I read that Bill Gates has admitted he has aspergers (a type of autism). Gee Bill, according to RFK Jr, that means you could never have held a job and needed help with toileting.

How do I get permission to use a photo on Blusky to create a painting? Or is permission given with a post. I have never painted anything from a photo without a photographer's permission.

I am a color pencil artist. This past Christmas I used a $100 gift certificate from my local art store to purchase a set of 36 Holbein color pencils. They are made in Japan. Today, four months later, on Amazon, the same set of pencils is $191.

OMG
Trump wants to play a major part of the US hosting the majority of the Soccer World Cup. He wants to show the world "What a great country the US is". Stench of Hitler wanting to show off the great Germany in the '36 Olympics.

Imagine the protection cost
he trots himself out during the Games?

Today I am going to het every liquor stor and stock up on Limoncello and Rum Chata👍

Went to the liquor store to load up on Limoncello, my favorite. Made in Italy, I wanted to store up before tariffs. There were only two bottles left and they were on sale. Will hit other liquor stores tomorrow to build up my stock.

I decided to stock up on items that would be tariffed. I bought paper towels, and toilet tissue both which said made in America with imported products. We are globally interconnected and I don't see the problem with that. Co- supporting allies is like a large market place.

The Fascist playbook:
Create chaos
Tell everyone that only you (the chaos creator) can save the country
Develop a scapegoat (migrants, trans, LGBTQ, DEI)
Surround yourself with ass kissing incompetent loyalists.

I have all but left FB. After watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart I realized how manipulating social medias like FB and X are. I plan on staying with Bluesky. May take a bit. I am grieving the loss of my country to our Fascist leader.

AI is an incredible tool to find redundancy and or fraud. However I DO have a BIG PROBLEM with a non citizen making abrupt decisions and cutting anything that the Musk rat deems unnecessary. There are MANY US owned companies, very capable of using AI to do the very thing MuskRAT is doing.

We say "Never Forget" but today:
Declare oneself savior of the country.
Create scapegoats.
Purge experienced govt officials.
Replace with loyal "boot lickers"

Did we not learn anything??????

During this Feb reading month I recommend Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. It chronicles the true story of three women, a NY debutant, a German doctor and a young Polish woman during WWII. It is riveting
Download Libby app and you can get from its online library....for free

DEI Diversity,Equality and Inclusion does not mean lowering the bar but casting a wider net

A Hitler quote:
"Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it"

Tell the masses "Only I can save the country"
Create a scapegoat for people to hate.
Purge government officials
Surround yourself with unfettered loyalty

Taken from Hitler's playbook....sound familiar

A cyber attack on our water supply or treatment plants can kill thousands by releasing a pathogen into the water. Or a cyber attack could turn off the electrical grid for weeks in the dead of winter, with no way to get heat or light. A cyber attack would bring our country to its knees

Tic Tok users are flocking to RedNote. To download Rednote one must agree to support Communism and what it stands for. These RedNote users don't care or didn't read the fine print. A cyber attack on our water supply or treatment plants can kill thousands by releasing a pathogen into the water.

FB's new policy of "no fact checking" is terrifying. A Russian bot or any other enemy country can post a fake ridiculous lie (remember pizza gate) and the fact check will probably be way down in the comments. Remember most people just read the headlines.

Hi, I just joined blueski. Still trying to navigate. I am going to leave Facebook due to their new "no fact checking" policy. FB has been a great connection for me since I am an artist and participate in quite a few groups.