is there an equivalent of Twitter's intents for Mastodon? (reply, boost, like?)
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/web-intents/overview
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...They delved too greedily and too deep
'The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane.' The Lord of the Rings
What it looks like in code:
(SORRY, LOST IMAGE)
Looks Familiar (uspol)
Via old friend Jim Roepcke, from 2006:
Jacob G. Hornberger: How Hitler Became a Dictator:
But how many people know how Hitler actually became a dictator? My bet is, very few. I’d also bet that more than a few people would be surprised at how he pulled it off, especially given that after World War I Germany had become a democratic republic.
Although the National Socialists never captured more than 37 percent of the national vote, and even though they still held a minority of cabinet posts and fewer than 50 percent of the seats in the Reichstag, Hitler and the Nazis set out to consolidate their power. With Hitler as chancellor, that proved to be a fairly easy task.
I read this back when Jim first posted it in 2006, and a couple of times since, and it's even more apropos today.
"Those cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- probably George Santaya
The Kingmakers
Senate Republicans just paved the road to American authoritarianism:
The precedents they have set are alarming. Trump’s defense partly argued that a president must violate a specific crime in order to be impeached.
The defense made the argument, probably with the guidance and support of the right honorable Mitch McConnell and co, who than affirmed it. This whole debacle was an exercise in providing cover for Republicans to make their predetermined votes. And their complaints about the House Democrats amount to "it's their fault for bringing this to the Senate when they know we rigged it -- what did they think was going to happen?"
But imagine the following scenario: This weekend, Trump tweets that he will pardon anyone who engages in blatant voter suppression or voter intimidation before the November election. Hundreds of henchmen take it upon themselves to act, helping ensure his reelection. Trump’s legal and constitutional authority to pardon them is unquestioned. It would be a corrupt abuse of presidential power, but not a crime.
Trump now has a blank check. We all know that he will try to cash it.
He'll cash it, and cash it, and cash it, with the Senate Republican's co-signing and cackling the whole time.
git switch <branch>
git restore <file>
Thanks the ever-loving heavens (git 2.23)
https://twitter.com/mislav/status/1206937217194741760?s=20
For want of two votes (uspol)
Republican Senators today are telling us that none of us should be allowed a fair trial, while sending a signal to this and all future US Presidents exactly how to avoid impeachment, and to other countries that we don't mean it when we tell them to fight corruption honestly.
https://twitter.com/allatti2d/status/1223376266893516800
Wait, which is the party of Rich White People again?
https://twitter.com/Mobute/status/1223326627637141504
Manual Indie Comments
Chris Aldrich wrote a blog post about manually adding Webmentions for links to his posts from sites that are not themselves Webmention-enabled.
This reminded me that I'd like to add a "I linked to you" feature for the post detail page in #goldfrog for this site. (Goldfrog does support Webmentions, so Chris should get an automatic link from this post :))
The Coming Kingdom of America (uspol)
I think we're looking at the coming end of a government with co-equal branches. The Senate Republicans, tying their pursuit of personal power to Trump's own, have abdicated their Constitutional role and are effectively handing Trump a monarchy.
I suppose they cannot imagine a Democrat taking the position again, or believe in that case they will simply find a way to again redefine the Presidency on their own terms? I don't know #kingtrump #uspol #crimeboss
Finally watching the last ep. of The Mandalorian and the two speeder bike troopers are giving off mad Red vs. Blue vibes.
First Live Webmention Test
This could be an embarrassing failure, preserved for posterity for all time!
this link goes to one of the test pages on webmention.rocks
Update: templates should now support h-card with u-photo better.
Are0h is reading N.K. Jemison's Fifth Season for the first time and I'm kinda jealous I can't read it for the first time again.
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