John M Kelly
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Grew up in Cupertino before Apple, lived in Berkeley, now retired in South Puget Sound. Pronouns he/him.
Joined Oct 2022
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Yeah. Fuck guns. Your "right to bear arms" for whatever reason doesn't trump my right to go to work and wonder if the motherfucker I kick out today won't come back with a fucking AR-15 to kill everyone.
And yes, as a public librarian, I worry about this every fucking day.
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Take the time to read this thread and pass it on. Non-competes are flat out evil.
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A million register democrats in Texas have been kicked off the roles. To check if you’re still registered, go to this website. To re-register, just update your information:
https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/
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Racial #History
On this dayAug 31, 1966
Alabama Senate Passes Law to Forbid School Desegregation
On August 31, 1966, in an ongoing battle with federal agencies and the U.S. Supreme Court, the Alabama Senate passed a law that made it illegal for public schools in the state to enter into desegregation plans with federal officials.
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"Just before press time, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would abandon his unlikely third-party bid for president and endorse Trump, ending a dilemma for voters torn between their love of deportation camps and their love of measles."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-speech-dnc-rfkjr-freedom-democrats/
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I am reminding you to visit http://www.IWillVote.com to check your voter registration status, get updated information on your precinct, or find the number for the voter protection hotline!
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Brewery responds to anti-drag bomb threat by releasing “Big Gay Beer”
#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/brewery-responds-to-anti-drag-bomb-threat-by-releasing-big-gay-beer/
TIL that ivermectin is a good, accepted, on-label treatment for head lice. Kills the nits too.
Funny how the tradename has become a partisan flag. Also funny how TFG's social media site promotes it for COVID and even cancer, but not for head lice, where its efficacy is proven and significant -- it's easy to kill the adult lice, but the nits are another story.
I'm going to try to remember to hashtag my political stuff, but (1) I've never believed it's healthy or realistic to pretend politics isn't part of life -- it's how we figure out how to *live* with each other, for Pete's sake -- and (2) until November 5 it'll be on my mind a lot. It's not every year you get to watch your country choose between democracy and fascism.
So if you really don't want to see politics, you'd probably better mute me till November 5 (at least!).
I normally leave TFG's family alone, but want to point out that he comes from a long line of draft dodgers:
After completing his apprenticeship, [Frederick] Trump ... discovered there was not enough business to earn a living. He was also approaching the age of eligibility for conscription .... He quickly decided to immigrate to the US, later saying, "I agreed with my mother that I should go to America." Years later, his family members said that he departed secretly....
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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest
“I will not apologize for sharing publicly available information about library access with my students,” the former teacher posted on X. “My livelihood will never be as important as someone’s life or right to read what they want.”
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-teacher-banned-books-2615726cd3e3eb7b04614ea969250f0e
Mad props to Olympia musician Alex Sturbaum for coming up with this song, which states my feelings better than I can.
https://youtu.be/9YRJw1cnw-M
Saying goodbye to an old T-shirt (yeah I know it's silly). This rag was from the first year I did the AIDS/LifeCycle Ride -- a pivotal year for me. The community I found there, where the only real rule was to support and find joy in each other, has been my ideal, my benchmark, for community ever since.
How to Be Truly Free: Lessons From a Philosopher President https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/world/americas/pepe-mujica-uruguay-president.html
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Oh my word. Donald just posted "WHERE'S HUNTER?!".
His mind is Swiss cheese.
DNC 2023 is like a multiethnic LGBTQ+ remake of the Waltons.
Eva Longoria with a bilingual pun, "She se puede!"
John M Kelly
- Location
- Unceded St'ehChass land
- Voice
- Utility Baritone
- Scale
- Tempered a piacere
- Middle Finger
- Moist
Grew up in Cupertino before Apple, lived in Berkeley, now retired in South Puget Sound. Pronouns he/him.
Joined Oct 2022