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

@randahl “ I might lose because I’m demented & insane.”

What if one day rowling, trump, putin, netanyahu, etc. wake up and realize that they were making a huge mistake, apologize and promise to make amends?

Our houseguest arrives tomorrow morning. Timba can’t wait—she’s looking forward to having a new fren to play with in the pool! #DogdOfMastodon #SoCal #KeepingCool

❗ CW: Animal mortality.

Found a young squirrel on the ground yesterday with no signs of predation. Not a mark. I wondered if squirrels could die of dehydration and heat stroke. They can. Today is a month since the last rain.

Set up and improvised a fountain the dogs can't reach at the back of the yard where it's always shady. We'll keep an eye on it.

#FediversalPictures

To anyone still masking in the workplace...

Or presenting masked to an in-person audience...

And to anyone navigating a career at any stage while still taking the transmission of airborne disease seriously...

What a professional badass!! I'm so proud of you. You got this. 😎🔥

Y’all, this is not that hard. In the US:

Right to Work refers to States that have banned union security clauses. Essentially, you can’t be required to join a union or pay dues as a condition of employment. It’s meant to weaken unions. It has nothing to do with firing, and it’s relatively recent.

At Will refers to an employment arrangement where neither party must give any cause or any notice to terminate the relationship. Essentially, you can be fired for no reason at all.

During winter, I really felt bad about the lack of weapons supplies to Ukraine. To think that we, "the free world”, should pause when helping the Ukrainian people fight their fight for freedom, really made me cringe.

But watching all the impressive deliveries from all countries this spring has been amazing. I know, this war is far from over, but if the 50+ wealthy allies keep increasing the aid, there is no way, the Russian economy can keep up.

Not in the long run.

i've never felt this way before

I love Norse mythology.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Important new research finds that a bunch of mammals are out there being gay and biologists are just IGNORING them https://skepchick.org/2024/06/why-are-scientists-ignoring-all-the-gay-animals/

You fondue you, but it is a dish best shared 🫕

If tfg becomes president, with the stroke of his pen:

DOJ will no longer be independent; no one left to stop tfg from charging his political opponents with crimes.

FBI efforts to curb the spread of disinformation, including Russian propaganda, will be shut down.

The Insurrection Act will be used to shut down protests and to deploy red-state National Guard units against blue states.

Abortion will be banned nationwide.

#tfg #trump #election2024 #Project2025 #VoteBlue
https://democracyforward.org/the-peoples-guide-to-project-2025/

So a few days ago, I was again out taking pics, and my neighbor starts spraying his lawn w flea & tick spray. A pesticide. And he didn't go easy. Absolutely drenched every bit of his property.

Then he asked me if I wanted him to do my side (the space in between our houses).

I told him no, that stuff kills bees & butterflies.

He said - smiling brightly - "Oh I know. That's why I asked. I was careful to keep it on my side!"

His side. As if there is a glass wall between our houses that will keep the poison "over there." As if wildlife understands property lines & will stay on "my side" where it's safe.

I mean...seriously?

My heart just sank. It was so depressing that I went back to taking butterfly pics without saying anything. Bc what could I even say, y'know? He clearly will never understand & I don't need a neighbor war.

Anyway, this has been churning in my brain ever since & I just needed to talk about it. Thank you for reading. 💚

BREAKING: Supreme Court accidentally posts draft opinion appearing to side with Biden admin on Idaho abortion case

Then quickly removed it. Jeez. Is this any way to run an airline? (as the old saying goes).

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/politics/supreme-court-abortion-idaho-bloomberg/index.html

The Indigenous Shasta Nation of California just won 2800 acres of their land back after 100 yrs, the largest in California #history! And, California is paying for it!
It's part of the Klamath River dam removal project, an ecological project which revives a 300 mile salmon habitat! Shasta land was stolen in the 1848 Gold Rush & 1911 by imminent domain for the Copco No 1 Dam. Shasta chairman Janice Crowe said “Today is a turning point in the history of the Shasta people”
#news #indigenous #uspol

Dear Starmer,
Feck off.

("David Tennant should have been more respectful when criticising Badenoch over LGBT views', says Starmer)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jun/26/uk-general-election-live-updates-tories-labour-betting-scandal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Anyone who votes for Trump to lower their taxes while ignoring his threat to the rule of law is shortsighted, ahistorical & doesn't understand what business needs to succeed argues Reid Hoffman in https://tinyurl.com/4x4f65xp.

The first moments of returning home!

I don't understand people that get upset when others discuss their personal issues in the open. I usually end up learning something about myself when I read about other people's struggles, even if I don't understand or empathize with those struggles.

No one is required to discuss their issues openly, but I think it benefits everyone when they do. It helps normalize such things.

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One of the best things abt being in my 50s is that I care not one whit abt “dressing appropriately for my age.”

I wore this skirt downtown one day & encountered a 6 y/o girl who was also wearing a full tulle skirt. As we waited for the traffic light to change, each of us looked at the other & said, “I LIKE YOUR SKIRT!” at the same time.

Do something today that makes YOU happy. Your genuine happiness will add to the positive energy for all of us. We’re all connected, you know.

#coffee #life