LaceyLou

I can't wait to see my first case of lockjaw in person. I've only seen it on television. 🤨

QFT.

Is anybody following Leopards ate my face on bluesky? I can't decided if it's funny, sad, or infuriating.

The latest COVID shot I got definitely made my arm sore for the next couple of days. That was back in July so maybe it's not the same one? A lot of times, I have a sore arm from the flu vaccine but this year I didn't, just the tired feeling others are having. I'd say get them both on the same day, but make sure you don't have to be anywhere for a day or tow-just in case. I once made the mistake of getting a tetanus shot and a shingles shot on the same day, though, so just about anything else seems mild to me.

There are already people who have relatives here illegally, who are realizing that those relatives won't be exempt just because 'they're here to work, not commit crimes.' And there will be more of them later. What's even worse? Some of them did interviews on why they voted for T, and told about these relatives. Nice job-you just outed the people you claim to love.

Wow, I thought I lost this two decades ago.... my guess is this is about 40 years old.

A lot of people tried to tell them, but they wouldn't listen-and it's hard to believe they weren't aware of the positions of his supporters, who have been anti-Muslim for decades.

That's why I do with my family members. With others I may just interact with them in the fitness group. It's odd how none of them acted hateful until Drumpf entered the political arena-before that we just disagreed on many issues. I guess it's possible the ugliness was there before....

And now comes the To unfriend, or not to unfriend portion of my personal history. A person I originally met in a fitness group is now posting tweets by Mush telling those of us who don't like the outcome of this election to just stop paying attention to the news, so that all we'll see is lower prices, lower crime, more jobs, etc. Don't even get me started on my Drumpf loving cousins.....

Perhaps he should be called Apartheid Elon?

I'm more than a little grateful that Obama was President when that man came to the US who had Ebola. ETA: And it's even worse than banning vaccines, he also wants to freeze research on infectious disease for the next 8 years.

Does anybody else remember footage from an early cabinet meeting in 2016, in which they all went around in a circle heaping praise on Drumpf? That was sickening enough-I really hope I don't accidentally see any footage of how they act this time.

I should warn you that I follow a lot of pedestrian safety/public transit oriented people (or will be if I can find everyone I followed on twitter) which may not be everyone's cup of tea. But my handle is: @epl-type7greenline.bsky.social

True. I can't decide if it would be pitiful or amusing. Of course, literally none of this should be amusing so there's that.

How long before those two egomaniacs (namely Mush and Drumpf) are at war with each other? Should I keep the popcorn handy?

We must make sure money gets to the truly needy, after all.

The Alt-National Park Service page, which was put onto FB after Drumpf part I gutted the department, is now active again. My guess is the Alt-EPA page will be up soon as well.

Today was my first day back at work after a 2 month leave.... and I am not used to being there to the point I can guess how a zombie might feel.

While I don't know if this is something that can be accomplished in a few years, there are those who would like to eliminate public education entirely.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but he seems like the type of person who swoops into companies just to get their products, and has little or no understanding of how to build a line of products from beginning to end.

IIRC, there were some last time who also assumed this, and were surprised when they found that they and/or close family members ended up targeted. I'm sure most of us know at least one person who will scornfully point out that they 'already committed a crime' by being here illegally in the first place. Most people with this view won't listen to the point that asking for asylum isn't illegal, or that many undocumented immigrants pay a lot in taxes but don't get benefits in return. On another note... are the people in articles like this using assumed names? Because if they don't it sure feels like they just put a target on themselves and their family members.

Worse than DJT? That's actually impressive.

There's also a way you can block a lot of MAGA bots on Bluesky, if you're so inclined. I used some of the starter packs for transit and local news. Twitter used to be a great place to find people involved in housing, transit, and city planning in general-hopefully I can find some of the same people again.

To whoever alerted me to the starter packs on Bluesky, THANK YOU. For months 99% of my feed was MBTA alerts about routes I didn't even know existed, and now I have an actual feed with actual topics.

When setting my thermostat, I'm trying to figure out the right set point-I don't want to waste energy but I don't want to freeze either. At least this one is easy to program.