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Ironically, it’s my stunning humility that makes me so much better than everyone else.

@futurebird

Once life exists, it expands to fill every niche. After every mass extinction event in history, species adaptation has happened, and the world fills up again.

@ScottSoCal but vast sequences of DNA are identical for plants and humans

I'm a 59 year old African American woman. I've desegregated a town, a school system and many other spaces. When I discuss racism in this nation, I'm not going to ameliorate my speech for the comfort of anyone. I don't exist to comfort others about the reality of what I was born into - what we all live in together. If that's a problem for you, I suggest you embark on some self-reflection to determine what your actual role is within this system.
#racism #politics #blackmastodon

@eric I was spanked and I am not fine. When my kids push my buttons, especially when tired or fed up, I feel the urge to lash out, but I never have. I control myself because I know the only thing I'd accomplish is to permanently damage my kids trust in me.
I have never, and would never hurt them. But that programming is still in my brain, and I hate it.

Though honestly, it's gotten easier over the years. Controlling reactive anger is a skill.

An #introduction:

By day, I’m a content writer and graphic designer for a company that supports veterans in getting their disability ratings increased.

By night, I write young adults novels and play #videogames.

I’m a big #hockey fan. My teams are the Chicago Blackhawks and the Seattle Kraken, but I’ll watch any game that’s on.

Other hobbies include reading as much as possible, #crochet and other fiber arts, #drawing, #hiking, #bullet journaling, and napping.

Oh, and I'm #bisexual πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@raccoonformality@mastodon.gamedev.place @bookstodon

If you enjoy The Martian, I recommend picking up Project Hail Mary by the same author.

@bookstodon

That’s twice this week that I’ve walked into Mastodonia only to find…

::gasp::

People discussing my books! One witchy novel series, and one non-fiction magic book.

This is seriously an author’s dream.

#bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon
@bookstodon

If you want to survive on Mastodon, here's what you gotta do. On the first day, go up to the biggest account you can find and kiss them on the lips

In the 1989 film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," Chekov, posing as the commanding officer of the Enterprise, speaks with the renegade Vulcan, Sybok, on Nimbus III. Sybok requests that Chekov and his first officer transport down to the surface. The fact that Chekov does not respond with "Beam me down to the Paradise City, where your blood is green and the girls are kitties" is why Star Trek V is widely regarded as the worst of the franchise. #StarTrek

@Dr_BoAbrahamsen
"earthquakes, mudslides and wildfires though they probably don't happen in the same location"

They actually do. The wildfires bake the ground, creating a crust so the rain can't soak in, which causes flooding and mudflows. Earthquakes happen everywhere because the San Andreas runs the length of the state, with lots of little tributary faults branching off it. The hills above Montecito had bad wildfires, and that's what created the conditions for the disaster a few years ago.

@ScottSoCal Excellent idea. I was going to get a jetboil anyway for coffee on my photo hikes so it can double for emergencies. Can't beat California for earthquakes, mudslides and wildfires though they probably don't happen in the same location (throw in some rattlesnakes for good measure).

@nafnlaus@fosstodon.org

It's what happens when people who don't know the technology throw in buzzwords.
Like 1.21 jigawatts.

@futurebird

"But I don't think this explains ALL life having a common ancestor as DNA suggest. Even plants and people have some common DNA."

The basic amino acids that make up life have been found in space.

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