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

US funding to #Ukraine is monitored for fraud and diversion. Weapons are inventoried and tracked. Aid is audited and reports sent to legislators. There are no blank checks to Kyiv.
#war #russia
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3894781-funding-for-ukraine-is-far-from-unchecked-charity/

You know what I find super exhausting? People who are complete contrarians to popular media ALL THE TIME. Like that’s a red flag to me because it makes me think you forgot how to have fun. Or just enjoy something for what it is.

Expect to see many banking crisis jokes on here in the near future. Common examples include:

-Has the US tried turning the banking system off and on again?

-Maybe banks shouldn't have spent so much money on avocado toast.

-Why don't banks just pull themselves up by their bootstraps?

They will all be funny and you should boost all of them.

When you start dating someone new, how long should you wait before telling them you have kids? One year? Two?

Stop using the phrase “culture wars.”

Their tactics are attacks on human rights.

Allow me to explain. It's really quite simple if you pretend you are wealthy political donor.
Republicans dumped nearly $1T since 2015 to change the Republican party to the Trump party. Trump continues that control but the money is now split. Republicans have been trashing the US economy for over 2 years with constant pressure to force the economy into recession. So far that has failed.

Now, suddenly, we have a small bank fail and yet another Republican effort to destroy the US Economy.
#gop

You like my new slipper/shoes from Montane?

I haven't worn any type of shoe since 1999 😮 I had surgery to cut my tendons in each ankle in 97 that they used to do for boys with Duchenne. It was a complete waste of time and made my feet weak and painful, so I stopped wearing shoes for 24 years.

#Shoes #Disability #Disabled #Health #Healthcare #Duchenne #Sheffield #Mastodon

Unbreakable🇺🇦❤️‍🩹

"Nonetheless, right-wing depravity on this issue is quite evident in South Carolina, where more than a dozen lawmakers have signed on to a bill that could result in a death sentence for anyone who has an abortion."

"But he said men who impregnate shouldn’t face punishment for an abortion.

“Different feelings, different people,” Trump said."

"South Carolina Republicans float the death penalty for abortion"

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/abortion-death-penalty-south-carolina-rcna74957 via @Msnbc

#Depravity #TheCrueltyISThePoint

@msnbc@mastodon.social

Whenever my husband eats something today, I am going to say "Eat two, Brute."

We can't forgive student loans because students knew full well what they were getting into but yes, let's bail out banks because golly shucks gee whiz banking is just too difficult for the poor little bankers to wrap their heads around.

Bullet proof safe room for US schools.

Tell me again how drag queens are the problem.

(I predict we are less of 5 years away from Republicans suggesting US children should attend school in full riot gear to protect against school shootings - rather than address the gun issue, of course. Kids love riot gear! It comes in cool colors!)

#SchoolShootings #GunControl #GunCulture #GunViolence #USPol

🔗: https://www.wbrc.com/app/2023/03/13/new-safe-room-system-cullman-protect-students-staff-case-active-shooter-emergency/

Before you close a web page make sure you scroll up to the top, so it’s in the right position for the next person

Beware the ides of march.

@ScottSoCal @stina_marie LOL my partner and a friend of ours have their birthday today, and this is exactly how I will serve the salad at our celebratory dinner!

DE-HAIR the Ides of March

I am shaving my long hair and bushy beard to fight childhood cancers by raising money on behalf of #stbaldricks foundation

I raised over $24,000 this year and over 8 years I have raised, by myself, over $200,00 for the cause

#cancer #childhoodcancer

What’s the plural of octopus?

Today, Bewaaaaaaare.....
(I hope at least two of you get this joke.)

#meme #funny #TheSimpsons #MargeSimpson #beware #Omens #TheIdesOfMarch #JuliusCaesar #MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme

I'm sorry, were any of you planning on telling me there used to be a species of penguin that was 6'7" (2m) tall and weighed 250 lbs (115kg) called Mega Penguin or was I supposed to just find that out on my own

Tyson Foods to lay off 1,700 workers, close two chicken plants

One plant is in Arkansas, a state which didn’t pass relaxed child labor laws fast enough for Tyson

Your reminder, this is the same Tyson Foods being sued because managers bet on which workers would die from Covid 19 outbreaks in their cramped facilities

* Tyson Foods annual gross profit for 2022 was $6.668B, a 2.18% increase from 2021

I won’t buy Tyson chicken or any of their products. Who will join me?