Our 44th US #President #BarackObama, born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, burst onto the national political scene in 2004 with a speech to the DNC national convention.
He's said that if he wasnβt a politician, he'd want to be an architect. Obama is married to #MichelleObama and have two daughters who live together in Calif. Malia, 24, works in television while Sasha, 21, attends USC.
Leprosy is curable these days, anyway.
About ten years ago, a friend of mine got married at the Phoenix Zoo and it was actually pretty cool because the package included a couple of zookeepers bringing out some animals to pet.
At some point in the night, I noticed people starting to gather around a zookeeper who had set up a kiddie pool with a little armadillo waddling around in it.
As the zookeeper was talking, I sat down next to the kiddie pool and the armadillo came over and began climbing all over me and I was seriously living my best life with that little cuddler until I heard the zookeeper say:
βSo, uhhhhhh, as I was saying, armadillos have been known to carry leprosy, so if you intend to touch the armadillo, please only use the tips of your fingers and ensure you use hand sanitizer after.β
The good news is that I donβt have leprosy yet; however, if I do get it, it will have been worth it.
I get it, but I post this one because of the backstory.
The guy in the swastika armband had been walking around Seattle all day, yelling at people, saying despicable thing, trying to provoke a response. Then he got one. π
@ScottSoCal Well, I did watch that GIF about thirty times...
I'm with you, but humans famously need to examine the relationship between justice and violence.
Guess I should put up a flare for this more publicly - my current job just announced layoffs, so if you're looking for a mid or senior level software engineer in the US, ideally remote or at least east coast, hit me up
I can pick most code up quick, but if you're doing modern web work, that'd be huge - I've worked on Spring Boot, React, Vue, a little ASP.NET and ColdFusion, lots of Python scripting, etc etc.
Just looking to get my options here - I think I'll be fine but you can't be too sure
@Ulrich_the_Elder@mastodon.social @Popehat
Adams is a waste of human tissue.
I appreciate you.
Youβre always there when I need you,
You feed me, when I am hungry,
Youβre so cool, like Clarence Worley, yet
Youβre smoking hot when I turn you on,
Your gray exoskeleton smooth to the touch.
I am your biggest fan, and
Youβre literally a fan with a metal basket,
Divine and holey.
Youβre an air fryer.
I love you, air fryer.
Happy Valentineβs Day to the air fryer.
Aside from getting kids to chant words, Itβs the *GOD* part, folks.
Christofascists on the march: example 8756:
βArizona House passes a bill that would force children to say the Pledge of Allegianceβ https://flip.it/E52.EJ
WORLD UNITED!!!
The world famous Sydney Opera House is lit up to show Australia's rock solid support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression. 24/2/23
SLAVA UKRAINIβ‘
#UkraineοΈ #Australia
White privilege is Marjorie Taylor Greene calling to end the USA and then getting invited on Fox News to sell the idea. Imagine if AOC or Ilhan Omar said the same thing?! My new article on how Greene's call to end USA conjures up reasons given by the traitors of the Confederacy: https://open.substack.com/pub/deanobeidallah/p/white-privilege-is-marjorie-taylor
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.