RT @juliaioffe
In less than a year, Putin, the master strategist, went from having Europe by the throat in terms of energy to completely losing a market Russia had spent three generations building. "People will never want to rely on Russia again," says @DanielYergin.
https://puck.news/the-putin-super-power-myth/?utm_code=julia%40puck.news
Venting
When struggling with chronic illness, when spoons are hard to come by, itโs SO easy to be triggered. To go from โIโm okayโ to โeverything is hopelessโ in the blink of an eye
Was tired, demotivated, & depressed
Started to pull myself out of the hole
Browsing Mastodon for funny posts, Star Trek stuff, etc
See posts about recent news
Reminded of all that is terrible in the world
Overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness & despair
Tired, demotivated, depressed
"Erasure of history is not a secret. There are 2.8 million students sitting in Florida public schools right now knowing that their governor does not want them to learn about Black history"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/25/desantis-african-american-studies-black-history/
This would lead to the absolute destruction of the GQP. Throw DeSantis in and whatever nutjob he would pick for VP and the circus will lead to a massive GQP dumpster fire. They think their base is the majority and itโs not, proven by Trumpโs disastrous endorsements in 2022. I do believe some rabid cannibalism is about to ensue.
โMarjorie Taylor Greene Aims to be Trumpโs VP Pickโ
This was one of the first โnewsโ stories I read this morning. Fun way to wake up!
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And I could not be more thrilled.
How about you?
#AdamSchiffForCaliforniaSenate
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/adam-schiff-running-dianne-feinsteins-california-senate-seat/story?id=96690272
A report summarizing the year 2022 at the Auschwitz Memorial was published. In his introduction, Director Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiลski wrote: "Today we can all see and better understand how much we need memory, which is the key to planning our future".
96 pages of this publication include the information on the most important events which took place last year at the Museum.
HourlyWolves presents: https://nitter.net/hourlywolvesbot/status/1618624869591031810/photo/1
๐ฆ๐: https://nitter.net/hourlywolvesbot/status/1618624869591031810
The Space Needle appears to be taking off from the fog in Seattle, Washington with Mt Rainier on the horizon:
#Photography #SpaceNeedle #MtRainier #WashingtonState
photo by Steve T. Luong
https://stevenluong.darkroom.com/
@bookstodon One thing that I keep thinking about is how my book series is soon going to be a banned book series, if a lot of these laws pass. Not because I'm writing a sexually explicit series. No. But because anyone who doesn't identify as heterosexual is considered sexually deviant and I have multiple characters in my book series who are not straight.
Are you writing banned books too?
#LGBTQ #BannedBooks #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.