Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

All the world is a stage.

It’s a terrifying place to be if you’re an introvert.

If you tell your friends about Mastodon, you’re technically an ambassador of the federation.

Two years ago, if a Texan needed an #abortion, they’d have to travel an average of 44 miles to get one. Today, that number is 497.

Our Winter/Spring 2023 Fellow @sarahutch interviewed Representative Donna Howard, the #Austin Democrat who chairs the #Women’s Health Caucus, about what she's doing to improve access to reproductive #healthcare after Roe v. Wade:

https://www.texasobserver.org/donna-howard-abortion-after-roe-texas-legislature/

#RoeVWade #TXlege #Democrats #Texas #USpol #politics #ReproductiveRights #children #medicaid

As most of you know, our library is being sued by 4 corporate publishers who want to stop the Internet Archive from lending books. The date for oral argument has just been set for March 20.

What's at stake? Lia Holland from @team elaborates: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20

it was love at first sight

@whknott We're in the middle of a pandemic and a slow moving coup being attempted by white and Christian nationalist radicals, exacerbated by the ramifications of climate change.

Does that stress you out? 🥴

This is why its important to have gratitude for every day and everyone you love. Take nothing and no one for granted. XOXO

@stopgopfox

In Florida, a teacher who tweeted about empty school bookshelves has been fired. After Ron DeSantis claimed in public the tweets were a "fake narrative," the whistleblower lost his job in an apparent act of retaliation.

https://www.newsweek.com/fired-florida-school-teacher-vows-expose-ron-desantis-1783328

#DeSantis #Florida #CRT #bookbans #bookbanning #fascism #antifascism #whistleblower #politics #uspol #uspolitics #republicans #republican #GQP #GOP #conservatism

#WarInUkraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

Exactly one year ago, the war began. Life before and after...

@RIDDLES #garylarsoncartoon

up up Bring me up!

Came across this cute comic on my feed, and wanted to share it with J-M, because it’s so true and adorable (though the movie bit is also pretty real sometimes). Waded through pages of Tineye results to find the original source. Whoever shared this originally five years ago went to the trouble of carefully cropping out the bottom with the credits. Ugh.

But anyway, yes, going through medical stuff with a spouse is the Realest Love Shit

Yes, Black folk in the US have worse access to good nutrition.

But we're more likely to live near carcinogens (environmental racism).

More likely to be falsely incarcerated, and suffer a +65% increased mortality after they leave. White felons don't suffer this increase.

1 in every 1000 Black men will be killed by a cop. Even more will be killed by Black killers that cops have no incentive to catch.

Less likely to have insurance and affordable care.

More likely to be killed by a car. Etc.

There's a crucial election this April that we absolutely most win - Palmer Report https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/theres-a-crucial-election-this-april-that-we-absolutely-most-win/49066/

The US National Security Agency has published a guide on how employees working from home can secure their local home networks against threat actors.

The guide includes recommendations for securing routing devices, implementing wireless network segmentation, ensuring confidentiality during telework, and more.

https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/News-Highlights/Article/Article/3304674/nsa-releases-best-practices-for-securing-your-home-network/

Black history is American history, and American history is Black history. What better way to educate yourself than with Black American History? In this case, a series of videos from Extra Credits.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5AlikBYiNGc5yXmuiF8QPc8

17 videos about people like the Harlem Hellfighters and Billie Holiday, and events like Interstate Displacement and the Harlem Renaissance, all very good videos.

#blog #BlackHistoryMonth

I'll just put these two screenshots right here and you can draw your own conclusions

TikTok is likely to be banned.

The writing is on the wall.

I've seen this already play out with Huawei, and TikTok is following the same path.

First, TikTok was banned by the US Military. Now it's banned in numerous US governmental bodies, including Congress.

But now that's moving beyond the US.

Now European Commission is "temporarily" banning TikTok from employee phones.

Who wants to bet this "temporary" ban will become "permanent"?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/tiktok-banned-from-eu-commission-phones-over-cybersecurity-1.6285758

Just kidding. If I didn’t like or boost your toot, it’s probably because I STILL can’t keep up with my timeline so I’m missing most of what’s out there.

If it was important, please fax me.

@nealr That's a nice looking plane! Yes, war is not the answer - unless you're defending your very existence against a murderous genocidal invasion! Then war is most definitely the right answer. Arm #Ukraine to the teeth! F-16s! ATACMS!

THERE WILL BE TANKS!

"Ukraine will receive more Challenger 2 tanks from Britain if they prove themselves effectively on the battlefield" - BBC.

In translation, it is: "There will be 100% more tanks."
#Ukraine️ #Russia

Paris, France.

On the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the Eiffel Tower now looks like this. 23/2/23
#Ukraine️ #Russia