me lately.
Kthxbye
Yes, let's make MORE people sick, bc the Ugly Death Bill wasn't lethal enough #ProLifeMyAss
"An influential group of House Republicans has invited a chief architect of the hard-right push for deep Medicaid spending cuts to brief congressional aides Thursday as GOP leaders quietly map out a possible second party-line reconciliation package."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/13/house-medicaid-cuts-brian-blase-00508181
Keep 'em coming
BREAKING: An Illinois judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton’s petition to enforce arrests against Texas House Democrats in Illinois, ruling that Illinois lacks the authority to compel state law enforcement to carry out Texas’ civil warrants.
Background: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/republicans-issue-arrest-warrants-for-texas-democrats-but-they-likely-arent-enforceable/
Keep 'em coming
"Fed judge ordered Trump admin to restore portion of resrch grants it suspended from UCLA after DOJ alleged civil rts violations
..ruled Nat Science Foundation violated temp restraining order she issued which blocked fed research grant "terminations" https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/ucla-suspended-research-grants-federal-government/
Laffy