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Got my annual flu shot and my COVID vaccination today. Since this is the United States, hubby still doesn't have a job and we have no health insurance, I had to pay for both shots out of pocket. It cost over $450. I could fly roundtrip to visit my niece on the Eastern seaboard and pay less than I did today just to avoid getting sick. It seems... well... odd that people with jobs and healthcare coverage get such vaccinations free of charge, while those who have neither of those things are forced to pay to underwrite the costs, but hello #DeathRattleCapitalism I guess

This regime seems unusually intent on sending all foreign-born Americans back to where they came from. My response: you first. So yes, Elaine Chao can return to Taiwan (seems she got a head start on that), Ted Cruz can go back to Canada, RFK Jr can drive back into the Twilight Zone, and Stephen Miller can go home to hell and we'll all live happily ever after

@nixCraft@mastodon.social This. If you didn't take the time to make it, there's no reason for me to read it. Plus I grew up in a time when there were actual penalties for plagiarism

@jtruk@mastodon.social Not sure, sir, but I have a lettuce

@globalmuseum@mastodon.online Grateful for this performance. Also ruminating on the terror I would feel about playing an instrument that was literally the last of its kind, for fear I might break something in the process

@afelia@chaos.social There's a science fiction short story by Kelly Link wherein certain celebrities don't actually go out in public; they just send out realistic, autonomous dolls to interact with people and each other. It's easier when you're introverted or fat or just having a bad hair day to send out a smooth, perfect copy of yourself to interact with smooth, perfect copies of others. It seemed a bit too "out there" the first time I read it. Now, not so much.

@newsguyusa@flipboard.social Wow, who could have guessed

When Trump first described some nations as "shithole countries," I didn't realize he was envious. #Cyclospora #TrumpsplosiveDiarrhea

@exchgr@mastodon.world @lisamelton@mastodon.social that's one monster wave

RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116828898115545348 It's like a reverse version of the sunglasses in "They Live." Put them on and everyone else sees the truth

@ret@furry.engineer Aside: I'm impressed by your longevity

#Introduction A life in hashtags! #LaundryFaerie #PugetSound #books #movies #calligraphy #snailmail #chow #whimsy #magical #microfiction #Fantasy #SF #CreativeWriting #knitting #ADD #Geocaching #Waymarking #PantryMeals #CreativeCooking #Proofreading #CopyEditing #Library #Silliness #Cats

@selfcare@hachyderm.io This is a Navy town on the 4th of July.

@stonebear2@hachyderm.io #Alt4You Social media post by Nicole Renée (@the_mommy_lama): Talked to my college kid yesterday. Cornell rapist Johnathan Newell now attends my child's small private college (it's in his home town). The rest of students in the school doxxed his home address and started group chats to notify each other every time he is spotted on campus. I hear he is being harassed on the daily. He won't last much longer there. May he and every other person in that group chat never know another moment of peace.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social #Alt4You Men on the Clancy Case: "you don't need evidence, her husband said she admitted she did it" Men on the Cornell 7: "there's no evidence! You can't believe what she said just because she said it"

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social #Alt4You The problem with Congress as explained by one graph. [The image then goes on to show eight pie charts. Eh, go fig.] Millionaires in Congress: 51% Millionaires in America: 5% White men in Congress: 77% White men in America: 31% Women in Congress: 21% Women in America: 51% Over 55 in Congress: 67% Over 55 in America: 28%

@jef@mastodon.social bwahahahaha