I'm named after an astronaut. When I gave the attendant at Kennedy Space Center my credit card to pay my entry fee, she made a squee noise. Both the first time someone recognized my name for what it is, and the first time I've heard someone squee.
Both Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin were βrebellious,β the white and black establishment BOTH looked down on them, and neither was the first Black person to refuse to give up their seat for a white passenger in Montgomery. The fight for equality and injustice was long and difficult and it was a collective struggle, not an individual one.
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Something new for this #Caturday that I hope you enjoy.
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re: mention of drugs
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I did that once, several decades ago. The timing was unfortunate, the location was less than ideal, but I felt myself spiraling into something ugly, sat myself in front of the TV and found an Audrey Hepburn movie to watch. I remember her in Paris, dancing with Fred Astaire in a field of flowers.
Compensate for it by raising taxes on personal income (all personal income, from whatever source) over $10,000,000 per year to 110%.
You want to be a greedy bastard? Fine, but you'll pay for it.
Of course Putin will use nukes if he thinks he can get away with it - he's a psychopath. That's why he must know he can't get away with it, and same for any people who push the button on Putin's behalf.
An American general described how the US would respond in a nonnuclear way if Putin nukes Ukraine. Essentially, the US would sink all Russian surface ships and do all kinds of damage that would reduce Russia's military capability rather drastically.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-nuclear-weapons-attack-putin-1.6885338
And the story I've always heard is that the QWERTY keyboard layout was deliberately designed to limit typing speed, because typing too fast would jam the mechanism.
No idea if that's a true thing, or a myth.
Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer" #OTD in 1868.
This was the first typewriter to be a commercial success (about 5000 were made), the first to use the QWERTY keyboard layout invented by Sholes, and the first to be called a typewriter; the term was coined by Sholes. via @Wikipedia
@renwillis I can see where the sadly cheaper, but just as cute, Iron Giant watch of my youth came from π€― I saw one in a local collector's shop a few months ago for Β£5 and I still regret to this day not getting it π
I thought I could try modelling my handmade jewellery instead of just uploading them alone. What do you think? β€οΈ
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@anubis2814 @lednabm @Doreen32128 Plenty of billionaire non-penis people have the same attitude. Itβs the lack of humanity, not the plumbing.
Multnomah County in Oregon is suing oil and gas companies Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips & related organizations for the damages caused by the 2021 PNW heat dome. Multnomah County said these and other fossil fuel companies and entities operating in the region are significantly responsible for causing and worsening the deadly heat event-. #ClimateCrisis #OffFossilFuels Oregon county sues oil, gas companies for deadly 2021 PNW heat dome: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/23/multnomah-county-in-oregon-sues-oil-gas-companies-for-2021-heat-dome.html
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.