Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Dear MSM: DeSantis’ actions to obliterate black history from Florida textbooks and curricula are not part of a “CULTURE WAR”.

It’s white supremacy.

It’s racism.

It’s bigotry.

It’s fascism.

It’s your job to use words correctly. Stop using benign euphemisms!

Have You Seen High-Risk Missing Victoria, BC Youth Melliah Scow? - #Victoria #BC #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

Victoria Police are asking for your help as we work to locate high-risk missing youth Melliah Scow.

Melliah is 17 years old and was described to officers as an Indigenous youth standing five feet, four inches tall with a medium build. Melliah has...

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/have-you-seen-high-risk-missing-victoria-bc-youth-melliah-scow/

So here's what I've learned.
Mastodon isn't Twitter.
And that's by design.
You've grown used to things designed to give you that anger rush.
Mastodon is very deliberately built to avoid that.
The temptation is to replicate your Twitter experience.
Picking arguments, amplifying trolls.
Please don't.
This isn't your house, people here put time into building it.
Content warnings, ALT tags.
Don't turn it into a replica of the mess you just left.
If you miss the fights, the birdsite is still there.

So, let me get this straight: the #House #GOP have removed Capitol Hill metal monitors, have removed rules about entering the House floor with weapons, have dissed House members concerns, and fired the Sargent at Arms that ensured safety when the #SOTU is next week? Seriously? All I want to know who is #DesinatedSurvivor

In his own words.

Link: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nazi-hunter-fascism-antifa-veteran-1234672732/

So when Twitter shuts down its API access in a week, migration tools like the great https://movetodon.org from @Tibor will stop working. If you want to migrate your followers do it now!

AOC on removing Omar from committee assignments:

“Don't tell me that this is about a condemnation of antiSemitic remarks when you have a member of the Republican caucus who has talked about Jewish space lasers and also elevated her to some of the highest committee assignments in this body…

This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America.”

✅ Someone tell me how antisemitic Republicans are also pro Zionist ?! ✅

@DemocracyMatters When she was press secretary she consistently crapped all over the press and brow beat them like they didn’t matter. She lied to the American people and spewed propaganda with impunity. Her arrogance was beyond the pale as was her disdain for having to do her job.

Two photos of my #cat telling a joke and then realizing that it didn't land
#catsOfMastodon

Russia and Ukraine are waging a fierce war in the sky involving missiles, drones and air defense systems. Yet one thing makes this fight distinctive from previous air wars: pilots are extremely rare. https://t.co/p2GDujSslt

Like seriously, if you're lost on something going on from the government, 95% of the time there's a GAO summary for that.

"I want to know if there are recent updates to Covid spending recs." There's a GAO for that! https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-105713-highlights.pdf

"How was the US spending in X department last year?" Here you go! https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds

"I don't get this tax bill-" GAO. https://www.gao.gov/topics/tax-policy-and-administration

They don't cover everything, but it's often really thorough when they do, and again, nonpartisan.

Why did the Union army defeat the Confederacy? One reason: Black men built and maintained the Union army's rail links, enabling the North to keep its troops well supplied. A photo from northern Virginia, taken in 1863.
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#CivilWar #history #photography

Turkey Vulture

I wasn't going to post this photo because I don't particularly like how the photo came out or the composition. But today I change my mind ... about posting it anyway. It is a bit interesting.

"The Turkey Vulture’s stomach acid is extremely acidic, so Turkey Vultures can digest just about anything. This also allows them to eat carcasses tainted with anthrax, tuberculosis, and rabies without getting sick. By taking care of the carrion, vultures provide an essential service for the health of our ecosystems. Without them, carcasses would accumulate, and diseases would spread from rotting flesh." allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #photographer #birds #birdwatching #birdsofmastodon #TurkeyVulture

Rural Georgia

We drove by this old house in November 2022. My wife was driving, and I actually took this photo with my iPhone as we passed. It's a very small house, with a add on in the back, probably a kitchen. I wonder how old it is. My guess is that electricity was added sometime after it was built. I think that the house probably is older than the tree sitting at the front-door.

#photo #photography #photographer #house #architecture

Republicans: I refuse to live in fear!

Also Republicans: OMG, one of those cartoon characters isn't white? Reeeeeeeeeeee!

Powerful column by Adrian Walker on the killing of Tyler Lawrence.

“The killing of anyone so young would be shocking. But it might be magnified in his case, because those who loved him had such a keen sense of the danger he faced as a young Black man in this world, and such a fierce desire to keep him safe. To guide him through.” #boston

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/01/metro/tyler-lawrences-family-did-everything-their-power-keep-him-safe-yet-it-wasnt-enough/

Tigger, his arms wide #startrek #tng

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