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Donatella

@Donatella@mas.to

My Youtube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/@donnasdiscussions3841

I love music. It literally saved my life. I ❤️ Rock & Roll, Alt Rock and Jazz! Love going out and catching/shooting new bands! (she/her) #vero

I split my time between Los Altos and Lakewood, OH and I'm not in the 💲💰🤑

I work for a very large, global manufacturing company at their research center

I have complex #ptsd and am officially handicap now and have an #ESA named Ellie

#nobridge

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RickiTarr, to random
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What is your dream road trip? Where would you start? Where would you end up? What stops would you make along the way? It can be short or long, whatever interests you!

Donatella,
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@GayDeceiver @RickiTarr

I went to Monterey last weekend but spent my time at Laguna Seca

I hadn't been there in over 30 years and I want to go back on a non-race weekend

The valet at the Marriott told me there's so much history in that area that few explore. In the summer they have a free shuttle to Canary Row!!

Donatella, to animals
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Hi everyone,

Ellie Mae crossed over the 🌈 bridge Monday evening. We were with her, her vet techs and her doctor. She was surrounded by love and will be missed by many

We are very sad but remember the joy she brought to so many people in the 3 years she was with us

#dogsofmastodon

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Donatella, to guitar
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“I can’t play like me. There are things I can’t do”: Mahogany Rush legend Frank Marino injured his finger while building pedals for his new company – and it’s affected the way he plays guitar https://www.guitarworld.com/news/frank-marino-pedal-injury

When I met Danny Marino of The Agonist I had no idea he was related to Frank!!

#musician #guitar #guitarist #guitarPedals

18+ RickiTarr, to random
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This looks like a horror movie.

Donatella,
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@RickiTarr

Why does Thor have a crown of thorns? Did he take them off that Persian guy? 😆

Donatella, to animals
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#today Ellie didn't have a great day 😕

But she got all excited about taking us out four 🍕 and 🍝!!!

Then we went for a walk and stroker time on the towpath

When we were packing up the car or waited yelled "We love Ellie!!" as she headed home from her shift ❤️

#dogsofmastodon

mekkaokereke, to random
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Honest question for white people that don't consider themselves racist:

White nationalists have been vocal about their attacks on DEI. These are literally the same people that talk about Charlottesville, Jan 6th, and ethnic cleansing.

They've laid out exactly how they plan to destroy DEI.

  1. Make false claims that DEI is about giving unqualified Black people an unfair advantage

  2. Work with racist politicians to use this as a pretext to make all DEI programs illegal.

1/n

Donatella,
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@Rhube @mekkaokereke

I'm a DE&I ambassador and a nene of the US board of our LGBTQIA ERG

Luckily, the company takes these things seriously and we still run into issues

I'm in Silly Valley and our CA execs think we are diverse even tho we recruit mostly from Stanford and some university in China that I can't recall the name right now and have a lot of European colleagues

But, out of 400 there are only 2 blacks and 4 Latin. We only bring in people at PhD level

🧵👇🏽

Donatella,
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@Rhube @mekkaokereke

So we leave out those without the means to obtain a PhD

There is a fledgling program in Oakland to get companies to forego this requirement to get people who may be just as talented but cannot afford to obtain the credentials

It's an uphill battle but we do have exec buy-in and HR support

melissabeartrix, to random
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There is this big bright burny thing in the sky ... What's happened

Hugz & xXx

Donatella,
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@melissabeartrix

Don't worry, it will disappear on April 8 around 15:13 US Eastern Time

for me anyway 😆

Donatella,
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@MishaVanMollusq @melissabeartrix

Solar eclipse. I'm in Cleveland so the sun will disappear for 3 minutes

cynblogger, to random
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Saturday, Mar 30

  1. Intermittent sunshine with blue sky & spectacular clouds. I think I must spend half my waking hours staring out the windows.

  2. Summoned the courage to politely decline an invitation for Easter dinner, which response was gracefully received.

  3. One of my email accounts burped and served up mail from 2009-2023. I’m not big on nostalgia, but notes from actual ghosts were fun & poignant to re-read.

Donatella,
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@cynblogger

Happy Easter from Ellie

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Offering this free through my subscription:

"McDaniel was offered a more lucrative contributor contract after she agreed to appear on MSNBC and not just NBC News"

https://wapo.st/3TyPTDi

I may write about the irony of all of this for my weekend blog post.

Donatella,
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@Teri_Kanefield

There are only a couple of shows I still watch on that channel

I think Nicole Wallace is decent at fact-based interviews. Alex Wagner seems to also be good at this as well

Substitute extraordinaire, Ali Velshi, is also good to watch

I used to enjoy Alicia Menendez show because she interviewed many Latin voices that I most likely would not have heard

But these are still interviews, not fact-based reporting

msquebanh, to random
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@Donatella A bright leopard's bane flower to cheer you up & help you with dealing with that nasty PTSD monster ❤️
I wish you, a better day, tomorrow 🙌💗

Donatella,
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@msquebanh

Thanks. That's a beautiful flower

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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Donatella,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat

As one who is involved in putting together the infrastructure for many of these items, I can vouch for their veracity

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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Donatella,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat

Truth

GottaLaff, to Arizona
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👏🏼#Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben #Gallego’s Senate bid is being backed by the Latino Victory Fund.

Latino Victory’s endorsement on Thursday morning comes as more national and Arizona Democrats have stepped firmly into Gallego’s camp

l https://thehill.com/latino/4530130-gallego-latino-victory-arizona-senate-sinema-lake/

Donatella,
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@GottaLaff

This is great news. I hope he succeeds

RickiTarr, to random
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Are you the person you always thought you would be?

Donatella,
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@RickiTarr

Partially. That's what happens when you're parents are a color-blind engineer and an artist

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Donatella, to conservative
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This is what I'm doing tonight at the Cleveland Natural History Museum

They are hosting 10 films from:

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival

#ALT4me

#conservation #rivers #climate #today

GottaLaff, to random
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Department of Education to investigate Nex Benedict's school district for discrimination

https://abcnews.go.com/US/department-education-investigate-nex-benedicts-school-district-discrimination/story?cid=social_twitter_abcn&id=107732851

Donatella,
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@GottaLaff

The death of Dex hit me hard. The 'othering' of people contributed to their death

Just like mine

Somehow I survived and prayed to God that what happened to me would not occur again

I am heartbroken 💔

And furious with the Christofascists

Daojoan, to random
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Capitalism is when your tax dollars pay to bail out the bank that foreclosed on your mortgage

Donatella,
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@Daojoan

Damn, Joan, that his close to me. It's the truth.

Throw in they don't indict anyone

Donatella, to random
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My seatmate snapped this for me. I think it's the Mesa Arch, Canyonlands

shawnhooper, to random
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Going to have to spend time now explaining to clients that their data in sites I've built them in WordPress is not being sold for AI.

The confusion between WordPress the open source project, and Automattic/WordPress.com continues.

Donatella,
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@shawnhooper since I'm finally getting around to writing my websites, is WordPress still the recommendation for the blogging/vlogging components or is there something better to use now???

RickiTarr, to random
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Type "Women are..." and/or "Men are..." and let predictive text finish the sentence.

Donatella,
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@RickiTarr Women are the advanced versions of all the beautiful people who want to be treated like a really nice person ❤️

18+ Donatella, to photography
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#today I remembered to take my requisite locker room #selfie at the office

The lighting in there is to die for

Seriously, I've been doing high-end #photography for decades and it's hard to find light this forgiving to old people 😆

#ptsd #IamAMess #nomakeup

Donatella,
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@msquebanh

I'm so professional looking hahaha

I also had a Teams call with the head of HR and had my camera on. She got a laugh at my shirt 😆

RickiTarr, to random
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I was exploring down a gravel road, and stopped to take a picture of this Donkey sitting in a field, but it got up, and decided it wanted pets, and then three dogs, small, medium, and large, also came running from across the road, to get pets too. They have a whole racket going on!

He starts to stand up
He's walking over!
The Donkey and one of the dogs having a chat, they are friends!

Donatella,
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@RickiTarr

😲 the donkey is so 😍 😊

mpirnat, (edited ) to random
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Inspired by a thing I saw on Reddit earlier today, I’m going to try listening to more complete albums this year. Maybe daily? We’ll see how it shakes out.

I’m starting off with the 2019 mix of Abbey Road by The Beatles: https://songwhip.com/the-beatles/abbey-road-2019-mix

1/366

Donatella,
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@mpirnat

They were awesome with Lacuna Coil in San José. I'm so glad I finally got to see them in person

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