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

@TonyStark Thomas appears to be more or less wholly owned by Crow, a billionaire with a project to remake the judiciary. His continued presence on the court is a scandal.

It looks like #JohnMastodon is trending again.

John Mastodon doesn’t abide by the typical bell curve of trending topics.

John Mastodon trends when he damn well wants to.

We’re, like, a week away from finding out that Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow have a shared checking account.

**RARE SERIOUS POST**

If you know someone who has recently lost a family member, friend, or loved one (pets included), reach out to that person TODAY and tell them they’re on your mind. Offer to hang out, no agenda. Buy them coffee, sit with them, listen. Go fishing, sit with them, listen. Go to the museum, sit with them, listen. Spend time with them. Listen. Whatever works for them, but let them know they have support.

the last thing a carrot sees

I mistyped empathize as emphasize, and now I've been nominated for the Supreme Court.

Study finds fewer US pregnancies in 2015 than in 2009 which led to fewer abortions. One reason is the availability of birth control, with the Affordable Care Act requiring it to be free.
https://news.yahoo.com/more-u-women-avoiding-unwanted-180622506.html

How many times have we been told that if we don't have an athletic body then we don't have a beautiful body? Let's stop feeding those lies. I won't have the athletic body, but I do have the freedom to be happy with the body I have and enjoy it.
#NormalizeNudity #bodypositive #selflove

Does anyone else blog on WordPress? I'm new to Mastodon and am looking to connect.

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/

#blogging #WordPress

Just a reminder, we make it easy to republish our stories. Read our terms of re-use here: https://www.texasobserver.org/syndication/

#journalism #nonprofit #Texas #news #politics #culture

It's may the fourth so I'm wearing my Starfleet hoodie.🖖
#maythefourth

Live long and prosper.

#maythe4th

By accident of birth, I am a Boomer. I try to keep up with the world though and stay woke, but I probably am as blind about people’s struggles as any of us and I graduated from college without much student debt and a useless BFA in Drawing and Painting. I’ve always however been poor. Please be gentle with me when I’m blind to my privileges and kindly point them out to me. #BoomerCringe #woke and proud #oldlady #selfimprovement

Daddy, did you fight in the Instance Wars?

Yes, son. I did. But, I don't speak of it. It's too soon. I can still hear the garbled screams of the bots I sent to hell, and the confused cries of the people that took everything too seriously and couldn't keep themselves from replying.

What’s the difference between USA and USB?

One connects to your computer and stores your data, the other is an IT industry standard.

45’s Rape Trial Goes From One Disaster to Another https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-rape-trial-goes-from-one-disaster-to-another?via=ios

My first poll will be a real-world ethics question, posed because of a disagreement between the spouse and I. We were walking and came upon a homeless guy holding a sign asking for money. I gave him some money as we walked by. Spouse said he'd seen drug paraphernalia in HG's backpack, and I shouldn't have given money - it would just go for drugs. I don't think it's my business where it goes, once it leaves my hands. What say you all?
Boost, please, I really am curious to see what people think.

My coworker wants me to stop being on Zooms.

My coworker (and their bad breath) needs to stop getting all in my business before I report them to HR.

Police say they have apprehended the alleged gunman of a shooting at an #Atlanta hospital that killed one person and injured four others, all women between the ages of 25 and 71, in the latest #shooting to disrupt every day life in America

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/335821

Several months ago, a number of the LGBTQIA+ community here in the Fediverse, shared coming out stories.
I've always felt sharing our story is important. We feel less alone when we learn others had a similar experience.
Recently I went looking for that thread, and sadly it is gone, victim to a number of instance migrations.
I am going to share mine again, using the hashtag #ComingOutStories. If you are able, consider sharing whatever parts of your experience you can. I find it very therapeutic to put it all in words.

My Coming Out Story

Up until a few months ago, I had only told a few people my coming out story. I now understand how important it is to share our experiences. Anyone reading these will realize they aren’t alone.

I’ve always been smaller than others my age. Add red hair, freckles and glasses, I was a bully’s favorite target.

My bullying was extreme, often physical and much more than unkind teasing or simply being stuffed in a locker.

My home life was equally troubled. My father was abusive to my mother and us kids. There was no support system for me at such a young age. Seeking help from adults always made retaliation even worse.

Early on, I sensed I was different. Clearly my classmates did as well. And so it continued.

My freshman year of high school, some football players grabbed me, took me into a bathroom and beat me to the point an ambulance was needed.

Their excuse was “he’s a faggot.”

My family home was on a hill, in front of our High School. (See attached photographs). The weekend after I was hospitalized, someone burned the word “FAG” into the grass on the back of the hill behind our house - facing directly into the front of the high school.

The humiliation I endured from the entire community, seeing that word burnt onto our property every day, was worse than the broken bones, stitches and bruises.

And so I was outed.

My father never spoke to me again, which wasn’t a big deal, given how physically abusive he was.

Sadly my mother is one of the worst bigots I know. MAGA-style bigotry. To this day, she does not understand why it is racist to have a "plantation" motif in her kitchen, complete with "lawn jockey" and Aunt Jemima style figurines everywhere.
She thinks "religion can fix the sin of homosexuality."

I frequently considered running away over the years. But I had three younger siblings who relied on me, especially when our father went into a rage.

I left that town after graduation, joined the Navy and rarely go back.

My support and love now come from friends and found family met along the way in the years since. And my life is all the better for it.