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

I’m sick and tired of political pundits refusing to demand that Republicans act responsibly & instead laying that responsibility solely on the Democrats.

They can eff all the way off with the “Dems should…” hot takes in this Speaker debacle. #GOPinDisarray

Do you know who Cheryl Johnson is? You should. Ms. Johnson is the Clerk of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In lieu of an elected Speaker of the House, she is in charge. This is the first time a black woman has been the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives. Let's hope it takes two years for the Republicans to pick their 'speaker'.

I need your help...

Every day I put out a post to encourage people to Toot about their lives. Mundane or interesting.

I do this is to keep the social aspect of Mastodon alive. It's easy to forget, in a world of niche content, all of the things that make us who we are.

When we share our lives, we can see ourselves in others. We can see what makes us different, and yet the same.

That's beautiful.

So PLEASE, if you see any of my boosts with #today in it, BOOST it.

Let's keep Mastodon social.

Wondering how many well-meaning new #Admin are about to learn that if you let one Nazi feel comfortable in your bar, you're now the Nazi bar.

Watching these votes in the House is simultaneously funny and a pathetic horror show. We have no functioning government until these L's in the GOP get their act together, and who knows when that's gonna be? *sigh* Not my monkey; not my circus. 🐒 #Politics https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mccarthy-loses-speakership-ballot-despite-trump-endorsement-1234655813/

#politics
I think Kevin McCarthy's best shot at this point is to hope that a few people vote for him by accident.
Maybe he should change his name to "More Pizza, Anyone?"
#KevinMcCarthy
#GOPClownShow
#KevinMcCarthyIsALoser

I sent my child to university in Japan and she came home HEAVILY addicted to reliable public transportation.

Populism coupled with increasing assaults on scientific integrity have dramatically shifted the political landscape & contributed to geopolitical instability.

The policy ramifications are yet to be understood, but anti-intellectualism has threatened public health, stymied environmental progress, influenced funding priorities & sculpted the rhetoric of local, state & national politics.

New post: The Rise of Anti-intellectualism https://sheril.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-anti-intellectualism #science #politics

The script that runs on my computer when I die will rename the story ideas file “TL;DW”.

Fine. I'll be House Speaker.

What 2023 has in store for you

aquarius - Happiness
pisces - Happiness
libra - Happiness
aries - Happiness
taurus - Happiness
gemini - Happiness
cancer - Happiness
leo - Happiness
virgo - Happiness
scorpio - Herpes (fuck you Karen)
sagittarius - Happiness
capricorn - Happiness

"The Book of All Skies" by @gregeganSF (2021) deals with the people of a multiply-connected world finding out about a lost civilization.

As usual, this one has a premise that takes some time to understand and visualize, but when one does, it's fascinating to follow Del and the others learning about its properties by careful deduction and some simple experiments.

It's a fun exploration of life in a world with similar physical laws, but a very different geometrical structure.

#Books #Books2022

Hi there! 👋 I'm a professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette and my research lab studies #fish #evolutionary #biomechanics. I also like #SciArt, #photography, being #outdoors, #dogs, and #food. Follow along to learn about what me and my lab are up to!

People often ask me how they can join our #AllStarTrek watch party where we live toot while watching the nightly Star Trek episodes on the H&I network. You can check the link to see if the H&I channel is available in your area. They also provide some information streaming services that carry H&I.

https://www.handitv.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/511

#StarTrek

Pie charts are designed to show how 100% of the data is distributed. What’s wrong with this picture? #Funny #Humor

If you're ever feeling too proud to apologize just remember that LMFAO released an album called Sorry for Party Rocking even though party rocking meant the world to them.

The discipline in the Democratic ranks remains very impressive. All present. All voted for Hakeem Jeffries. Excellent. #politics #uspol #uspolitics

Little Mouse is free and back in the rock wall. Good luck little one.

Computers used to scream out in pain when we connected them to the Internet.

This was a clue and we just didn't listen.