Alt Text: Illustration of the account holder's current residence, from a quite zoomed out perspective. Specifically, the inner rim of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way. Please leave a calling card if you are in the neighborhood. Banner: Gray baseball cap with "Make Lying Wrong Again" embroidered in white.
I'm not that interesting. I like science, & 🐱🐱. I make computers go beep-boop. Not here to find love. No plans to be an "influencer". I will be surprised if I ever have more than 100 followers.
"The Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is suing to block a new law in Tennessee that criminalizes people and organizations who assist undocumented immigrants. The suit alleges the new bill violates the Synod’s First Amendment rights by criminalizing ministry actions they engage in because of Christian teachings."
~ Brian Kaylor
#Trump #Republicans #Tennessee #ICE #immigrants #Lutherans #ELCA
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https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/word-and-way-news-june-27
"Twenty US Catholic bishops — invoking Pope Leo’s moral leadership — condemn Trump’s 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' calling its cuts to health care and food aid 'an affront to the dignity of human life.'
They call on the Senate to completely reject the legislation."
~ Christopher Hale quoted by Greg Dworkin
I love this mural by Smug on Mitchell Street in central Glasgow, and I've been known to spend way too much time waiting for some unsuspecting person to be pass through exactly the right spot to take a photo of it!
#glasgow #streetart #mural #smug #glasgowmurals #glasgowstreetart #mitchellstreet #honeyishrunkthekids
One of the reasons I've loathed Donald Trump for nearly half a century is back in the news again. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/28/trump-central-park-five-defamation.html
Words to live by, from @pluralistic -
"Monopolists corrupt our political system, maim and impoverish workers, gouge their customers on enshittified, overpriced garbage. They are an existential threat to the survival of the human species."
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
Just finished another audiobook: @pluralistic 's Picks and Shovels. It's another Martin Hench novel. I do love this series. Keep 'em coming. This one also has been masterfully narrated by Wil Wheaton. Great story! Great listen!
Big things are happening. Zohran Mamdani just pulled off a major upset against Andrew Cuomo, and tomorrow’s Big Picture is breaking down what it means for the future of the Democratic Party. Pair that with the Senate Parliamentarian gutting some of the ugliest parts of Trump’s budget bill, and this week’s pieces are well worth your time. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-big-picture-june-25
My first post on Mastodon.
Hi everyone! I'm new to Mastodon and the Fediverse in general; I decided to join it as part of my recent interest in free, open-source, decentralized, and federated software! You can get some quick facts about me on my profile page.
Besides Discord, I haven't used microblogging or image/video/story sharing and reposting social media in several years, which I all quit because it was too addicting for me and was making me miserable when comparing my "boring" life to my friends' seemingly fun and eventful lives. I'm not sure what I'll be posting here, but since I'm planning to leave Discord in the near future, I guess microblogging personal thoughts, experiences, and takes regarding my various interests in otaku culture (such as anime, manga, visual novels, Japanese music, figure collection, etc...), VTubers and other content creators, gaming, and my ongoing pursuit of better privacy, anonymity, and security online, that I usually share in the servers with my online friends and acquaintances. I guess we'll have to see, but I look forward to using this page as my own "corner of the internet", a place where I can just talk about the things I like (or don't like).
If you're still reading, thank you, do say hi and welcome in the comments or DMs, do give me some tips and tricks on using the website, do recommend me your favorite artists, otakus, and companies active on here, and maybe add me if we share some interests, let's be friends! PS. Кроме английского, я владею русским на уровне родного языка, und verstehe und spreche Deutsch ziemlich gut.
Have a pleasant Sunday!
"Donald Trump bombing Iran without Congressional approval is not shocking.
Since January 20th, he has rendered our Constitution virtually irrelevant, ignoring every policy, precedent, and channel designed to prevent a maniacal individual from operating unilaterally and endangering our people."
~ John Pavlovitz
https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-declares-war-on-iran-thats
"Vee haff ways of making you hand ofer your papers."
Tell ICE where they can shove their American flags.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/20/show-us-your-papers/
One of my programming mentees, Lourenço Vales is looking for a job!
He's a hard worker, self-taught, and available starting today! He's doing #Linux, #Golang, and a bunch of other things too!
He's got a number of patches in upstream #mgmtconfig so have a look!
Please reach out to @lvales
Out of curiosity, are there any fellow artists who create art inspired by vintage print/book illustrations? Would love to follow more who share my niche.
Thou shalt not deny care to trans youth and call it justice.
Fun fact: If you see someone at a nerd event wearing a vim-themed shirt, it's because they put it on in 2003 and couldn't figure out how to take it off
This is a #FediHire post, but it's not about technology, so I don't know how helpful the fediverse will be.
I have a PHD in math and nine years of experience teaching university students. I want to leave higher education and become a high school math teacher, but I am not certified.
I'm in the U.S. and have no easy way to leave. I also can't go four years without an income or health insurance.
What states would be the easiest for me to get at least provisionally certified to teach in?
Also keep in mind that I'm trans, so I am only willing to move to a state where it's legal for me to interact with teenagers and get health care.
#Teaching #Math #MathTeacher #GetFediHired
@pluralistic Assuming this is black sheep ensemble I just grabbed a digital copy of their album on bandcamp (https://nicke.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-agent) -- if anyone enjoyed this as much as I did and they have the means, maybe throw some duckets their way?
Hey Trump, nobody paid us to be here! We all hate you for free!
Got my sidewalk sign all set for tomorrow
