Sandstone

Programmer and SFF reader. Sega fan. Asexual and otherwise queer. Art at @quartzenart. She/her. 📚📚📚 Mastodon @[email protected] Insta @quartzenbooks

[Sandstone @quartzen]

I can also be found

On Patreon (hiatus): https://t.co/yMA27nVa4u

On Instagram: @quartzenbooks

On Bluesky: @quartzen.bsky.social

On Mastodon: @[email protected]

On Goodreads: Quartzen

On Storygraph: quartzen

On Tumblr (rarely): @quartzen

On Cohost (rarely): @quartzen

[Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages @mohealthyfam]

🎉 We passed PROP A!  🎉

We just raised wages and brought up to 7 #PaidSickDays to over 500,000 (!!!) Missouri families, making sure all workers can care for themselves or a loved one when sick.

[Sandstone @quartzen]

RT @mohealthyfam: This is what democracy looks!!! THANK YOU to the countless volunteers and 600+ Missouri businesses and coalition partners…

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Incredible news.

Missouri officially passes Amendment 3, codifying abortion rights into law.

This is despite anti-trans attacks against the amendment, stating it would allow "sex change surgeries on young kids," a common Republican line against abortion rights amendments.

[KMOV @KMOV]

Amendment 3 has passed in Missouri according to the Associated Press.

[Sandstone @quartzen]

@Chateausherrill @Catrambo Not yet 🥲

[Sandstone @quartzen]

The Twitter alternative Bluesky has added Direct Message capability if that's something you've been waiting on to use it https://t.co/TuAZYblLWL

[Sandstone @quartzen]

@sqiouyilu Oh yes, it's very cool! Here's a picture from near totality during the eclipse from here in Missouri, there was a warm glow all around the horizon ^^

[Sandstone @quartzen]

@hammard_1987 Agreed, I am not really a fan of the scatological humor either although I felt at least it hit some nice emotional beats

[Sandstone @quartzen]

@TheSFReader @stephanieburgis @lia_404 @dofain @dptalia Happy new year!! Best wishes to you also!

[Rachel S. Cordasco 🤖📚🌎 @Rcordas]

98 reviews by me of #SFinTranslation on sfintranslation.com- can't wait to reach 100!
https://t.co/9vNw4MwG2Z

[Sandstone @quartzen]

@KariDru @CatKimbriel I hope you enjoy! ^^

[Laura Burkhardt @LauraAnnSTL]

“For an unlikely community of people who had nowhere else to be their honest selves, it was a refuge.”

One year later, those who lived through the Club Q shooting are still healing. These are their stories. https://t.co/A0yXANEPKp

[Game Developer @gamedevdotcom]

A Year of Springs is about finding yourself in a world still learning to be kind

https://t.co/rGzGIhS1Jt

[Emily A. @emzorbit]

Bookmarking this to show people who think that Nikki Haley is the answer for returning the GOP to the party they once knew.

[Solaris Books @Solarisbooks]

“There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” - Octavia E. Butler

NEW SUNS 2 ed. by @NisiShawl brings you breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery.

👉https://t.co/N1Il1cKfJj

[Lisa Clancy @lisadclancy]

MO is one of just 4 states where the infant mortality rate > 2021-22. This is largely result of policy decisions by our pro-forced birth legislature— rural hospital closures, cuts to safety net services, and limiting access to repro healthcare. It doesn’t have to be this way.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Incredible news. Andy Beshear wins reelection in Kentucky.

Just last month, Terry Schilling from the American Principles Project announced a plan to "create a wedge issue" out of trans kids in the state.

They then spent $2,000,000 on anti-trans ads.

Which failed. Again.

[Laura Burkhardt @LauraAnnSTL]

Missouri state rep(R) Keathley is a LIAR & terrible at math! @rockwoodschools was capped at 5%!

Rockwood did NOT take advantage of the loophole in the Hancock Amendment. Prop 3 is a levy transfer which by definition nets to zero. That means ZERO new taxes.

Vote YES on Prop 3🗳️