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

Researching mines in northern Spain I came across this curious object. It's a canary cage designed to keep the canary alive in the event of a gas leak. If a miner saw the canary laying at the bottom of the cage it was time to abandon everything and leave the mine, but not without first closing the latched glass door and opening the valve of the oxygen bottle to save the bird. A miner would do that on their way out and take the bird with them. It's a signifier of the miner's legendary sense of solidarity, no lives lost to the mine on a miners watch. A solidarity that was also crucial in the fight for workers rights, creating safer and more humane working conditions, achievements of unionization and solidarity that some of us still enjoy today.

"GOP Rep-elect George Santos says, 'We never had this kind of chaos when I was Speaker of the House. I blame Critical Race Theory and Drag Queen Story Hour'" - #plausibleheadlines #USpol #GOP #clowns [inspired by Dave Maurice Haase]

Jeffries is still in the lead 🤔

BTW, here's a little interesting fact. You may have noticed that cameras in the House the last few days are frequently focusing on groups of congresspersons and areas other than the front of the chamber. This is NOT typical. C-SPAN operates the cameras and feeds them out. Normally, House leadership controls where the cameras point, and that is virtually always to the front, avoiding any other areas or groups of persons in the chamber. But with the House leadership in limbo, C-SPAN has full control, and they're wisely making the most of it!

Still worth it.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

“I took care of your clown problem.”

Kevin McCarthy might move some Freedom Caucus members his way by giving in to all their demands. But it won't win over the "Never Kevins" who are blocking his path. So my guess is, it's still a no-go. Final answer.

@ScottSoCal @TinCanWin here I am hiding behind the clock with just my little head sticking out.

@ScottSoCal @TinCanWin I wonder if that’s why I haven’t been taken outside much…
Well I’m glad they feel like they have a safe place to go. I like to go hide behind the clock on the bookshelf when I see something scary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas.

The Facts are simple - Russia is getting their asses kicked and need 36 hours to gather their shit.

Ukraine sees through this lie and will not stop their drive to oust the Russian invaders!
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Kyiv #Lviv #Mariupol #Donbas #Kharkiv #Kherson #Odessa #Kupyansk #izmir #Balakleya #Donetsk #Izyum #Moscow #Bakhmut #USA #Zelensky

https://www.barrons.com/news/putin-orders-ceasefire-in-ukraine-on-january-6-7-kremlin-01672932609?tesla=y

I’m not sure how long I’ll enjoy watching Kevin McCarthy being ritually humiliated but I’m willing to give it another day

Oops! I did again:

I created a Twitter account pretending to be @SenMarkey (with his permission) and applied for Blue “verification.”

And once again, Twitter took my $8, asked zero questions and gave the fake account a blue checkmark.

Read @washingtonpost: https://wapo.st/3VHo2Qg

So what exactly is the point of this then???? A decorative slab of wood? 🤔🤔🤔 #fail

I could never do stand-up because I imagine it would be very similar to whenever I do karaoke where I get on stage, panic, and start shouting NWA lyrics while a Dolly Parton song plays in the background.

Me to my adult responsibilities today: I don’t wanna and you can’t make me!

Update: Apparently they can, indeed, make me. Welp.

My favorite #mosscapes resemble scaled-down scenes. This looks to me like a green field with dozens of pine trees. I can’t explain the huge dried leaf in the left foreground. #Mosstodon

If you were a kitchen utensil, which one would you be?
#Poll #Fun

Normally I’m sceptical of these things, but I have tested this one and it really works.

“Seriously, Phyllis? You don’t think it looks too big?”

“No, Carl. Don’t be silly! It makes you look distinguished.”