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

My wife handed me a clean towel and asked me to “put it in its place.” So, I looked at it and said, “Don’t forget that you’re only a towel,” and I was reminded yet again of just how lucky this woman was to be married to me.

The Russians released a video of the heinous killing of an AFU soldier in an attempt to demoralize Ukrainians, but this only served to further enrage both the military and civilians towards Russia. In response, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, represented by Yusov, has promised to find those responsible for the shooting.

I remember when I joined Mastodon during one of the exoduses last year in November, one of the first hashtags I saw was #mosstodon.

And I thought, "what the heck???... there are people here who take pictures of moss?"

I slowly and silently have become unbearably envious of the #moss people and have been secretly dying to post to the hashtag.

Well my wife and I went hiking at a nearby wooded preserve area just north of Houston and lo and behold!... I now had my chance. Did I still have my photographer's eye? Would my photo be worthy to offer to the #lichensubscribe lovers?

And so! My first and admittedly, probably my only leap into the world of those who take pics of #FuzzyTrees

They turned out pretty cool though so who knows... maybe again.

#iPhonePhotography
#nature

Fearful Scout and Sad-eyed Speedy are neither fearful nor sad anymore. And they are the best of friends. #dogsofmastodon.

@lucybeahere @SrRochardBunson

Trump kicked the façade of the GOP to splinters, leaving bare its ugly racist, authoritarian, misogynistic, theocratic face. That is what people like Liz Cheney dislike. They agree on the policy, they just disagree on the style.

https://l.smartnews.com/BMDpp/ISn8U0

“Walgreens announced last week that it would go ahead and refuse to dispense mifepristone in 20 states, in response to threatening letters from Republican attorneys general, because Walgreens is a fuckin' coward. California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat obviously, has responded to that announcement by saying fine, then the state of California will quit doing business with Walgreens.”

This was my LinkedIn profile pic for MANY years because I could not possibly care less about LinkedIn.

In case you’ve forgotten…the war crimes, prisoner executions, murder of civilians, rape of women, the kind of brutality that you think only lives in your nightmares. Think again. Russian soldiers under Putin’s orders do this while you sleep soundly in your bed. Lest we forget. #SlavaUkraine
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1632733258294198273?s=20

And you know how some dogs sense that you love them so they sort of follow you around like "I notice your hand is not doing anything and should probably pet me" and sometimes they'll just paw you to let you know they're there? Great Pyrenees are like if a fucking BEAR did that and their friendly nudge can BREAK THE SKIN.

Which is fine cuz they are big beardogs.

Suella Braverman's plans are cruel, unworkable & dehumanising. They also undermine one of the crucial pillars of international cooperation and humanitarian response. In a world in climate crisis we cannot afford this.

We'll be joining the march against racism on 18 March in London
https://www.facebook.com/events/194438429895897/
There will also be events in Glasgow and Cardiff. #RefugeesWelcome #ResistRacism

#Holi #HappyHoli #BrownMastodon

Happy Holi to all that celebrate

#Walgreens supports the Sedition Caucus and now will ban abortion pills.
It's well past time to #BoycottWalgreens.

If you use "you do you" I will add "boo" in my mind no matter how serious the conversation is.

This is the guy Elon decided to lambast last night.

Meme: Religion... it gives people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

#Pharmacists in #Iran were asked to force female staff to wear black veils at work. Male staff are now donning veils themselves in protest, and are asking colleagues around the world to do the same in support. If you are a pharmacist, please share. Would be great if lots of people did this tomorrow #WomensDay

I really need my fellow #space and #rocketry nerds to be calling out anyone defending or praising Musk.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3w35/elon-musk-mocks-twitter-employee-with-disability-that-he-laid-off

Ouch, my heart is breaking. We just had about a dozen Security Program Managers have their positions eliminated from our group as part of the MS layoffs. Skills range from security product development to fundamentals and compliance to threat modeling and secure software design. If you're hiring for any positions like this, please respond below and I'll make sure they see these opportunities.

#fedihired

Buybacks are defended on the grounds that corporations have more revenue than they can wisely spend. But many of them—by one estimate, more than half—are financed with debt. My latest:

https://newrepublic.com/article/171000/journalists-warren-buffett-defend-stock-buybacks-corporate-greed

I'm the proud Parent of 3 new first degree black belts. Really excited for this achievement. Also very proud they're all choosing to continue with #Karate as a discipline.#kids #family #MartialArts