Katherine Villyard @kvillyard@librem.one

Laura Ann Carleton was a mother of nine. She was a beloved shopkeeper in Lake Arrowhead, CA. And she was shot and killed for standing up as an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.

Her crime in the eyes of the murderer? Officials say he "made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag” outside her store before shooting her. Her killer died later in an encounter with police.

Via Keith Boykin, for those who like to keep score:

91 criminal charges
26 sexual assault allegations
6 bankruptcies
5 draft deferments
4 indictments
2 impeachments
1 convicted company
1 fake university shut down
1 fake charity shut down
$25 million fraud settlement
$5 million sexual abuse verdict
$2 million charity abuse judgment

#Trump

So, I read a book that wasn't bad. Inexplicable things that didn't follow from what came before happened in the last page.

It finished with a message from the author: sign up to my mailing list and you'll get another chapter, the epilogue that (I really hope) explains things.

I feel betrayed and I'm certainly not signing up for the mailing list.

Would you?

#books #reading #bookstodon

It looks like Southwest is extending some Aloha to help get people to shelter/facilities by offering a number of OGG to HNL flights for $19!!!

#maui #fire #hawaii #flights #disaster

#MauiWildfires #MauiCounty #Maui #FoodBank

Drop off your food donations for the Maui Food Bank!
The drop off locations below accept ONLY non-perishable items. Perishable donations and produce (fruits and veggies) should be dropped off at the Maui Food Bank warehouse, located at 760 Kolu St in Wailuku, on Monday–Friday from 7am–3pm (except on holidays).

https://mauifoodbank.org/food-drop-off-locations/

@Blackfist

Americans gave up the following to thwart black access:
1. Public health
2. Low cost post secondary education
3. Well funded public education
4. Publicly funded hospitals
5. Public pools
6. Libraries
7. Food programs
8. Life expectancy
9. Climate action
10. Pollution controls
11. Public Broadband
12. Civil rights to vote & bodily autonomy
13. Public transit & high speed rail
14. Housing
15. Drug price controls
16. Gun safety legislation
17. Election security
18. National defense

Too real.

#Fantasy #Vampires #writing #books

(this is not a sub toot aimed an anyone in particular)

Hey creative people. When you write a post about your work on social media, no need to put in a disclaimer like "shameless self promotion" or to lead with an apology.

1) You made a thing. That's amazing!
2) You're allowed to tell other people about the thing you made.
4) You're even allowed to say it's for sale.

You're not forcing your message on anyone - especially not here, where there's no algorithm - and you're not manipulating anyone, or lying to anyone, or spamming anyone.

You made a thing, it's available for sale. No need for apologies or guilt about letting us know.

#WritingLife #Drawing #Art #Music

Business networking. 1946. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage #BusinessCat #1940s #LinkedIn https://playingintheworldgame.com/2012/10/19/los-angeles-1946/

Burbank's Dark Delicacies bookstore are comrades #SAGAFTRAstrong #wgastrong

Edwardian soot pixie. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage #blackcat #blackitten #kitten https://digital.lib.usu.edu/digital/collection/Compton/id/540/rec/3

Armful of marmalade. 1934. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage #kitten #kittens #Indiana #1930s #orangecats https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/dc034/id/116

"All in" it now costs about $2300/mo to run Newsie.social.

That includes servers, moderation staff cost, insurance, etc. (most of the staff including myself work free on Newsie)

That's a big jump in costs over the past 3-4 months (largely because of Twitter's meltdown)

However we've reached the point of unsustainability because we take in only $1000/mo and we're running out of runway.

Contribute now:

Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/newsiesocial

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