Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

How many times have you had COVID (that you know of)?

(Boosts are fine)

On citizenship and name change

As of today I've become a naturalized US citizen!

As part of the process I changed my surname from Salim to Lind, getting it closer to my ancestors' original 林 ( a lot of us Chinese-Indonesians were forced to change our surnames under the military dictatorship, see https://archive.is/339Nn ) so it feels like freedom in more ways than one.

More details in an upcoming blog post

#citizenship
#identity
#migration

Need more headlines like this

#classwar

https://www.businessinsider.com/ups-worker-salary-benefits-congress-makes-more-and-works-less-2023-8

President Zelensky
25/8/23
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey

A long time ago I was in a slapdash Star Trek themed punk band called "No Kill I, the Next Generation" ... we were lightly featured in "Trekkies 2". Here's one of our ridiculous, delightful songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A7-skD5uSo

I would like to request a “hug” button on Mastodon that I can tap when someone posts something sad or emotionally delicate, for when there are no words and tapping a star seems like a weird thing to do.

Then they came for #TheFormerGuy and I laughed my ass off cause fuck that guy but also wished it had happened sooner

Hospitals in New York, California, and now Massachusetts have reinstated mask mandates due to a surge in #COVID infections. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/umass-memorial-mask-mandate-staff-covid/?fbclid=IwAR1rfcFqvUTboVKnlTGFintfxiuFiSk-36irqEVhjEfUaJGBm0oPT8Vy9SM

I call bullshit on "people don't want posts in languages they don't speak clogging up their timeline."

I think it's cool when I see people speaking other languages, because I like seeing people being people. I think being bothered by seeing other languages is extremely sus.

Translation tools aren't perfect, but are pretty good and it's fun to do And If someone is pushing a lot of content that I can't read out ... the mute button is literally right there.

Boop

#Greyhounds #GreyhoundsOfMastodon #Dogs #DogsOfMastdon #DogsOfFediverse #Boop

#Zoom
#Caturday

Do you say PB& …

Via Kyle Cheney:

NEW: California judge says #Eastman can't postpone his disbarment proceedings just because he's been indicted in #Georgia. He testified for hours knowing full well he could be indicted in DC or #Fulton, she says. #legal #TrumpIndictment

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/25/john-eastman-disbarment-hearings-georgia-00113101

Hey, Mastodon, I have a student who needs some #Scottish English speakers to do an online linguistics experiment. Can you help out? Boosts appreciated, or you can just click the link if you qualify!

#Scotland #experiment #linguistics

https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/40FE9D0B-2C90-47F9-9F47-B72F35A68CBA

2 large black crows have called a meeting in the maple tree outside my office window. The local squirrels just arrived, along with a gang of tiny Sparrows. I'll bet it's about the feral cats. I wish I understood crow.

Birthday boy helping with my book today. Happy 12th birthday, Frankenstein!
#Cat #CatsOfMastodon #CatBirthday #writing #writingcommunity