I wrote a thank you note to the commission director from yesterday’s training session, but she doesn’t have a physical address any more since going fully remote. So, I snapped a picture of the note and emailed it to her 📝 🤳📧✨👍🏼

Your Mabel looks like my Maggie @joshd

Monarch butterflies have been declared endangered. What can we do to save them? : NPR Plant milkweed! 🦋

One of the reasons I’m becoming/I’ve become more of an anti-theist than an atheist. And it’s only going to get worse in this country, the land of the free and the home of the brave. Not sure who that’s referring to, though. Ants, maybe? Ants have it pretty good. 🐜

This afternoon I’m a guest at a staff retreat training three 1-hour segments: Practical PowerPoint 🗣, Better Business Writing 📄, and Give ‘em the Pickle customer service, and I can’t believe there’s a cucumber emoji on iOS but not a pickle one. 🤷🏻‍♂️

📺 Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop performance (youtube.com) Hilarious! And super talented.

Why are we botching the monkeypox response? Blame homophobia - Los Angeles Times Gay, bisexual and transgender communities fear a repeat of the AIDS-era indifference that left too many without care. Please stop the world. I’d like to get off. Thanks in advance.

Act Up veteran Peter Staley condemns US monkeypox response - The Guardian There’s just nobody acting like this is a fucking emergency. Well, crap. Again.

California’s LGBTQ community feeling ignored, angry, confused as monkeypox cases rise - Los Angeles Times Monkeypox, which is rarely deadly but can cause severe pain and uncomfortable symptoms for as long as a month, has been confirmed or considered probable in 147 people in Los Angeles County as of Thursday, an almost 80% increase from a week prior, according to county data. The rise is similar in San Francisco, where cases have more than doubled in the past week, increasing to 141 Tuesday.

I just took the best photo of my husband that I’ve ever taken. Seeing his laugh and how alive he is in this made me cry. I’m so thankful for him.

I keep seeing typos like this in professional writing. There’s a word or two missing here, right? My mind isn’t playing tricks on me, is it? Wearing a mask foolproof protection, but as Los Angeles’ COVID cases tick upward, masks help hold the line. Anyone else seeing this?

Today is Bonsai’s 15th birthday! Happy birthday to my special Shiba! She had a hot dog for dinner and a bone-bone treat that she barely touched, but at least she got all her meds in today. That makes it a good day. 🐕🐾🦴🌭

I’m giving a training in two weeks. I might’ve hidden a secret Matthew slide deck inside of the official corporate-y branded slide deck.

Being gay, in your 40s, and finding out you’re neurodiverse be like: 🧠🧐🤔😳😲😱🤯🦄

Here’s a test. Let’s see if I configured this correctly to cross-post to Mastodon (where I have no idea what I’m doing at all) (like, seriously, how do you work that thing? Why are there so many servers? Which one am I supposed to pick? I donno, man. I just don’t know.).

Child-Rape Case Shines a Harsh Light on Ohio’s Draconian Abortion Restrictions | Vanity Fair “We have to let the court process play out, I think the political process is going to play out in all 50 states. This is what we do in this country. We should not be afraid of democracy. We should not be afraid of the people being able to make decisions,” (Dewine) said. …we shouldn’t be afraid of democracy, you’re right.

Donald Trump Should Never Be Allowed Within 1,000 Feet of the White House Again: A Pocket Guide | Vanity Fair: The equation goes: (Plot to Steal a Second Term * Insurrection)3 + (Everything Else) = Fuck This Guy. Vanity Fair is on POINT y’all. I should really get a subscription.

Editorial: It’s time to declare a public health emergency for abortion - Los Angeles Times A declaration of emergency would allow the use of medication abortion pills everywhere, even in states where abortion is banned. He won’t do it, but he sure as hell should.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH GAVE OVER $750,000 TO ANTI-ABORTION CAMPAIGN IN KANSAS

Catholic Church spending big on anti-abortion constitutional amendment in Kansas: Churches are normally prohibited from engaging in political campaign activity due to their tax-exempt status. The prohibition, however, only applies to campaigns involving “candidate[s] for elective public office.” The IRS considers ballot initiatives a “legislative activity” and churches are allowed to spend money to influence the result. In this case, it means that tax-exempt funds are being used to add an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution.

Send good vibes. Michael’s mom needs all of the good vibes very much right now. ❤️‍🩹

⚖️👨🏼‍⚖️🥩🪧=😂🤣☠️

New Headline: Go Chew Yourself, Kavanaugh OR Let Me Eat Steak OR Lousy Lying Justice Seasons Steaks with Seasoner, Denies Knowing ‘er. This is very much worth reading: Opinion - Sorry, Brett Kavanaugh, but the Constitution has no right to steakhouse dinners - The Washington Post

Sunflower 🌻

Part of me feels like there should be more current Madonna parodies, and part of me feels like Madonna is the current Madonna parody. 📺 Medusa: Dare to be Truthful (YouTube.com)

We need a new Constitutional amendment.

HOPE

Hope. What are you hopeful for? Where do you seek hope? For me, I find hope in music. Here’s a good example of a piece of music that overwhelmed me with feelings of hope and possibility. Spring 1 | Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons Music has always, always been incredibly important to me. Not like, elevator music. But good music that makes you feel - joy, sorrow, anger, fear, wonder - the kind that resonates on your skin and gives you goosebumps.