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Lkdc

@Lkdc@dmv.community
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I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety.

Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine@ohai.social for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html

To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Joined January 28, 2024
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Washington DC, United States of America

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Jul 28, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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When I was a kid, we cut used postage stamps from the envelopes that we received in the mail, and donated them to charities that would then sell them to stamp collectors. There were drop-off bins in stores for charitable postage stamp donations.

I would like to return to donating used postage stamps. I've looked online for how to donate them, but it seems like the only way to donate stamps these days is by mail (with the donor paying for the mailing). Also, a lot of the recipient organizations are ones that I'm not enthused about supporting.

Does anyone ever see collection bins for donating stamps to reputable charities?

#stamps #PostageStamps

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Jul 27, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Most of the time, I love living in Washington DC. It's a city full of great people, great food, lots of Little Free Libraries, etc.

The less pleasant aspect of it is sometimes being unable even to cross the street because everything is blocked for a motorcade. Tomorrow, in addition to all the usual politicians, both Netanyahu and Zelenskyy will be here for Lindsey Graham's funeral at the National Cathedral. I wish that I could stay home all day to avoid the motorcades.

I also wish that every cop assigned to block traffic for a motorcade was tested on their ability to communicate with the public. Some cops love to blow their whistles and scream at pedestrians, but don't make it clear where the boundary is between the prohibited area and the area where pedestrians are allowed to be.

A few cops also have bizarre ideas about prohibited behaviors. One time, I saw a jogger who obediently stopped jogging and stayed on the sidewalk, but did exercises to keep his heartrate up. A cop decided that the exercises were somehow a threat to the politician who was expected to pass by soon, and ordered him to stop.

Anyway, tomorrow would be a good day to stay inside as much as possible.

#WashingtonDC

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Jul 24, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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A while ago, I asked about people's experiences with wearing decorated N95 masks to job interviews. Here's a follow-up:

Although the job that prompted my inquiry is an in-person job, hiring ended up being done remotely, so no interviewer saw any N95. Since then, decorated N95s have been worn to work. The only comments and questions over the first few days have been positive. Two customers asked where they could obtain identical masks, and were disappointed to learn that the decorations weren't commercially available. One said that he would settle for undecorated masks but didn't know where to buy them, and he was grateful to be handed some from the worker's stash.

What the employer thinks of the decorated N95s is unknown to us at this time. I'll edit this post if the employer says anything about the masks.

I'm indebted to everyone who responded to my inquiry, especially @Texan_Reverend@kind.social who answered questions about which markers would be safe to use and what the evidence was for their safety. His masking reference document at https://texanalysis.com/ has a section on mask decorations.

Other replies to my original post can be read by scrolling down from @Lkdc@dmv.community

I've become an evangelist for the special "Sharpie Creative" acrylic markers that @Texan_Reverend@kind.social indicated were safe to use on N95 material, and I gladly share them with anyone near me who wants to decorate a mask or two. If you are in Washington DC and you would like to decorate masks without the financial or environmental costs of buying a set of markers, DM me and we can meet up so you can borrow my markers for a few minutes. Please plan to decorate only new masks that have never been worn.

#CovidAware #CovidCautious #N95 #CovidIsNotOver #decoration #MaskUp

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Jun 22, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @karafuto@mas.to
@karafuto@mas.to Thank you for the excellent alt text!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Jun 03, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @feoh@oldbytes.space
@feoh@oldbytes.space This principle also applies to ingredient lists on food packaging. When the font is tiny and the color contrast is poor, people with food allergies are endangered.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 15, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Sorry, I should have realized that you were appealing to people who had seen the images.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 14, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online I like your suggestion in principle, but am not sure how I can suggest text to copy when I have no idea what the image shows! If I'm asking for alt text, it's because I don't know whether the image is a photo of a cute cat or a screenshot of a Truth Social post saying "Death to immigrants". Sometimes, reading the replies gives me clues, but still, if I'm asking for alt text it's because I don't know what the picture shows.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 12, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @ThriftstoreBarbie@pagan.plus
@ThriftstoreBarbie@pagan.plus @noodlejetski@masto.ai Hey, I appreciated your recommendation. It's nice to be part of a community in which people try to help others find useful sources of information.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @midnakrystal@sadbitches.online
@midnakrystal@sadbitches.online Thank you for replying. Lizards are cool! Actually, I should narrow that statement and say that lizards smaller than me are cool, because komodo dragons scare me. Your lizard sounds awesome!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @DecaturNature@theatl.social
@DecaturNature@theatl.social Thank you for the recommendation!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @justmichelle@beige.party
@justmichelle@beige.party @thebiologistisn@redwombat.social Thank you for the recommendation!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @fulanigirl@mstdn.social
@fulanigirl@mstdn.social @jblue@mastodon.world Thank you for the recommendation!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk
@BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk Thanks for the recommendation. I'm now reading through @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services's listings. What a great resource!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @mayintoronto@beige.party
@mayintoronto@beige.party @llamasoft_ox@toot.wales Thanks for the recommendation. What nice animals!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 10, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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One of the great things about Mastodon is that there are experts here who post interesting facts about clams, ants, and bees.

I would love to read similar trivia about mammals. Any recommendations about whom to follow?

I don't have much interest in plants, but feel like I should give them a chance, too. Who are the plant experts to follow?

Please limit recommendations to people who write at a level that can be understood by non-experts, and who always include useful alt text. Thank you.

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 07, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @gintoxicating@transister.social
@gintoxicating@transister.social Thank you for including excellent alt text.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 07, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @infobeautiful@vis.social
@infobeautiful Thank you for the excellent alt text!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · May 07, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @FknHannu@zeroes.ca
@FknHannu@zeroes.ca I love AJ Leonardi, but he doesn't seem to be using Mastodon. The same is true of Conor Browne, who was my favorite person on birdsite for pandemic information. I wish that Leonardi and Browne would join us here!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 28, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @nullagent@partyon.xyz
@nullagent@partyon.xyz I care. I care deeply. But unless a neighbor personally witnesses a killing, I seldom hear about it. There are only three news web sites left that I can view without quickly running out of data on my phone, and if those three don't cover a story, I'm not likely to hear about it. In case you're wondering, the three sites are: https://lite.cnn.com/ https://text.npr.org/ https://www.cbc.ca/lite/news?sort=latest I'll try to put more effort into getting news from other sources, like the physical newspapers at the library.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 27, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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A pet peeve:

I'm annoyed by novelists who don't want to use their characters' names repeatedly, who therefore refer to them using physical descriptors. For example, instead of saying "Phil handed the book to Anna", they write "Phil handed the book to the brunette". I hate being talked about using words that describe my body (except when a person doesn't know my name), and I hate to see fictional characters talked about that way, too. It would be better to use their names.

#PetPeeve #novels

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 21, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Today's prayer:

Lord, grant me the wisdom not to say "I told you so" to my superior, who went and did exactly what I had warned him not to do, and now wants me to drop everything to clean up the mess that he made. Grant me also the strength to remain silent when he insists that no one warned him about this.

I ask this in the name of Jesus, who told us to love our neighbors but never met this particular neighbor.

Amen.

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Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 20, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @mikemccaffrey@neurodifferent.me
@mikemccaffrey@neurodifferent.me I'm sorry about your infection, and hope that you will recover well. I don't usually offer unsolicited advice, especially to people whom I don't even know. However, I hope that you won't mind if I share this link to an article that was very helpful to people in my household during multiple infections: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/what-to-do-if-you-get-covid-19/ The article includes recommendations for dealing with the bad taste of Paxlovid. The sickest person in my household chewed on cinnamon gum after reading the recommendation for cinnamon candy, and said that it was effective at distracting from the aftertaste of Paxlovid. The writer isn't a doctor, but was so much more helpful to my household than the actual doctors who were supposed to be providing care. I reached out to the writer on Mastodon, and got actionable advice from them within hours.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 18, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @sb@metroholografix.ca
@sb An ice cream bike would be even better than an ice cream truck! Excellent idea!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 18, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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New business idea: Ice cream truck that drives around in the middle of the night selling ice cream to people who can't sleep because they are too hot. Climate change guarantees that this is a growth industry!

(Posted at 1 AM when I'm awake because I'm too hot. I would love to buy ice cream and eat it in the company of neighbors who are also suffering from heatwave-induced insomnia.)

#heatwave #ClimateChange #IceCream #insomnia #FoodTruck

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Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 17, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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I'm currently job hunting. A small annoyance is that some of the monolingual people in my life are convinced that it should be easy for me to get a good job because I "speak Spanish". No matter how I explain it, they don't understand that I speak only a LITTLE Spanish. Can I say "Have a nice day" in Spanish? Sure! But employers want more than that. I couldn't even say "breakfast cereals are in aisle six" in Spanish, much less participate in a business meeting. However, the monolingual English speakers in my life are convinced that I could, and that I just need to believe in myself. It is annoying not to be believed that my Spanish is limited.

I DO believe that I'm capable of learning more, and am actively working to improve my Spanish. However, that's not at all the same thing as already being fluent. To give an analogy, I'm capable of learning to become a surgeon, but it would be disastrous for me to "believe in myself" and perform a surgery on a living person today, when I haven't yet developed the necessary skills.

Why is this so difficult to understand?

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Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 17, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @smyru@social.vivaldi.net
@smyru @adapalmer I concede that you're correct. Free buses have other benefits, but they will reduce emissions only if the service is of high quality.
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Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 17, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @smyru@social.vivaldi.net
@smyru @adapalmer I don't doubt that you're correct about what boosts bus ridership among people who have plenty of disposable income. However, it's worth noting that people without disposable income are able to make more trips when buses are free. That has value to both the individuals and society.
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Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @goatrodeo@mstdn.social
@goatrodeo@mstdn.social I'm horrified, but I'm also kind of proud. The pride comes from being part of a community that rapidly organizes protests against the awful things that our government does. Even if our protests fail, at least we have demonstrated that not all Americans agree with the things being done in our name.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 11, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz There's a daily word game (new 4-letter word every day) at https://gamesrow.com/wordemy

The word of today (April 11, 2026) is one that you use a lot. If you know any kids (or adults) who like easy word games, today would be a good day to tell them to play Wordemy!

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 06, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

dmv.community
Replying to @ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social @Strandjunker@mstdn.social Thank you for the alt text! I had been wondering all day what the image showed.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 05, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @Strandjunker@mstdn.social
@Strandjunker@mstdn.social Please could you add alt text? Without it, readers who can't see the image can only guess at which of Trump's many awful acts you're referring to.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Apr 03, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online
@MelissaBearTrix Always. By default, only the alt text loads on my phone. When there is no alt text, I have no idea what a photo or video shows.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 30, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @Kosei@dmv.community
@Kosei I'm very sorry for your many losses. It is hard to move on from tragedies. I wish that I had words of wisdom and comfort to offer, but this is a part of life that I haven't yet figured out myself.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 29, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @attoparsec@clacks.link
@attoparsec@clacks.link Wow!!!!! I've gone to hundreds of protests for various causes, and have never before encountered (or considered the possibility of) a stained glass protest sign. Amazing!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 24, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it
@Andres4NY @garland Thank you so much for this detailed information! It sounds very promising!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 24, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @petealexharris@mastodon.scot
@petealexharris@mastodon.scot @LillyHerself@mastodon.social I object to all religions that are sexist. If a religion won't allow women to become clergy, or insists that women stay at the back of the room during prayers, the religion is harmful. I would LOVE to live in a country that was free of both Catholics and Muslims! The only exceptions are the Muslims who belong to the rare, tiny congregations that have men and women mixed together, and allow women to lead prayers. It's sadly telling that those congregations aren't welcome in mosques, and instead have to meet in private homes or in rooms rented from progressive Christian groups. Edited to add: I often wonder whether Kamala Harris would now be president, if not for Joe Biden having been a Catholic. He belonged to a religion that taught him that women weren't capable of leading even a small church. That must have influenced his thinking about whether a woman would be capable of leading the United States. If not for that sexist influence on his thinking, perhaps he would have spent his four years as president grooming Kamala to take over for him, instead of sidelining her. That could have positioned her to defeat Trump in the 2024 election.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 24, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @rustoleumlove@mastodon.online
@rustoleumlove Thank you very much for the recommendation!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 24, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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My cell phone has service through a carrier that keeps screwing me over in new ways. I can't take it anymore, and want to switch to a better carrier. I am seeking a cheap, fairly reliable, PREPAID service that works in the United States. I don't mind strict data limits and slow speeds, and I don't need my phone to have roaming capability in other countries. I just need a basic, minimal plan. Any suggestions?

I couldn't identify any hashtags used to discuss cellphone plans. Boosts or suggestions of suitable hashtags (beyond those below) would be welcome.

#cellphone #cellphones #prepaid

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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 23, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @lufthans@mastodon.social
@lufthans@mastodon.social @georgetakei@universeodon.com Thank you for the alt text, lufthans! I had been wondering what the image showed, and hadn't been able to figure it out from the other comments.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 22, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @ai6yr__dup_101@m.ai6yr.org
@ai6yr Thanks for sharing the article. I find it reasonable of parents to be skeptical of the vitamin K shots. It seems logical that if babies were routinely born with a fatal shortage of vitamin K, evolution would have fixed that problem hundreds of thousands of years ago. If there is something about modern life that has made vitamin K deficiency a new problem, explain that to parents so that they will understand! That's what responsible doctors do when parents are vaccine skeptics. It is simple to explain that our hunter-gatherer ancestors of 10,000 years ago didn't need vaccinations, because they lived in small bands of people and very seldom encountered germs from outside the band. Today, with most people living in large cities, and airplane travel spreading germs far and wide, vaccination against germs is essential for us in a way it wasn't for our distant ancestors. If there's a similar explanation for why vitamin K shots were once unnecessary but now have become necessary, tell parents about it. Otherwise, it is reasonable for them to think that evolution would have eliminated a condition that affected a significant percentage of babies.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Mar 01, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @smallcircles@social.coop
@smallcircles I experience it as a village that I can see is cozy for the people who truly belong in it, i.e., tech nerds with comfortable bank balances. For me, it's a nice place to visit, but it's slightly uncomfortable because many people just assume that everyone has the same access to tech and money. Too often, advice is given that would be helpful only to people who have high-speed internet, lots of gadgets, and disposable income.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 12, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @kakape@mas.to
@kakape@mas.to Great article! I noticed that your profile at the bottom includes the logos for X and LinkedIn, and text stating your Bluesky name. May I suggest that you also include a link to your Mastodon account?
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 07, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @MissScott01@mas.to
@MissScott01@mas.to Thanks for the suggestion.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 06, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @popcornreel@mas.to
@popcornreel@mas.to My problem is that I seldom know which voices are black. I can't see most photos, so I can only guess at the ethnicities of the people that I follow. It would help a lot if more people used alt text.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 04, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @Voline@kolektiva.social
@Voline Indeed! I'm never sure how to pronounce "USian", but "Usonian" seems more obvious. I'm guessing that the pronunciation is yoo-SOHN-ee-un. Is that correct?
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 04, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @Voline@kolektiva.social
@Voline @atzanteol @CoolerPseudonym I hadn't heard of the Usonian homes. Thanks for sharing this bit of knowledge!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 02, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @webhat@infosec.exchange
@webhat @cakemix That's a fascinating list, thanks!
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 01, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

dmv.community
Replying to @Sobex@social.sciences.re
@atzanteol I had no idea that "USian" was considered a pejorative. Sorry to have caused offense. If you check my profile, you'll see that I'm an USian/American myself. Everywhere except Mastodon, I call myself an American. On Mastodon, I call myself an USian, because on Mastodon I've met people from South America who resent US citizens for taking the word "American" for ourselves. They want the word "American" to be available to everyone in North, Central, and South America. I'm aware that the US has done some terrible things to our Central and South American neighbors, including overthrowing democratically elected governments. Obviously, I can't undo the horrors of the past. However, I hope that by respecting the wishes of the South Americans on Mastodon, I can take a tiny step towards healing the relationships between my people and theirs. @Sobex
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 01, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @cy@fedicy.us.to
@cy I wish that we had a Schengen-like agreement with Canada. I would love to be able to hop on a train to Canada without fearing the border crossing.
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Lkdc
Lkdc @Lkdc@dmv.community · Feb 01, 2026
Lkdc
@Lkdc@dmv.community

I live in #WashingtonDC. My passions are human rights, animal protection, sustainable living, and covid safety. Profile picture: the Reluctant Covid Scholar badge created by @thatkatharine for the #CovidSafeScouts. Alt text: badge depicting a mortarboard hat on top of a covid virus particle that is encircled by the prohibition symbol. Learn more at https://covidsafescouts.com/earn.html To save myself from frustration and despair, I mute people who post pictures without alt text.

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Replying to @eRileyKc@thepit.social
@eRileyKc There is a lot of overlap between the EU and the Schengen Area, but a few differences. Ireland and Cyprus are in the EU but aren't part of the Schengen Area. A few other countries are not (yet?) part of the EU but are part of the Schengen Area: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. I hope that I'm giving you accurate information. I'm a USian who doesn't travel, so I have no firsthand knowledge of any of this. All I know is what I've read.
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