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

Good morning, Fediverse! We'll be getting fresh content up on our website this afternoon! Thank you so much to everyone—so many folks are sharing about our fundraiser and giving so generously, we are all incredibly moved. 🤠

Please keep sharing our fundraiser, which will either cover magazine expenses or go directly to severence for laid off TXO staff. https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff

A lot of people are asking about long term plans for the publication. ... (🧵 1/?)

#SaveTXO #journalism #nonprofit

@TonyStark Turns out "The Council for National Policy" is another one of these Reagan-era "socialism for conservatives" organizations.

They take in unfathomable amounts of rich peoples' money and use it to create safe, reality-challenged spaces where Republicans can share their imagined grievances.

An Illinois Catholic school teacher & Boy Scout leader has pleaded guilty to grooming multiple children.

#NoDragQueensDetected

Former Rockford teacher, scout leader enters plea deal in sex case https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/27/former-rockford-teacher-scout-leader-enters-plea-deal-in-sex-case/70052959007/

@EvyM Yep. Reagan pandered to the religious right, started the GOP trend of agency/department heads that were openly hostile to the stated mission of said agency/department, vilified and victimized poverty and people of color and LGBTQ people (AIDS), entrenched trickle down economics while spending like a drunken sailor on the arms race, and turned the rubes against representative self-government. Short list. #RonaldReagan

28 March 1926 | A Czech Jewish girl, Edita Spitzová, was born in Kolín (in the middle).

She was imprisoned in Theresienstadt Ghetto on 8 February 1942 and deported to Auschwitz on 26 October 1942 together with her mother Anna (b. 1893) & father Eduard (b. 1886). None of them survived.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

#Jewellery picks of the day:

➡️ @Silverworker - Silversmith creating jewellery, publishes video tutorials on making each piece

➡️ @agoss1 - Jewellery designer from Canada, works with silver, brass etc

➡️ @mathcampbell - Artist & jeweller, works with gold, silver etc

➡️ @smallwildshop - Creates tiny ceramic animals and other cute little things

➡️ @laurelincraft - Makes suncatchers & decorations from copper, natural stones etc

➡️ @skaly - Artist creating music, poetry & handmade jewellery

A bunch of planets coming your way ♥️

A little Springer Spaniel on the Tuesday called "She Leaves A Little Sparkle" hope you enjoy!!

Buy It Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/she-leaves-a-little-sparkle-tina-lecour.html

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #animals #animal #pets #cute #spring #wallart #art #artist #arte #artwork #quotes #quote #children #artcollector #fediart #fedigiftshop #gifts #gift #mothersday #artmatters #spring #female #empowerment #buyintoart #ayearforart #theartdistrict #painting #paintings #fun #whimsical #prints #watercolor #springintoart

In this week's podcast, I dug in to the old saying "my sufficiency has been suffonsified." Once you start looking, it's everywhere!

Plus, Valerie Fridland looked at the long-ago origins of tax words. Did you know the Rosetta Stone contains text about taxes?

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/taxes-suffonsified-3PlXJQze/transcript

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229/episode/5e5e78089e2f5e028dccf13dbc5f56e0

#GrammarGirl #podcast #linguistics
#familect #oldsayings

Are there many #classiccar fans on Mastodon? I love the design, the unique contours and shapes on old cars, especially those from the late 30s to the 60s. This is my photo of a 1964 Ford Thunderbird, available in print and other forms here: https://jon-woodhams.pixels.com/featured/1964-ford-thunderbird-headlight-and-grille-detail-jon-woodhams.html #PhotographyIsArt #ArtPhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #AYearForArt #SpringIntoArt #BuyIntoArt #TheArtDistrict #ArtPrints #Thunderbird #VintageCar #Midcentury #IndustrialDesign

Plumeria

Waiting for spring flowers? Here are five brightly colored plumeria flowers and their green leaves to brighten your day.

https://pixels.com/featured/plumeria-lisa-neuman.html

#plumeria #flowers #watercolorart #mixedmedia #buyintoart #artprints #artforsale #ayearforart #SpringForArt

"Spring in the Ukrainian Village"
Oil on canvas painting by Serhiy Kapran
This oil painting shows the picturesque rural landscape of Ukraine in the 18th - 19th centuries.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/spring-in-the-ukrainian-village-serhiy-kapran.html

#art #Ukraine #Ukrainian #painting #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #spring #springtime #rural #countryside #peace #peaceful #blossom #cherry #village #hut #ArtistsOnMastodon #MastoArt #country

As promised, I now #OpenCarrySuperglue with this little pin on my jacket. Context: the City of #Munich has decided on a ban for 7 climate activists to carry (not use!) superglue in their pockets. If they do carry superglue, they will be fined 1000€.

In solidarity with the activists from @AufstandLastGen I hope we can make these pins the summer must-have fashion trend :)

I've made the decision I am going to post here more frequently than the "every few days" frequency I've been at, so this may be your cue to either get on board if you're not already, or depart, depending on how much of me you want in your feed.

I don’t need my daughter asking me if a mass shooter is going to go into her school to try to kill her, her classmates & her teacher.

I was speechless yesterday, all we could say was, hopefully it won’t happen.

Mass shootings are having a harmful effect on our kids mental health.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) apprehended a border guard from the Chernihiv border guard detachment who attempted to pass on information to the Russian Federation regarding the defense of Ukraine's northern borders. The occupiers were particularly interested in the combat orders and the plan of action for the engineering and technical setup of the state border.

The fight is on.

I was sitting outside drinking my coffee and enduring the constant nudging of Charlie and the irritating bark of Ben - they wanted to go for their walk, I took what should have been a bunch of good photographs of birds moving around the feeders. But as usual in the morning I forgot to check my camera settings which were set for shooting the moon last night.

On of the scenes I witnessed was these two pigeons fighting. They were pecking at each other very forcefully. Most of the photos had blurred movements but this one somehow came out okay. I'm pretty sure they're both male pigeons.

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #pigeon #RockPigeon #RockDove #dove

I said I'd logged off for the night but I'm logging back on to share the news that in less than 12 hours we hit $100,000 to support the Texas Observer team. Here's an update from @jamescanup (former fundraiser for TXO) on why we are increasing the goal to $200K in the hopes it will convince the board to keep our doors open.

We're so immensely grateful to everyone who has donated or shared already. 🤠https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff

Our understanding is $200K would allow us to keep the doors open for 1-2 months and give us enough runway to make a very compelling argument to the board that the publication has value. We hope it will also allow us to publish our upcoming issue, largely focused on #ReproductiveHealth, if the board allows it. We continue to seek larger donors, grants & benefactors that will help us sustain the publication long term.