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fmhilton

@fmhilton@mastodon.sdf.org

Life long Mainer, retired. Writer of various things on my blog. I love to make noise and good trouble.

I want to inform, engage, amuse and enlighten the world.

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NunavutBirder, to random
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I don’t have dark skies anymore, but if you do, and have clear skies, keep an eye on the night this weekend. A G3/G4 solar storm is predicted this weekend. That could spark Aurora all the way down to the southern US.

fmhilton,
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@NunavutBirder I wish I were in Alaska now-this will be totally visible there but not Maine!
The prediction is for the Upper Midwest to have visibility but not much further. If you look at the maps the arc is narrow.

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

fmhilton,
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@CatDragon @RickiTarr That's OUR Maine! Best place in the world to live! (except for the touristas!)

fmhilton,
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@RickiTarr @CatDragon That's exactly what we call them.
It's easier and more convenient.
They even like it.
Our other motto is: "Welcome to Maine-now please leave but we'll keep your money.

GottaLaff, to random
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👇🏼
Via Kyle Griffin:

President #Biden just announced his 49th round of nominees for federal judicial positions — bringing the total number of announced federal judicial nominees to 240.

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff Too bad he can't replace some of them that need to be replaced, like Aileen Cannon, Clarence Thomas-hell almost all of the SC.

fmhilton, to random
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This is what happens when you make women into nothing more than walking incubators.

"A Texas man is seeking a court order so he can depose a woman he was DATING who traveled to Colorado to get an abortion"

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/05/us/texas-abortion-collin-davis-colorado/index.html

fmhilton, to random
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These people are fucking insane.
It's like they have worms or something that eats the part that gives them logic.
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-lawmaker-ripe-and-fertile-teens/
" Rep. Jess Edwards voiced his opposition to a bill setting the minimum age of marriage to 18 — because it would induce "ripe and fertile" 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds to have more abortions instead of settling down and having a family. "
What the fuck is this shit? Women are nothing more than cows to him.

fmhilton,
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@isotope239 Thankfully the bill passed. Republicans are some of the most mentally ill and sexually repressed people in the world. They're almost to a T all 'christians' who believe in Trump as JC.

TonyStark, to random
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If you don’t have the gun companies trying to put a gun in everyone’s hands, people can just ask another person to move out of their driveway.

Teen pizza delivery driver shot at multiple times after parking in the wrong driveway:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-pizza-delivery-driver-shot-multiple-parking-wrong-driveway-rcna150638

fmhilton,
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@TonyStark Then in Windham Maine this past week there is the re-opening of Windham Arms, which manufactures assault weapons.
Which we do not need but don't tell the fan boys of the 2nd Amendment that, they freak the fuck out and call you a communist plant. Or worse.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Ron Filipkowski:

Since Todd Blanche nodded his head yes when claimed that his right to testify has been taken away because of the , Merchan must start the day tomorrow inquiring of Trump’s understanding AND whether Blanche misadvised him on his 5th Amendment rights.

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff I can't imagine that a experienced lawyer like Blanche not telling his client the 5th Amendment thing correctly-it's drilled into every defense lawyer ever bred. "You have the right to testify in your own behalf, but I won't force you to." Stupid if he forgot it..and bound to get slapped at by the judge.

fmhilton, to random
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This should not come as a surprise to anyone.
The oil companies need their profits, and they'll do ANYTHING to keep them flowing.
Including making people cheat, lie and steal.
' Scott Sheffield, the founder and longtime CEO of a leading American oil producer, attempted to collude with OPEC and its allies to inflate prices, federal regulators alleged on Thursday. "
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/energy/oil-ceo-opec-scott-sheffield/index.html

fmhilton, to random
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This is a startling article: honeybees are NOT in danger of disappearing, contrary to many reports:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/science/honeybee-swarm-infested-house-beekeepers.html
They're not native to North America. It's the native wild bees that are being decimated.

fmhilton, to random
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I think polls are useless, divisive and discriminatory. They should be banned because they do nothing but inflame public opinion and divide people.
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/30/the-trouble-with-polling-about/

Daojoan, to random
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90% of people cannot tell the difference between an opinion piece, a news article, and the Onion.

fmhilton,
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@Daojoan And sometimes there is NO difference, either.
https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527
"‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens"

RickiTarr, to random
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The Two Types of Vacationers:

Me: Hey Honey, what do you want to do on vacation? I want to walk somewhere lovely and try something new every day.

Hubs: Sleep as long as I want.

fmhilton,
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@RickiTarr
Me: go someplace every day, do something new.
Hub (when alive.): I'll beat you to the car!
When we were younger we were very adventurous. Also very broke.

fmhilton, to random
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@RickiTarr But: I never asked to have my tubes tied, either.
I knew most doctors would refuse it.
I had to actually wait until menopause to be able to relax on BC. Finally. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

zoomar, to random
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I wish humans had a brain reboot button for those times when you are having RAM problems or a performance issue with your CPU.

fmhilton,
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@zoomar Especially the memory-I need a reboot for that every day.

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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The Tale of Two Gynecologists

This is a bit long, and I've talked about this a lot lately, but it's something I'm thinking about a lot in the wake of so much hatred of female Healthcare. When my female troubles got bad enough that I finally talked to my doctor about it, he referred me to a gynecologist. I had already had several ultrasounds and an MRI at this point, and she had put me on some oral contraceptives for several months, (which made sick to my stomach no matter what I did) and had just done another ultrasound. She greeted me with "Well, you're really messed up inside, Honey.", which already had me pretty stressed out. Then told me I would probably need surgery to figure out exactly what was going on. She then asked me if I wanted children, and I said No. I had taken my husband with me to the appointment for moral support, and she glanced over at him, and then talked to me for 5 minutes about how many women my age could still have children, and I could definitely consider it, and that they would do everything they could to make sure I could stay viable. They could freeze my eggs if I had to do a hysterectomy, just on and on. She probably asked me directly 4-5 if I was sure I didn't want kids. Finally, I said, "Ma'am, my husband got a vasectomy over a decade ago, we are absolutely sure we don't want kids." After hubs had found me crying on the toliet, because my period was late again, he went to his doctor and said, "Hey doctor, I'm thinking about a vasectomy." The doctor gave him a pamphlet to read, and made him an appointment. The whole thing was done in a few weeks.

Anyhow, she finally referred me to a gynecological surgeon, and I was not looking forward to dealing with this again, and was just generally terrified of having surgery for the first time. I met with this woman and she was so efficient and practical. It is the longest doctor appointment I've ever had, since this surgery would be exploratory, she went over every possibility of what could happen when she was inside. She did a thorough exam, she went over all the scans that I had, and explained why she thought this needed done. Then she said she would like to put in a Mirena IUD during surgery. She said, "You're in pain half the month, and there's no reason for you to have a period if you don't want to have kids. You'll have some erratic bleeding for six months, but by a year most women have a very light or no period at all, there's no reason for you to needlessly suffer if you don't end up needing a hysterectomy."

It's interesting to me still, that one doctor was so focused on what my body could do, and another so focused on how I felt. I came out of the first appointment feeling scared and confused, and the second feeling heard and cared for. Feeling valued as a person and not a baby maker made the surgery much easier to go through, and the Mirena has been great btw. Women don't have to needlessly suffer.

fmhilton,
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@RickiTarr So many women have gone through the "You'll change your mind."
I know I did not. For some reason, I was fortunate enough to find nobody pushed me on it. Actually the only people who did were acquaintances and my father. Once was enough for them to hear me tell them, "No, I don't think so."
In fact a lot of them ended up admiring me for it. Taking a stand like that is very hard for a woman. It goes against all of our 'training" and society.

GottaLaff, to random
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To those who think I don't know I am posting publicly to Ali Velshi and Wiley... I know I'm posting publicly.

I want eyes on this.

I DM when I need to say something not for everyone's eyes.

This story is for everyone's eyes. The more the better.

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff The only problem with the story (not that it's not true, we all know it IS) is that the media is deathly scared of his incredible penchant to sue the shit out of anyone who looks sideways at him. That could be a problem because just that he's on trial for being a fraud and con man doesn't mean he doesn't have the money to sue someone again. It has to be an impeccably sourced story, not second or third hand and one that he would rather not have come out. I hope it meets all of them

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff Good for you! I do hope it opens eyes up about that bozo. And by the way, I have no idea why any woman would consider Trump attractive except for his supposed 'money'. He's a baboon with hair. Nothing more. With all the manners of an ape, too. Totally repellent.

JuliusGoat, to random
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Isn't it interesting that every killing by every cop is just a single bad apple that should never be thought to spoil the bunch, while every protest by and on behalf of marginalized people must be flawlessly perfect, or all participants deserve the brutality the police exist to deliver to them?

fmhilton,
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@JuliusGoat There's an awful lot of 'bad apples' in the cops, isn't there?

Wileymiller, to random
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@GottaLaff
A story about my mom and Trump.

My mom was an executive assistant for two Jewish brothers who ran a construction company in the '80s. They were in competition with Trump on some real estate deal and lost out to him. For some reason they had to make a pilgrimage to Trump Tower to go on bended knee. When one of the brothers introduced mom, Trump his usual graceful manner said, “Which one of these two Jews did you have fuck to get your job?”.

fmhilton,
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@Wileymiller @GottaLaff You should publish this..give it to the Daily Beast as a item. I bet they'd run with it!

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller

this is their tip line:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller As long as they check out the story and publish, we can take down fucking Trump. Nobody ever talks about his antisemitism, but he's known for it.

RickiTarr, to random
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I'm going to start writing all my posts on old English, and daring people to correct my grammar and spelling.

fmhilton,
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@RickiTarr I'm going for the 'interpretive dance' version.
People want to correct my grammar and spelling can do so, but I don't care.

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW THREAD 🧵 1/...

Inner City Press (aka Press):

Justice Merchan: I've signed the order to show cause. Now, the texts?
Prosecutor: We are introducing them as business records. It was part of the regular business of AMI. These are discussions between co-conspirator Dylan Howard and Ms. Rodriguez

Klasfeld:

Trump is back in the courtroom, appearing to sharply exhale when he reached the defense table before sitting down.

fmhilton,
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@GottaLaff Well, then he will have to cancel them, won't he?
Maybe his handlers who schedule these things should be aware of the fact that he's in a criminal trial that he HAS to be in if the judge has a hearing. It's not an option to not attend.

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