Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org

With the holidays comes family time. And with family time comes the inevitable conversations about politics.

If you find yourself stuck talking politics at the dinner table with your Uncle Joe, equip yourself with the facts about elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/debunking-election-myths-this-thanksgiving/

It honestly still blows my mind today that Santa isn’t Asian. I remember seeing him during in the internment camps, and dude was def Japanese.

For more of my story, catch me live and on stage in London Jan-Apr in Allegiance:
https://AllegianceMusical.com

Merry Christmas to all of #qoto - still my favorite local timeline merry Christmas to @freemo still my favorite pachyderm admin merry Christmas to whomever sees it and happy Hanukkah for folks that celebrate it (like we do here!) and happy holidays to everyone that’s working front line jobs and happy holidays to those that aren’t working front line jobs but have to work these days anyway ❤️

Just a reminder, Rudolph was the only one to fly on their first try. He excelled. He was judged (harshly) because he was different. Even by Santa. They tried to make him mask his differences.

Only until proven uniquely useful was he accepted.

Now you know how autistic people feel.

#autism #Christmas #Rudolph

Today on Autcraft, we had over 70 players on, gathered together at the Christmas Tree at spawn, all nestled in their bed. Each had a copy of a book in their hands which had the poem, Twas The Night Before Christmas.

The server recited the poem into the chat for all to read along with.

It was so quiet!! Here were 70 autistic children and adults and family members all gathered together in near total silence, reading along together for Christmas Eve. Several times staff members remarked how incredible it was that everyone was just sitting there, not messaging anyone, not saying in the chat... just reading!

It was an incredible moment to share with so many and I really appreciate everyone who came out to share in that timeless classic with us.
#autism #Minecraft #Christmas

Good morning to readers, hello from Ukraine.

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, but today on Christmas Eve, the air sirens sounded in the city.

No explosions in the capital reported, but it's a spooky scene.

Latest news is there was a big explosion in market in Kherson.

Just a reminder, there are tons of servers on the fediverse with quote toot feature, and they all follow the same standard. QOTO is a mastodon instance with Quote toots for example. Fedibird is also a very large server that is mastodon based that has the feature. All Misskey servers also have the feature.

Question for those who say prosecuting a former president sets a dangerous precedent: Isn’t it more dangerous to set a precedent that a former president will never face accountability for breaking the law and inciting an insurrection?

Josh Hawley: “I didn’t go to the Zelensky speech because I didn’t want to be part of the photo op”

This is the SAME EXACT dude who rose his fist in solidarity with Trump’s thugs for a photo op

The nerve on this chickenshit traitor 🤦🏻‍♀️

when you stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back at you because the abyss has to poop

I had no idea Moose could even hold swords.

#Canada

A lady told me “watch out for that automatic hand sanitizer dispenser, it will squirt everywhere as soon as you get close to it” and I said “reminds me of my high school boyfriend” and she laughed but little did she know I did not have a boyfriend in high school and it was a joke built on lies

From 1/17/2022

Here’s what I’ve noticed lately: More and more people are saying “we need to learn to live with the virus” and what they actually mean is “we no longer intend to live as if the virus were a present reality, and we’re fine if somebody else needs to learn to live—or die—with that decision.”

https://armoxon.substack.com/p/america-returns-to-brunch

After reading Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony, it's hard not to conclude that Mark Meadows is in deep legal doodoo. I know that's not a legal term, but it's apt.

The question is, with so much exposure, will Meadows flip on Trump? Perhaps he has already. We haven't heard much from him at all for some time now.

Low temps again. Talks of “are winter extremes getting colder with global warming?”
Time to pull out ye olde XKCD explainer.
I believe this is called creeping normality or landscape amnesia - when you either forget or are to young to remember the old “normal”.

https://xkcd.com/1321/