In a nutshell

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@stux I'm given to understand they've arrested some people for touching the peeled paint even? Like... just touching it I guess? Not even actually pulling it off or anything, just... touching it...

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15916401/olympian-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-vandalism.html

https://time.com/article/2026/06/22/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-vandalism-algae-paint-trump-admin/

Screw this freaking stupid timeline we live in.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@stux Also, someone familiar with the application of the pool stuff explained with chemistry & physics how it was not applied properly—there was no way it would adhere. The $15 million was thrown away.

[zdl@mstdn.social]

@stux Wait, seriously!? They're deploying ACTUAL MILITARY TROOPS to stop people from taking PHOTOGRAPHS!?

[quasit@beige.party]

@stux

You left out "Drive heavy armored Presidential vehicle and accompanying Secret Service vehicles all over the freshly-painted and -sealed pool floor."

And also "Arrest Americans who touch the water, and demand on Truth Social that they be jailed for at least ten years."

[axemax@techhub.social]

@stux lets also not let Greenwater off the hook here they did the job incorrectly.

[bestiolina@sociale.network]

@stux Some people are just born idiots.

[vonskinnback@mastodon.social]

@Kraemer_HB @stux Donald is dead in the water...

[tml@mementomori.social]

@stux Sadly, without a link to an actual reputable news source, I can only assume this is a Photoshop job. (Note: I am definitely not a fan of the Trump administration.)

Edit: This for instance does mention the National Guard, so I guess it is a real picture: https://www.newsweek.com/national-guard-stops-people-touching-reflecting-pool-military-crackdown-12102198

[zynaesthesie@mastodon.social]

@ZDL @stux Yeah, that’s FREEDOM, not woke oppression with which THE RADICAL LEFT wants to destroy THE GREAT AMERICAN NATION!

[disisdeguey@expressional.social]

@stux "So dad, what did you do in the National Guard, were you a heroe???"
"I KEPT WATCH OF A POOL"
"?????"

[cojajo@mastodon.social]

@stux
Smart President!

[alper@sfba.social]

@OptimisticMoron @stux he'd charge X100 for the ice as he does with the SS agents he technically forces to stay at his resorts.

[securedllama@infosec.exchange]

@stux sounds like Greenwater Services turned the water green. What did anyone expect?

[christophbuck@mastodon.world]

@TheTomas @stux

In Idiocracy, the president took advice from someone smarter than himself—and later handed over power to the smartest person in the country.

The situation we find ourselves in is far worse.

[fourt4@mastodonapp.uk]

@stux thank you for this helpful guide to understanding all the recent snarking.