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

Nature is full of surprises. Meet Costasiella kuroshimae, an adorable species of sea slug known as “leaf sheep.”

At no more than 8mm, these tiny ocean critters graze on algae & keep chloroplasts in their bodies for up to 10 days. They supplement their diet through photosynthesis to create energy, which is why they’re sometimes referred to as “solar-powered sea slugs.” https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210324-the-odd-sea-creature-powered-by-the-sun #nature #science

This guy is asking for a colonoscopy.
#Humor #Funny

@DidiQ German here. Completely true. Learning about history based on facts and understanding how something like that could happen was part of our basic education. I live in the US now and when my kids were old enough, we made sure to visit a concentration camp so they can learn and see what happened. It was certainly a somber visit to experience what humans have done to other humans who were different from them.

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language...

I should try to avoid lurking and do my #introduction for a fresh start.
The "Bionic" is my ears - I have bilateral cochlear implants after going #deaf in my 20s. I love music that makes me sing like nobody can hear me, and movies that I can watch on repeat. Jurassic Park is my comfort movie. Enjoying raising [5] with my hubby, playing games, collecting gnomes, making questionable design choices for our home, and starting craft projects to never finish because mental health. Hello!

@ScottSoCal. I wish I could come up with a witty answer, but only finishing up coffee #1. But yes 🤓. Absolutely.

Please allow me to introduce myself. #Moby-Dick is the novelistic soundtrack of my life. The rest is #Dylan. #Dogs, #coffee, #books (especially #19th-century US lit) make me very happy. I write, think, and talk a lot about dementia, most recently a book with Dr. Bruce Miller of UCSF, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain (Johns Hopkins, 2021).

Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.

Not the case.

It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.

Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.

By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.

So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.

“"In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory. It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don’t shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren’t damaged; they’re strengthened, matured, humbled. US needs to do same re slavery. Not that complicated.”
Siggy Rose.

in america, we no longer say “the french”, but “people with mental illnesses”, and i think that’s beautiful

Are we ready to talk about how police dressing in riot gear and acting, well, like cops, makes crowds more likely to riot? No? OK then. Proceed.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/01/why-so-many-police-are-handling-the-protests-wrong

Air alarm. I'm going to pick up Seva from school. The day started like this. Anxiously