#FebruaryFun What a difference 2 weeks makes. Monarch larvae about to do its thing to pupate. And a one day old newly hatched larvae.
Central California is loving the past few months of rain. π
I'm a 17-year-old trans kid in Utah, and I'm uprooting my life because of a law that bans gender-affirming care https://www.businessinsider.com/trans-kid-uproots-life-utah-anti-trans-law-2023-2
β οΈ Warning to anyone on the mstdn.party or mstdn.plus servers, recommend you move to another server ASAP.
Their only admin is apparently unreachable, and his accounts haven't posted anything since Dec 2022.
You can find a new server at https://joinmastodon.org/servers or https://fedi.garden (the servers listed there have at least two admins and promise to give 3 months warning of any shutdown).
There's a step-by-step guide to moving your account at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#TransferringYourMastodonAccountToAnotherServer
#OnThisDay, 5 Feb 1919, Mary Pickford co-founds United Artists in Hollywood with fellow actor Douglas Fairbanks, actor and director Charlie Chaplin and director D W Griffith. Their hope was to circumvent the growing studio system by owning their own creative output.
Pickford was also the first Hollywood movie star to sign a million dollar contract.
#ReclaimTheFrame
#WomenBehindTheCamera #WomenInHistory #HollywoodHistory #History
Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white rider on a Montgomery, AL bus on December 1, 1955. The act was unplanned, but she wasnβt simply a tired private citizen (as many history books have painted her). She was active in the early Civil Rights Movement beginning in 1943 and was the secretary for the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP.
I'm a responsible driver. I support legislation to help prevent irresponsible people from getting behind the wheel. This means preventing DUIs, reckless driving, or unsafe cars. What's my point?
This: Responsible gun ownership requires supporting legislation to help prevent irresponsible people from having easy access to firearms. If you're not willing to ensure that happens, you're not a responsible gun owner, & you are part of the problem of epidemic gun violence in America.
The Cherokee Nation is still waiting for the US to seat the delegate promised to it by an 1835 treaty.
' βOur ancestors upheld their end of the bargainβafter being forced to leave their homes and march to the west ...,β Chuck Hoskin Jr., the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, wrote in a letter to House leadership this week. βYet, two centuries later, the U.S. House still has yet to seat the delegate we were promised.β '
#Cherokee #USCongress #IndianTreaties
https://newrepublic.com/article/170368/cherokee-nation-hoskin-delegate-congress
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.