Please consider boosting.

#usPolitics #protest #capitalism #AltText

Add these to your bucket list! ✨ #travel

https://worldwildschooling.com/12-us-bucket-list-trips-that-offer-something-for-every-traveler?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Travel Exchange @the-travel-exchange-travelers

More googly eyes on statues please

US city tells residents to stop sticking googly eyes on its statues
https://news.sky.com/story/us-city-tells-residents-to-stop-sticking-googly-eyes-on-its-statues-13273478

#OnThisDay, 15 Dec 1838, Caroline Norton uses a pen name to publish a pamphlet campaigning for the Infant Custody Bill.

Until the bill was passed, in 1839, divorced women had no custody rights over their children as they were seen as the father's property.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

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@FrostPoem

Time travel is possible. Not in the future though; only the past.

It's because you don't set the destination with a dial; you set it with a memory.

The house you didn't live in long enough. The time you lost your best friend. The time you were too late to wave goodbye as your true love's train was leaving...

And you shouldn't change the past.

Because if you do, it'll smash the memory that was your anchor, and then you'll drift endlessly across time.

#MicroPrompt #Microfiction

That’s a wrap on the #holiday weekend. #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfMaine #HigginsBeach #maine

🌊 🌅 #SilentSunday

'I wish I had a little thing on my computer that just replaced the word 'woke' with 'treating people with respect' —Neil Gaiman

Here you go, @neilhimself a little chrome extension I wrote that does just that. It's an excellent reminder.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/woke-respect/opnebfbgbhbndpmaeoiohhjnbjjbejlm?utm_source=ext_app_menu

Happy New Year! I’ve been off Mastodon for a couple seasons but coming back for #news #cooking tips, and #bookstodon mostly :) I’ll also introduce Bert, my 10 week old #AustralianShepherd

#DogsOfMastodon #Maine #DogsOfMaine

Did you know a pepper becomes a chile when it is picked & dried?

A green jalapeño or cuaresmeño becomes chipotle. A poblano turns to an ancho.

This infographic from El Jornalero provides a simplified look at some of the most common names of Mexican capsicum peppers & chiles. #food #science

I remember when Aaron Swartz was criminally prosecuted for downloading too many academic journal articles, but, sure, it's totally cool to scrape everyone's personal photographs as part of a commercial effort to market discriminatory surveillance tech to police departments.

https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-scraped-30-billion-images-facebook-police-facial-recogntion-database-2023-4

https://ago.mo.gov/file-a-complaint/transgender-center-concerns

the fascist attorney general of Missouri has set up a tip site for complaints about gender transition, hope it doesn't get spammed by long, fake complaints over and over until he takes it down!

#trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #activism

This turned out better than I expected! It's a roasted gnocchi with spinach, mushrooms and shallots. The dijon horseradish glaze made every bite super flavorful! https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022479-sheet-pan-gnocchi-with-mushrooms-and-spinach?action=click&module=RecipeBox&pgType=recipebox-page&region=all&rank=0

#vegetarian #vegan #cooking #recipe #pasta #JoinIn

@LadyDestinee Nice! Which sugar house did you visit? I have a few on my radar for tomorrow but haven't decided where to go (from greater Portland).

🤔🐛

Last night's northern lights. Vertical shot. You probably want to click this one to see it bigger. This was a good show.

This is actually looking south. They were all around last night.

#Photography #NorthernLights #Minnesota

A Venn diagram representing my normal evenings

Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year.

Also, here is a photo of the five leaders of Finland's largest political parties.

#SomeGoodNews

In the last few months I’ve received 4 speaking invites:
•One to speak on the Black American experience—I said no & referred a Black scholar
•One to speak on Iranian women—I said no & referred several Iranian women
•One to speak on Arab American students—I said no & referred an Arab woman & activist
•One to speak on my experience in Turkey providing earthquake relief, on a panel with a Turkish scholar—I said yes

Lesson: You don’t need to be a voice for the voiceless—just learn to pass the mic.

Just so we’re clear here, Florida wants to ban children from discussing their periods but also wants student athletes to report their periods, in case you were still unclear about how fucking dumb these people are.