lagomorphlecture

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[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 59 points 3 days ago (16 children)

I honestly don't understand why people waited so I don't use mastodon but I did cancel my Twitter account literally the first week he bought it. It wasn't hard to see this coming and I just don't get the delay.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes perfect, thank you for this. I literally majored in Linguistics but didn't even think of this because school was so long ago. The ability to code switch where someone could use the professional language while governing but colloquialisms and everyday language while giving public statements would be nice, to be better understood. We all understand basic informal American English but not everyone has a great education.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

Yes, amen, thank you. Abortion beat Harris by 20 points in my state! Clearly there are a lot of Trump voters who are with us on some things and we need to find to common ground to build a bridge and connect us so we can fix this. That common ground is pretty freaking obvious since 99% of us have one thing in common. But Nancy Pelosi has already said no so you need to fall in line and do what she tells you.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

If you're uneducated and someone is speaking more formally it can be, depending on the topic and the word choice.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/19/medicare-for-all-harris-progressives-2024-elections-00174447

He tax an was tweaked with a more pro corporation lean on the advice of her brother I law Tony West and probably others but all the articles on that are behind paywalls and I don't really care enough about convincing you to look for a way to bypass them.

As for Trump's abortion ban and things like that, I remember her saying it because she said it. https://www.instagram.com/kamalaharris/reel/DBz9j1zquQx/

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

She stoped supporting single payer, she backed off worker rights, she backed off on taxing corporations, and a huge part of the platform was against Trump's abortion ban and against Trump's authoritarism.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 28 points 4 days ago (11 children)

They have got to stop talking down to voters, gaslighting voters, and they need to give people something to vote FOR instead of against. I find Kamala to be a good speaker and easy to understand but people saying she's using word salad...at first I didn't get what that was all about, especially when Trump makes absolutely no sense whatsoever but I think I might get it now. She's talking to well educated people but a huge swath of this country is not well educated, uses social media extensively, and maybe it actually does sound like word salad to them when democrats start using words that normal people never use and probably don't understand. If you never went to college and only graduated high school because standards have been reduced, maybe she kind of sounds like an alien sometimes. They need an economic message that speaks to people who have been getting crushed more and more since the 80s and they need to say it in terms we can all understand. And when voters tell them "this is how I feel" for the love of God they need to stop saying "no you don't".

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Joe Biden can do whatever he wants and it doesn't matter because then Trump will do whatever he wants. He can do away with pardons and then Trump can decree that they exist again. There's nothing left to stop him. Buckle up.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What you're missing here is that he has an openly corrupt supreme court behind him and everyone who was willing to tell him no is long gone. We'll see how it plays out but it's going to be hard to come back from this, and the Democrats are going to have to start paying attention and actually doing what voters want or there's no hope for them.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't read that as OP saying they believed that will work, I read it as saying the majority of Americans (or at least the majority of Americans who bothered voting) believed that.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was onboard with her but I honestly felt icky every time the Biden administration released a new statement about how good the economy is. How out of touch do you have to be to think the economy is good? Republicans have no intention of fixing that but at least they're smart enough to see that people feel crushed in this economy and pander to it. And apparently that was a much bigger issue than abortion, which shocked me at first but as it settles I see that my fear as a woman pales in comparison to America's fear of a woman and America's struggling financial situation.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are most mail in ballots democrat this year? I thought republicans were pushing that more with their base. But I don't know if they actually did it or if they voted more in person.

 

A Nine-Bun-Bun spokesbun asked that all bunnies please remain calm and thump if you feel that you are in danger. Hoomans are asked to provide extra treats and pets during this scary time.

 

You awesome people were so responsive to the picture of Tommy that I posted yesterday so I was hoping some of you might be able to chime in with your IBS experiences because he has it and none of my cats have before. I got Tommy a few months ago. He had been surrendered after having crystals and was eating prescription food for that. He had diarrhea however and tested negative for parasites. It sounded like the vet only even bothered testing for parasites because he had been in a shelter, I guess it isn't normally seen in this area with normal housecats. Anyways there was some intermittent improvement with an antibiotic so the vet changed him to a food that is safe for crystals but designed for ibs. He was fine within 2 days of starting this food but the last 2 days I could hear his tummy gurgling and now he has diarrhea again. He hasn't eaten anything off diet except for hay, which I think he got into because his tummy already wasn't feeling well. FWIW I'm calling the vet when they open to leave a message and get his Dr's thoughts, but wanted to also see if anyone else has had this experience. Is it common with cats who need prescription food for digestive issues to improve then relapse? Will this probably be something he just goes through every once in a while? I do know that my sister's cats eat a different food (same brand but different prescription formula) for diarrhea and she finds some every once in a while and then they seem fine again.

 
 

Please nanners if you have any to spare thank you.

 
 

However, Clover wants every hooman to know the signs of overheating so you can render aid to a hot bunny ASAP. Clover says she was shaking really hard and her ears were super hot during the incident. The hooman put an ice pack on her and turned on the AC. In a pinch, Clover says the hooman also could have sprayed her ears with a little water and then blown a fan over them.

 

There's a new one suddenly popping up in my feed but obviously the reports are being "resolved" by the mods of that community. They suggested to me that I block their community but I will not because that is how you get a cesspit of an instance. How do we report disinformation communities straight to the admins?

Edit: the admins did remove the community in question so I'm going to take that as the official stance on disinformation communities and also assume that any type of community (right wing, left wing, or other) that are intentionally spreading disinformation will be removed. That makes me feel much better about the situation since this type of thing is pretty much guaranteed to pop up again.

 
 
 

The statement, written by Ben Fullahay and signed by his life partner Wally, was short and to the point. "Listen, we know everybun already supports nanners but we just want everybun to know we support them too, capish?"

 
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