ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 11 months ago to random

Just told my daughter this and figured I'd pass it on:

When you say "no" to someone, you do not have to give a reason. It is often better to not give one because then people can't debate your reason when "no" should just mean no.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

When dogs want to force someone else to move a certain way, they don't touch-- they use "body blocking". If you want to control their movements, then you can do so most effectively by body blocking. Body blocking is as simple as blocking a path by stepping in the way. If a dog is barking at someone, for example, and you want to move them away against their will, then stand (facing the dog) between them and what they're barking at. They will probably try to move around you because you are blocking their line of sight. Step to the side when they do so you block their path. They will probably try to go around you the other way, so step that way now. You are blocking with your own body and are keeping your hands off them. When you get really savvy at this, you can even make dogs backup by stepping or just leaning towards them, and you can make them follow you by leaning away. This is really important to teach kids so they don't grab. It is also really important to teach this to others at a protest, because cops move you around this way, and you can move them around this way. Whoever the cops are facing is who they are manipulating.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 7 months ago to random

If your mutual aid isn't busted up by the cops, then it probably isn't mutual aid. Mutual aid undermines the State.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 11 months ago to random

Out of the blue, my 11 year old asked me who Leonard Peltier is because he saw graffiti. Vandalism educates our youth.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

No wonder he left his cat to his neighbor.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

I got to talk about my favorite subject (hyena genitals) today! I'll do it here, too.

Hyenas are matriarchal with the youngest females ranking highest under the matriarch.

All female spotted hyenas have penises. They use the fully functional (psuedo) penises to mount, pee, give birth, and prevent non-consentual intercourse (since it literally has to open up). The females with the erect penises are submissive and the dominant female is the flaccid one.
Pictured below is a female.

Also, BOO👎 to “Traditional” Chinese Medicine because it peddles hyena genitals and ain't even traditional.

Read more about #hyena genitals here, via Gender Inclusive Biology:

https://www.genderinclusivebiology.com/newsletter/all-female-spotted-hyenas-have-functional-penises-and-mount-both-male-amp-female-hyenas-gender-showcase-9-12

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 10 months ago to random

I love pirates and librarians. Thank you for your service.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 10 months ago to random

If you pirate media, you are just an archivist, really.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 7 months ago to random

I would like to see businesses refuse to serve cops and take that shit to the supreme court just so I can watch liberals hem and haw.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 7 months ago to random

I am loving this trend of plumbers and tree trimmers and other workers I hire to do stuff who show up, see that I'm cool, have me cancel my appointment and arrange for them to come back and do it off the clock for cash under the table, or they do it right quick and steal their time as well. Hustle!!!! 👏👏👏🙌

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Remembering how I got fired from my daycare job in my early 20s for being sick too much but also because I didn't act neurotypically with the kids. The kids liked me most, so what does that tell you?

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Someone I know is having a baby, and I ran into their spouse. We were talking about how the due date is close, and I said I recommended something like mealtrain dot com (preferably something less corporate) where friends and family can sign up to drop off meals on your porch or sign up for other things/chores without disturbing the new parents. He looked at me, perplexed, and asked why they wouldn't be able to cook their meals after having a baby.

Oh.

Oh, no.

Nevermind. Good luck, dude!

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

The Israeli state is fascist and is committing a horrific genocide, with the help of the USA, which dabbles in fascism. There are A LOT of similarities with the fascist Nazis, and it is not antisemitic to say so. It would be antisemitic to assume Jewish people are Zionists or vise versa, and it would be antisemitic to call a Jewish person a Nazi (Jewish hatred defines Nazism). But what is happening in Gaza shares a lot of similarities with the Holocaust, moreso every day. It is making me sick. I don't know what to do.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

The scariest situations I have ever been in with cops were cops who were actually from the community they were policing-- cops who knew me and were my small town neighbors. The ones who knew me well wanted to hurt me the most.

jindra, 1 month ago to random

I read in a zine that the concept of "coming out" is kinda wrong, because it assumes that people are cishet by default and they have to do stuff to escape it

I think I agree with this take

maybe that's why I don't want to do coming outs irl, now I understand myself more!

and I think maybe something similar applies to neurodivergence? Would have to think about this more

Adam_Cadmon1, 1 month ago to random

A ittle pudgy bulldog came flopping down the stairs of this apartment complex I was in today. He was trying to be gruff but I confused him by talking to him like we were old buds. He looked back at his owner like "Who is this guy? Do I know this guy??"

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

#CatsOfMastodon #FediCats

BigTittyBimbo, 1 month ago to random

Stealing is fine as long as you're not stealing from someone who can't afford to lose it. Steal from big corporations, steal from billionaires.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

It is a misunderstanding to think cats don't love us like dogs do, or that they are less social, or that they are lower maintenance and need less attention and care. Cats don't even like it when we go out of our way to greet the dog but not them. They get separation anxiety. They sleep when they are stressed or bored (relatable), so we often misunderstand these emotions in cats. Cats feeling superior, or not needing us, or not caring, makes me so sad for cats, knowing all this to be false.

julieofthespirits, 1 month ago to random Spanish

The other day I watched Leave the World Behind and while the general concept of the film was fine I guess and the cast was generally talented there were all these weird Boomer Lib moments in the construction of the characters that made it really alienating to anyone who's not, you know, a boomer lib

Then I go on to Wikipedia and I see that Obama personally gave feedback to the screenwriter, telling them how to make the characters more sympathetic

One of the greatest own goals in the history of cinema

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

When I was a zookeeper, I was always experiencing a euphoric awe when an animal did something really animal-ish, like when the wolves would howl when I approached them in the morning. It was the basis of my cognitive dissonance. Anyway, I get that same feeling from companion animals, too! Specifically when dogs are REALLY sniffing something or trying hard to communicate with me, and with cats I feel that way when they have a flehmen response or when they do acrobatics through the air during play. 🥰

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 1 month ago to random

Just your occasional reminder that "bush meat" is a racist term. It is a way to make hunting wild animals seem shady in a way that is only applied to Africans. In the USA, deer is bush meat.