.@ZelenskyyUa Ukraine has achieved the greatest national unity in its history. Ukraine has united the world. Ukrainians inspire hundreds of other nations with the way they defend their country and freedom. π·Marian Kushnir
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1635290407184793601
Reposted from Twitter by @nafobot
βThere is no debate to argue here. Trans people have been here forever and arenβt going anywhere. There is no ideology here. Itβs simple. Trans rights are human rights. Anything stating the contrary is wrong.β
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Because I am super earnest, I like LinkedIn Learning's marketing line about "creating a culture of learning."
I mean, sure, it's corny, but the only way we get better is by dedicating time to learning.
Many years ago, I was photographed for the Dear World project, and the motto I chose to write on my body was "keep learning."
#KeepLearning #DearWorld #education #GrammarGirl #LinkedInLearning
I was 48 when I sold my first script, 52 when it got made, 54 when it was released.
Let me and tonightβs #Oscars be your reminder that it is never too late, you are never too old.
And ladies, as #MichelleYeoh said, we are NEVER past our prime.
Donβt stop until youβre dead.
@moliver @Talia_christine OMG what is it in the PNW that makes everybody crave IPA? Iβve yet to find a pub in Victoria that serves Rickardβs Red or Guinness on tap, but every one of them has eleventyone varieties of IPA (mainly local) with descriptions of how hoppy they are. Likewise the liquor stores have a zillion IPAs & maybe two brown ales if youβre lucky (& that will be a honey brown). Hopps per se are bitter, they should be used sparingly. Do not approve.
My latest newsletter is all about the the debate that tore the trans community apart back in 2001, and why I think we've moved past it. Gather round, kids! It's story time...
https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/the-first-article-i-ever-wrote-about-trans-issues/
That was just my little pouring out of my heart, because a friend of mine was threatened by an anti-trans βprotestorβtoday. They were out terrorizing the Childrenβs Hospital in St. Louis because they offer gender affirming healthcare. The βprotestorβ aimed their car at my friend, threatening to run him over, swerving at the last moment.
And my brave friend DANCED.
He found a reservoir of unstolen joy in his heart and used it to make his trans Jewish self more visible as a counter to the hate.
#JuniorDoctors #strike starts today, and so as before; when your appointment has been cancelled, when your #healthcare has been disrupted, please do not get annoyed at the striking #HealthService staff.
They have gone on strike as a last resort, after years of #tory attrition towards the #NHS and a radical decade long program of defunding of our health service.
Direct your anger & blame towards the #Tories & #JeremyHunt who have been instrumental in causing the #nhscrisis
So, my partner was sunning hisself on the varanda when he asked me to get him another beer AND open it,. When I asked him if he'd like me to press it to his lips, too, he said, "No but a sippy straw would be nice."
@geekyonion @ScottSoCal @peterb If I can be a plant nerd for a moment, I've always found the avocado toast thing to be hilariously strange. Avocados literally grow on trees in California, and anyone who wants to grow them in their backyard can plant one and in a few years have more than they can possibly eat. (We were getting over 2000 avocados a year from a tree at a place we rented a couple of years ago.)
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.