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

Familiar to just about every Black American, the phrase "traveling while Black" encapsulates the experiences & challenges encountered by Black people during their travels, particularly in predominantly white or racially hostile environments. It sheds light on the racial profiling, discrimination, and systemic biases that generations of Black folks have faced on their journeys across the American landscape.

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#BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #travel #books
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russia killed these two 15-year-olds Anna and Julia in an attack on the Kramatorsk restaurant yesterday.

Never forget. #russiaisaterrroriststate #ukraine

@yurnidiot this is one of the stickers on my water bottle

Via Acyn:

#Biden: Guess what? #Bidenomics is working. When I took office, the pandemic was raging and the economy was reeling. Today, the U.S. has the highest economic growth rate leading the world economy since the pandemic, the highest in the world…

Source: https://www.tumblr.com/embervoices/721344375847796736?source=share

What went wrong at #ThamesWater and what could a bailout look like?

The lowdown as ministers and regulator make contingency plans amid fears company may collapse
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/what-went-wrong-at-thames-water-and-what-could-a-bailout-look-like #Privatisation #PrivateProfitPublicCost #ToryPoliciesInAction

Found something remarkable (and also quite sad).

In 1997, Wired published "The Long Boom", a hyper-optimistic article about how we'd achieve Utopia by 2020.

The authors included notes on some "scenario spoilers"—negative events that might send is in a worse direction.

...and those spoilers turned out to be almost spookily accurate.

https://www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

I've hit the point that looking in the mirror can cause me to break out giggling like the silly girl that I am.

The absolute best is when walking down the street, catching a reflection in the glass "Oh, there's a girl there. Wait! Shit! That's me!!! I'm the girl in the reflection!"

Then my phone pulled up a picture from last year, and like, uh, I really don't look like I did 12 months ago.

This feels so good. When I started I don't know what I expected, but it certainly wasn't anything this great.

It's never too late to start your transition. I'm 28. There's trans person in one of my support groups that started in their 70s. For real folks, it's never too late. Take control. Be you. Be real.

#transJoy #Trans

@ScottSoCal So bizarre. I can’t believe it works, but I guess it does

Some #Kansas lawmakers worry letters with white powder could be targeted act

Political leaders in Kansas are trying to figure out what's next after suspicious letters showed up in the mailboxes of more than 100 elected officials this past weekend.

Kansas #Republican leaders called it a cowardly attempt to intimidate the legislature.

One state lawmaker in Great Bend believes someone might be targeting them.

The letter inside said 'Don't choke on your ambition'.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4058344-some-kansas-lawmakers-worry-letters-with-white-powder-could-be-targeted-act/

Happy Pride BTW!

"I am not angry because the submarine was badly-made. I am angry because I live in a vastly larger pressure vessel being managed and maintained by the exact same people." -- https://cohost.org/hystericempress/post/1731218-reflecting-on-it-th

Welcome to my latest GIFs! #blackSTEMGifs #NoireSTEMEinist @GIPHY @GIPHYIdentity https://giphy.com/NoireSTEMinist Can't Stop Don' Stop

I got my hormone prescription! It should come in tomorrow so I can pick it up on Friday!

I shouldn't have alcohol for at least the next month though (not related to the hormones) so that's a bit of a bummer. Let's celebrate with sparkly water 😂

Does anybody understand how this scam is supposed to work? Is he going to give me money for a car I don't have? Is he trying to trick me into getting one and selling it to him? 🤷🏾‍♂️

I agree with LTG (R) Ben Hodges and the NATO Chief that it isn't enough to say we support Ukraine but want them to win. @potus should follow this lead. #StandWithUkraine️

@JRBuckley @sentient_water HOW IS THIS REMOTELY SURPRISING??!? Has everyone forgotten “grab them by the 🐈‍⬛”?? Have we forgotten his comments about dating Ivanka if she wasn’t his daughter??