Great streaming disasters of our time. Can't get #RuPaulsDragRace to play on a device with Chrome 109 on Android 11. Says it supports Chrome 71+. Done the usual clear cache and cookies. This worked last week. Bah. All that's left is to cry. Bring Back My Girls.π π
Dog That Only Barks At Black People Named New RNC Chair
https://www.theonion.com/dog-that-only-barks-at-black-people-named-new-rnc-chair-1850040735
Life will never be the way you want. It is like always moving water which does not flow within two banks. Despite all those plans and strategies, it will choose its own course. Accepting unexpected paths is joy. From the path near my cabin in the Yukon, I am dispatching joy, hope, healing and positivity.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5zcuQMDWFCs
The way to honor those murdered in the Holocaust is to stand up to hate everywhere. Donβt be silent. #HolocaustMemorialDay
In Georgia -- and other states controlled by Republicans -- protest is being turned into a criminal act. This is only the latest attack on democratic values and norms from a party that sees abuse of citizens, with impunity, as a key way of staying in power. https://theintercept.com/2023/01/27/cop-city-atlanta-forest/
3/ "βIn one instance, a black student was refused entry to a football game because she was wearing a βBlack Lives Matterβ shirt; and was advised that she could not enter with it on,β the lawsuit states. βHowever, a white student was allowed entry at the very same event with a shirt that read, βStomp on My Flag; I'll Stomp Your A**β. There were no repercussions for that white student.β"
2/ "They say school admins βengaged in egregious pattern of delib ignoring complaintsβ about..β2 students scrawling racial epithet across lockers in baseball locker rm; noose hung in ftball locker rm; students wearing Confederate flag attire; white student wearing full Hitler costume during spirit wk after obtaining prior approval frm teacher; white students open use of racial slurs incl βn-----β; overtly racist remarks by white tcher & open & notorious display of Confed flags in building.β
No words... Thread:
"3 Black high school students in #Georgia filed a federal #CivilRights #lawsuit against Effingham County School District, alleging βdeliberate indifferenceβ to racial animosity and an unconstitutional dress code that prohibits the wearing of any clothes bearing #BlackLivesMatter messaging. #BLM #legal #news π§΅ 1/...
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"According to the lawsuit, multiple Black students were told that Black Lives Matter messaging constitutes a disruption, while the Confederate flag βrepresents βheritage not hateβ and is a point of pride rather than disruption.β #racism
"Today we will a start a marathon for fair play aimed at clearing the management of international Olympic structures of hypocrisy as well as (preventing) any attempts to drag representatives of the terrorist state into world sport," says #Ukraine President Zelenskyy, announcing a campaign to prevent #Russia from competing in the #ParisOlympics2024.
"It is obvious that any neutral flag of Russian athletes would be stained with blood."
Newscaster: Watch a person of African descent get murdered from the comfort of your breakfast table!
*slow head shake
Don't worry, folks. We've FINALLY realized police officers should be held accountable for murdering Black people, so it's okay to watch this one."
Meanwhile, in my house:
Bob Marleyπ―
Redemption Song
https://youtu.be/9ZpxaeICYyg
#KillingSeason
#BlackFriday
#BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse
#BlackTwitter
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.