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

In 489-36 vote, European Parliament approves roadmap for #Ukraine accession to #EU

#Kyiv to show "compliance with relevant procedures and to "carry out significant reforms as soon as possible"

EU to step up financial and military support

#UkraineWar

Today the House GOP will "celebrate" #Blackhistorymonth by removing Rep Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs committee. She is the only Black woman on the committee--plus she's Muslim + an immigrant. This is what white supremacy looks like. My article https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kevin-mccarthys-rationale-removing-ilhan-omar-makes-no-sense-rcna66366

Mindfulness, because who doesn’t want to learn they’ve been breathing wrong all these years?

@anirvan What fascists really hope immigrant communities will never understand is that the immigrant experience is made possible by the blood of Black people.

Naturalization classes and documents that are in languages that aren't English? A protection afforded by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is why we don't have an official language. You're welcome, cousins.

#BlackHistory is your history, too.

I just realised I forgot to do my #introduction here! I'm a long time #ActivityPub user with @nextcloud, but only started playing with #PixelFed and #Mastodon last year, when I decided to begin deactivating, and stop consuming ALL corporate social media, and as much from #BigTech as possible. All power to the people!

I'm also a #musician - #drums, #guitar, #bass, #tenorSax. I've played in dozens of bands over the last 25 years but am now retired as "a grumpy #soundtech, but I ain't grumpy!

Medic: someone assaulted you with a thesaurus?

Me: yes

Medic: how are you feeling?

Me: tempestuously indignant

@ScottSoCal @therobburgessshow time travels always bragging…

@ScottSoCal THAT DOG. If someone can’t be trusted with a DOG, they sure as shit shouldn’t be involved with running the US government.

Elon Musk isn't a genius, he's a statistical inevitability.

Lots and lots of rich people inherit wealth and use it to make "big-bet" investments in things, funneling wealth into their hobbies or interests.

Rich people can afford to do that because if these bets fail, they'll be fine. It's easy to hit in roulette when you get to play multiple times, less so when it's your life savings at stake.

When will freezing cold Texans stop voting for him though?

“Tonedeaf Ted ‘Cancun Cruz’ warns Texans to stay warm during ice storm & gets frosty response”
https://flip.it/uby63X

Shell reports highest profits in 115 years!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64489147

Every day, I have more and more questions.

Why am I in this room?

What part of my leg made that noise standing up?

If I don’t go to the toilet now, when will I next be close to one
I’m prepared to use?

Where did I put the to do list I wrote yesterday?

How did I get a bruise there and not notice?

Why am I, once again, not wearing the right glasses for the distance I need to see?

Does the colour of my underwear support the level of confidence I have that this is just a fart?

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

I'm still not ready to talk about Black history. I want to talk about white US history.

Q: "Why don't Black people build any generational wealth? Newer immigrant groups seem to be doing just fine? Must be a lazy and shiftless people!"

A: Because for most of US history, white folk have *intentionally* destroyed the wealthiest Black neighborhoods in the US and stolen all the wealth.

Greenwood. Allentown. Seneca Village. Rosewood. Freedmen's town.

#BlackMastodon

Look, I'm not asking you to support my Patreon because my facts hopefully bring a little joy to your day.

I'm not asking because it's cool to support small creative projects.

I'm not even asking because I can barely afford to pay rent.

I'm simply asking because Ruby demands that I buy more treats. I'm afraid to tell her no. She may be small and cute, but she has a very threatening aura.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 63.

UK based research examining a selection of store bought ‘bee friendly’ plants showed that the majority of them had been treated with a cocktail of #pesticides/fungicides & were actually harmful to bees/#butterflies/#insects.

#bees #bee #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees
#naturereserve
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees #photography

80% of the Wagner Group's "troops are killed, missing, deserted or surrendered." Those who have been captured are suffering from diseases ranging from AIDS and syphilis to tuberculosis and pneumonia that -- due to danger to Ukrainian medical staff -- often must go untreated.

It doesn't sound like the Wagner Group's raping and pillaging paid off in the end. Karma is a Ukrainian.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730301

#Ukraine #WagnerGroup #Ukrainian #Russia #Russian #Putin #News #war

Wagner Group posing. https://libretooth.gr/@stopgopfox/109795082973319791

@suttonsc @ScottSoCal @5ciFiGirl
#Firefly #Serenity

@suttonsc @ericpierce @ScottSoCal @5ciFiGirl excellent. One of these days I may try to get #MrsMUG to watch it with me. She’s not really a sci-fi person but she really liked/likes Castle and The Rookie so maybe now is the time to intro her to the ‘Verse