Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> risks abandoning leadership of a liberal democratic order that spreads American values & global prosperity, siding instead w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocratic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> govts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> advocated greater <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> - <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> cooperation before Trump’s 1st meeting as pres w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, in Germany in July 2017, saying on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RT</span></a> that he expected Trump to come away w/ “some affinity w/Putin.” He struck the same note just after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> invasion, as the US imposed sanctions on Putin personally.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Another disaster that could have been avoided if even one person had the courage to speak.</p><p>This is the reality of strongman politics. There is no actual strength, no insight, no courage, no clarity—just power defended by people who’ve convinced themselves that being loyal means staying mute.</p><p>It always looks ridiculous in hindsight."<br>- <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">joanwestenberg.com/why/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strongman</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Blain Smith<p>New 5 rep max at 450 lbs / 204.5 kgs. Even at 43 y/o I still got it and I'm still not done! </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Powerlifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powerlifting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strongman</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Fraenkel offered a simple, yet powerful, picture of how the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> foundations of the Weimar Republic eroded, & were replaced by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a>-style rule in which the commands of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> Party & its leader became paramount. His perspective was not grounded in abstract political theory; it grew instead from his experience as a Jewish lawyer in Nazi Berlin representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissidents</span></a> & other disfavored clients.</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Shock events are about creating a space for experimentations with governance. The power-sharing arrangement of Trump and Musk innovates the authoritarian playbook, opening new horizons of corruption and the fantasy of being untouchable by the law."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"While Trump came into office legally, the Trump-Musk administration is taking not the gradualist path to change chosen by autocrats who arrive in power via elections, but a more extremist route, one reminiscent of the political climate after a coup.</p><p>This is where DOGE comes in."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"One of the strongman’s best-kept secrets is that he has little interest in day-to-day governance: what really motivates him is power, control and riches to be made. Trump’s true loves are golfing and promoting Trump-branded properties (he spent one-third of the first three years of his first term doing the latter, and is on track to surpass that, having golfed at his Florida courses for 13 of his first 48 days in office)."</p><p>~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/trump-and-musks-power-sharing-agreement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lucid.substack.com/p/trump-and</span><span class="invisible">-musks-power-sharing-agreement</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Hmmmm... Why am I having <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DejaVu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DejaVu</span></a>? </p><p>From 2022: "Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> has mentioned 'gender freedoms' more than once to justify <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s war against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens.</p><p>"Most directly, he alleged that Russian citizens who seek '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFreedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderFreedoms</span></a>' (alongside foie gras and oysters) are part of the anti-Russian 'fifth column.'</p><p>"Gender and sexuality freedoms — or rights, as they are more typically called — are about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodilyAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodilyAutonomy</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ activists assert that every human being deserves respect, recognition and equal rights regardless of their gender or sexuality.</p><p>"What’s the connection between Putin’s animosity toward Ukraine and toward <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexuality</span></a> rights in Russia and around the world?<br> <br>Gender and Putin’s regime</p><p>"Putin’s regime has increasingly relied on very conventional gender and sexual norms.</p><p>"When he first ascended to the presidency, image-makers used Putin’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KGB</span></a> background and penchant for physical fitness to frame him as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/macho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macho</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> who could reverse Russia’s waning power and 'remasculinize' the country after a decade of supposed geopolitical flaccidity in the wake of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soviet</span></a> collapse. </p><p>"In other words, an inflexible and clearly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patriarchal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriarchal</span></a> notion of masculinity has been central to the Putin regime’s legitimacy.</p><p>"Russia’s foreign policy has relied on rigid gender norms as well. When Ukraine underwent its first pro-democracy revolution in 2004, Russian media questioned its leaders’ masculinity.</p><p>"Putin likewise used homophobic terms to dismiss <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoseRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoseRevolution</span></a> in 2003, responding to a reporter’s question by saying: 'A rose revolution — next they’ll come up with a light blue one.' In Russian, 'light blue' or goluboi is slang for “gay male.”<br> <br>Gender and appealing to constituencies</p><p>"Putin has often been represented as the unquestioned leader of the pack ruling Russia — a masculinity-driven image.</p><p>"However, even as the leader of a personalist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> — a regime in which there are few institutional limits on the leader’s power — Putin must balance competing interests among significant elites and maintain at least the appearance of public support in order to be considered a legitimate ruler.</p><p>"Until 2020, Putin was using gendered language in his speeches to signal his alignment with a variety of elites and public constituencies that supported him. He was sending mixed signals to both relatively progressive Russians who value women’s roles in the workplace and to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> wishing for a return to '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalFamilyValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalFamilyValues</span></a>,' in order to keep everyone in his camp.</p><p>"But after July 2021, when he published an essay contending Ukrainians and Russians are a single people, Putin no longer shied away from making sexist and LGBTQ+-phobic comments in prominent settings.</p><p>"At an October 2021 meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club — a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum that Putin is closely associated with — he said teaching children about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFluidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderFluidity</span></a> was 'truly monstrous' and 'verging on a crime against humanity.'" </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-the-czar-of-macho-politics-is-threatened-by-gender-and-sexuality-rights-180473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/vladimir-p</span><span class="invisible">utin-the-czar-of-macho-politics-is-threatened-by-gender-and-sexuality-rights-180473</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GBLTQRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GBLTQRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderFascists</span></a></p>
Elmar Lütz<p>Selenskyj wirbt für Feuerpause auf See und am Himmel</p><p><a href="https://liveblog.zdf.de/aktuelles-zum-ukraine-konflikt/156770/#at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=ZDFheuteApp&at_specific=ZDFheute&at_content=Android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liveblog.zdf.de/aktuelles-zum-</span><span class="invisible">ukraine-konflikt/156770/#at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=ZDFheuteApp&at_specific=ZDFheute&at_content=Android</span></a></p><p>Wo ist der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dealmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dealmaker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> 🤔 Gegenüber <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> ist Trump ein kleines Kätzchen, oder wie Putin es, zwar in einem anderen Kontext sagte: Kommen sie und Wedeln mit dem Schwanz 🤔 Der große Trump ganz klein. Nur gegen seine verbündeten macht er den starken Mann 🤔 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiaukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaukrainewar</span></a></p>
Blain Smith<p>Achievement unlocked. Deadlifting 6 reps at 505lbs / 229.5kg</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Powerlifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powerlifting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strongman</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He parades as a strongman, but in fact he’s weak, weak, weak. In the face of America’s adversaries Donald Trump is, as he might put it, a patsy, a sucker, a pushover. He folds like a pack of cards. He’s a human doormat. A loser.</p><p>Just consider the gifts he has handed Vladimir Putin this week."</p><p>~ Jonathan Freedland </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PutinsPoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPoodle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/21/donald-trump-usa-russia-vladimir-putin-weakest-strongman" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/feb/21/donald-trump-usa-russia-vladimir-putin-weakest-strongman</span></a></p>
Maarten Amsterdam📷 Reaching goals. Summer of 2024<br>
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Can a fifty plus guy still built a sixpack? That was the question. And the answer came here in the outback of Alaska.<br>
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With a long past of various fysicsl deficits and downfalls since young years, and continued at adult era, there was always a spirit to get back. <br>
To nevertheless find a forgotten body after Covid times, when bad habits of wrong nutrition and perhaps too common use of alcohol had created the typical body of a 50+ guy who thinks it's due to age.<br>
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Since summer of 2022 there has been work and dedication to alter that. <br>
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On this inlet shore the celebration was there.<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/alaska?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alaska</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/innerpassage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#innerpassage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/batterypoint?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#batterypoint</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kelgayapoint?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kelgayapoint</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/chilkoot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chilkoot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/chilkootinlet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chilkootinlet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fitover50?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fitover50</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fitoverfifty?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fitoverfifty</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fitness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fitness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/healthandfitness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthandfitness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beatmode?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beatmode</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sixpack?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sixpack</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/celebration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#celebration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/target?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#target</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fitnesstarget?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fitnesstarget</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/happiness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#happiness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fitbody?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fitbody</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hardwork?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardwork</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/youreonyourown?src=hash" 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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s president has warned the days of guaranteed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> are over, as he urged the continent to band together to create a united army & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a>.</p><p>Volodymyr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> spoke in a week when a phone call between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> President Vladimir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> & US [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> sycophant] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> raised fears in Kyiv that it was being frozen out of negotiations, w/Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> also casting doubt on the reality of Ukraine joining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/europe/zelensky-trump-putin-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/15/europe/zele</span><span class="invisible">nsky-trump-putin-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-intl/index.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The cruelty that makes Trump a strongman at home arose from the destruction of norms of civil behavior and democratic practice. Unlike any other American politician before him, Trump has scorned the law and used hate speech to deter political opponents here. For years he has used his tweets to inspire stochastic violence."</p><p>~ Timothy Snyder</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <br>/4</p><p><a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-strongman" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak</span><span class="invisible">-strongman</span></a></p>
Blain Smith<p>Cycle 2 Week 3 in the books. Deload is next week then onto Cycle 3. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Powerlifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powerlifting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strongman</span></a></p>
Freezenet<p>Ever roll up to a gas/petrol station to fill up... in a tank?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gnSj2SVsULE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/gnSj2SVsULE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(it's not just anyone doing this, either. It's strongman, Eddie Hall.)</p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Tank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tank</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Petrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Petrol</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gas</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Funny</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Strongman</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Warning about the demise of democracy didn’t stop people from voting for Trump last November. While it’s still a powerful argument to half the country, the other half is unmoved by it."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliticsofChaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsofChaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Two weeks into President Trump’s second act, people like the chaos.<br>Not everyone. But enough to give him a 49 percent approval rating, according to an Emerson College poll of 1,000 registered voters that was conducted on Jan. 27 and 28."</p><p>~ Joan Vennochi</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PoliticsofChaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsofChaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/opinion/trump-policies-voter-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/trump-policies-voter-support/</span></a></p>
Unseen Crafts<p>The Amazing Octo Acron!<br>Original Unseen design, hand burned onto the wood & hand painted.<br>Approx 25x22x2cm.<br>£90 including uk p&p.<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/circus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/woodwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strongman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pyrography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyrography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/workout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/smallbusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallbusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/burn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burn</span></a></p>
Mark H<p>Catching up on some festive period broadcasts of World's Strongest Man, which covers the competition held earlier in 2024. Lovely to see Rob Kearney compete in his final event and all the rainbow beards on display. Great talk about the importance of representation in the sport. The "World's Strongest Gay" was much-loved by everyone. There were tears.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldsStrongestMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldsStrongestMan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RobKearney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobKearney</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldsStrongestGay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldsStrongestGay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Strongman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strongman</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sports</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a></p>
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