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Meznor

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cats, plants, some activi-sh thoughts, and good vibes

Sports too

(avatar credit: georgy kurasov. A cubism style, colourful painting showing a bored looking woman holding up a martini glass, wearing a striking, tight red dress, her legs crossed tightly. To her right is a man sitting next to her, in a cobalt blue dress jacket and white shirt, in a black top hat & wearing shaded glasses, holding a cigar. Underneath the woman's seat is a grey bulldog, looking as nonplussed as the humans.)

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stux, to random
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:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: It’s my birthday yay! Have a most wonderful day and stay safe!🐾♥️😸

Meznor,
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@stux happiest of birthdays!!! Dukey is celebratory, maybe, it's hard to tell, she's furry so that's a sign of celebration, right?

GottaLaff, to random
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OMFG. I'd never heard it before either, Robbie.

Via Emptywheel:

This is actually one of Roger Stone's favorite slurs against women. He has used it against me at least once.

" told her: 'See you next Tuesday' – a phrase that is often used as a derogatory euphemism directed at women." https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/politics/roberta-kaplan-donald-trump-deposition-maralago/index.html

As for , here's what he tweeted to me in 2014, among other things::

Meznor,
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow 😞 I'm so sorry this is directed at you. I'm not surprised, of course.

I only just learned about the see you next Tuesday thing (via Office Ladies podcast, of all places). It's apparently a British expression?

Some people are fucking gross and awful. And now so many of those people feel entitled to direct this vileness publicly because leaders have given them permission. I'm not sure how we put that shit back in the bottle in our society.

Meznor,
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow both! The screenshot you shared from that scumbag.. Ugh.

Meznor, to Bloomscrolling
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I've had a couple rough days, specific to work, so helps remember work is stupid and other things matter more. My are all the same.

1 winter blooms
2 winter blooms
3 winter blooms

Glossy dark green leaves and a budding white peace lily flower
Two white, large, open flowers with slightly red outlines on a light green stalk, a late blooming amaryllis I thought wasn't gonna grow.
Bonus close up of the Canna lilly flowers, soft coral petals flopping around green stalks

stux, to random
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“Be very still, its vision is based on movement”

A little baby crawls past a washing cat who sits very still when it’s passing You can tell that’s a good kitty, he could have chosen violence but didn’t

Meznor,
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@stux 😆 like a tyrannosaurus rex

GottaLaff, to legal
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I'm back at my computer. 🧵 starts here. 1/...

(Painters slowed me down. I'm catching up...patience)

Via InnerCityPress aka Press:

Habba: My client & I wish to pt out Ms Carroll can sit in front of jurors every day. But my client has to choose between attending his mother in law's funeral--
Judge Kaplan: I have ruled. Sit down
Habba: I don't like to be spoken to that why. Please refrain. I am asking for an adjournment for a funeral.
Judge Kaplan: Denied. Sit down

Meznor,
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@GottaLaff NFL does anyone know if this is a usual number of objections (by Habba in particular) and sidebars in this type of trial?

It seems the objections were almost always overruled. And that Habba doesn't know how to lawyer. But I don't know based on what might be usual.

Meznor,
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow yes!! Like trying to ask questions that get stricken because she's trying to get some garbage messages in for the jury?? (I know that from TV shows! I thought it didn't really happen! Lol)

stux, to random
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Og btw, when Trumpet said he wanted a 'Dome' for the US, he probably just saw a TV show a few minutes before and he meant something like this:

Cause yeah... dumb Trump

Meznor,
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@darkling @stux also: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Dome

Meznor, to animals
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I took the perfect picture just now.

😸

RickiTarr, to random
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How many of you just have a random box sitting in the middle of your home, because one of your pets decided it was the best place they've ever sat?

Meznor,
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@RickiTarr literally posted about this phenomenon in real time!

https://mstdn.social/@Meznor/111550563505498260

Meznor, to animals
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I missed proper but Tigra did not. 😺 Anyway it's box week with all the catmercialism these days at the holidays, right?

futurebird, (edited ) to Cats
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I don't think we even have a real concept of just how deeply weird #cats really are. Strangest little creatures around. What even is this interaction??

I think the resting cat was expecting to be groomed. She looked so happy and trusting.

I guess this is just... "urges"

(found here: https://www.tumblr.com/everythingfox/692418754677817344/everythingfox-via?source=share)

Meznor,
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@futurebird omg two of my cats act like this often! My boy cat approaches the girl cat, she has the exact expression as the cat on the right, and he tries to bite her, but usually near the neck!!

I assumed it's leftover behaviour of mating because boy cats bite the girl cat's neck to subdue her and hump her. 😬 (All my cats are fixed! I dunno why he still acts like this.)

But biting near the rump?? Weird.

Meznor, to random
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Stacked cats 😺

Meznor, to HashtagGames
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O Holy night train

https://youtu.be/AYeZx7oZztk?si=9NYhAzBHRMBIyy-a

Meznor, to animals
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The boy cat is loafing. The Teegs is warily judging.

Light orange tabby cat sitting on a dark blue velvety throw on a brown couch in a loaf shape

Meznor, to leafs
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Marner!!! Great night 💙🧢🧢🧢+ #Leafs

stux, to Netherlands
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For the people wondering what's happening in the right now

Today we have had elections and it seems one party had made a big win, the 'PVV' an alt-right one-man party from 'Geert Wilders'

Geert Wilders is a big time racist who even made a "movie" about how "bad islam is", I kid you not...

If the polling is correct and we end up with him..

We are in BIG TROUBLE.

Meznor,
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@stux :( I'm so sorry. We are likely going to have an extreme, right wing, anti-government federal leader here in Canada in the next election too.

I'm scared for liberal democracies everywhere. We seem to be at a point where eroding institutional trust is a snake feeding itself. Elect bad leaders, destroy institutions, blame institutions for failure, create mistrust in the institutions, disengage the voters, elect bad leaders, etc.

Meznor, to animals
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This is a good fall cat photo.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I've received a few requests for more cat pictures, so here's Fishy being a chubby little gnome.

Meznor,
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@lowqualityfacts the foots ♥️♥️

mcnees, to random
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BRAINS!

Meznor,
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@mcnees amazing!!

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Meznor,
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@alanalofgren @3goodthings oooh what kind of trees??

Meznor, to random
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Houston has problems

That's how that goes right

Meznor, to animals
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The Dukey girl, who is the fat cat in the cat family, is attempting to look slimmer.

RickiTarr, to random
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I want to talk about Women's Pain. I've never had "good" periods, not since I was a teenager, but as I aged they got worse and worse. I was basically bedridden three days out of the month, and popping ibuprofen for a while after that too. I even got a prescription for Marijuana, because I knew the ibuprofen wasn't good for my stomach, and I needed something to ease the pain. Despite all of this, I just assumed that this was what it was like for most women.

I've always had a lot of anxiety about doctors, but it had ramped up since childhood. My Mom has been in and out of hospitals her whole life, and has had some pretty traumatic experiences. I watched my Dad die in an ER in front of me. But my best friend died suddenly of a preventable illness, and I decided I had to do better, regular Doctor visits was the top of the list, since I had only been going when I absolutely needed to. I casually mentioned to the doctor increased pain during periods and he (like a very good doctor) ordered an ultrasound just in case. This started months and months of tests and doctor visits, 4 ultrasounds, birth control pills that made me sick, an MRI, two different specialists, one of which let me know that I was a mess inside, but I would need surgery to find out exactly how, basically a nightmare. I was so ready to be done with it that when they said surgery I said Yes, immediately, I was so ready to be done. My surgeon was fantastic, but basically said they wouldn't know what the end result was be until they were in there could be just cyst removal, could be a total hysterectomy. In the end, they had to remove my right fallopian tube, right ovary, and some cysts, they also put in a Mirena IUD. I had endometriosis for years, and didn't realize it.

I tell this story, because in a way, I was lucky, my doctor believed me about my pain, but there are thousands more stories where Women's pain gets ignored by the medical establishment, they tell them they are just stressed and hysterical. The average endometriosis diagnosis takes about 7 years, because of this. Men get better care than women, period, and if you're a woman of color or LGBTQ, watch out, the stats are even worse for you. Men get treatment and pain management far more often and far quicker than women. And to top it all off, women are just told pain is normal and part of life from the time they are small children, your period will hurt, so will sex, pregnancy, menopause. We are expected to live in and accept pain our whole lives. Women don't have a higher pain tolerance than men, we are just expected to grin and bear it in a way Men simply are not.

So, final message, if something feels wrong, don't wait, go to the doctor, don't take no for an answer, if your doctor denies you, get another doctor. You know your body better than any other person, you deserve the best care for it, love yourself!

If you have any other advice for women, and dealing with the medical establishment, or just want to share a story, please feel free!

Meznor,
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@RickiTarr I have a relative who was recently finally diagnosed properly for this.. decades of pain. Thank you for sharing this.

QasimRashid, to random
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In lighter news…today at the Rashid house

Me: I'm glad you're working hard kiddo. It'll pay off in the long-term

14 year old: Thanks Abbu, I hope when I'm 30 and middle aged, I can look back and—

Me: WHAT...did you just say?😳

14 year old: When I'm 30 and middle aged, I hope—

Me: Go to your room. You're grounded forever.😐

14: What?? What did I do???

Me: You'll find out when you're middle aged.

Meznor,
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@QasimRashid 😆 maybe try having them multiply 30*2 and reconsider what they think "middle aged" is ...

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