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courtcan

@courtcan@mastodon.social

#author & #bibliophile: #fantasy #scifi #specfic
Amerigerman cultural mutt, aka #ThirdCultureKid
#ADHD #DAVE #neurosparkly
leaning into discomfort
mischief
a/theist tarrying in the "slash"
critical thought viking
I'LL BE YOUR ACCOMPLICE
she/her
Abi '96

courtcan.com

profile pic: photo. me. white woman. 40s. chin-length dark blond curls w/ multi-colored streaks. gray t-shirt w/ black sleeves

header: from cover of my spec-fic collection MALEFACTORS: blonde woman & creepy glow-eyed figure in cowl

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courtcan, to random
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Oh. OH. Y'ALL.

Moving on from ....

Talking with some churched friends, one of whom performs as a drag queen.

Who'd you rather meet in the woods: a preacher or a drag queen?

Me? DRAG. QUEEN.

ZERO. QUESTION.

Ftr, the whole group of us gave the same answer.

https://mastodon.social/@courtcan/112391776138996848

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Tell me the story of the last time you committed an act of kindness in 500 characters or less.

There’s nothing wrong with bragging about creating kindness. There’s nothing honorable about not sharing the joy of creating kindness.

We need to uplift and encourage people who create kindness in their daily lives.

So tell us your story. It doesn’t have to be something big. It can be something as simple as helping someone carry a bag of groceries.

How did you create kindness this week?

courtcan,
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@Mrfunkedude My 5th-grader performed in her school musical 3 nights in a row. It wasn't 100% necessary for spouse & I to be there all 3 nights. And last night a friend threw a party that I reeeeeeeaaaaaalllllly wanted to go to!

But we went to the musical all 3 nights -- 1st night I was in the audience, 2nd & 3rd backstage helping kiddo with costume changes & helping other kids with their random costume disasters. Missed the party, but I'm glad for what I did instead. 😊🎶👯👯‍♀️👯‍♂️💃🕺🎶🎭🍿

QasimRashid, to random
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In 2022 SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that public school teachers & other staff can lead students in prayer.

Now Louisiana will require all schools that receive public funding to display the Ten Commandments, including colleges and universities.

If it’s prayer these guys want, if you’re a public school teacher who wants to learn the Islamic call to prayer, i.e. the Adhaan, to teach your students, let me know.🙃
https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/05/17/louisiana-10-commandments-classrooms

courtcan,
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@QasimRashid Even as an with 40+ years of experience with Christianity, I just don't get this Christian obsession with the 10 Commandments. Wouldn't it make more sense for them to display the words of the radical 1st-century rabbi from Nazareth?

The "Beatitudes" might be a good start. They seem to ignore those.

It's all just polishing a pristine marble tomb while trying desperately to ignore the stench of rot coming from it. Hmm, where have I heard that before....

courtcan, to random
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#HarrisonButker "isn’t nearly the talent...Colin Kaepernick once was, but he should be treated the same: blacklisted, and this time it would actually be justified. ...[T]he 28-year-old Chiefs kicker spent 20 minutes espousing the greatest hits of bigotry, antisemitism, misogyny, homophobia [and] anti-diversity.

"...The trope he’s pushing? It’s the same one Nazis used during the Holocaust, arguing that the murders of 6 million Jews was punishment for the murder of Jesus by their ancestors...

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courtcan,
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"...I am so tired of people telling us at the center of these dehumanizing rants that we need to respect everyone’s opinion,” she said. “No. We don’t, and we don’t have to tolerate it, either.

“You are not allowed to go out of your way and belittle, degrade and depict groups that don’t look like you as subhuman. That’s not an opinion. That is hate. Plain and simple.”

--Trenni Casey

https://pagesix.com/2024/05/17/entertainment/harrison-butker-obliterated-by-sports-anchor-after-homemaker-speech/

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evan, (edited ) to random
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How long have you been on the fediverse?

courtcan,
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@evan 2 years, 1 month, 4 days. Mastodon was the lifeboat I prepared half a year before jumping ship from The Bad Place.

I like it here a lot. Thank you. 😊🖖🤘

courtcan, to random
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"When asked...if someone wearing a mask for health purposes in public would be violating the law, a legislative staff member said it would, because the bill repeals the exemption."

If you never before realized that our health is a political matter...and that wealthy politicians literally do not care whether we live or die...you have overslept and now is the time to WAKE UP.

https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-covid-masks-gaza-protest-b0c6ea89a5d08a8d2f2b21e793e8a6d7

courtcan, to random
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Good morning. I will be taking exactly zero questions.

RickiTarr, to random
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What is the thing(s) that attracts you to a person romantically or otherwise?

courtcan,
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@RickiTarr MANY things. In no order of importance:

genuine respect for other humans
expressive eyes
healthy boundaries for self & others
muscular arms & calves
a ready laugh
passion about their interests
intelligence without superiority
creativity
generosity
willingness to try something new
nice ass

And I am absolute putty in the hands of a person who's able to verbalize to me the traits within myself I thought nobody saw.

Skepticat, to random
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I really don't care to approach the neighbors with issues, so I renamed our wifi: Maybe Calm Down With The Goddam Leaf Blowing, Joe.

courtcan,
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@Skepticat Here's a screenshot of the wifis my phone can see. I know it's not us, because it was listed when we moved in and we hadn't been here long enough for anyone to be concerned 😆

courtcan, to books
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I #amreading REGENESIS (Cyteen, Nr. 4) by CJ Cherryh.

#bookstodon
#books
#ToReadShelf
#BanTheFascistsNotTheBooks

courtcan,
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@mastodonmigration I haven't! The Cyteen series is somehow my first ever Cherryh read. Definitely will not be my last though!

GayDeceiver, to HashtagGames
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Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor, Organically Sourced, Natural Fiber, Hand Woven, Custom Made Dream Catcher Coat

#MakeASongOrPoemRidiculous
#HashTagGames

courtcan,
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@GayDeceiver

Jesus Christ, Integrity-Driven Empathetic Environmental-Activist Vegan Kid-Next-Door Superstar

Cassandra, to random
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It’s hard not to touch rotating belts…

courtcan,
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@PatrickoftheG @Cassandra I feel that way about high cliffs and tigers.

courtcan, to random
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE 😃

"an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida successfully reprogrammed patients’ immune systems to fiercely attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal brain tumor" through "...use of a patient’s own tumor cells to create a personalized vaccine...."

FUCK CANCER. And let's see anti-vaxxers reject this one.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cancer-vaccine-triggers-fierce-immune-response-to-fight-malignant-brain-tumors/

nocontexttrek, to StarTrek
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IYKYK

courtcan,
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@nocontexttrek When I was a kid, this episode always made me crave lasagna.

RickiTarr, to random
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You are going to make love to a Cereal Mascot, who do you choose?

I'm going Snap, Crackle, & Pop.

courtcan,
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@RickiTarr I was gonna be real ecumenical and select from multiple genders. But I can't. Because I've never seen any cereal mascots that aren't male. (Apparently Post has a new one, a female zombie? But I've never seen her.) And of course no nonbinary ones afaik.

So I guess Count Chocula and I are just gonna have to have a good time together by ourselves!

Alice, to random
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I like when people tell me they unfollowed me as if I’m a subscription service that's somehow losing money as a result.

courtcan,
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@tantramar @Alice Recently this guy & I got into what I'll loosely define as "conversation" on here. We weren't even following each other. After about 6 exchanges (3ish from each of us), he huffily told me he was blocking me because he considered me to be a nihilist, and also because I defined the words "atheist" and "theist" differently from how he defined them.

Gif of little blond girl looking perplexed and slightly skeptical

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

courtcan,
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@RickiTarr Anxiety-induced spiraling thoughts. I very quickly go from mild concern to imagining outright disaster. My mind plays out scenarios that end with my closest friends utterly rejecting me, my daughter assaulted or dead, my husband killed in a cycling accident, and and and.

I take my meds, I see my therapist (though I'm admittedly overdue), & I let my closest loved ones know when the spiral edges toward disaster.

But I'm alone inside my skull. No one else can make those thoughts stop.

courtcan, to church
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Also pondering the -leaning aspect of my upbringing.

When you take the lyrics "would he devote that Sacred Head for such a worm as I?" into your very core as a 5-year-old, it takes A LOT to get shut of that unsightly baggage as an adult.

Even "Amazing Grace": "...how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me...."

Really? I was a child. A baby.

A wretch?

Reprobate & miscreant are some of the synonyms. I was to learn those as well.

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courtcan,
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I still struggle against a mindset gifted to me in the cradle. I still struggle against the fundamental lack of that underlies so much of who I am.

I am healthier than I was. ......loving support from people who give me (grace = full acceptance; grace = accepting that you are accepted)...all have contributed to a measure of healing.

But I will likely struggle with these things in some form for the rest of my life.

And I think about...

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courtcan,
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...the wider implications of my experience & of the fact that it is not unique to me.

There are so, so many of us.

And when those of us who critique Christianity & #religion & church engage in our critiques, I think we underestimate the depth of the trauma that has damaged and is continuing to damage the people who remain caught up in Christianity, religion, church.

They are all walking around with raw, open, festering wounds that they deny deny deny so as to neither see nor feel them.
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courtcan,
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None of this is to excuse how they go about being in this world.

None of this is to excuse how I sometimes still go about being in this world. None of this is to excuse my regressions, my poor word choices, my questionable thought patterns.

But it does explain.

None of us can do more than what we have the #tools to do at any given time. When we acquire more and better tools, hopefully we will take more beneficial #actions.

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courtcan,
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Keeping ourselves open to the awful, aweful face of the Other is key.

It's the only way we will ever open to the Awful and Awful within our own selves.

There's more to this.

There always is.

And maybe I'll expand it in a blog post.sometime. But for now, gotta run.

Thanks for listening, y'all. ❤️🤘🖖

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flexghost, to random
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i am become thread destroyer of worlds

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Video of adorable kitten carrying a snack along a fence til they get to their puppy friend who really wants to share it

courtcan,
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@flexghost Cats are so weird. I love them.

maxleibman, to random
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Don’t judge a Canadian until you’ve walked 1.60934 kilometers in their shoes.

courtcan,
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@maxleibman Or a German. 😁

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