Female president
![Eric Leamen @ericleamen@mastodon.social It's because she's a woman. I don't want to hear any other excuses or analysis around "the campaign could have done this or that". It turns out the majority of the American people would rather vote any man over a woman. 2016 was not a fluke. for Deep, deep misogyny. A whole new level of disturbing. Nov 06, 2024, 12:14 PM · Ivory for iOS 297 boosts 554 favorites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/724/858.png)
![Eric Leamen @ericleamen@mastodon.social It's because she's a woman. I don't want to hear any other excuses or analysis around "the campaign could have done this or that". It turns out the majority of the American people would rather vote any man over a woman. 2016 was not a fluke. for Deep, deep misogyny. A whole new level of disturbing. Nov 06, 2024, 12:14 PM · Ivory for iOS 297 boosts 554 favorites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/724/858.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Foreigner input
![Nick @ The Linux Experiment @thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social << But, Nick, you're not a US Citizen, this election doesn't affect you ». Do you know how s--- the internet has become since Trump was elected the first time? Do you know how fast and far the quality of online interactions has dropped since that orange fascist opened the gates to let all the trolls from under the bridge? Anyone who makes content that has even 2% of political notions (and FOSS is definitely political) will be confronted to more brainwashed maniacs and bigots. Nov 06, 2024, 10:17 AM Mastodon for iOS 280 boosts 574 favorites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/723/639.png)
![Nick @ The Linux Experiment @thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social << But, Nick, you're not a US Citizen, this election doesn't affect you ». Do you know how s--- the internet has become since Trump was elected the first time? Do you know how fast and far the quality of online interactions has dropped since that orange fascist opened the gates to let all the trolls from under the bridge? Anyone who makes content that has even 2% of political notions (and FOSS is definitely political) will be confronted to more brainwashed maniacs and bigots. Nov 06, 2024, 10:17 AM Mastodon for iOS 280 boosts 574 favorites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/723/639.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
The context is pretty obvious, actually
![No Context Babylon 5 @nocontextb5@mastodon.social You'll excuse me, if you need me, I'll be over there ALT #Babylon5 Nov 06, 2024, 01:51 PM ① Tusky 131 boosts 195 favorites getting drunk Hide with the rest of the aliens. ALT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/722/602.png)
![No Context Babylon 5 @nocontextb5@mastodon.social You'll excuse me, if you need me, I'll be over there ALT #Babylon5 Nov 06, 2024, 01:51 PM ① Tusky 131 boosts 195 favorites getting drunk Hide with the rest of the aliens. ALT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/722/602.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Baffling
![Andrea Junker @Strandjunker@mstdn.social As long as I live, I will never understand why America would rather elect a singularly worthless white r----- as president than an exceptionally impressive black woman. 06 nov. 2024, 12:34 278 boosts 462 favoris Mastodon for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/721/c79.png)
![Andrea Junker @Strandjunker@mstdn.social As long as I live, I will never understand why America would rather elect a singularly worthless white r----- as president than an exceptionally impressive black woman. 06 nov. 2024, 12:34 278 boosts 462 favoris Mastodon for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/721/c79.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Bad morning to all
![myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win Someone said "good morning" to me at the bus stop and before thinking about it I said "no it's not. It is objectively *not* a good morning." I regretted this instantly all the bus stop regulars already think I'm a strange little nerd. Now they will think (know?) I'm a weirdly politically obsessed strange little nerd. But instead of the look ☐ of disapproval, hilariously everyone agreed. "Bad morning!" "BAD morning!" 06 nov. 2024, 12:29. 270 boosts 889 favoris Mastodon for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/720/eb2.png)
![myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win Someone said "good morning" to me at the bus stop and before thinking about it I said "no it's not. It is objectively *not* a good morning." I regretted this instantly all the bus stop regulars already think I'm a strange little nerd. Now they will think (know?) I'm a weirdly politically obsessed strange little nerd. But instead of the look ☐ of disapproval, hilariously everyone agreed. "Bad morning!" "BAD morning!" 06 nov. 2024, 12:29. 270 boosts 889 favoris Mastodon for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/720/eb2.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
A rant
![Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al You know, f--- this, stream of consciousness coming up. Mute/ whatever as you see fit. Trump didn't win this election. Kamala lost it. The Democrats lost it. Neoliberalism lost it. Turns out if you're on team moderate social injustice and your opponent is team total social injustice, you're playing the social injustice game with the people who wrote the damn book. Who did you think was going to f------ win? What I'm trying to say is this: F---. Neoliberals. (1/13) 06 nov. 2024, 11:42 Mona for Mac 283 boosts 412 favoris ... Aral Balkan @aral 6h F--- you if you're happy with billionaires and trillion-dollar corporations as long as you get work for them and take home your six-figure salaries and stock options. F--- you if you're fine with Brown people on the other side of the world getting slaughtered in a genocide with your tax dollars as long as you're safe. F--- you if you vilify anti-fascists and "the far left" as "just as bad as..." (2/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral 6h* And some of you have the gall - the f------ gall - to blame this on anyone and everyone else when it was you assholes that perpetuated the myth that capitalism and democracy were somehow complementary instead of diametrically opposed. When it was you who made sure that any actual alternative - any alternative that might have negatively impacted your own f------ wallets - didn't have a hope in hell of being presented to the people. Bernie Sanders? Too f------ radical. (3/13) ←4 tl Aral Balkan @aral 6h In the UK, Jeremy Corbyn? Too f------ radical. Why? Because they threatened your system of moderate social injustice. Because they wanted social justice, period. And you were too f------ afraid of losing your own privilege should that come to pass. (4/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral This isn't the worst possible outcome for you. The worst possible outcome would have been someone who threatened the interests of the capitalist system you benefit from coming to power. So great job! You avoided catastrophe. You know as well as I do that you're going to be fine under fascism. Some of your friends and acquaintances? Not so much. But that's OK, you can learn to turn a blind eye to their suffering just like you did with the children being slaughtered in Gaza by Israel. (5/13) ←3 6 h Aral Balkan @aral Congratulations, you've travelled the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline and ended up at your final destination. 6h And you're not the first, either. Ever heard of Turkey? Look into its history. See how Erdoğan came to power. If you don't feel like you're looking in the mirror, you're not paying attention. (6/13) Aral Balkan @aral 6h Unlike Turkey, I don't see any military coups saving you. Not that military coups are any solution. What was that Kamala Harris was bragging about? Oh yes, that you have the most lethal military in the world? Guess who's holding the lead of that particular dog right now. And would you look at that, you've given it a taste for Brown blood in the Middle East. Almost as if the weapons you create can and will be used against you. Being in tech, I know that all too well. (7/13) ←2 Aral Balkan @aral : 6h Because this isn't just a victory for Trump. It's a victory for Peter Thiel. For Elon Musk. For Silicon Valley. For venture capitalists. For Big Tech. You know, all those people and corporations that you find Fine and Normal. (8/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral 6h* Unlike, say, us. Folks like me who are... what was it?... Oh, yes: Too. F------. Radical. Too f------ radical because we saw the ties a decade ago and spoke out against them. Ostracised because we tried to get you to see. To take a f------ stand. But it was easier to cast us out and protect your place in the pecking order. Good job! (9/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral 6h (Did I mention we just got turned down AGAIN by NLNet/ngi for EU funding for Small Tech - you know, the exact f------ opposite of Big Tech - you know, the Big Tech that just bought this election for Trump and which now has a f------ army...) But that's OK, we'll continue to exist somehow even without funding. Just as we have in the past. And you'll still call us "too radical" while you try on your f------ Nazi 2.0 uniforms from Hugo Boss. (10/13) ← 2 Aral Balkan @aral 11 < 6h* I do hope you realise, when the fascists have you cornered on the street, it's not going to be Brad from Microsoft that comes to your rescue. It's going to be the anti-fascists you labelled as "too radical". Brad from Microsoft is going to walk straight past you and head up to his 12th floor office to kick off his morning meeting to deliver the software that handles the deportations... (11/13) ← 2 Aral Balkan @aral 6h I mean you realise this means Palestine is even more f----- than it was. That Ukraine will fall. Who next? Poland? And fascists everywhere will be emboldened. Putin and Orban are creaming their pants right now. I can only imagine what this means for the UN, NATO, the EU... I'm so f------ angry and tired... ...the climate crisis... F--- this... what good is this doing? (12/13) ← 2 Aral Balkan @aral 6h I'm stepping away from here for as long as it takes. And I'm going to keep working on building the Small Web for as long as I'm able so we have some sort of an escape hatch for democracy. Hopefully not the only one. For f---'s sake, people. For f------ f---'s sake. (13/13) ← 19 <](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/719/e51.png)
![Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al You know, f--- this, stream of consciousness coming up. Mute/ whatever as you see fit. Trump didn't win this election. Kamala lost it. The Democrats lost it. Neoliberalism lost it. Turns out if you're on team moderate social injustice and your opponent is team total social injustice, you're playing the social injustice game with the people who wrote the damn book. Who did you think was going to f------ win? What I'm trying to say is this: F---. Neoliberals. (1/13) 06 nov. 2024, 11:42 Mona for Mac 283 boosts 412 favoris ... Aral Balkan @aral 6h F--- you if you're happy with billionaires and trillion-dollar corporations as long as you get work for them and take home your six-figure salaries and stock options. F--- you if you're fine with Brown people on the other side of the world getting slaughtered in a genocide with your tax dollars as long as you're safe. F--- you if you vilify anti-fascists and "the far left" as "just as bad as..." (2/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral 6h* And some of you have the gall - the f------ gall - to blame this on anyone and everyone else when it was you assholes that perpetuated the myth that capitalism and democracy were somehow complementary instead of diametrically opposed. When it was you who made sure that any actual alternative - any alternative that might have negatively impacted your own f------ wallets - didn't have a hope in hell of being presented to the people. Bernie Sanders? Too f------ radical. (3/13) ←4 tl Aral Balkan @aral 6h In the UK, Jeremy Corbyn? Too f------ radical. Why? Because they threatened your system of moderate social injustice. Because they wanted social justice, period. And you were too f------ afraid of losing your own privilege should that come to pass. (4/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral This isn't the worst possible outcome for you. The worst possible outcome would have been someone who threatened the interests of the capitalist system you benefit from coming to power. So great job! You avoided catastrophe. You know as well as I do that you're going to be fine under fascism. Some of your friends and acquaintances? Not so much. But that's OK, you can learn to turn a blind eye to their suffering just like you did with the children being slaughtered in Gaza by Israel. (5/13) ←3 6 h Aral Balkan @aral Congratulations, you've travelled the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline and ended up at your final destination. 6h And you're not the first, either. Ever heard of Turkey? Look into its history. See how Erdoğan came to power. If you don't feel like you're looking in the mirror, you're not paying attention. (6/13) Aral Balkan @aral 6h Unlike Turkey, I don't see any military coups saving you. Not that military coups are any solution. What was that Kamala Harris was bragging about? Oh yes, that you have the most lethal military in the world? Guess who's holding the lead of that particular dog right now. And would you look at that, you've given it a taste for Brown blood in the Middle East. Almost as if the weapons you create can and will be used against you. Being in tech, I know that all too well. (7/13) ←2 Aral Balkan @aral : 6h Because this isn't just a victory for Trump. It's a victory for Peter Thiel. For Elon Musk. For Silicon Valley. For venture capitalists. For Big Tech. You know, all those people and corporations that you find Fine and Normal. (8/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral 6h* Unlike, say, us. Folks like me who are... what was it?... Oh, yes: Too. F------. Radical. Too f------ radical because we saw the ties a decade ago and spoke out against them. Ostracised because we tried to get you to see. To take a f------ stand. But it was easier to cast us out and protect your place in the pecking order. Good job! (9/13) ← 1 Aral Balkan @aral 6h (Did I mention we just got turned down AGAIN by NLNet/ngi for EU funding for Small Tech - you know, the exact f------ opposite of Big Tech - you know, the Big Tech that just bought this election for Trump and which now has a f------ army...) But that's OK, we'll continue to exist somehow even without funding. Just as we have in the past. And you'll still call us "too radical" while you try on your f------ Nazi 2.0 uniforms from Hugo Boss. (10/13) ← 2 Aral Balkan @aral 11 < 6h* I do hope you realise, when the fascists have you cornered on the street, it's not going to be Brad from Microsoft that comes to your rescue. It's going to be the anti-fascists you labelled as "too radical". Brad from Microsoft is going to walk straight past you and head up to his 12th floor office to kick off his morning meeting to deliver the software that handles the deportations... (11/13) ← 2 Aral Balkan @aral 6h I mean you realise this means Palestine is even more f----- than it was. That Ukraine will fall. Who next? Poland? And fascists everywhere will be emboldened. Putin and Orban are creaming their pants right now. I can only imagine what this means for the UN, NATO, the EU... I'm so f------ angry and tired... ...the climate crisis... F--- this... what good is this doing? (12/13) ← 2 Aral Balkan @aral 6h I'm stepping away from here for as long as it takes. And I'm going to keep working on building the Small Web for as long as I'm able so we have some sort of an escape hatch for democracy. Hopefully not the only one. For f---'s sake, people. For f------ f---'s sake. (13/13) ← 19 <](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/719/e51.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Susie Dent always finds the right word at the right time for the right occasion.
![Susie Dent @susie_dent Word of the day is 'recrudescence' (17th century): the 600 return of something terrible after a time of reprieve. 7:59.06 Nov 24.4,707 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/718/231.png)
![Susie Dent @susie_dent Word of the day is 'recrudescence' (17th century): the 600 return of something terrible after a time of reprieve. 7:59.06 Nov 24.4,707 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/718/231.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Masterful gambit
![Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB@mastodon.world US is about to "prevent communist take over" by electing a man whose only friends are KGB agent & North Korean Stalinist. Nov 06, 2024, 12:53 PM 189 boosts 225 favorites Mastodon for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/717/b6e.png)
![Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB@mastodon.world US is about to "prevent communist take over" by electing a man whose only friends are KGB agent & North Korean Stalinist. Nov 06, 2024, 12:53 PM 189 boosts 225 favorites Mastodon for iOS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/717/b6e.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
“We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years"
![Dave Keating @Dave Keating Follow "We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years" says France's Europe Minister "Let's get out of collective denial. Europeans must take their destiny into their own hands, regardless of who is elected president" CI FACE AUX EXPERTS LCI DIRECT LCI 08:45 FACE AUX EXPERTS Benjamin Haddad I Ministre délégué chargé de l'Europe SID TRUMP GAGNE, QUEL IMPACT SUR L'EUROPE ? II 3:16 EN CCU SUR LCI Israel/Hamas: "Il faut relancer le dialogue pour aboutir à une solution à deux états" (B. Haddad, ministre délégué chargé de l'Europe) From Benjamin Haddad 3:46 PM Oct 25, 2024 5.7M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/716/fed.jpeg)
![Dave Keating @Dave Keating Follow "We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years" says France's Europe Minister "Let's get out of collective denial. Europeans must take their destiny into their own hands, regardless of who is elected president" CI FACE AUX EXPERTS LCI DIRECT LCI 08:45 FACE AUX EXPERTS Benjamin Haddad I Ministre délégué chargé de l'Europe SID TRUMP GAGNE, QUEL IMPACT SUR L'EUROPE ? II 3:16 EN CCU SUR LCI Israel/Hamas: "Il faut relancer le dialogue pour aboutir à une solution à deux états" (B. Haddad, ministre délégué chargé de l'Europe) From Benjamin Haddad 3:46 PM Oct 25, 2024 5.7M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/716/fed.jpeg)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Conclusion
![Laura @cmconseils@mastodon.social At this point it's abundantly clear that it was never really "But, her emails" it was "But, they're females." Nov 06, 2024, 09:07 AM ⚫ . Tusky 238 boosts 403 favorites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/715/2cf.png)
![Laura @cmconseils@mastodon.social At this point it's abundantly clear that it was never really "But, her emails" it was "But, they're females." Nov 06, 2024, 09:07 AM ⚫ . Tusky 238 boosts 403 favorites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/715/2cf.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Advice
![Matt Gray @mattgrayyes@chaos.social You do not have to scroll social media. You do not have to watch rolling news. Keeping up with news is not the same as mainlining it and wallowing in it. You can see the stats and results later. Watching constantly won't affect the outcome. If you're struggling Please take a break and do something nice for yourself. 06 nov. 2024, 09:51 Dernière modification le 06 nov., 09:52 377 boosts 505 favoris](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/713/c79.png)
![Matt Gray @mattgrayyes@chaos.social You do not have to scroll social media. You do not have to watch rolling news. Keeping up with news is not the same as mainlining it and wallowing in it. You can see the stats and results later. Watching constantly won't affect the outcome. If you're struggling Please take a break and do something nice for yourself. 06 nov. 2024, 09:51 Dernière modification le 06 nov., 09:52 377 boosts 505 favoris](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/713/c79.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Disclaimer
![Ω Q → Gus Posey @Gustodon@mas.to To all of you who want to insult Americans I understand the impulse but none of the people who voted for the R----- are going to see your message. It's just us, and we are heartbroken. 06 nov. 2024, 09:43 334 boosts 756 favoris](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/711/323.png)
![Ω Q → Gus Posey @Gustodon@mas.to To all of you who want to insult Americans I understand the impulse but none of the people who voted for the R----- are going to see your message. It's just us, and we are heartbroken. 06 nov. 2024, 09:43 334 boosts 756 favoris](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/711/323.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
2016 vs 2024
![Danielle Navarro @djnavarro@hachyderm.io I will admit I am frightened. In a way that I was not frightened in 2016. Eight years ago you could claim that people didn't know what they were voting for. But that's not true in 2024. They know they are voting for violent persecution of minorities, and (having had *that* conversation today) they are not ashamed of it. They are *proud* of it. Nov 06, 2024, 08:28 AM · 443 boosts 777 favorites Web](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/710/a7a.png)
![Danielle Navarro @djnavarro@hachyderm.io I will admit I am frightened. In a way that I was not frightened in 2016. Eight years ago you could claim that people didn't know what they were voting for. But that's not true in 2024. They know they are voting for violent persecution of minorities, and (having had *that* conversation today) they are not ashamed of it. They are *proud* of it. Nov 06, 2024, 08:28 AM · 443 boosts 777 favorites Web](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/710/a7a.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
A word from Gandalf
![Jordan Maris #NAFO @jmaris@eupolicy.social "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." #Elections2024 06 nov. 2024, 08:27 Web 3 466 656](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/709/c20.png)
![Jordan Maris #NAFO @jmaris@eupolicy.social "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." #Elections2024 06 nov. 2024, 08:27 Web 3 466 656](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/709/c20.png)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Daniel Larson Sweep
![Kamala Harris Daniel Larson 0 OR 8 AK 3 WA 12 538 Donald Trump 0 MT 4 ND 3 ₤3 MN 10 ID 4 WI NY 28 WY 3 WM 10 MI 15 ¾AM NV 96 IA PA 19 6 56 UT IL C 19 171 IN OH 11 17 VT 3 10 VA MO 10 WV 13 KY NH 4 NC TN AZ 16 11 11 11 MA 11 169 AR SC MS AL 6 9 Fo GA 16 RI 4 CT 7 NJ 14 270 FL 30 DE 3 EWIN MD 10 DC 3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/662/51d.jpeg)
![Kamala Harris Daniel Larson 0 OR 8 AK 3 WA 12 538 Donald Trump 0 MT 4 ND 3 ₤3 MN 10 ID 4 WI NY 28 WY 3 WM 10 MI 15 ¾AM NV 96 IA PA 19 6 56 UT IL C 19 171 IN OH 11 17 VT 3 10 VA MO 10 WV 13 KY NH 4 NC TN AZ 16 11 11 11 MA 11 169 AR SC MS AL 6 9 Fo GA 16 RI 4 CT 7 NJ 14 270 FL 30 DE 3 EWIN MD 10 DC 3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/662/51d.jpeg)
2024 United States Presidential Election
Seems the dog is correct | /r/memes
![According to the dog's shadow, we are going to have 4 more years of Trump](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/002/942/658/95a.jpeg)
![According to the dog's shadow, we are going to have 4 more years of Trump](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/942/658/95a.jpeg)
2024 United States Presidential Election