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

I got into an Uber earlier and the first thing the driver said was "I love you"...

So, 5 stars, right?

Anyway, not quite knowing how to respond, I said, "I love YOU"...
He frowned at me and asked why I would say that!?

And this was when I realised he had been talking to his wife on the phone...

Elon is not the richest man in the world because he sells the most cars. He doesn't sell nearly enough cars to be that rich.

Elon is the richest man in the world, because a lot of people (like you! 🤡) own his stocks.

The easiest person for you to convince to own less of that stock, is yourself.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQ

Just in time for another pandemic. My money's on measles but I also like being surprised.

This isn’t cost reduction. This is vital service in health and safely reduction. This is a reduction of life saving services.

I’d say “a pox on all the non-Kamala voters” - except the legitimately suppressed, of course - but we’re all going to get a pox anyway. Thanks a million.

HHS to downsize by 10K workers, aiming for cost reduction, RFK Jr. announces:
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5217175-hhs-workforce-reduction-kennedy/

“Spring rolls are up! Tell Darlene to move her ass.”

I haven’t worked for #PBS or #NPR, but I’ve collaborated with both to share #science stories.

The talented people there are always thoughtful, curious & kind. They’ve gifted us Mister Rogers, Carl Sagan, Julia Child, LeVar Burton & Elmo. 🌈

It’s appalling to see members of Congress attack them for political points.

I was putting together an apple pie when the quail stopped by.
They are a favorite visitor.
I was up to my elbows in apples but I got a couple of photos through the window.
Summer wanted to greet them personally but I said not today.
#BackyardBirds

They did it on Signal to illegally hide activity and records from the public.

At the time I got married, 13 years ago, I lived in a flat. I liked it cos it was a short walk from the train station. Good for getting home after late nights out.

My wife moved in. One day she said, "The only problem with this flat is that it's a long walk from the station."

Long?

Turns out it's short if you go thru the woods & by the dark underpass, a route a woman would never think of taking.

And that was my 1st lesson in how we inhabit the same space but live in different worlds.

💔
Via Kyle Griffin:

The #LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention group The Trevor Project said in a statement it had "an approximately a 125% increase in crisis contact volume" on Election Day through Wednesday morning compared to typical days.

Jan. 6 Officer Nearly Crushed To Death Predicts 'A Cold January'

“People voted for someone who would see them never vote again,” Washington Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges told HuffPost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-officer-reaction-trump-2024-election_n_672bdc2ae4b01cfbdad3ac52

Had to get outside today. Found myself at a park, where I felt compelled to defend an immigrant family’s right to be there.

I must admit, it took me a few minutes to speak up. I was initially reluctant to do so—I am not young. I am not in good health. I am not of large frame. And the young men were not nice.

So, I gathered my thoughts & my courage & then, said what I said. Something disarming & then, something more pointed. I ended up babbling something about the gift of this beautiful sun shiny day & was relieved when they turned & walked away.

The father shared his appreciation for my “kind manner.” Said his wife had wanted to leave but when he heard me, he said to her, “See. See, there are still kind people here.” We continued to talk for a bit and they were so lovely. I am happy to have meet them & their beautiful children. I am happy I found the courage to say *something.*

Still, I cried all the way home.

We have to stand up for each other now.

@ScottSoCal My main feeling is anger. Yet I am forging ahead like nothing happened. Almost. If I don’t try to keep swimming I’ll sink. Maybe I’ll be hot differently and in a worse way later. But I literally told my husband to cheer up. I am so insensitive atm. Maybe it’s because I am having to block my feelings. Or maybe I processed this before it happened because it’s what I feared. I don’t know what to think. And I’m so sorry you’re feeling so bad. I totally agree with you. We are probably after Russia one of the most corrupt nations on earth. I think I already realized that a while back. I fear for people who are younger than me. How could people do this to them. How could parents not vote. I am very angry.

Being out, proud, and obnoxiously nonbinary is immensely important right now.

Hateful people want to scare us into hiding and invisibility, and some of us will have to comply.

So be out for those who can't. Remind the world that nonbinary people exist. Make it clear that our enemies are taking rights away from real people.

We are here to stay.

#NonBinaryPositivity #NonBinaryPride #NonBinary #exorsexism