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

Today in "Things I Found In My Yard." As a reminder, I am in Ohio, roughly 800 miles inland. Yes, it's alive. Until a hawk finds it, anyway.

The list of Tech That Made The World A Worse Place To Live is getting pretty long.

While all eyes are on Manhattan and Trump, my own are on Wisconsin, which holds a pivotal election today. I explain why it is, and what my prediction is (gulp), and I desperately hope I’m right! https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/everythings-on-the-line-in-wisconsin?sd=pf

@seanmunger "Voting won't stop them" isn't exactly helpful when pathetically low turnout has enabled their rise. The Wisconsin vote today is a prime example of the importance of encouraging civic participation, no matter what.

It's been a few weeks since I wrote this, but still apropos. Fascism is undoubtedly on the rise in the modern world. Here's why, and here's why it's so difficult to stop. Voting won't stop them. Courts and the legal system probably won't either. It's not pretty, but this is what the historical record shows us. #histodons #fascism
https://www.gardenofmemory.net/why-fascism-is-on-the-rise-again-and-why-we-wont-stop-it/

For many people, reproductive rights feel like a non-issue because they would never think about having an abortion. But even if you are actively trying to expand your family, abortion bans passed by Republican-dominated legislatures across the country could affect you and your family.

That is because the reach of these invasive, oppressive laws goes far beyond abortion. We explore why that is today in The Big Picture: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/strict-abortion-laws-affect-miscarriage

SFTP is cool because when I can't get one of my fucking Macs to see another fucking Mac on the same fucking network via Apple's actual networking protocol... SFTP still works fine.

#mac #macos #apple #sftp #networking

Are there any people here who consider themselves #Rednecks, who are also #liberal, or even #left of liberal? I'm not one exactly, but those influences are in my blood and in my culture and it kind of puts me in a weird spot. Can anyone identify? I'd love to have a convo with #TraeCrowder about this stuff, but I imagine he's busy being a full time comic and podcast host.
#culture, #cultures, #ScotchIrish, #ScottsIrish

"The GOP is supposed to be the party of limited government, but in every aspect of our lives they have declared themselves, often in the name of Christianity, the gatekeepers of morality and behavior."

~ Jay Kuo

#Republicans #CultureWar #race #women #LGBTQ #abortion #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Today, Secretary General Stoltenberg declared that the Finnish flag was raised in a solemn ceremony at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, signifying that Finland is now protected by the security guarantees of the North Atlantic Treaty's Article 5, which states that an attack on one ally is an attack on all.

This poll is sponsored by my need to be a big fluffy guardian/companion that exudes warmth and love. I want to protect my friends, and also help them feel loved, appreciated and optimistic. 💙💙💙

If you can't handle my slightly eccentric you don't get the pleasure of enjoying my smoking weed from a corncob pipe while wearing a butterfly caftan and tiara.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but the reward for going above and beyond your job description is just more work for the same pay.

Another day another WHY DO I EXIST?!??!

Here to cheer up your Tuesday with my smiley sons.

Day 405 of my 3 day war. I invaded Ukraine to move NATO further away from Russia but ended up with Finland joining it & doubling my border with the alliance.

I remain a master strategist.

❗️In occupied Alchevsk, a collaborator stole a generator from the enterprise and was later electrocuted by it. Now that's Karma

Gov. Ron DeSantis has launched a criminal & civil investigation into Disney, today he signed a permit-less carry gun bill into law—behind closed doors with only the NRA present, and he backs a bill to ban abortions after 6-weeks.

And as we published earlier, he's working overtime to put his anti-education policies in place. Under DeSantis, Florida is a testing ground for anti-democracy extremism.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/02/20/ron-desantis-anti-democracy/