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WenStarmer’s determination to cling on to the coat tails of the US (I am being restrained here) might have a few dividends.<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/could_the_white_house_put/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/could_the_white_house_put/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Maladministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maladministration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Encryption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Innumeracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innumeracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stupidity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LawOfForseenConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawOfForseenConsequences</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Not just the true-believer Nazis but also the complacent Christians of Germany (95% of Germany during WWII was Christian) who found a way to reject their own beliefs to allow this malignancy to grow. The worldwide death toll of WWII was 70-85 million, all of which could have been avoided if the German people had simply stood up against stupidity. Not doing so, despite knowing the inevitable outcome, makes them just as stupid."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bonhoeffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bonhoeffer</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/malice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> /5

William Lindsey :toad:"Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and influential Christian theologian whose anti-Nazi stance got him arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and imprisoned in a concentration camp. He was hanged by the Germans on April 9, 1945, a month before Germany surrendered. Even knowing they had lost the war, they still wanted to kill their critics.In the end, his quote was prophetic. He was murdered by stupid people."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bonhoeffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bonhoeffer</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/malice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> /4

William Lindsey :toad:"'For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.'This may be the longest quote I’ve ever posted (and even then I cut some), yet Bonhoeffer makes such an articulate and timely statement that I wanted to include as much as possible."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bonhoeffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bonhoeffer</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/malice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> /3

William Lindsey :toad:"in such moments, the stupid person even becomes critical—and when facts are irrefutable, they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bonhoeffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bonhoeffer</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/malice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force…Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed—"~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer quoted by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bonhoeffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bonhoeffer</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/malice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malice</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> /1<a href="https://kareem.substack.com/p/copy-free-newsletter-day-texas-wants" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kareem.substack.com/p/copy-free-newsletter-day-texas-wants</a>

Andy FletcherMallen Baker looks at the question "Is Trump Bringing In The New Dark Ages?"The issue is the rejection of science towards faith/cult based decision making where objective truth is replaced with belief. Anything providing contradictory information is obviously woke/wrong and must be shut down. We are not immune in the UK either - if Reform get any real power you can say goodbye to renewables.He is a really good listen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQCj6zyahww" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQCj6zyahww</a><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#belief</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

Vivian in disguise🏳️‍🌈🇩🇪<FSM<{<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mankind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mankind</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

Catherine Schmidt<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/editorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editorial</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cartoon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Destruction</a>

Cornelius FlynnExample of DumbArsed UK legislation making no sense. The Online Safety act or whatever they’re calling it this week. Microsoft have said they need age verification, owing to the above act, to allow me to continue to chat online with my friends next year. On an account I opened in 2005. Which would make me over 18 even if I’d created it as an infant. That I buy games on with my CARD from my ADULT Bank Account. 😂😂 Apparently, I can still buy any 18+ certified game I like, but chatting is a no-no, because I might not be safe. Our government really are TOTAL MORONS… <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UK_politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK_politics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ageverification</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

sebastian büttrich<a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sundogplanets</a> These men have understood that <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a>, the "up there", is like really really Huge, so dropping just a little bit of something into it can't possibly be a problem. It's kinda like with the oceans, you know. Not a prob.</sarcasm> <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/kessler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kessler</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#starlink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#satellites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

Atha AhuluheluwMiles Taylor: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> orders <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#destroy</a> satellite used for monitoring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#change</a>, according to NPRThe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> campaign goes to space. I guess if you can’t SEE the climate changing then it ISN’T changing. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> here is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exquisite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exquisite</a>. <a href="https://substack.com/@milestaylor/note/c-142511456?r=5653gx&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://substack.com/@milestaylor/note/c-142511456?r=5653gx&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action</a>

AI6YR BenABC: Multiple infections linked to raw milk consumption in Florida, health officials sayOf the 21 cases, six involved children under the age of 10.<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/multiple-infections-linked-raw-milk-consumption-florida-health/story?id=124377620" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/multiple-infections-linked-raw-milk-consumption-florida-health/story?id=124377620</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/rawmilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rawmilk</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#florida</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/reasoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reasoning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Goethe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Goethe</a>

Peter N. M. HansteenFor further notes going back to 2017, see "Twenty-plus years on, SMTP callbacks are still pointless and need to die" <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus_years_on_smtp_callbacks_are_still_pointless.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus_years_on_smtp_callbacks_are_still_pointless.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smtp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtpcallbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smtpcallbacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/callbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#callbacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#email</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#verification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybercrime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

Sara Angeloni 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺<a href="https://universeodon.com/@godpod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@godpod</a> You great again yet? Why do people insist on voting against their own interests only to regret that to then proceed and vote this way again? It seems like the majority of people are incapable of learning from their own mistakes. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/why" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#why</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sadButTrue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sadButTrue</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inForTheRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inForTheRide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

RonSupportsYou"Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown sparked protests across Los Angeles and sent many people into hiding. Some California Republicans are starting to fear they’ll pay a price for the chaos." And also pay a price for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a>, and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cruelty</a> of the Trump Administration: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/california-republicans-ice-raids-backlash-00471909" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/california-republicans-ice-raids-backlash-00471909</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> copy: <a href="https://channel.org/@renewedresistance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@renewedresistance</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Some examples: The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction by Wendy Northcutt, 2010Fully illustrated and featuring all-new tales of the marvelously macabre, The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction chronicles the astonishing acts of individuals who have taken a swan dive into the shallow end of the gene pool. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trivia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarwinAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarwinAwards</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> See also: A Short History of Stupid by Helen Razer, 2014How did everything get so dumb? How did we become hostages to idiocy? What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, 'D'oh'? The deteriorating quality of our public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture can drive you to despair and rage.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

earthling<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> If you'd rather watch than read:The Age of Stupid (2009)A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300563/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300563/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/documentaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#documentaries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a>

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