What The Fuck Do We Do Now?

[Casey Pelous]

Is it possible that Musk and Trump are both the puppet, and the master?

I subtracted 43 from 78 and got 25.

Anything is possible.

 

[Khamon]

Impeaching Trump without the votes to remove him from office serves absolutely no purpose. I used to think we just need to hold on until the mid-terms, so we can hopefully get those votes. But, I sincerely doubt there will be mid-term elections.

Though I still lean toward believing that Trump is just a puppet, and Elon is the real evil - though Elon even seems to be getting fed up with Trump.

Elon is chaotic evil for sure. Trump is as well but is somewhat focused on executing his Presidential agenda to 1) avoid prison and 2) increase his disposable wealth. But the power rests with Lord Vaught and the Revered Adherents of Project 2025. They will dispose of the Chaotics when they're ready to consolidate the Reich. One wonders who will be placed as the Fall Guy Fuhrer (Resistance Code: FGF) at that point.

 

[Free]

I subtracted 43 from 78 and got 25.

Anything is possible.

Only if we continue to use Trump brand calculators.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I subtracted 43 from 78 and got 25.

Anything is possible.

The only cure for all of what's going on here is to divide by zero.

 

[Essence Lumin]

The only cure for all of what's going on here is to divide by zero.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Some pretty good stuff... though in multiple parts. Didn't see a text/transcript version or I would have linked that instead.

https://imgur.com/gallery/john-leguizamo-reads-project-2029-written-by-liz-chaney-democrats-N1MoI3S

or direct from Leguizamo on threads:

John Leguizamo (@johnleguizamo) on Threads

Liz Cheney a republican had to come up with our Project 2029 but it’s so good I can get behind it! Cause fighting this fascist president has aged me considerably! Be afraid!

www.threads.net

Basically:
form an independent civilian group to expose and record abuses of power
get the international criminal court involved
help disseminate 'know your rights' survival kits
Stop relying on U.S. media, get international media involved

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

I processed my first SNAP application from a displaced federal worker today. I fear it will not be the last. Plus, we are already seeing a surge in applications. My childhood BFF works for the welfare office in NJ and she says they're seeing a surge in applications too.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

U.S.-born citizen held by ICE in Florida jail

State law makes it a crime to enter the state as an ‘unauthorized alien’ — but it’s blocked by a judge, and Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was born in the U.S.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Innula Zenovka]

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I live emotionally between the two continents. As a British student in the US in the early 1990s, I thought it was the greatest country on Earth. I acquired an American wife and kids, but we ended up in Paris. Over decades of transatlantic visits, I’ve tracked the lives of American friends and relatives. I now feel that even somehow setting aside the mammoth issues of Trump and freedom, most Europeans live better than most Americans.

There’s one big exception: the mega-rich. If you’re among the wealthy Americans awaiting another tax cut from Congress, then congratulations: the Trump administration is at least trying to run the country for your benefit. You’re unlikely to get that from European governments. Similarly, most Americans in tech or finance will find undynamic Europe frustrating.

That leaves about 99 per cent of the population for whom emigrating to Europe would be a life win. The biggest potential beneficiaries are adults under the age of 35: unable to afford a home or even childcare in America’s biggest cities, but young enough to acquire a new language and circle of friends.

The logistics of emigrating have never been easier. Remote work also makes possible the ultimate life arbitrage: earning a US salary while living in the Mediterranean. Technology has assuaged homesickness: you can cross the ocean but stay in all your WhatsApp groups. For those unable to learn languages, English now works in most of Europe. And Fortress Europe, so unwelcoming to people from poor countries, keeps one gate permanently open for Americans. Countries from Portugal to the Netherlands grant residency to Americans who couldn’t get a car loan back home.

 

[Free]

Except for the fact most of us don't speak any European languages, are are not even a bit apologetic about that. Also, the metric system.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Except for the fact most of us don't speak any European languages, are are not even a bit apologetic about that. Also, the metric system.

For those unable to learn languages, English now works in most of Europe.

Also, if you're living somewhere it's generally not too difficult to pick up enough of the language to get by.

 

[Free]

Also, if you're living somewhere it's generally not too difficult to pick up enough of the language to get by.

Ignoring the metric system, I see...

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Ignoring the metric system, I see...

Personally, I don’t believe you don’t already have an understanding of metric, your IQ is absurdly high for this forum, and any claims to the contrary get lumped in the pile with the Quebec nationalists who refuse to speak English. It’s not that they cannot, they simply refuse to.

27 Examples That Show Americans Will Measure With Anything But The Metric System.

Discover the quirky measurement habits of Americans. From hamburgers to washing machines, find out why they'll use anything but the metric system.

thelanguagenerds.com

 

[Free]

Personally, I don’t believe you don’t already have an understanding of metric

I admit to knowing:

• 0 Celsius is not all that cold, but cold enough (wear a jacket!)
• 100 Celsius is way too hot
• 100 kilometers per hour is too slow
• 1 meter is 2 feet too far

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Personally, I don’t believe you don’t already have an understanding of metric, your IQ is absurdly high for this forum, and any claims to the contrary get lumped in the pile with the Quebec nationalists who refuse to speak English. It’s not that they cannot, they simply refuse to.

27 Examples That Show Americans Will Measure With Anything But The Metric System.

Discover the quirky measurement habits of Americans. From hamburgers to washing machines, find out why they'll use anything but the metric system.

thelanguagenerds.com

My engineering degree had me use the metric system a lot. I'm very comfortable with it mathematically... but because I grew up largely without it, it still feels very unnatural to THINK in metric. I usually have to convert metric to imperial to get a good feel for what the fuck it is. I've heard some old British people say much the same. Too late to imprint a new system. It's like if a guy tells me he's 176 cm tall. I don't intuitively visualize what the fuck that is. I have to convert that it's about 5'9" before it makes complete sense.

....speaking of which.... I'm amused at how many mess up converting to feet since there are 12 and not 10 inches in a foot. Google doesn't help

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I admit to knowing:

• 0 Celsius is not all that cold, but cold enough (wear a jacket!)
• 100 Celsius is way too hot
• 100 kilometers per hour is too slow
• 1 meter is 2 feet too far

Janel Comeau 🍁 (@verybadllama.bsky.social)

when our kids ask us about the country called "the United States" that they only see on old maps, I think we should all have a fun little choreographed "We Don't Talk About Bruno" musical number rehearsed and ready to go

bsky.app

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

My engineering degree had me use the metric system a lot. I'm very comfortable with it mathematically... but because I grew up largely without it, it still feels very unnatural to THINK in metric. I usually have to convert metric to imperial to get a good feel for what the fuck it is. I've heard some old British people say much the same. Too late to imprint a new system. It's like if a guy tells me he's 176 cm tall. I don't intuitively visualize what the fuck that is. I have to convert that it's about 5'9" before it makes complete sense.

....speaking of which.... I'm amused at how many mess up converting to feet since there are 12 and not 10 inches in a foot. Google doesn't help

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

seen that before, and it is funny. We are kind of the same.... for heat treatment of metal and some other science/engineering topics, it actually is natural for me to think in metric because that's how I originally learned it.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Is it possible that Musk and Trump are both the puppet, and the master?

Nope. Trump is a puppet and useful idiot. While he's "rich", by modern days' American standards he is still poor enough to bribe him quite easily if you are super rich.

So if you got money like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates, that category, this makes you master over Trump.

And the real puppeteers behind Trump is the Atlas Network, because they wrote Project 2025. The most notable financers are the Koch brothers, John Templeton Foundation, Donors Trust, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Coors Family, Scaife Foundations and Religious groups.

 

[Noodles]

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I would honestly love to move to Norway a d from everything I can see about the country, I would probably fit in very well there.

Except for the fact most of us don't speak any European languages, are are not even a bit apologetic about that. Also, the metric system.

See, my years of using Duolingo may pay off yet.

I already have the Metric thing covered from Engineering School.