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"Cows are so dumb! LOL!" They said, carelessly filling their mouth with scalding hot soup

Taco Bell is currently playing what I would describe as really bad island music at alarming volumes. It’s not on brand. It’s not the vibe. It’s not the mood.

Now watching Maynard, documentary about the first Black mayor of Atlanta, GA. Maynard Jackson https://g.co/kgs/vAzcUV

What people think #oceanographers do at work.

Two pieces of news on the subject of why our work matters. Elections matter and our involvement in them matters.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs extends protections to LGBTQ+ state employees and contractors-
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/arizona-gov-katie-hobbs-extends-protections-lgbtq-state-employees-contractors/

Harris County adopts plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions on county operations 40% by 2030-
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2023/01/10/440973/harris-county-adopts-plan-to-slash-greenhouse-gas-emissions-on-county-operations-40-by-2030/

"Getting #COVID19 is inevitable" is a dumb argument. If you drive an average amount, it's inevitable you'll have an accident. (In fact, data tells us you'll have 2-4 in your lifetime.) Does that mean we drive recklessly and invite accidents? No, we take precautions!

By now, we all should know:
- Reinfections occur
- Reinfections raise health risks
- Immunity fades
- COVID can damage your brain, heart & immune system

We should be striving to reduce how often we all get (and spread) COVID!

Rode an elevator today for the first time in months. It’s true, you never forget how

Hot singles in your area are burning up re-entering the atmosphere

Just this.

@bkm It’s all biometrics.

Grape juice is the best juice. Orange juice is also the best juice but don’t tell Grape. Or Pineapple. Which is also also the best juice.

When I was about ten, I noticed an infrared light in our VCR and became convinced that it was a hidden camera that my parents were using to spy on me.

I wasn’t a bad kid so I wasn’t worried, but I convinced myself that if I sang and danced for the camera, my parents would FINALLY see my talent and help me get on Star Search.

For the next month, I did super weird performances in front of that VCR until I finally acknowledged that they hadn’t provided any feedback on my skillz, at which point I concluded that the only logical conclusion was that the camera wasn’t working, so I…

DISMANTLED THE VCR to examine the camera.

Once everything was opened up and pulled apart, I realized I had no idea what I was looking at so I just screwed everything back together with a bunch of loose, rattling parts inside.

About a week later, I remember watching my dad trying to play a Beverly Hills Cop VHS tape to no avail and silently thinking “this is YOUR fault for not seeing my full POTENTIAL, daaaaad!”

This sounds like Florida.

“Russia: Putin's Kremlin targets LGBT in new crackdown.”

"It’s very frightening living somewhere where it’s illegal to just be yourself.”

https://t.co/lZuKBhnZeC

Drinking game: watch The Mary Tyler Moore Show and take a shot for every potential workplace harassment lawsuit

Joyce Vance quotes David Hogg, who says after YET ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING,

"I don't know what to say anymore."

Then she writes,

"Sorrow and anger haven’t resulted in positive change any more than thoughts and prayers have."

This is a problem we cannot address effectively because one of our two major political parties refuses to permit us to address it.

#guns #violence #MassShootings

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-a9a

If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them:

— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings

— More guns don't make us safer

— The vast majority of Americans want gun control

Inaction is a policy choice.

Reflecting back on things certain people told me were dangerous. Rock music. Dungeons & Dragons. LGBTQ+ peeps. Drag Queens. Immigrants. CRT. Black Lives Matter. Vaccines.

Some of y’all are just scared & constitutionally wrong. Grow up. Contribute, rather than sowing fear.