Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Bird site was down.

Gee. I didn't even know.

I was here on Mastodon. ♥️♥️♥️

And I was moving closer to my world and watching Action News.

Then I turned on the Angels and Phillies.

All better than enduring Elmo and Trump. Both of whom I blocked years ago. 🤬🤬🤬

TOO LATE!

Twitter / X is down

Maybe you have emerged out of your coma, rubbed your sleepy eyes, looked at the world around you, and come here to check out Mastodon

>> Delete twitter <<

If commissioning attacks on the trans community wasn’t enough

If trying to dismantle democracy across the globe with disinformation wasn’t enough

If shielding Trump’s crimes weren’t enough

If paying literal Nazis wasn’t enough

Let this be enough.

#DeleteTwitter

Judge Tanya Chutkan laid down the law with Trump this morning and set a March 4, 2024 trial date. These words in particular are welcome: “Setting a trial date does not depend and should not depend on the defendant’s personal and professional obligations. Mr. Trump, like any defendant, will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule.”

Natural Impulses of the Child
https://hackscience.net/2018/01/19/natural-impulses-of-the-child/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

To 'crush the Russian army and strangle the troops in frontline fortifications,' Ukraine needs to advance 10 more miles, says war expert
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia
https://l.smartnews.com/p-buaMr/5T1TBv

KYIV CAT!

Our mighty Kyiv Cat has told his Moscow squirrel friends to attack Putin's nuts!

Mr. Cat is reaching the end of his patience, as have the entire animal kingdom, towards Putin's barbarism against his fellow humans!
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #Caturday #catsofmastadon

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XNOVLHbzj3Y&si=BIwhGJoyZRRtUUo7
‼️🇺🇦Ukrainian Security Service drone operators destroy a full Russian tank regiment, ‘one-by-one’ (The Sun VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#PutinEndTheInvasion

The world's largest flag of Ukraine in Boston on Independence Day!

It is 60 meters long, 40 meters wide, and weighs over 200 kg.

More than 500 people joined this event, organized by Ukrainian Cultural Center of New England.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey

#goodnews #Science #health #USA #NorthCarolina

A Powerful Antibiotic That Can Tackle Superbugs Has Been Discovered in the ‘Dark Matter’ of Bacteria

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-powerful-antibiotic-that-can-tackle-superbugs-has-been-discovered-in-the-dark-matter-of-bacteria/

This brat--who misbehaved in other ways as well--noticed I wrote "Monica DePaul" on the board because writing "Ms. DePaul" is not illegal under transphobic Florida law. He kept calling me "sir" in every interaction and kept trying to get my attention by shouting it across the crowded room. Legally, all I could do was ignore him because correcting him would be considered a lesson on gender politics--though technically agreeing with him and identifying my very femme-presenting self as male would ALSO be a lesson on gender politics, in addition to an outright lie. If only I hadn't gotten banned, and if only DeSantis could stop existing, I wouldn't be stuck dealing with this crap.

Transphobic freshman
He just keeps calling me "sir"
I can't correct him

#HaikusByMonica #Haiku #Daily #Poetry #Poet #AmWriting #Writer #Author #Teacher #SubstituteTeacher #Transgender #Transphobia #Florida #DeSantis

Hey. I love you.

#thinkingcap2

DC Drag Defenders hold ground, defeat attempt by street preachers to push through

On the 26th of August, drag defenders kept a sold-out drag show at Aunt Helen's in Washington DC safe, defeating an attempt by hatemongering street preachers to invade at least their space if not the venue behind them.

Defenders deployed umbrellas to shield families with children from the potentially doxxing cameras of the Christian extremist preachers and their allies.

Near the end of the show, the attackers crossed the street and in what appears to have been a determined attack started pushing and attempting to break the line of defenders. Several umbrellas broke under the assault, but determined defenders held the line. The show was uninterrupted, and all attendees and performers kept safe.

It seems that street preachers and Christian hate cults are playing a major role at least on the East Coast if not nationwide in harassing drag shows and Pride events. It was hate preachers from another "official street preachers" style outfit that showed up on August 13 at an all ages drag event in Lakeland, at St Petersburg, FL Pride, and assaulted a child at Pasco Pride again in Florida.

The rich and powerful fear collective people power.

They wage culture wars to distract working people from the real problem: Corporations and the ultra rich hoarding massive profits off the labor of struggling families, and killing the planet in the process.

We can rise up.

@futurebird figs and fig wasps have worked together so long millions of years) that they're entirely co-dependent that every fig species has its own wasp species, and they need each other to reproduce

But it's worth saying that your fig newtons don't have wasps. Domesticated figs reproduce asexually, so there's no fig/wasp pairing.
Otoh imported figs, there is a requirement limiting how many wasp bodies per fig. I'd have to look up the number

https://www.foodunfolded.com/article/figs-wasps-how-plant-and-pollinator-work-together

The finished garden feature. No mortar, every stone carefully placed by hand, unbeatable sustainability credentials, and guaranteed to last hundreds of years. What's not to like?

The niche is also a very unusual design. I've never seen a niche either vertical stone backing and wanted to try to make one. It worked a treat, and our clients have something really unique.

#drystone #stone #traditionalart

After nearly 2 months of heat dome it finally rained!

Oh, how sweet is this!
https://www.comicsands.com/library-kids-reading-book-together-2663855466.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

Folks were really on a roll this weekend! Here's my Dao model #3Dprinted and painted by a patron :D

Free stls: https://www.shapeways.com/product/DRWMM7MEG/dao

Its not a mobile site so you'll have to download the file on a computer

#dnd #3Dart #3Dprinting #3Dmodeling #dungeonsanddragons #dndart

I have a book tour that starts on the 18th of next month; I would love to have a booster before I head out.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-26/with-coronavirus-on-the-upswing-in-california-new-vaccine-coming-earlier-than-expected