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

By way of #introduction: I’m grateful and interested to be here. Not a recent Twitter migrant, left earlier bc of toxicity, glad to see old Twitter friends here. I’m a reader, writer, actor, cat/dog/critter lover who sometimes gets up in front of people and tells stories. I work with/for a tiny nonprofit school in Vermont (The Schoolhouse Learning Ctr).

I enjoy cooking and chatting about cooking; sometimes I take photos of what I've cooked or post recipes I've tinkered with. I make and can jams and can whole tomatoes from our local farms, because Vermont winters require having a little jar of summer at hand when the nights are long. I love the smell of coffee but prefer to drink tea (loose leaf, properly steeped, is a delight).

Hashtag Mash: #storytelling #storyteller #writing #writer #reading #reader #books #scienceficion #tv #movies #acting #theater #cats #dogs #schools #nonprofits #fundraising #cooking #recipes

Dear news media,

Woman up.

It’s time to call them what they are: Domestic Terrorists.

White Rose Garden, new to my flower collection, hope you enjoy:)
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She adds:

"We’re not talking about a choice between Joe Biden and some theoretical perfect leader here. Concerns about Bide are expressed as though he exists in a vacuum where Donald Trump, who presents an existential threat to the future of our democracy, doesn’t exist even though he’s Biden’s likely opponent. And that race shouldn’t be a close call for anyone who values democracy."

Yes. We have to see: many in the media want Trump back in the White House.

Trump #Biden #media #MediaFail
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@jeffjarvis
the debt ceiling is designed to create crisis on command. Congress sets the limit and the budget, no one else is responsible for this mess.

I'm not surprised Republicans are the only ones willing to use it this way, it speaks to exactly who they are.

How media enables white supremacy.

First pic: How NY Times depicted an unarmed Black teen killed by law enforcement—“problematic & no Angel.”

Second Pic: How NY Times depicts a white woman who unapologetically stole $700M & harmed countless people—“a loving mother & a new beginning.”

Pitiful.

Okay, now I’m felling sorry for pigeons. This is not a good turn of events. I put one of the feeders up while I’m sitting outside - before the pigeons showed up. When they showed, I put it away. Then they flew down to find the big feeder empty. But maybe one or two seeds fell out of the hang feeder when I moved it, so they all ended up over there.(send the word to beware). In this picture there are at least 15-20 pigeons in that little space.

Accidentally took a selfie.. and from a low double chin inducing angle with poor lighting.
Well not so much double chins as much one rather large undefined chin, or no chin as it were.
Anyway, what I'm saying is phone cameras are dangerous.. be safe out there.

My mgmt at work has officially lost their collective mind. We now have to create PPTX slides highlighting what tickets we closed during the preceding week and at the same time reducing the amount of admin time that we charge.

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon

Nice text… it deserve an alt-text!

Just had a guy and his two kids in the shop, the oldest was 4 1/2, she told me so proudly ... She had a beautiful lavender cardigan on and matching socks ... I told her I loved that colour, we had a little chat about purple and all the purple things we have ... Then she asked me "are you a girl?" ... I looked at her dad and said can I let her know, he said yes

I crouched down to her level and said "that's a nice question you asked" ... and then said "I was born a boy, yuck, and for many reasons I always felt like a girl" ... Her eyes lit up, and I got a huge hugz and she whispered in my ear, "you're a girl"

I am more than likely the first trans person she has met, I made her feel comfortable and listened to ... one at a time ... Her dad thanked me for being kind.

Never dismiss a childs question, you might feel they are abrupt, they are not, they just want to know

First impression are important

Hugz & xXx

Didn’t get to finish grocery shopping because the store had the AC turned up too high and people were walking too slowly. Fortunately my husband is getting it done while I wait in the car so I don’t hit overstimulation.

Before I knew I was #ActuallyAutistic I’d be beating myself up for being “lazy” and “dramatic.” Now I’m just attending to my sensory needs and remembering THAT IS OKAY 💜

Biden Calls Out Republicans’ ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ In Latest Gun Control Plea https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-republicans-gun-control-texas-shooting_n_6457fa3ae4b00eb7e63c7b2a?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

May the 4th humor from a genealogist #MayThe4thBeWithYou #genealogy #FamilyHistory #MayThe4th

Get a car loser

Hi #MedMastodon! I migrated my account from another instance. I didn't realize all my posts would poof. 😿

I guess that means it's time for another #Introduction post! My name is Britt (she/they) & I am an MD/PhD student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. I am finishing my PhD in neuroscience, investigating novel chaperone protein (Hsp90) inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and trying to prevent dementia. Follow for posts about #Medicine #Disability #LGBTQIA & cats!

To the very, very white person late last night...

You are at a taco festival, in downtown Los Angeles, after sundown. I know you asked me your question because I was one of the few other white people there.

Don't yell at me to "speak English" when the answer to your question ("Where are we?") is "La plaza de cultura y artes".

This right here,

via Elie Mystal:

Whenever I hear about their arguments for “hardening schools” I think: “You motherfuckers wouldn’t fund HVAC equipment to get schools ventilated during Covid. You’ll harden Day Country Prep and leave everyone else to die. I see you.”

Today's queer indie author review: RD Noland's The Curious Thing About the Apartment Vent:

"There were so many things to enjoy about this story, from the meet-cute of the eavesdropping via air vent, to the fun side characters, to the developing relationship... It was hard to put this one down."

https://www.queeromanceink.com/2023/05/07/review-the-curious-thing-about-the-apartment-vent-rd-noland/

#Review #BookReview #GayRomance #MMRomance #gay #romance #MMBookstodon @MMbookstodon #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQBookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books