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greenmountaingirl

@greenmountaingirl@babka.social

writer * indexer * auntie * human-shaped cat * vermonter in nh * deeply uncool

chief bioethicist at miriam technologies (iykyk)

gender/queer

proudly jewish-adjacent animist christian

header shows my hand open with black sunflower seeds in the palm. on one of my fingers perches a chickadee

avatar shows the face of a middle-aged white femme (me) wearing a deep green wrap and silver jewelry, standing in front of a chestnut wooden door

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littlemiao, to Cats
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Sprockles wishes you a purrfect !

greenmountaingirl,
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@littlemiao henlo!

Pentapod, to books

AHHHHHH the new novel is out today and my preorder just arrived on my Kobo and why didn't I take today off work for ?????

If you haven't read any Murderbot by the amazing @marthawells yet this is your wake up call to pick up the first novella (All Systems Red). You'll know within the first chapter if it's not for you or if you're hooked for life and it will almost certainly be the latter.

https://wandering.shop/@marthawells/111405501704836692

greenmountaingirl,
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@Pentapod @marthawells My spouse and I are already thinking about this issue wrt Alecto the Ninth.

littlemiao, to random
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Shabbat shalom

greenmountaingirl,
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@littlemiao Shabbat shalom!

shekinahcancook, (edited ) to random
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    greenmountaingirl,
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    @shekinahcancook I'm truly sorry to hear that.

    It sounds like we probably won't get along. I am currently experiencing an anxiety and asthma attack and was hoping for compassion. PTSD in different people can affect them differently, and I am perhaps more tender than most.

    Goodbye; I wish you well!

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @shekinahcancook That is not a justification for triggering people's PTSD. People with PTSD know horrible things happen, but some of us can only function if we aren't casually exposed to vivid descriptions of it.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @shekinahcancook Please, please use content warnings for stuff like this.

    serge, to random
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    Crispin gets confused by the simplest things, but if there's an an insect in the home he turns into

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @thepoliticalcat Okay, i get you. Different understandings of "apex predator" (I use the definition "having no natural predators of its own.")

    Funnily enough, raccoons also belong to order Carnivora, and are vicious predators feared by people who keep chickens. A single raccoon can wipe out an entire flock in one night.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @thepoliticalcat @serge I'm sorry, but this is my pet peeve. Housecats are not apex predators, which is why they have such a developed startle response, among other things they share with prey animals. Just where I live, cats may be hunted by coy-wolves, catamounts, great horned owls, and bears. Not to mention loose dogs.

    (I suspect the "cats are apex predators" myth came about to try to convince ourselves that it's safe out there for our little murder-floofs. But it's not. And on top of the natural predators are the cars.)

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What’s the worst date you’ve ever been on? You know I want details, spill the tea!

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @shekinahcancook 😲​😳​

    littlemiao, to random
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    When is it time to acknowledge defeat and acquire a new identity?

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @shekinahcancook @littlemiao Oof, I concur.

    greenmountaingirl, to Cats
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    was sleeping peacefully on the bed when just jumped up and immediately put his jaws on Dayenu's throat. What a horrible way to wake up!

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @thepoliticalcat God, I love cats.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @thepoliticalcat I don't know what your weather's been like, but the dip into autumnal temperatures definitely makes my babies more cuddly (and playful).

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @thepoliticalcat Aww, Juju sounds a bit like Dayenu. Very meek, much baby.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @thepoliticalcat 😽​

    greenmountaingirl, to Cats
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    is being even more golden than usual today, cuddling and calming me down (with minor drooling).

    I wish I could somehow give you all the calming Pip experience, but a picture of his cuteness will have to do.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @hyc Awwww!😻​

    Cassandra, to random
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    I have now tested positive for Covid.

    I avoided it successfully for years, and caught it accessing health care.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @Cassandra Fuck, I'm so sorry. Hope you have a quick and complete healing!

    littlemiao, to Cats
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    Before we trapped Ketzeleh, she visited our garden a few days in a row 🥺 Teeny skinny baby under that floof.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @shekinahcancook @littlemiao I also think prayer can be a way to open yourself up to a possibility that you might not otherwise have seen. So because you dreamed of finding a cat that way, you were prepared to see and love her.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @littlemiao Aww, sweet baby! I'm so glad you got her!

    greenmountaingirl, to random
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    greenmountaingirl,
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    @RainbowWarrior I forgot to add "puzzle" after "waffle," oops.

    mariyadelano, to random
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    Yet another day of being annoyed by the stupidly popular assumption that “men and women can’t be just friends” because it’s a reductive and harmful generalization rooted in a heteronormative and transphobic binary understanding of gender and sexuality.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @mariyadelano I think about this a lot.

    Also, many of my friends are bi/pan and we ALL manage not to want to sleep with each other just fine.

    greenmountaingirl, to random
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    We're in Maine for our vacation. I'd hoped that, a year on - and with a door between us and the cats this time - we'd be able to sleep, but no. Pip is especially needy, and was either screaming and batting at the door handle or, if we let him in, walking over us ceaselessly.

    I'm going to need a vacation after this vacation just to catch up on sleep.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    Both fuzzy little bastards are now sleeping under the bed.

    WHY CAN'T THEY DO THAT WHEN WE'RE SLEEPING?

    serge, to random
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    Welp, seems I have an Internet stalker.

    sigh

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @serge Ew, I'm sorry.

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @serge That is seriously messed up. Would it help if others report this account?

    mariyadelano, to random
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    Got stuck in traffic near Chicago. Our car hasn’t moved for nearly two hours now… worst part - we are in the only lane on the entire highway that’s been stopped this entire time. And because of construction we are blocked all around and can’t get out

    😫😫😫

    greenmountaingirl,
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    @mariyadelano Nooooooooo!

    mariyadelano, to random
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    Ugh. Got very scammy-looking medical bills in the mail for my ER appointment in May.

    The totals aren't particularly high, I can easily pay them. Problems tho:

    • I already paid while I was at the ER after they confirmed what I'd owe through my insurance plan.
    • The hospital never contacted me with a bill, no call, no email, their patient portal says I don't owe anything.
    • The bills are through very shady third party billing agencies with scam reports
    • Didn't get the mail till "final notice"
    greenmountaingirl,
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    @mariyadelano I've had a similar experience before; hope it gets cleared up quickly and painlessly as possible!

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