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

#ArtOfUkraine
Victoria Nekrasova Ukraine 🇺🇦
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While everyone is distracted with "aliens" a major environmental catastrophe is unfolding in #Ohio
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/health/ohio-train-derailment-white-noise/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-dies-owners-arms-after-ohio-train-crash-releases-toxic-gas-1780529

Some technical info about the event here, and testimonies about animals dropping dead.
https://cen.acs.org/safety/Safety-questions-remain-Ohio-train/101/i6

#vinychloride #environment #spill #disaster #chemicals #transportation #derailment #EastPalestine

It’s not vehicle speed that kills, it’s vehicle *momentum*. A smaller car going faster may deliver less impact than a large vehicle going slower (momentum = velocity * mass).

We already have the (table stakes) technology to apply geo-fence-based speed throttling. And this should definitely take momentum into account. So if someone decides to use a 40% larger-than-average car in cities, their speed limit should be throttled to be 40% lower-than-average. Momentum-based limits!

me: pendants annoy me

him: why?

me: they think they know everything

him: I think you mean “pedants”

me: *under breath* fucking pendant

@wjmaggos @jbouie "you can understand the reason for the law, even though it can cause psychological distress"?

You mean, even though these laws will kill kids?

Because we have the receipts. This has been studied. There is *no* debate in psychology or medicine anymore: preventing trans kids from transitioning kills a *huge* portion of them, and the number who desist are vanishingly small--of all kids who transition, 97.5% still ID as trans as adults, and virtually all of that 2.5% who desisted were extremely early transitioners and went back to their AGAB by the time they were 10--so, before any medical intervention.

There's only one reason for those laws, and that reason *is to kill trans people*, friend. They even named one "The Millstone Act," after the Biblical method of execution by drowning. Genocide experts say their arguments are genocidal.

Please stop both sidesing and listen to the experts.

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/2/e2021056082/186992/Gender-Identity-5-Years-After-Social-Transition?autologincheck=redirected

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3730.htm

https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/statement-on-the-genocidal-nature-of-the-gender-critical-movement%E2%80%99s-ideology-and-practice

Queer update: Still feeling splendidly queer.

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

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

Inspired by little free libraries, I made a little free art gallery

#art #artwork

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 🏳️‍🌈