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

My flight’s about to take off, so now’s your chance to say really nice things about me before I die rather than after like all of those other posers.

We are 100 days into 2023.

Today’s mass shooting in Louisville, KY has left 5 people dead & is the 146th mass shooting of 2023.

We don't have to live like this.

Republicans have loudly admitted, "We're not going to fix this," proving once again that Republicans claim government doesn't work, then get elected & prove it.

Vote the GOP out. Vote in Dems who will pass actual and proven gun safety legislation. Protect our nation.

Jim Jordan, who chairs the "weaponization committee," has been busy weaponizing Congress against Alvin Bragg.

He scheduled a hearing here in NYC in an attempt to intimidate the Manhattan DA and interfere with the prosecution of Donald Trump.

How is this remotely ethical?

I just noticed that I have over 2,300 toots. So, here's a picture. I toot a lot. This sunrise was great!

#Photography #seascape #LandscapePhotography #LakeSuperior #Minnesota

Not a doctor so I don't know if this is true but if Viagra is really more dangerous than Mifepristone, female legislators have an OBLIGATION to ban it. To protect the menfolk. Because their poor little penis-brains are not aware of complicated stuff like adverse prescription reactions.

Women can't be complacent any longer in Florida & other🩸states. They're lives are on the line: Two friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion. One almost died.
New abortion restrictions have disrupted the standard of care for a pregnancy complication both women experienced late last year-: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/10/pprom-florida-abortion-ban/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjI1MjA1MzUwIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4MTA5OTIwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4MjM5NTE5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjgxMDk5MjAwLCJqdGkiOiIwYTZlMWZkNy0xMDkyLTQyNjYtOTAxNC05ZDlmOTdmYTA5ZTkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMy8wNC8xMC9wcHJvbS1mbG9yaWRhLWFib3J0aW9uLWJhbi8ifQ.GQIjW4IrRcESNqiKEnUP-cypxMlTygRP79sykby_Tbs&itid=gfta

Ban guns, you fucking US morons!!

#BanGuns #2FA #GunsKillPeople #GunReform #USA

#GunSense #GunSafetyNow #DyingForGunSafety #TennesseeThree #Tennessee #nashville #JustinJones

This is inescapable on French insta so I'm posting it here for all to enjoy

Please donate if you can 🙏
We still need to raise 23k / 600$
Maximum RT⚠️
This is a fundraiser for the drone of my classmate from my hometown - Vitaly Beznosіuk, who serves in the 82nd brigade.

https://send.monobank.ua/jar/7H9Zz5wX6d
Glory to Ukraine!!!🇺🇦🫡
Facebook page Vitalii
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02MaoCiebvc52SdhTnswuJdBK9jqV1SNKmRzNfsUhYzAb3wvNC4xUBNGZHyP3x1rNml&id=100001741114474

Justin Jones and Joan Baez sing “We Shall Overcome” at a chance airport meeting.

“When you get off the plane with the legendary Joan Baez you know it’s a movement of the spirit. She stands with us in our struggle in Tennessee and said she’s hopeful to see young voices leading.

WE SHALL OVERCOME…

Serendipitous, indeed.”

#JustinJones #JoanBaez #TennesseeThree #GunViolence #GunReform #Resistance #FightFascism #WeShallOvercome

“Learn More About the Shore” coasters arrived! I’ll distribute them to Philly bars in May. The goal here is to have folks that go down the shore this summer to appreciate the diverse wildlife we vacation alongside. I hope people enjoy engaging with them as much as we enjoyed making them!

Want to collaborate on a project like this for your lab’s broader impacts? Reach out!

Ctenophore by Tiff Urquhart
Sea Angel by Kelly Nichols
Horseshoe crab by Katie Mai
Outer ring by Sean Martorana

You folks were super enthusiastic about my posting more on Mastodon, so let's try this.

RT/boost and let's see if there's interest in a regular #Ukraine thread!

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

For the last year, I've been tracking a notorious Russian unit known for its role in killing 100s of civilians.

This past month we published how we found them.

Since "shelled" can mean both "has a shell" (shelled insects) and "its shell has been removed" (shelled peanuts) , what does "unshelled" mean 🤔

#Procrastodon #procrastinaton #ShouldBeWriting

Ursula K.Le Guin saw right through JK Rowling early on. The "mean-spirited" description is so on target.
Here is the relevant except from the Guardian interview from 2004.

It's expensive to be poor. It's ironic but true. You get charges and fees for everything. Higher interest rates. Overdraft fees. Late fees. Having only enough to buy what you need right now instead of buying in bulk. Losing your job because you can't afford to get your car fixed. Losing your car because you don't have a job. Even your mental faculties are drained, as you are forced to continually eat low-nutrition foods, "sleep" in miserable conditions, and be exposed to toxins and lack of medical treatment. The lack of liquidity wipes you out. Life really does kick you while you're down.

You can't tell someone trapped in that vicious cycle to "just" get a job or "just" make responsible decisions. Sometimes, no amount of good decision-making can stop the vortex sucking them down. So the next time you are tempted to place moral judgment on someone who lives in poverty, think twice.

Signed, someone who has been both a Have and a Have-Not.

I subtitled #Zelensky's 2020 Easter address in English, since there is none this year. https://youtu.be/AoNI1OVSvS0