As someone from a red state, we are literally dying. Literally. Not figuratively. Even before abortion became illegal, we had the worst maternal mortality rates in the nation. Now women are taking chances on pills they get online, IF they have the know-how to get them.
We have a digital wallet in louisiana. I used it a couple times when my actual license went missing. It's a good thing to have as a backup, but not as a main form of ID.
Trying to work but the depression just hit me like a fucking truck today.
God, I hope this is the case. This court is fucking evil. I am terrified for the future.
Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation
What's really frustrating is talking to people who are ostensibly liberal but insist "well, the 10 commandments *were* the basis for our legal system." No they aren't and also that's not even the point.
Everyone knows the "10 Commandments in the classroom" thing is going to be struck down by the courts. It's all about posturing. It's just Landry saying to the Christian Nationalists "see, I'm with you. It's the bad people in charge who won't let this happen."
DRAGONFLIGHT (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30" For the first book in Anne McCaffrey's now legendary Dragonriders of Pern series, I wanted to create a literal visualization of the title. I selected an aerial point-of-view and tilted the horizon to simulate the dizzying sensation of flight. 1/4
