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

Every #Walmart in the United States of America cost its community on average a million dollars per annum in subsidies for its workers since they can't pay them enough.

My 7-day Twitter suspension just ended but the last 7 days have been more than enough time to recognize the fade of Twitter’s glow. Sad to see how easily raw financial power can destroy, especially in the U.S.A. What an ungrateful immigrant Elon Musk has turned out to be!

It's time to forget about shaming Elon Musk. The whole point of his vile attack on Fauci is to Trigger The Libs. Shaming him only persuades his followers he's "drawing blood." We have to adapt to the reality that he is waging right wing information warfare.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/12/musk-fauci-right-wing-information-warfare-how-to-respond/

"People want to believe that the Trump NFTs are a jump-the-shark moment. And that would be great. I'd like it to be the case. But is this any more embarrassing or self-abasing that Trump U, or Trump Steaks, or the Official Trump Card?" https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/about-the-trump-nfts

Me using social media for the first time in 2 years:

@TonyStark
As an Army Veteran, this is exactly what stumps me. If we want/need our military members to be able to protect our nation at the drop of a hat, as I do, then we MUST protect them just as we protect ourselves against communicable diseases/viruses and such. To be against COVID vaccinations is reckless & seems to play into the hands of our enemies abroad & perhaps at home, and that may be the ultimate purpose for Republicans. If so, that is contrary to America's safety! Vax UP! Mask up!

BBC reports:

Earlier on today, EU commissioner Vera Jourova threatened Twitter with sanctions under Europe's new Digital Services Act which she said requires "the respect of media freedom and fundament rights".

"Elon Musk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon," she added.

Read the full article here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63996061.amp

Just in case you weren't aware that this is a thing, and these are real books.

#DoctorWho #childrensbooks

"Children need a mother": A common xenophobic statement directed at me & our 2-dad family.

I'm a pediatrician. I know the research. Many kids don't have a mother for a range of reasons & thrive. I have 2 healthy, happy kids.

Stop perpetuating false narratives that hurt kids.

#parenting #childhealth #lgbtq #lgbt #love

☑️ Proud to announce that we're 'Mastodon-verified', and we didn't have to pay $8

*gets tangled up in some tinsel* YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE #WarOnChristmas

What do you need to know about me? I'm a late-diagnosed Autistic ADHDer (She/Her). Went back to university at age 40 and I'm in my last semester of a psychology honors program. I'm especially interested in neurodivergence.

Currently researching autistic employment experiences. I strongly believe accessibility, making systems/structures/environments more accessible is a better solution than a hodgepodge of often challenging-to-access individual accommodations which require privilege to access.

Twitter was transformed into a vital tool the Black community used to amplify its collective voice to protest injustice, organize, commiserate, and spread its unique brand of tastemaking cool, humor and wit. In 2019, I wrote about how for Black people, quitting Twitter was never an easy cut-and-dry proposition as it is for those far more privileged. Revisiting this piece now is very bittersweet. #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter

https://medium.com/free-thinkr/why-quitting-twitter-is-not-so-clear-cut-for-african-americans-and-other-marginalized-groups-b794d2746f1a

We Adapt to Change Better than Anyone.

Look, we have to have some reality here. Elon Musk is not going to silence us. He is a narcissistic extremist who probably thinks he can. However, one thing I know about Democrats and liberals is the way we can easily adapt to change. We are not going anywhere. We are regrouping. Elon Musk panders to a minority of scared children, afraid of change and the fact that the world is changing.

"I told you, that was a typo"

DUNGEON MASTER: It's too late, you'll have to complete this campaign as a Brad

@CatScratchFeverIsReal @zaythelegend yes, but I pick native plants with qualities that will be best for the wildlife I observe in my garden, especially specialized pollinators. Eg, I planted borage this year b/c of its fast rate of nectar replenishment and Saskatoon for swallowtails. We grow plants for the sole purpose of making seeds available in cooler months for the birds. I do almost no weeding, no till and absolutely no pesticides.

"These cards feature some of the really incredible artwork pertaining to my life," Trump said alongside a shoddy digital image of himself dressed up as an astronaut https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-announces-nft-trading-card-collection-1234648014/

#ElonMusk 'defended' his banning of journalists by stating that, in some parts of the world, journalists are murdered when they cross the wrong person. So what he did is pretty 'benign.'

I'm tempted to reopen my soon-to-be deleted account to remind him that, throughout history, when the wealthy elite became abusive enough and crossed the people, the people would behead them.

But I'm also pretty sure that account is shadow banned. Oh well.

But they still lost. They lost the popular vote in 2016. They lost in 2018. They lost in 2020. They lost embarrassingly in 2022. They lost in Brazil. Putin lost in Ukraine. White Christian Nationalism is failing. So they're taking desperate measures for control. /5

Is an argument between two vegans still called a beef?