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He/Him. Always a work in progress. Public school Procurement; Homegrown #UnitarianUniversalist; SF/F and MM Romance reader; Cats; Love #Erasure, #PetShopBoys, and various (non-Disney) musicals. This will be for both #Notary stuff and personal interest
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Per Kate Conger: "If you #Google "inauguration day," you're greeted with an animation of fireworks forming an American Flag. Google has never done something like this for the inauguration, sources told me, our of fear of appearing partisan. But that's changed now, with Sergey & Sundar attending."

Re: Trump's threats to criminally prosecute critics and networks that criticize him: on March 31, 1933, after taking power, the Nazi Government passed the Malicious Practices Act, making it a crime to speak out against the government, the party or its leaders, designating them "enemies of the state"

Congratulations! We are all within hours of surviving 2024 & ready to face the challenges of the decade that will be 2025.

A decent man is a rare thing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

So many of the themes in my most recent novel, THE GLASS BOX, have been showing up lately: the power elite working to discredit and discourage the protest movement, over-reacting with charges, declaring protestors de facto mentally ill, and the importance of resistance by even one person.

"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?" — Ursula K. Le Guin #quote #booksky #writing #literature #leguin #wisdom #novel #thelatheofheaven

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." Thomas Mann

Why do I feel truth in these two thoughts:

Yeeeeeaaah, the doomerism thing is real bullshit. As a nation we were collectively stupid enough to let him get back into a seat of power, but it's now our responsibility to collectively put as many goddamn tacks onto that seat as we possibly can. Make Power Fucking Painful is the mantra for 2025.

@strictscrutiny.bsky.social: Have enjoyed listening for some time...don't know exactly. Will hang on as long as my nerves will allow.

Just reached the 210,000 follower milestone. Thank you! To celebrate the occasion, and every one of you, I've made a donation to Undue Medical Debt (formerly known as RIP Medical Debt), which buys medical debt for cheap and then wipes out that debt for the people who owe it. unduemedicaldebt.org

No matter how demoralized we are in today's America, I'll always have this selfie of me meeting Jane Goodall.

With Babylon 5 returning to Prime Video tomorrow I thought I'd alert those fans, and fans of Sense8, there are discussion threads on my Patreon page for both shows, and coming soon, exclusive behind the scenes material, photos and scripts. patreon.com/thejoepage

#Positivity doesn't need to be saccharine #platitudes...

Glad to have found @scalzi.com here!!

Yes. The "don't engage, just block" philosophy is tied into Bluesky's DNA at this point, but a) it works everywhere, not just here, b) as an online philosophy it dates all the way back to USENET at least, where "don't feed the trolls" and "*plonk*" were signal catchphrases. What's old is new again.

Will be receiving the 4% increase negotiated by my Union...back paid to July 2024. Windfall or no? At least it is at Christmas Time.

Wisdom from #Babylon5

The closest known black hole to Earth is just 1,560 light-years away.

Greetings and hallucinations!