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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not an American, and not nearly as knowledgeable about Senate and Congressional voting to know the significance of the 218 votes he's talking about. How many would normally be required as a minimum? What's the tipping point?

[–] Hismama@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

218 is the simple majority line for the House of Representatives. 435 total members currently.

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Ah, there we hav it. Thanks for the info, I wan't on the inside track about the exact number of representatives for votes.

[–] stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

218 might not be enough to trigger the release, but would force republicans to take a stance either against Trump or against their own base.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

They’ve been forced to side against their own base several times this year and they always do so willingly. They want to rule over their constituents; not govern.