George Maschke @gwm@mastodon.social

#Perseverance will presently be arriving at, and landing on, Mars. You can watch live here: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/

Good riddance.

I tried to post a link to #DeltaChat's web page on Facebook, and Facebook blocked it, saying it's spam.

I am trying out #DeltaChat, an open source, secure messaging app that uses email: delta.chat/en/

If you would also like to try it and need someone to test it with, you can add me as a contact using the attached QR code.

Donald Trump has become the first president in American history to twice be impeached.

I am glad that members of Congress (even the most assholish of them) are keeping their masks on while speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives.

If it pleases you that Parler, a social media platform favored by Trump supporters, has been effectively removed from the internet, this commentary by Glenn Greenwald might change your mind: : https://greenwald.substack.com/p/how-silicon-valley-in-a-show-of-monopolistic

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claim that Al-Qaeda has an operational base in #irán needs proof to be credible. He did not provide any such proof in his remarks today at the National Press Club.

The flag is flying at half-mast at the U.S. embassy in Wassenaar, The Netherlands today.

I think the U.S. government's decree banning two popular social media platforms (#TikTok and #WeChat) is unconstitutional and sets an extremely pernicious precedent if allowed to stand: https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/09/commerce-department-prohibits-wechat-and-tiktok-transactions-protect