Drinks coffee. Chugs beer. Bon vivant. Artsy fartsy. Music geek. Badass diva. Fierce LGBTQ+ advocate. She/Her/Ella.
1/ The biggest tip I'd like to give newcomers to the Fediverse (aside from the standard stuff like 'fill out your bio/pick an avi') is this: don't expect it to be perfect.
Yes, you will periodically run into people who are annoying/rude here too. They're everywhere. It's part of life. Yes, the way it works will sometimes frustrate you. Every platform is the same in that sense. Yes, you have to put time into getting established & learning how to use it. All communities are the same there too.
So let me get this straight. The Supreme Court is only supposed to take cases where there is a real injury and real controversy, but it took the case of a web designer who faked a request by a gay customer for a website design? The guy was actually straight, married and with kids?
Vacate this case.
Apparently it’s 8 years today since I discovered that adding googly eyes to the tap on a wine box makes it look like Shaun the Sheep.
Any pundit who is criticizing Pres. Zelenskyy's attire is failing to read the room, but moreover, they're just completely missing the point.
A country and its leader under immediate and existential threats have no time for suits and neckties.
He has no visible rank or medals or nametapes or epaulets or brass buttons or starched creases. He's wearing what women and men who are fighting on the frontlines in Ukraine are wearing.
He's wearing the urgency of the moment.
That's the point.
Foodie post! Seasoned ground turkey, steamed broccoli and brown rice, with sciracha drizzled over. Noms. #food #broccoli #rice
Sun Halo at Sixty-three Degrees North https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221221.html #APOD
Actually, the tax returns of all Supreme Court justices should absolutely be made public. That should be a requirement to be one of the nine people with lifetime appointments who make final legal decisions for the rest of the country.
Work from home has been a huge boon to employment access for disabled people.
“The jobless rate for disabled workers — typically in double digits and 12.3% two years ago — dropped to 5.8% in November … the lowest rate for people with disabilities since record-keeping began in 2008.”
#80s #80sChild #80sForever #GenX You know you had it good if your grandma's house was like this...
