Posts by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B0r91MXB64ROdKCqB6 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-03T01:33:44Z
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@futurebird the word "terrorism" scares old rich white people enough to stop caring about the lack of legality or moral acceptability in the government's response, whereas "drug smuggling" is the cool nostalgic thing that the dukes of hazzard did (but with alcohol instead of cocaine)
(DIR) Post #B0u7KOpz8lWgqRpgcC by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-04T11:58:51Z
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@futurebird "haha cats love getting into boxes"[humans proceed to spend insane resources on building a series of adjacent boxes in which to spend most of their time]
(DIR) Post #B11JE2WJlGQTRr5Qy8 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T23:15:10Z
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@futurebird cat name idea for a cat who gets the zoomies a lot: Bill Bee-line the Science Feline
(DIR) Post #B1DKugw0K7xAnwWRP6 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T18:30:36Z
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@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B1EmUgzmSyWvL4dim8 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T11:14:23Z
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@futurebird i like that the right ant seal could give recipients reason to shout, "the seal of the queen!"
(DIR) Post #B1Xs7f3u30WcsVxjQe by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T16:16:57Z
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@futurebird @jhooper ok but... in the case of weiss *specifically*: https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3malgibaud22q
(DIR) Post #B1YgBNskrJjySjiUfg by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:37:54Z
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@futurebird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iGSAFjzBd8
(DIR) Post #B1Ygx6n3i2N1LwoE6a by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:38:44Z
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@futurebird (it doesn't make much more sense with context, but here's the context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcm-J7lQT3w )
(DIR) Post #B1cXvzUXEqWbTINPu4 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-25T21:00:02Z
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@MaryAustinBooks @futurebird the 4th verse suggests it's option 2. Unclear whether the quality of singing gets "better" because the wassailers (wassailants?) then move on to the next house
(DIR) Post #B1cXw5Sz1Wqg0DhGJk by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-25T21:01:43Z
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@MaryAustinBooks @futurebird or maybe the wassailants are just deliberately out of tune & off beat until you give them beer, and then suddenly they start showing off genuine talent?
(DIR) Post #B1cXwBIZLA5E5es1uy by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-25T21:03:55Z
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@MaryAustinBooks @futurebird wait a minute...is wassailing the original SantaCon?
(DIR) Post #B1kNWFRjqqDJ9Gpmue by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-29T17:05:16Z
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@futurebird @OriginalLucy can't everyone do this...?i mean there's a little muscle tissue on the skull about an inch or two behind the ear, and if you can get a feel for it and contract it, then it just pulls the ears back a little.(i accidentally found that i could do this one day in my teens when i was trying to open up the eustachian tubes during the increase in air pressure caused by descent on a flight)
(DIR) Post #B1qR5l1nt9vu2m5RZ2 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-01T15:13:36Z
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@futurebird A+ framing work here (getting the plastic imposter in the background, facing Pica)
(DIR) Post #B1rS0KtNvZuyeK5Uh6 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T02:58:33Z
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@futurebird https://mas.to/@skeletor/115820728160165311
(DIR) Post #B1uO4oS69M6Z8y5Eh6 by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-03T12:58:38Z
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@futurebird in the 1960's, the pro-war types wore a pin with the flag and the phrase "love it or leave it".the more things change, etc.
(DIR) Post #B2Zip1LQufSJnrV4zo by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T11:34:16Z
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@futurebird Somehow, i've managed to avoid paying attention to the output of matt walsh until now.After seeing those clips around 7 minutes in: holy shit, that man is a straight-up child predator who's trying to get large numbers of men to become child predators.
(DIR) Post #B2ecTlEfhRST8wA8Lw by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-25T11:27:22Z
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@futurebird interesting puzzle piece in this letter from Pam Bondi to Gov. Wals:https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/01/mn_letter_1.24.26.pdf...on page 3, quote:> Third, allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota’s voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960.(via https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3md7idhl3mc23 )
(DIR) Post #B2ecTs4IIQJgKmMReK by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-25T11:28:37Z
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@futurebird it seems like a safe bet that they don't actually care about "voter registration practices", so the question is: why do they want read access to the voter database?(also, it's not explicit in the letter, but it's unclear whether they are also asking for *write* access to the database.)
(DIR) Post #B2ecTxxmNYfccJMKKO by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-25T11:31:01Z
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@futurebird (it looks like one explanation for the ICE presence is that it could be designed to put pressure on Minnesota officials to comply with Bondi's demands in this letter, but then that just kicks the can down to, "what are they trying to accomplish if these demands are satisfied?".)
(DIR) Post #B2ecU4pspJVtvqicUa by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2026-01-25T11:41:25Z
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@futurebird related: Marc Elias's blog, Democracy Docket, says the admin has been trying to get voter rolls from several states via the courts, but so far they've been unsuccessful:https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/attorney-general-bondi-minnesota-voter-rolls-border-patrol-fatal-shooting/