I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 13 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle so hard to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

I learned today that 5 of my books are among the more than 1600 books banned in some schools right now.

https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

For more information
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Little Accordion Player, Paris, 1900
Photographed by Henri Manuel ( 1874-1947 )

#Accordion #Photography

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@bbcnews would you use Cancer, HIV, Polio in a headline or any other disease or condition like this ?

Please do not trivialise #LongCovid.
#LongCovidKids #longcovidawareness

Love to see how mad the Onion is here. More folks should be this mad about this.

If you want a really solid critique, it's actually here too. They put their *all* into this piece and while it's sarcastic as usual, it really does cover *so many* aspects of how horrible the current trend of "news" in this space has been.

Go read it:
https://www.theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997

I am begging more people to understand that legal bans on drag are just an easier way to pass laws make being trans/GNC* in public illegal.

The claim that these laws are meant to "ban drag to protect children" is intended to hide the fact that they actually make "cross dressing" in public (aka "anywhere people under 18 could be") illegal.

That means if your ID says M and you are in a dress doing your grocery shopping you can be arrested. If your ID says F and you are wearing men's pants and a button down at your doctor's office you can be arrested.

This is not careless wording, it is a very pointed and purposeful way to get these laws passed before most people understanding their true intent and how they will be used.

They know people are less likely to oppose or work to stop a law that is "banning drag to protect children" from passing than a law "banning trans people from existing anywhere in public". They know that LGBTQIA+ people and our allies will not give as much time/energy to fighting what they think is a "ban on drag" than a "ban on trans people" because the level of importance and impact will seem lower.

They also want to stop drag and will use it to limit drag performances too, but the main targets/intent once these laws are passed is to use it against trans/GNC people so we literally cannot legally exist in any public space.

Their goal is to terrorize trans people out of existence, push us back into (or keep us from coming out of) the closet, and throw any of us who try to continue to exist in jail. Tennessee is now the first to pass one of these laws, but MANY states in the US have laws already being advanced that move them towards this goal.

It. Is. Not. About. Drag.

*GNC people like cis butches are also not the main target of these laws but will most likely be impacted more than drag performances will

#Transphobia #TransRights #Queerphobia

Hi folks,

Here's the #Canadian #COVID19 forecast for Feb 19-25 from COVID-19 Resources Canada.

Regions included:
#Newfoundland
#PrinceEdwardIsland
#NovaScotia
#NewBrunswick
#Quebec
#Ontario
#Manitoba
#Saskatchewan
#Alberta
#BritishColumbia
#Nunavut
#NorthwestTerritories
#Yukon

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1627689628923822083.html

Cached version of @TO_Resident ’s thread is still available. This is the informative “truth to power” thread on the birdsite, covering Doug Ford’s stag-and-dough fundraiser. Past time to go back to the Integrity Commissioner for an investigation.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4fBJ9Sc_RMcJ:https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1625935735562899464.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=avast-a-1

Soils are not only home to more than 25% of the Earth’s #biodiversity 🌎 but also help with:

📌Carbon sequestration
📌#ClimateChange mitigation
📌 Food production

Check this infographic by @FAO & discover the potential of #soils in tackling environmental crises⬇️