Kevin McLeod

@DeafScribe
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Book Junkie. Writer. Armchair philosopher.
#DeafMastodon

Mastodon News Sources

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“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”

- Burke

“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

Liberal churches create support systems. Conservative churches create control systems.
As more deaf folks join Mastodon, I suggest adding #DeafMastodon to profiles and/or posts as a means of finding each other.
@drcdiva Most deaf children are born to hearing parents who do not learn to sign. This linguistic isolation during a key developmental period for language acquisition has long-term consequences.
@[email protected] @DismalShadow By far, the majority of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and most hearing parents do not learn to sign. Thus linguistic deprivation begins at home. Cochlear implants are increasingly the intervention of choice, but exposure to both signed and spoken language results in better outcomes.
Nearly a quarter of U.S. electrical generation is now sustainably sourced.
https://electrek.co/2022/11/28/renewables-outproduced-coal-by-15-5-in-the-us-during-first-3-quarters-of-2022/
Renewables outproduced coal by 15.5% in the US during first 3 quarters of 2022

Renewable energy also provided almost 23% of electrical generation in the US during the first three quarters of 2022.

Electrek

A mesmerizing timelapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over the course of a month.

Credit: NASA/SDO
#sun #nasa #space #astronomy

An #introduction.

Dual #citizen of the U.S. and Canada. Active in #socialmedia since the BBS era. Book archivist (it's not hoarding if it's books). #Coffee addict and #catservant, published #writer and #editor. Interested in #publicpolicy, #ClimateScience, #astronomy, #SpaceExploration, #sociology, #history, #evolution, #cycling, #activetravel and #humanrights.

#Government major in the DMV seeking new work opportunities.

The week before Thanksgiving Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, Facebook fires 11K workers, and Disney plans thousands of layoffs—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳

A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers.

Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.