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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 ADHD
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Someone said that what a neurodivergent views as CONTEXT,
a neurotypical will usually view as an excuse,
and when I tell y'all this hits me SO HARD 😫

"You're just not working hard enough"
"You're just not paying close enough attention"
"You're just lazy"
"You're just not very thoughtful"
"You're just not respectful of other people's time"
"You're just selfish"
"...SO STOP MAKING EXCUSES!"

And all the while, I'm just trying to provide context on how I got from A to G


andrewstroehlein, to random
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Beware of politicians who blame vulnerable groups for your problems - they’re the ones not talking about making your life better but about making someone else’s life worse.

Their target may be refugees or a religious group or an ethnic group or trans folks. But whoever the vulnerable minority is, the message is basically the same: you’re supposed to believe that denying these people their rights will somehow help you and your family. It won’t, of course. Don’t buy it.

https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/22?story=paragraph-8357

courtcan,
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@andrewstroehlein Scapegoating is a practice (nearly?) as old as humanity itself. It's our inherent inability to acknowledge and deal with what's lacking in ourselves. We will never mature as a species until we face up to who and what we really are. We can only hope that we mature before we wipe ourselves out of existence.

courtcan, to random
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🎶 HEY I JUST MET YOU
AND THIS IS CRAZY
BUT LET'S TELL RIDDLES
AND I'LL EAT YOU MAYBE 🎶

--Gollum,
THE HOBBIT by Jepson R.R. Tolkien

NanoRaptor, to random
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The better cybertruck

courtcan,
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@Luke @NanoRaptor I would buy the shit out of a cherry red EV Delorean.

courtcan, to fantasy
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Y'ALL.
FINALLY.

MY NEWEST BOOK IS OUT. 😃🥳🎶💃😁

THE ACCURSED is my first ever solidly YA fantasy novel & I am SO excited to share this adventure with you!

Teen heroine Elfled is the only "unBlessed" member of her family--never a problem until they flee political persecution. Without magical skills to see her through, Elfled has only wits & hopes in her fight to resist the forces driving her squarely into Evil's lair.

https://www.amazon.com/Accursed-Courtney-Cantrell-ebook/dp/B0CVSKRTP2/





Mrfunkedude, to random
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It's FRIDAY!!!!

Make sure that you use fresh oil!

courtcan,
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@Mrfunkedude I don't know what that means! But okay, I'll do it!

courtcan,
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@Mrfunkedude Ohhhhhh. No, that's a good one! The problem was me -- I'm not really awake yet. 😆

RickiTarr, to random
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When the Soviet Union was falling apart Gorbachev had one thing on his mind, Who killed Laura Palmer?!

courtcan,
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@RickiTarr "Diane, if you ever get up this way, that cherry pie is worth a stop."

courtcan, to StarTrek
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I didn't know any better 20+ years ago. Forgive me, I was young and foolish.

But John de Lancie as Q is incredibly attractive,and I really don't know how I feel about that.



John de Lancie as Q in the early 2020s. Silver hair, silver goatee, same intense and mocking stare, dressed in black. Total silver fox and even more attractive than 30 years ago. Some things truly do get better with age. 🔥🔥🔥

the_etrain, to random
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Little league season is over. Now, I must face the final boss: ballet recital.

courtcan,
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@the_etrain I battled 5th grade musical last week. May the odds be ever in your favor!

clive, to random
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If you haven't seen it yet, go check out @ernie's new search engine ...

... which automatically appends "&udm=14" to the end of your search query ...

... thereby triggering Google to give you your results with no AI answer at the top, and (for me, anyway) no ads

It's like google from 2004 or something

https://udm14.com

courtcan,
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@clive @ernie "WAKE UP HONEY, REAL SEARCH ENGINE JUST DROPPED" 🤘🤘🤘🖖

courtcan, to random
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Here's the thing.

And it would take a series of books to unpack it all.

So keep in mind: a microblogging platform is not the tool with which to do these concepts justice. Yes, MUCH OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS MISSING NUANCE.

BUT.

The thing is that nothing is going to save us.

Not AI. Not the right president. Not the self-recusing of that Supreme Court justice. Not more money. Not more jobs. Not better jobs. Not those drugs. Not that relationship. Not sex. Not alcohol. Not academia.

1/

courtcan,
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Not fitness. Not eating right. Not excellent health. Not the right books. Not that car. Not that bike. Not that boat. Not that set of clothes. Not that reconciliation. Not that therapy. Not that medication. Not that doctor. Not that gender affirmation. Not that school.

Not makeup. Not sex. Not exercise. Not religion. Not unbelief. Not weighted blankets. Not shoes. Not comic books. Not jewelry. Not accessories. Not pets. Not travel. Not buying a house. Not that curriculum. Not that gadget.

2/

courtcan,
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Not that god. Not that idea. Not that ritual. Not the right amount of sleep. Not that music or that movie or that soundtrack. Not that drink.

And so much more.

All the things and concepts and activities with which we fill our lives -- none of them are going to save us. They all PROMISE to -- they are the oasis meant to quench our thirst and fill us up. But they are powerless to follow through on their promise to make us whole and complete.

Nothing can save us.
Nothing can make us whole.

3/

courtcan,
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Because there is no such thing as whole.

Everything in the universe -- every star, planet, meteor, fragment of space debris, land mass, ocean, animal, building, vehicle, human, flesh, cell, atom -- all of it is divided. All of it is lacking. Lack is at the core of the universe's nature; no one and nothing exists without it.

Our task is to be solid on these realities -- and to hold each other, comfort each other in the dark, and help each other learn to accept that we are accepted.

4/4

courtcan,
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Addendum 1/

"The Gospel is, life is shit and you don't have the answers. And that's good news.... What is the meaning of life? ...Part of the meaning of life is to be able to set that question to one side , to be able to live with not having the answer....

"If I believe that the world is meaningful, that we'll end up playing harps in the sky for eternity, but I do not love, then I cannot help but experience the world as meaningless...

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all, I like all the Treks, I can't deal with your fighting, please think of the children.

courtcan,
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@4d3fect @RickiTarr

"Could they be the miners?"

-"Sure, they're like, three years old."

"...Miners, not minors!"

"You lost me."

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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I don’t know how that squirrel got on the neighbor’s roof but I hope it has some kind of escape plan.

courtcan,
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@lilithsaintcrow This was a wonderful ride I am glad to have read as I drink my own coffee. Cheers! ☕🐿️🏆

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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There comes a moment in the middle of a ramble when Boxnoggin’s fidgets have worked out and he just…settles into the work of accompanying a human. It’s taken years to patiently encourage the idea of walkies as a cooperative venture, but the rewards are vast.

courtcan,
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@lilithsaintcrow Is Boxnoggin canine, feline, or other?

courtcan,
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@lilithsaintcrow Ah, just-plain-weird is my favorite breed!

"Boxnoggin" is an excellent name, btw. 😄

badastro, to random
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Global warming is slowing Earth's rotation.

It's a small effect, but it's measurable, and it's one more way our mucking about with the planet is having unintended consequences.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/global-warming-measurably-affecting-earths-rotation

courtcan,
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@badastro NEAT.

😫☹️

RickiTarr, to random
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The most ridiculous thing about cop procedural shows is when they ask where a person was, and what they were doing at a specific time the person always has perfect and immediate recall. I'd be desperately trying to remember what day of the week that was, and trying to open my phone calendar. If I was the cop, I'd immediately be suspicious of the person who remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing.

courtcan,
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@mentallyalex @RickiTarr

Copsl: Can you account for your whereabouts last night?

Me: Honey, I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning.

😆

😫😫😫

plaguepoems, to random
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Occasionally I see
a couple out in public
with one masked
and the other bare faced
or a photo of a family
with only one masked member
and when I see such things
I wonder
how the masked one
must be feeling
and then I look over
at my unmasked partner
and I think to myself: oh.

courtcan,
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@plaguepoems Same. ☹️

RickiTarr, to random
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It's so weird that we are all supposed to be ashamed for burping and farting. I deeply apologize to everyone for keeping my body from literally exploding, so uncouth.

courtcan,
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@run_atalanta @qurlyjoe @RickiTarr @fmhilton I have a mild form of it too. Sometimes, when I get one of those sneezes that doesn't want to come out and just makes your sinuses throb, I'll go to a window and stick my face in the sun to make myself sneeze and get it over with! 😆

RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

courtcan,
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@RickiTarr Let's go way back for this one....

https://youtu.be/Y9a49oFalZE?si=ivDmMEtIFjmgvKyj


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