Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"Gender Recognition Reform is about human rights. It’s time to deliver this long overdue change and give our trans siblings the dignity and respect that they deserve." - Maggie Chapman MSP

https://greens.scot/news/parliament-must-not-pander-to-nasty-and-divisive-myths-over-gender-recognition-reforms

Incoming New York congressman may have misrepresented parts of resume, New York Times reports - Incoming Republican Rep. George Santos may have misrepresented parts of his resume, a report in The New York Times finds. #NewYork #cnn

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/politics/george-santos-resume/index.html

This year, states have passed 10 new restrictive voting laws, 12 election interference laws, and 21 laws that expand access to the vote. Read the full report in the latest Voting Laws Roundup. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-december-2022

My latest on Digital Trends:

iOS 16.2’s new always-on display made me hate my iPhone 14 Pro https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/ios-16-2-always-on-display-made-me-hate-my-iphone-14-pro/

The longer it takes to indict, the more it empowers the authoritarians.

This is the sad reality of what the Ukrainians have had forced on them. We in the West must do all we can to help Ukraine liberate themselves from the onslaught of a murderous despot and his delusions of grandeur.

As the Bidens mark Hanukkah, the White House gets its own menorah for the first time - The menorah is made out of wood that was removed from the building during a Truman-era renovation, and becomes the first Jewish artifact to be added to the White House archives. #npr

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1144125582/as-the-bidens-mark-hanukkah-the-white-house-gets-its-own-menorah-for-the-first-t

⚡️ Kyiv oblast is under drone attack, reports Oleksiy Kuleba, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration.

The #federal Office of #Evaluation Sciences at GSA is accepting applications for their annual #fellowship, which involves #PhD-level #SocialScientists working with federal partners to design/implement/analyze large-scale interventions.

The deadline is January 11, and the positions are #remote.

See https://oes.gsa.gov/opps/ for more details.

#SocialScience #PublicPolicy #PoliSci #EconTwitter #Psychology #Sociology #Sociodon #SocialPolicy #Eval #Hiring #AppliedEcon #PublicAdmin

I don't care about a war on Christmas but I could totally get behind a war on Christmas music

I have lost track of new followers on here so if you are sad that I have not followed you back holler at me and I will do so

you are also welcome to holler at me if you are not sad

but the sad will be prioritized

Folks, you've divorced Twitter. Forget your ex. Get rid of the pictures and spare us the tales of how mean that ex was. Live for the present. This is a refuge, a haven, and we should stop giving so much air to the persecutor. Enough already!

Controversial U.S. Priest Frank Pavone Defrocked For 'Blasphemous' Posts, Pro-Trump Activism - Pavone's Twitter profile still features him wearing a MAGA hat. #twitter #huffpost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frank-pavone-defrocked-blasphemous-posts-trump-activism_n_639fae7ce4b0f4895adcce73

This cat is smart AF. #cats

Notice To New Users

Welcome. You will love Mastodon.

As you know, you need to join a server, also called instance, and there are thousands to choose from. It DOES NOT MATTER WHICH SERVER YOU JOIN, you can still communicate with everyone. Bigger instances may be a little slower right now because of all the #NewUsers, so consider a midsize or smaller instance with under 20,000 users to spread the load.

Here is a list of larger and midsize instances >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hN-0bNfjaV7UTuLP6eudmXCNNPdeNQoFtbfcqxl4FFQ/edit#gid=0

#twittermigration

If you want to share a link to your #mastodon profile on #twitter you can use the https://spacekaren.sucks/ url redirector.
For example, https://spacekaren.sucks/dougholton redirects to my profile page.
#TwitterMigration #RIPTwitter

So due to all the new registrations and busy chatter of all you folks 😉 we saw the queues of all tasks go over 800k. Mastodon.world couldn't keep up.
I did some tweaking to get the queues going down. Most important stuff is done now, last 200k jobs need to go through.

All this has caused some unavailability and slowness. Sorry about that.

Tomorrow we'll look into structural changes to prevent this in the future.

For now, registrations are closed until all is stable.

Jewish Festival Of Lights Begins In Ukraine As Battles Rage - Jews in Ukraine lit a giant menorah to start the eight-day Hanukkah holiday as tens of thousands remained without electricity. #Ukraine #huffpost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-ukraine-war-hanukkah_n_639f94bee4b0a13a9507f2f4