I’ve followed @AbandonedAmerica’s photography for some time, but only just now listened to the podcast. I really liked the one on Gary, Indiana: https://anchor.fm/abandonedamerica I’m glad I support him on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/AbandonedAmerica/posts).

The author is a mensch, a good guy.

Well, it's Groundhog Day, again.*

“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”

* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science

“If current trends continue, women & men will be equally represented in the field of biology in 2069. In physics, math & engineering, women should not expect to reach parity for more than a century.“

“The data show that women are systematically denied the chief currencies of scientific credit: publications & citations.”

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674919297&fbclid=IwAR1n_I15VP9IWil1uOoFjUwcxvrm_k9tKfxaAQExVUeaL7kYVGsB4b1zC9w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ #women #science #books

One of our favorite #Mastodon introduction posts, from @fields:

"Mastodon is similar to Twitter in a lot of ways, but with some critical differences. I assume that you already know how Twitter works — this is an intro to how to think about some of the things that are different, and some things you might want to do right away to make your life easier."

https://fields.medium.com/a-brief-introduction-to-mastodon-587f36b6ba20

This week, a bailiff stopped me and acted as though I was in the wrong place as I walked through a portion of the courthouse that is restricted to attorneys and judges.

I'm an attorney. I was wearing a suit and conducting myself just like every other attorney in that area.

This is not the first time that has happened. I can think of several other instances in various counties where courthouse security has assumed that my black skin means I must not be an attorney.

I'm tired of it.

#racism

#Sunset tonight was so far beyond spectacular I don't even have words. I often stand and look at these colors--which are often 360* around the horizon--and can't quite figure out how they can be real. Yet here they are, present every night, different every night. Almost 8 months of watching, now, and it still boggles my brain.

#Arizona #ChiricahuaMountains

A man shot & killed a 13-year-old Black child named Karon Blake in Washington, DC—claiming he thought Karon was breaking into a car.😳 Police confirm Karon was unarmed.

Police have not yet ID’d or charged the shooter. Karon is the 426th person killed by gun violence in 2023.😓

"Her"

For fifty years, I looked in the mirror
And saw me.
I didn't think much of it.

Then one day, I realized I wasn't seeing me
And I thought a lot about it.

I made some choices, and some changes
And in time, I looked in the mirror
And saw "her".
And it was beautiful.

I kept going
And every time I saw "her"
I smiled and knew it was good.

Then one day, I realized I wasn't seeing "her".
I was seeing "me".
And I cried with joy.

#transgender