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

Never forget what they did—in service to Donald Trump:

@ScottSoCal @silkenpaw the knot you want is called a “turk’s head.” you can find out how to tie them with yer basic web search. they’re a teensy bit fiddly to get right at first but not impossible.

tie the wicker as tight as you possibly can and don’t trim the end(s) off until it dries.

If you’re at the right place at the right time, with the right equipment, this is possible.

Last night, with guidance from https://transit-finder.com/, I positioned myself along the narrow line where the International #SpaceStation would pass between me and the nearly full moon.

I used a Fujifilm X-T4 shooting 4K video through a Celestron 8” SCT to capture the pass. Then, back at the computer this morning, put together these views with PIPP, Registax, and GIMP.

Quite pleased. My best yet.

Hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall. When it rang, I’d pick it up not knowing who was calling. Amazing I’m still alive.

As a human rights lawyer who has done extensive immigration work, let me make something absolutely clear.

Asylum is legal immigration.
There's no "port of entry" requirement.
There's no "visa" requirement.
There's no "first country" requirement.
You enter the United States, and you apply for asylum.

Because asylum is legal immigration. Period.

Period.

By being joyful and generous in everyday life, you can give the best medicine to your dear heart it eagerly needs. From the embrace of my snowful winter wonderland on the frozen Fish Lake of the Yukon, I am dispatching joy, hope, healing and positivity.

My pick for Speaker of the House

@Eka_FOOF_A @TrisResists That is why the GOP is mounting a full assault against voting rights. That is why the GOP want the states to over rule the voters. That is why the SCROTUMS in the Supreme court will water down voting rights.

Day 6 #ArtJanuaryCalendar, a collage of a Vermillion Flycatcher #birds #MastoArt #ArtistsOfMastodon #artist #collage #birding #Motion

Yesterday I had a rather unpleasant shopping experience as a #trans woman. I was at a consignment store.

A woman grumbled at me for existing near her. We were both looking at office supplies.

An Englishman (in conversation with an employee about how cool the monarchy is) abruptly halted his conversation and stared at me any time I was near. This happened 3x.

The icing on the proverbial cake was when an employee took a picture of me while I was at the checkout. Wherever that photo goes, it reduces my safety.

I'm ok and have adequate support systems to cope with it. But that's not every trans person's experience, and I worry about my trans siblings. Arm yourselves, my siblings. I carry a simple force multiplyer tool, do what makes sense for you. Anything is better than nothing at all.

Be extra kind to your trans friends, and do what it takes to shut up your local transphobes. ✌️

ICYMI: NYT just added a wildly anti-trans columnist to its roster... while still employing precisely 0 trans columnists. 🤦🏻‍♀️ https://www.readtpa.com/p/david-french-nyt-anti-lgbtq

Always. Every goddamn time. It's like they're advertising the truth about themselves when they start LGBTQ-bashing.
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RT @MikeSington
CPAC head Matt Schlapp accused of physically groping a male staffer. He “groped” and “fondled” his crotch during a “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” encounter. Staffer: “Matt Schlapp of CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it.” (Reporting by The Daily Beast)
https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1611302369777823744

Dude! #DogsOfMastodon #Dog

Yes it took me 33 years to realize I'm trans but it also took me 20+ years to realize that nobody outside my family pronounces "sherbet" like it's spelled "sherbret" so maybe it just takes me time to figure stuff out

If you ever see me at the grocery store handling kale, guaranteed it's just to get my fingers wet to open a plastic bag for something else.

Serious question.

If only one republican showed up to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the insurrection....

...what exactly qualifies as a 'moderate' republican these days?