DSmith_Tucson @DSmith_Tucson@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com

I recently reviewed a book written by an author who identifies as gender nonbinary. I wanted to respect their pronoun preference, but not writing in this mode on a regular basis I found it tricker than I anticipated. The experience prompted me to write about how we just need to come around and accept singular they (already!), and that we owe it to others to honor their pronoun preference.

https://mypointbeing.com/2023/01/30/singular-they-and-respecting-an-individuals-pronoun-preference/

#language #grammar #English #style #writing #inclusion

@karenyin

George #Santos appears to admit drag queen past in Wiki post

A user with the name Anthony Devolder wrote in 2011 that they won several drag pageants. Anthony Devolder is a Santos alias.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/20/george-santos-appears-to-admit-drag-queen-past-in-wiki-post-00078812

"“Here, we are confronted with a #lawsuit that should never have been filed, which was completely frivolous, both factually & legally, and which was brought in bad faith for an improper purpose,” Middlebrooks wrote, decrying what he called “abusive litigation tactics.”

...the case was “intended for a political purpose” and showed a “continuing pattern of misuse of the courts by #Trump & his lawyers”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/20/donald-trump-fine-court-clinton/

“longtermism, which emerged out of the effective altruism (EA) movement over the past few years, is eugenics on steroids. […] many of the same racist, xenophobic, classist and ableist attitudes that animated 20th-century eugenics are found all over the longtermist literature and community.”
https://www.truthdig.com/dig/nick-bostrom-longtermism-and-the-eternal-return-of-eugenics/

PACC extends shutdown through Monday to limit disease spread in animal shelter https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012023_pacc_closure/pacc-extends-shutdown-through-monday-limit-disease-spread-animal-shelter/
Pima Animal Care Center will stay closed to the public through Monday as officials work to stem the contagious respiratory disease strep zoo. Two dogs were euthanized because of the infection, and several more have contracted it.
#Tucson #Arizona

Rep.-elect Juan Ciscomani nominates McCarthy for House speaker on 10th failed ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010523_ciscomani_mccarthy/rep-elect-juan-ciscomani-nominates-mccarthy-house-speaker-10th-failed-ballot/
Tucson's Juan Ciscomani nominated Republican Kevin McCarthy to be speaker of the House on Friday in the 10th round of failed voting in the chamber. Ciscomani incorrectly claimed to be Arizona's first naturalized member of Congress.
#Tucson #Arizona

President Joe Biden says he’ll visit the border next week during Mexico trip https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010523_biden_border_visit/president-joe-biden-says-hell-visit-border-next-week-during-mexico-trip/
President Joe Biden intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since he took office during his trip to Mexico City next week, but has yet to say which part of the border he plans to visit or reveal the date.
#Tucson #Arizona

George Santos shared a falsehood on his first day on Capitol Hill: that he had been sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives.

He wasn’t the only one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/04/george-santos-sworn-in-mistake-house/

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Think outside the Bell: Where to find Tucson's best tacos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/122922_top_tucson_tacos/think-outside-bell-where-find-tucsons-best-tacos/
What's been dubbed as the "2022 Taco Bell New Year's Eve Downtown Bowl Bash" will occupy Tucson this weekend, part of the Arizona Bowl activities that help showcase our city. But Tucsonans know that real tacos don't come from that fast-food chain.
#Tucson #Arizona

Just days after announcing that the agency had been misleading to the public for months about how many immigrants were on gps ankle monitors, ICE claims it can’t find records on over 350,000 immigrants in alternatives to detention program.

@immigration #immigration

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"The number of journalists has declined by 60 percent since 2005, according to government statistics. Research from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University this year found that on average two newspapers are disappearing in the U.S. every week. The nation has lost more than a quarter of its newspapers since 2005" https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/29/north-shore-leader-santos-scoop/