PeterWyrm

PeterWyrm, 9 months ago to auspol

I went to a local market today to support the Yes23 campaign for the referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament. I handed out some brochures and chatted to some people. About 95% of the interactions weren’t rude.

Note: The Voice provides permanent representation and recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution. (Indigenous people were not mentioned in the Australian constitution.)

#AusPol #Voice #Yes23

petersuber, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

How about this? If #Republicans don't like the way we treat ordinary #criminal #defendants, what if we worked together to improve the way we treat ordinary criminal defendants? Wouldn't that be better than giving special treatment to wealthy, powerful defendants (the ones Rs call elites)?

#USPolitics

IainMac9, 10 months ago to random

Georgia Officer Was Called To Remove A Black Child Looking For Lawn Work. He Had A Much Better Idea.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/6/2184936/-Georgia-Officer-Was-Called-To-Remove-A-Black-Child-Looking-For-Lawn-Work-He-Had-A-Much-Better-Idea

PeterWyrm, 10 months ago to random

I’m planning to buy an electric shaver. Any advice, specific or general? Features one needs or things to avoid?

PeterWyrm, 10 months ago to random

There’s always a kinder choice.

PeterWyrm, 10 months ago to accessibility

@PleaseCaption I thoroughly recommend following this bot if you support accessibility but (like me) you sometimes forget to add alternative text to images. The bot has politely reminded me twice in the last few days. Thank-you! #accessibility #AltText

billzismyname, 10 months ago to random

Here’s #ThrowbackThurday to…a few weeks ago? 😂😂

Furball, 1 year ago to random

Not ONE (1) person wished me a happy flag day today.

jwildeboer, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

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riversidebryan, 1 year ago to random

#ComingOutStories

It is important for coming out stories, and LGBTQIA+ History to be told. I am reposting this from my previous instance, not for sympathy, but so others know what my generation endured, so others will know they aren't alone, and to bring light to situations not all that different, 40+ years later.

My Coming Out Story

Up until late last year, I had only told a few people my coming out story. I now understand how important it is to share our experiences. Anyone reading these will realize they aren’t alone.

I’ve always been smaller than others my age. Add red hair, freckles and glasses, I was a bully’s favorite target.

My bullying was extreme, often physical and much more than unkind teasing or simply being stuffed in a locker.

My home life was equally troubled. My father was abusive to my mother and us kids. There was no support system for me at such a young age. Seeking help from adults always made retaliation even worse.

Early on, I sensed I was different. Clearly my classmates did as well.

My freshman year of high school some football players grabbed me, took me into a bathroom, and beat me to the point an ambulance was needed.

Their excuse was “he’s a faggot.”

My family home was on a hill, in front of our High School. (See photographs below)

The weekend after I was hospitalized, someone burned the word “FAG” into the grass on the back of the hill behind our house - facing directly into the front of the high school.

The humiliation I endured from the entire community, seeing that word burnt onto our property every day, was worse than the broken bones, stitches and bruises.

And so I was outed, believing that something was horribly wrong with me.

This was during the Reagan-Thatcher years. During my four years of high school the country was in the midst of the AIDS crisis.

The "adults" all around me mocked and ridiculed the activists seen on TV. Society seemed convinced that AIDS was a punishment for being gay.

The anxiety and stress, 24 hours a day, at school, at home, everywhere, was unbearable.

I frequently considered running away over the years. But I had three younger siblings who relied on me, especially when our father went into a rage.

After one too many times, I tried to intervene, and stand up for my mother. He did stop striking her, but with one hand around my neck, lifted me from the floor and tossed me against a wall, like a rag doll. We never spoke again.

Sadly my mother is one of the worst bigots I know. MAGA-style bigotry. To this day, she does not understand why it is racist to have a "plantation" motif in her kitchen, complete with "lawn jockey" and Aunt Jemima style figurines everywhere.
She thinks "religion can fix the sin of homosexuality."

I left that town after graduation, joined the Navy and rarely go back.

My support and love now come from friends and "found family" met along the way in the years since. My life is all the better for it.

View from student parking lot of high school. Facing the back side of the water tower and my childhood home, sitting atop a small hill.
Much older picture, actually taken during the 1980s when I attended this High School. From the top of a green, grassy hill, a large sprawling school campus is seen at the bottom of the hill.

BrisVegas, 1 year ago to random

Won’t ‘god’ be pissed at the conservatives who are destroying ’his creation’ - surely that would merit a one way trip to hell (if it existed) 🤔

tmfox, 1 year ago to random

This is the wound dressing version of "Graphic design is my passion"

I don't have one wound plaster that'll cover the main wound and the superficial ones above it. This is far more comfortable than anything else I've had on it so far!

I just want to sleep, please? 😭

dimi, 1 year ago to linguistics

Dialing

Are you still dialing numbers on your mobile phone? The name comes from the actual dial that was present on phones. To call someone, you needed to literally turn the dial for each number.
When going back into place, the dial was hitting a small connector making clicks, one per digit. Then the automated operator would listen to the clicks and deduce the number.

The dial phone has disappeared, but the name stayed.
cc: @linguistics
Dont miss the next one: #EtymologyOfTech

PeterWyrm, 1 year ago to random

Do you know the name of the musical that uses the Latin words of the Catholic prayer “Hail, holy queen” as lyrics in a song? (Maybe CW the answer, in case anyone cares…) #quiz #trivia #musicals

jwildeboer, 1 year ago to random

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RiversideBryan, 1 year ago to random

#ESC 🎶🎶🎶
#Peacock+ 🦚

hankg, 1 year ago to food

I'm doing my meal planning for tomorrow's lunch and was trying to decide between plant-based protein or eggs. I'm really focusing on getting enough protein as I ramp up but also keep calories in line so would I be hamstringing myself by choosing lentils or chickpeas over the eggs? Nope! All three have reasonable serving sizes (5 oz for chickpeas and lentils, or 2 eggs) and calories for the same 13 grams of protein. Chickpeas at 232 calories vs. the eggs' 155 is not nothing but not huge. Lentils at 164 calories is a wash to me. Lentils truly are a magical (and tasty) food :). #PlantBased #food #vegan #vegetarian #health #fitness #longevity #30DayHealthReboot