Insatiably curious. Lover of language. Fascinated by patterns. Gets lost down rabbit holes. A trifle geeky and rebellious. How does it work? Why? Loves animals, music, art. World Citizen (Lived in India, Iran, Lebanon, UK, now USA) Current obsessions: 25k+ photo & ancestry mash up project (year 1900+ and NE Tribal India), and home makerspace & laser cutting design. AND Pachyderms. :) Onwards and upwards towards the world we could be. Be a strong voice for the voiceless. She/her.
"Yet this week several hundred of them—and close to 100 who revealed their names—issued a public letter to their boss, NIH director Jay Bhattacharya, in a stunning rebuke of his leadership and the Trump administration."
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/nih-staff-have-broken-their-silence/
Nine years ago today, 49 people were murdered at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. #PrideMonth #WeRemember
It is fascism.
At a journalism event I asked about using the word so journalism can cover and explain it. I was told that we can't call fascists fascists because it would put off the fascists.
This is fascism. Those who refuse to identify it are not doing journalism.
On this day in 1967, Loving v Virginia was decided and rendered all US laws banning interracial marriage as unconstitutional. I'm over a decade into a marriage that could not have existed before then, and I remain grateful to the Lovings for standing up for what's right.
The thing is..
It does not really matter that much if #Mastodon does not grow as hard as Bluesky for example
Simply because Mastodon is a part of the #Fediverse and that will grow faster over time
The last few years there has been a major adoption in the use of ActivityPub by other platforms and a dozen new ones!
It's just a matter of time before ActivityPub and therefore the Fediverse is everywhere
I dont see Bluesky do that
I just discovered that The Lupus Foundation has removed all podcasts that could be construed as DEI. I went to share the episode on Lupus in the LGBTQ community and it was no longer there.
Also gone is the episode on The Impact of Racial Trauma on Mental Health and two others, one that explored the importance of diversity and research, and the other looking at implicit bias in the medical field.
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A Mexican-American friend who lives here on a Green Card and is the mother of five US citizens, including a US Army Vet and an LAPD officer, just collapsed into my arms crying, saying that she no longer drives on the freeway because she's afraid of being stopped by ICE and kidnapped.
In his press conference, Senator Padilla asked people to protest this Saturday. You can find a location here: nokings.org
Before LA, I was waffling about protesting but likely would have gone.
After LA, I was definitely going.
After today, I'm looking at schedules to see if I can make it to two.
Those of us who have to pay US Federal taxes on a quarterly basis may find it rather disgusting that the June 16 payment is due two days after FFOTUS self-indulgent, expensive, North Korea style, imperial parade.
More in “oops we probably shouldn’t have cut that” news:
#USAID Offers Workers Bonuses to Stay Until They’re Laid Off
The US Agency for International Development is offering some soon-to-be laid off workers 2 months of extra pay not to quit, as officials fret over potential fallout from workers leaving early, acc/to documents obtained by Bloomberg Law.
#law #Trump #MarcoRubio #SoftPower #ForeignPolicy #Aid #Musk #DOGE #TrumpPurge #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/usaid-offers-workers-bonuses-to-stay-until-theyre-laid-off
@ycwang @pluralistic They are even talking about revoking US citizenship. These people are extremists and anti-brown immigration. But first, they have to to check what your status is. They aren't even bothering about that America is not a country in which citizens and residents expect to have to carry around status "documents."
Footage of U.S. Senator from California Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from a Noem press conference about half an hour ago. A sitting U.S. Senator was just forcibly thrown out of a DHS presser. See: https://bsky.app/profile/publiccitizen.bsky.social/post/3lrgkxxyi7k2y
This is a VERY BAD mistake for #Google to make: AI Overviews hallucinates that Airbus, not Boeing, involved in fatal Air India
crash
Sometimes it says Airbus. Sometimes it says Boeing. Sometimes it seems to say BOTH. Google #AI Overviews are GARBAGE. -L
Over 200 Dead in #AirIndia Crash, Official Says
The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in #Ahmedabad, #India, with 242 people aboard. It was unclear if anyone survived. The victims included students at a medical college where the plane crashed.
“The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, with strategists citing the successful effort that overturned the right to legal abortions as a possible blueprint for the new fight.”
~ Ruth Graham
#SouthernBaptists #SameSexMarriage #GayMarriage #LGBTQ
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/southern-baptist-obergefell-same-sex-marriage.html
@wdlindsy shun them and tax them.
Big Tech quietly sponsors Trump’s military parade party https://www.theverge.com/policy/685690/big-tech-trump-military-parade-america250
@GottaLaff Trump will never fit in with cultured society. However desperately he tries. He needs to return to his sewer rat hole.
Things go from bad to worse for Elmo, the incels' favourite crush.
"French Tesla customers file lawsuit over brand becoming 'extreme-right' symbol. A group of Tesla customers in France are demanding that their lease contracts be terminated and legal costs be reimbursed over the "direct and concrete" damage suffered from the brand's association with Elon Musk's activities in the Trump administration and his support for far-right parties in Europe."
