ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

Let’s be clear. There’s no “war on Christmas” and no one is trying to ban saying “merry Christmas.”
Case in point. I'm Muslim. It doesn't offend me when people wish me Merry Christmas. Offensive is when MAGA politicians brandish weapons of war while kids are shot dead in school and claim that's the Christmas spirit.

If you don't get why that's a problem, y'all need Jesus, and common sense.

My grandfather, #KarlWeingberger, who died from sepsis OTD in 1941. He had been a highly respected lawyer in Würzburg, Germany. My grandmother, Ruth and two young children were deported to #Auschwitz in 1943. My mother had escaped on the #Kindertransport and was the only one of the family to survive. @auschwitzmuseum

A relative of mine, at least we think of him as such.

Fell down in the care home he lives at and couldn't get back up, he's only in his early 50s and in general is quite healthy. He's slightly intellectually disabled.

He was taken to hospital where they found he has covid.

He was able to ring my cousin, but his speech was slurred.

A Nurse told my Cousin that "It's not looking good".

I don't know much more than that.

Wear your masks.

“Watch what you say,
they’ll be calling you a radical,
a liberal,
fanatical, criminal.”

Supertramp. The Logical Song. 1979.

Kyrsten Sinema single-handedly stopped Democrats from ending a tax break for hedge-fund managers and private equity executives.

Meanwhile, she received ~$1 million in donations from Wall Street.

Don’t be fooled: Sinema isn't “independent.” She's beholden to her donors.

If I leave out a comma it's because I
don't want you to breathe.

I'm noticing a lot of "I'm bored of Mastodon, I'm going back to #Twitter" posts.

In case they are genuine, here's what I've found works:

⚫ try to post content, not complaints. People want to engage with you, not your gripes

⚫ try to learn. If you're putting in an effort to be part of the community, the community will welcome you

⚫ Try to avoid posting links to tweets, definitely don't cross-post. People want Mastodon content

⚫ Reply! Reply! Reply! Everyone wants to know someone's reading and considering their content, even you

⚫ Don't lurk. Many of us check for a filled out profile, avatars, and posts, before we follow someone back

⚫ Chill. It's a big new world that doesn't serve everything up to you

⚫ Avoid the trap of rebuilding Twitter here

Feel free to link this post to people struggling with Mastodon. It's what I've found works, and may not work for everyone

BATMAN'S FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF
• denial
• anger
• bargaining
• dressing up as a bat with your underwear on the outside to fight crime
• acceptance

Growing up, Sesame Street taught me the importance of education, empathy, and kindness.

Bugs Bunny, on the other hand, taught me that revenge on my enemies should be quick, clever, and brutal.

now i lay me down to sleep.
i pray the lord my soul to keep.
if i die before i wake,
please throw my phone into a lake

No, Putin would not launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the West, knowing that the US, France and the UK have nuclear submarines that would respond by wiping Russia from the map. It is interesting, however, that Putin felt the need to ratchet up tension again. 1/

@aravosis The likelihood TFG truly does not have any other stolen gov't property and classified docs squirreled away among his various properties and residences is nil.

The guy's a greedy magpie. He'll steal anything that isn't nailed down and feels that anything he covets automatically belongs to him. Then he makes others pay for his larceny.

The sooner he's criminally charged, the better.