tc_morekindness

GottaLaff, 17 days ago to random

Via Kyle Griffin:

Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Radcliffe Institute: "There are days that I've come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried. … There have been those days. And there are likely to be more." #SCOTUS

Green_Footballs, 6 months ago to random

“I’ll tell you a secret since media is not here,” he said. God revealed to Johnson that he would be a Moses-like figure leading the GOP and the country through a “Red Sea moment.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-speaker-mike-johnson-moses-speech-rcna128126

cindyweinstein, 6 months ago to languagelearning

Essential reading re: #Trump, his evisceration of #language, why we see the same #media people who are perpetually shocked (but shouldn't be) by #fascism, which then gets normalized. It's difficult to choose an excerpt to introduce the piece b/c it's all so important and chilling but the piece ends with this: "If you have transgender kids, or you're transgender yourself, you've got to try to leave the country if Trump and the fascists win."
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/11/jason-stanley-on-undermining-propaganda-with-fascism-trump-is-robbing-democracy-of-any-meaning/

#JasonStanley
@GottaLaff

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

Alright, after all this talk of ketchup/catsup, I need to know:

What are the Top 5 Condiments you have to have in your kitchen?

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to ireland

"Between 1845 and 1852, the potato crop in Ireland failed and caused what became known as the Great Famine...

"In 1847, during the height of the famine, the Native American Choctaw Nation raised $170, which is the equivalent of around $5,000 today. The money helped to supply food to the starving Irish...

"In the small town of Midleton in County Cork, Ireland, there’s a sculpture that commemorates the Choctaw Nation’s contribution titled Kindred Spirits...

"It looks extra beautiful at night and is lit by rainbow-colored lights."

https://mymodernmet.com/kindred-spirits-sculpture/

#Ireland
#GreatFamine
#PotatoFamine
#Choctaw
#ChoctawNation
#NativeAmerican
#KindredSpirits
#sculpture

https://mymodernmet.com/kindred-spirits-sculpture/

RickiTarr, 4 months ago to random

Share your cute adorable face, or don't, just be a lurker!

This my face in the sun, and my poofy hair and my eyes looking at you

RickiTarr, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

I saw this while browsing an antique shop the other day, and it made me laugh!

Share something that made you laugh, and let's pretend it's not almost Monday again.

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to random

From Salon:

"In attempt to raise public awareness, Dr. Gartner has created a new petition at Change.org.: “We diagnose Trump with probable dementia: A petition for licensed professionals only.”

"At the time of this writing, hundreds of verified mental health and other medical professionals have signed the petition. This group includes some of the leading experts in their respective disciplines. Some of these signers have also offered detailed comments about what they have concluded, based on the obvious evidence, is Donald Trump’s increasing cognitive difficulties, and why he is therefore unfit for office..."

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/14/experts-are-desperate-to-warn-the-public-hundreds-sign-dr-john-gartners-dementia-petition/

#Trump #TrumpDementia

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to Cartoons

#cartoons

tc_morekindness, 11 days ago to USpolitics

This trial exposed how much David Pecker helped Trump by constantly putting fake negative news about his opponents on every grocery store aisle in America. Pecker freely admitted it. I wonder if that exposure has done anything to change the minds of people who believed those stories. Or whether these people might view future tabloid headlines with a more skeptical eye. Probably not.

#USPolitics #USPol #FakeNews #Propaganda

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

For those interested, as I am, in the monitoring of covid virus particles in wastewater... NC has reached a crazy new high for that particular stat. The trend line went vertical over the past few weeks. The previous high was Jan 2022 (Omicron surge?).

I'm attaching a graph from the NC DHHS website, plus another graph, created by an individual who used NCDHHS data.

#covid
#wastewater
#NC

[title of chart] Wastewater Monitoring COVID-19 Virus particles per person average [caption] For the week ending January 3, North Carolina set a new all-time record high of COVID-19 particles detected in wastewater per person average. Chart: Jason deBruyn + Source: NC DHHS + Created with Datawrapper The x-axis starts at Jan 2021 and ends at Jan 2024. The y-axis goes from 0 to 120M, in increments of 10M. The data are shown as a line, which fluctuates largely between 0 and 30M, with 3 higher spikes. Before Jan 2024, the highest (very sharp) spike was Jan 2022, peaking ~106M. The next higher spike was ~56M in Jan 2023. For the past month, the line is basically vertical, going from <20M around Dec 1 to >120M for the last data point in Jan 2024.

tc_morekindness, 8 months ago to random

This.

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, savor you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow."
-Mary Jean Irion

I've been journaling #3GoodThings for a few days, and last night I felt slightly troubled that I couldn't think of any "standout" good things. But maybe that's because my normal life is so good. It's a wonderful, miraculous thing that I can spend time doing all kinds of stuff online or using a spreadsheet or eating ordinary delicious food, like an apple.

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to random

As Dave Wasserman would say, I've seen enough.

I need a break. Today has been unbelievably frustrating on this platform, so I'll post news if it breaks, but that's about it.

People, READ THE WORDS IN MY POSTS before commenting.

Please.

Good night.

tc_morekindness, 7 months ago to random

"The new North Carolina maps are even worse than many feared, pursuing partisan advantage with greater audacity and precision than any gerrymander in recent history...

"This almost certainly makes North Carolina the most gerrymandered state in the country, at least on the basis of partisan proportionality. The popular Dave’s Redistricting website assigns the congressional map a proportionality score of zero out of 100 (yes, zero!). To put this number in perspective, Wisconsin and Illinois — two other leading contenders for the partisan gerrymandering crown — earn proportionality scores of 40 and 44, respectively."

"Republicans are heavily favored to retain their legislative “supermajorities” in both chambers — even, in some scenarios, if Democrats win a majority of the statewide vote."

#AbolishGerrymandering #EndGerrymandering
#Gerrymandering
#NCPolitics

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-future-of-partisan-gerrymandering-in-north-carolina/

tc_morekindness, 6 months ago to teamheardle

@teamheardle @skullvalanche
@Rasta

Thinking about Cat Stevens, I remembered that there was some controversy years ago, after he converted to Islam (and changed his name to Yusuf Islam) -- I was curious about that, esp given what's going on right now, and so I googled...

Per Wikipedia: "The Israeli government had deported Islam in 2000 over allegations that he provided funding to the Palestinian organisation Hamas,[104] but he denied doing so knowingly.[105] Islam stated "I have never knowingly supported or given money to Hamas".[106] "At the time I was reported to have done it, I didn't know such a group existed. Some people give a political interpretation to charity. We were horrified at how people were suffering in the Holy Land.""

He has also been involved for decades with charitable work focused largely, though not exclusively, on the Middle East. "In January 2009, Yusuf released a single in aid of children in Gaza." He founded a charity Small Kindness that has the mission "to help the most vulnerable victims of war and conflict, such as orphans, widows, and young girls." He has won a number of humanitarian awards.

Last interesting bit: He and Carly Simon were romantically involved in the early 70s, and her songs "Legend in Your Own Time" and "Anticipation" were written for and about him. Just a couple of days ago, I was listening to Carly Simon and thinking about what a great songwriter she is. I had no idea that she and Cat Stevens were an item.

tc_morekindness, 1 month ago to random

#MusicWomenWednesday

I heard a Pretenders song on the radio this afternoon (not this one I'm linking to). I was so in love with this band back in the day...

#MessageOfLove
#ThePretenders
#ChrissieHynde

https://song.link/ncmthbvz4tfsc

tc_morekindness, 8 months ago to random

#3GoodThings
#3GoodThingsToday

Hmm, it wasn't a bad day at all, but nothing particularly good comes to mind. Oh I just thought of one.

1. I got 3 new (2-cup) glass food storage containers with lids. I have several others, but only one that size and I use it a lot -- and its lid has cracked.

2. I heard a couple of good songs on the radio that rocked and were kinda clever.

3. I'm reading a book that I'm enjoying, though there are some slight bittersweet aspects.

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

Interesting theme for #TuneTuesday. The theme is #MoreRadioMusicDJ - songs about the radio and DJs.

Several songs came to mind, but this one is from a favorite album, which I haven't listened to in a while.

#TheNightfly
#DonaldFagen

Thanks to @Kitty for coordinating TT and to @satsuma for this theme!

https://songwhip.com/donald-fagen/thenightfly

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

Interesting. This is in "Scientific Reports," a journal published by Nature Portfolio, which publishes a number of research journals, including "Nature." This journal does not have the same standards and prestige as the journal "Nature," but it is peer-reviewed.

"The migration of Twitter users to Mastodon following Elon Musk’s acquisition presents a unique opportunity to study collective behavior... We analyzed the social network and the public conversations of about 75,000 migrated users...

Communities in which the influence process unfolded more rapidly exhibit... more emphasis on shared identity and exchange of factual knowledge in the community discussion." [emphasis mine]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48200-7

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

Etiquette question. I had a handyman at my house yesterday fixing some things, and he couldn't seem to stop coughing. I should have asked him to put on a mask, but I was wearing a mask and I stayed pretty far away from him. Would it have been impolite to ask him if he had covid? I also felt bad for him because it was cold outside, and I don't think he should have been out there working with that cough. Thoughts?

#covid
#etiquette

tc_morekindness, 7 months ago to random

#Voting #VotingRights #WhenWeAllVote #Elections

tc_morekindness, 8 months ago to random

#3GoodThings
#3GoodThingsToday

1. I made an appt to get my new covid shot Wed.

2. I bought a gift for a 3-yr-old child that I think/hope he'll like.

3. My breakfast of fried eggs w peppers & onions was really good (I don't make it that often). And it's pleasing to fry eggs in the smallish cast iron skillet that was my mother's.

tc_morekindness, 6 months ago to HashtagGames

Naked Lunchbox

#BlueCollarAMovie
#HashTagGames

tc_morekindness, 24 days ago to random

You're welcome.

These Rescue Dogs Have Been Trained to Drive a Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgC3T3lwEk

anathema_device, 3 months ago to random

Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Skum wins war against third-party services | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/twitter-front-end-nitter-dies-as-musk-wins-war-against-third-party-services/