Mark Mason
@markmason22.bsky.social
I am a real life human person who does real life human things.
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"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights
The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
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Lately the coffee I have been drinking is a Peerless light roast with Columbian beans… I guess I’m switch to Groundwork’s Ethiopian light roast now…
January 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Lately the coffee I have been drinking is a Peerless light roast with Columbian beans… I guess I’m switch to Groundwork’s Ethiopian light roast now…
Trans Rights are Human Rights
January 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trans Rights are Human Rights
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Post-apocalypse show pausing for the apocalypse
Production on some of Hollywood's biggest shows, including the next season of Fallout, have come to a screeching halt after major fires broke out across Los Angeles county. bit.ly/4h48YHt
January 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Post-apocalypse show pausing for the apocalypse
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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People love to blather on about how we have to abandon CA when something climate-related happens as if anywhere in the world is safe. Climate disasters now happen absolutely everywhere and there is no escaping it. So.
January 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
People love to blather on about how we have to abandon CA when something climate-related happens as if anywhere in the world is safe. Climate disasters now happen absolutely everywhere and there is no escaping it. So.
Good News Everybody
The California grid ran on 100% renewables with no blackouts or cost rises for a record 98 days
No blackouts occurred when renewable electricity supply exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for parts of 98 of 116 days.
electrek.co
January 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Good News Everybody
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Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
January 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
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We can't blame it all on not having universal healthcare or instead greedy fcks who see our lives as spreadsheets w/ risk/profit assessments, but we can say they DO share the blame.
They do deny & delay...
WE, THE PEOPLE, do suffer and die.
And I won't feel sorry for them having🎯on their backs.
They do deny & delay...
WE, THE PEOPLE, do suffer and die.
And I won't feel sorry for them having🎯on their backs.
December 8, 2024 at 10:36 PM
We can't blame it all on not having universal healthcare or instead greedy fcks who see our lives as spreadsheets w/ risk/profit assessments, but we can say they DO share the blame.
They do deny & delay...
WE, THE PEOPLE, do suffer and die.
And I won't feel sorry for them having🎯on their backs.
They do deny & delay...
WE, THE PEOPLE, do suffer and die.
And I won't feel sorry for them having🎯on their backs.
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The Skate Mind Project is working to bring psychological first aid to the skatepark — promoting stronger relationships within skating culture, and emphasizing parks and shops as community centers.
The U.S. is facing a youth mental health crisis. These skaters want to help
The Skate Mind Project is working to bring psychological first aid to the skatepark — promoting stronger relationships within skating culture, and emphasizing parks and shops as community centers.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2024 at 10:48 PM
The Skate Mind Project is working to bring psychological first aid to the skatepark — promoting stronger relationships within skating culture, and emphasizing parks and shops as community centers.
I think this is interesting. What does it mean?
November 29, 2024 at 6:50 PM
I think this is interesting. What does it mean?
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*sigh*
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 AM
*sigh*
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
Anyway, just create. Write shit, draw shit, build whatever you want, that's the important part.
There's no be-all end-all formula for the Perfect Work.
Just be YOU. No one can ever create what YOU create b/c it's you making it, and you are the only you.
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