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

Today the Trump organization was fined $1.6 MILLION after being convicted for 17 felonies, including tax fraud. In a related story, I lost a quarter today when it fell onto the subway tracks.

Someone's worried no one will show up! #Trump #2024

The ex-president plans a smaller event than his usual big-arena rallies. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-campaign-south-carolina_n_63c1a554e4b0cbfd55f2d7c9

¡ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ ɯoɹɟ doʇdɐl ɐ ʎnq I ǝɯᴉʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sᴉ sᴉɥʇ

"Hey, can you switch instances? Your admin favorited a joke that I didn't appreciate once. Might need to block you otherwise. Oh, and that crowdfunding platform you use? Back in 2006 they let an organization I don't personally align with use their platform. You should abandon that. Also, -"

Shhhh. Let people enjoy things. I am all for being socially conscious but we can't boycott everything. We are so tired. Please go outside.

Thank you @gretathunberg for your support in #Germany! 💪 🌍

Excellent news though
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https://masto.ai/@rbreich/109683169755128560
rbreich@masto.ai - Your feelings about Musk aside, this isn't something to celebrate. Our focus should be on fixing an economic system that allows one person to gain such massive wealth.
Despite losing more than the rest of us can even imagine, Musk is still the second richest person in the world.
RT @business@twitter.com
Elon Musk's wealth wipeout hit a new milestone: he became the first person ever to lose $200 billion https://trib.al/EaJ0Vtz

"Is... Is it okay to be weird?"
The witch studied the young woman.
"No."
"No? I thought you'd understand."
"Don't be weird," the witch said. "Be yourself."
"But..."
"Now, some people may call that weird, but that's their word, not yours. Be yourself, however that is."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

“The floatovoltaic industry is poised to expand rapidly. Science and policy must move equally fast to ensure that this use of the world’s reservoirs is sustainable & equitable.”

Some valuable insight to consider today as we fight to end fossil fuel use.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01525-1?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=880196f532-briefing-dy-20230105&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-880196f532-47563632

I was just fired. If you know someone hiring staff level software engineers, preferably in a #sre, #devops, or #PlatformEngineering space, I'd love to talk.

#StreetArt 🎨🎨🎨

Starving for principle.

Republicans, who rely on Social Security for survival vote for Republicans, who plan to take Social Security away.

How do we have a conversation with people who vote against their own interests?

What has to happen for these people to get it?

Finland ranked No. 1 of 41 European countries on resilience against misinformation for the fifth time in a row in a survey published in October by the Open Society Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Officials say Finland’s success is not just the result of its strong education system, which is one of the best in the world, but also because of a concerted effort to teach students about fake news. Media literacy is part of the national core curriculum starting in preschool.
#Misinformation #Disinfo

The Fall of The Amazon Could Trigger a Global Cascade of Tipping Points

If the Amazon crosses a critical threshold of self-resilience, a new study suggests the disaster could set off a domino effect, knocking over tipping points elsewhere in the world, too, abruptly accelerating environmental crises and causing irreparable damage to the planet

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-fall-of-the-amazon-could-trigger-a-global-cascade-of-tipping-points

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Amazon

We told Grandpa that we were worried about him living alone with a bad hip and failing eyesight, but he said not to worry because he got himself a dog.

Ukraine has become a "de facto" NATO member since Russia's invasion

Russia used the potential of #NATO expanding to #Ukraine as an pretense for its invasion

Their plan backfired, instead bringing it closer to the Western military alliance.

#MOG
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-de-facto-nato-member-showing-putin-own-goal-2023-1

Friends, it’s time.

TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY is here!!

If you’re trans/non-binary, tell us your:

-Name
-Pronouns
-A fun fact about you
-Post a pic, if comfy

Then, say hello to those who join in & make new friends!

I’m Alyssa (she/her/they). Nice to meet you!

Your turn!

He died doing what he loved, mansplaining feminism to female students at a women's college in a women's studies class.

Freddie Mercury, Venus Williams, and Bruno Mars walk into a bar.

They didn’t planet that way.

@mathewi: "Twitter has been a useful tool for journalism, but it has also become a crutch. What replaces it, in terms of how we reach our readers and distribute our journalism, is up to us. Hopefully, it’ll be something that connects us more directly to our audience, rather than using a billionaire’s plaything as an intermediary".
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/twitter_musk_dying_journalism.php via @cjr