Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

My Grandmother's Hands by #somaticabolitionist Resmaa Menakem was recommended to me by the nicest white lady who wanted to do a book study on it with Black people. When I asked her why she didn't want to do one with her closer community, she teared up and said she couldn't.

Understanding this share is why Menakem's book on embodied racism is important. I know I could give a richer summary, but Google needs to earn its keep.

***Proverbs 4:7***

#BlackFriday
#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter

I'm usually hesitant to share too much about my son, Ripley, or his situation but our situation (US, WV/OH) changed last week. Ripley is about 18 months old and we've known since he was born that he would need a #KidneyTransplant once he was big enough. Until last week, our plan was for him to get one of mine. Unfortunately, I was disqualified, so we're on the hunt for a kidney! If you or someone you know would have any interest in being screened, you can visit https://ripley.love (1/2)

Oh, man. This comic — from 1993 — could NOT be more relevant today. As usual, Bill Watterson hits it out of the park.

#Banks #Banking #Bailout #AntiCapitalism

The more expensive and stylish the kitchen, the less well-adapted it is for cooking. https://www.thebulwark.com/the-mortuary-chic-of-todays-aspirational-kitchen/

I was a bartender for many yrs before I started working in advertising. I still hate St. Patrick's Day. I think I always will. This yr, it falls on Friday, which is exponentially worse. Let's have a moment of silence for all the #bartenders across the land (& across the water, too). The rest of you, tip well, tip often, keep your stomach contents to yourself, & pls try to restrain yourself from asking strangers if they have any Irish in them. #AMEN #StPatricksDay #DailyGiggle

Got myself a new camera to play with today. Stepped into the garden, in between rain showers, to test it and this little fella virtually landed on my foot, begging to have his portrait taken 😏

##DailyPhoto #GardenBirds #BirdPhotography #Robin

I just used white out to correct a note on a physical piece of paper. Am I a time traveler? What year is this??

The patriarchy is the reason you know the names Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, but you've never even once heard the name Evelyn Berezin.

Instead of moaning that things aren't as good as they used to be, celebrate how amazing right now is compared to the shit show well be experiencing in our future.

The International Criminal Court has issued the first official arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes. Specifically for kidnapping tens of thousands of Ukrainian children.

Anyone who sympathizes or is soft on Putin's heinous invasion is officially now in bed with a wanted war criminal.

Peacock.

My hobbies are birds and photography, so this quilt is an appropriate toot for me.

This is another of my wife's quilts. I personally like it better than the first that I posted today. I can tell this was harder to do, plus it has a bird; finally, it has a lot of blue which is my favorite color.

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #quilt #quilting #sewing

YouTube announced today that it’s unbanning Trump from their platform, ensuring they remain the market leader in radicalizing and recruiting for the far-right

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

#MST3K #MysteryScienceTheater3000 #StPatricksDay #Irish #Ireland

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a measure to ban gender-affirming care for trans children

Kentucky ranked as one of the worst places to live in the United States:

44th and healthcare
48th in fiscal stability
Consistently in the bottom 10 for education

Number 2 in the nation for domestic violence

But your problem is trans children? Republicans are nothing but evil.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

#Twitter has "permanently suspended" a 165-year-old newspaper in #Iowa for unknown reasons. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2023/03/16/twitter-elon-musk-mason-city-globe-gazette-banned-not-clear-why/70016392007/

“Trump Media executives worried over murky $8m loans, emails reveal

Exclusive: financing with suspected Russian ties came at a critical time as company was running out of cash after a planned merger”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/17/trump-media-executives-worried-over-murky-8m-loan

Should we also consider providing examples of what we really don’t want out of Te Ara Paerangi? Cause this would be an absolute nightmare
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RT @gulayturkmen
A suicidal move from German academia👇🏼Rather than increasing the # of exceptionally few TT positions this “reform” proposes to limit postdoc periods up to 3 years, after which postdocs will either have to find a permanent position (that are almost non-existent) or leave academia…
https://twitter.com/gulayturkmen/status/1636797257537159195

For today's #FollowFriday we recommend curators: people with a knack for finding the best content.

@mariapopova — "Curator of interestingness" & creator of Brain Pickings.

@Sheril — Curator of stories of diverse trailblazers in science & the arts. Host of PBS Serving Up Science.

@miaq — Curator of creators & maker of "The Art of Curation" podcast

@KaSaPo — Travel photographer who boosts other photographers.

@janettespeyer — Curator of travel, food, art & history stories.

#curation

"Stop overusing the word Nazi"

No, you stop facilitating Nazism by pretending it's a phenomenon unique to 1930s Germany.

When you say shit like that you are downplaying the monstrous actions of Christofascists who are in power and copying directly from the Nazi playbook as we speak. You're basically saying "well sure they're bad but not as bad as Nazis."

That's you giving yourself an excuse to do nothing. That's you letting Nazism fly under the radar because "it can't happen here."

It is happening. And if you're waiting for people to be put in literal gas chambers before you are willing to call it what it is, you're gonna be way too late to stop it.