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thepoliticalcat

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Fleeing HellBirdSite for hopefully friendlier pastures. #Writing #Photography #Cats #Food #Cooking #WorldMusic #LGBTQ #Disabled #NoBridge

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thepoliticalcat, to random
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I love making sag paneer and substituting firm tofu for the paneer. I use black mustard seeds, kalonji, and dried red chilies with spinach and tomatoes and some red onion for sweetness, and add the (pressed, salted) tofu after the spinach has been processed into a smooth and tasty comestible. I can eat it with dal and rice. I always said I could eat a vegetarian diet if it was Indian and African food. The vegetarian/vegan food of this country bores me.

thepoliticalcat,
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@ShiitakeToast I don't much like Western vegan food. It's usually hyperprocessed "fake" meat anyway. If you want to eat a steak, eat a damn steak. Don't try and turn cauliflower, which is a wonderfully tasty vegetable, into "steak." It does a horrible disservice to the noble cauliflower. And tofu is NOT a substitute for meat either. Tofu, on its own, or cooked with various other substances, is a wonderful food.

thepoliticalcat, to random
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Worked out today. The injured knee is from about a month ago, but it's still feeling weirdly unstable, a bit puffy, and out of sorts. I'm going to keep exercising and icing, I'm getting really annoyed by this body being in such terrible shape, I've worked hard most of my life to keep it healthy, and now it's acting like it doesn't know me. An ass-kicking is called for.

thepoliticalcat,
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@Defiance Thanks. It's good to encourage us old farts!

thepoliticalcat,
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@WhiteCatTamer The Pilates instructor said that too, so I'm taking mine on walks. Makes the uneven surfaces more tolerable.

thepoliticalcat,
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@Defiance Actually, on this topic, all advice is good. I really NEED to learn how to slow down and quit rushing about and expecting my body to deal with the fallout.

BootsChantilly, to gardening
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What an uplifting story—it made my day! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/15/urban-microfarm-farming-environment

thepoliticalcat,
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@BootsChantilly I wonder if we have a similar organization up here? I really need my garden done, next. This year is electrification of the house and getting rid of stuff, like the old heater, and the water heater, and the current stove vent.

BruceMirken, to random
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New data show that increase . I'm pretty sure that was the intention. Via @TheProgressive https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/new-data-shows-charter-schools-increased-segregation-burris-240514/?utm_source=THE+PROGRESSIVE+UPDATED+LIST&utm_campaign=9780b34057-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_06_08_55_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_194f0c7083-9780b34057-186669797&mc_cid=9780b34057&mc_eid=42caf3e016

thepoliticalcat,
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@BruceMirken @TheProgressive Who'd'a thunk it?

marcelias, to random
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🚨BREAKING VICTORY: Supreme Court BLOCKS conservative redistricting lawsuit. Louisiana will use its congressional map with two majority-Black districts for the 2024 elections! https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisiana-congressional-redistricting-challenge-callais/

thepoliticalcat,
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@marcelias 🙏🏾

kravietz, to Russia
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Today #Russia and #China play best friends forever and #USSR had been traditionally placed in the same “communist” basked as China. Some fun facts that especially tankies are getting completely wrong today.^1

Since 1950’s China and USSR were actually conflicted over each other’s interpretations of #Marxism and in 1960’s the conflict nearly escalated into a full-scale nuclear war between the two countries.

China criticised CPSU (Communist Party of Soviet Union) over Soviet invasion of #Czechoslovakia (1968)^2 and “Brezhnev Doctrine” which denounced any Marxism version outside of the Soviet one as “reactionary” (Marxist newspeak for “heresy”). This included both Czechoslovak reforms and Mao’s Cultural Revolution in equal manner. At that time China actually developed complex relations with Eastern Bloc countries such as Romania and Czechoslovakia behind Kremlin’s back.

Essentially, everyone called each other “reactionary” and claimed their Marxism is the correct one. Any resemblance to past religious wars is entirely incidental. 😉 In 1968 Chinese diplomat Zhou Enlai speaking in Romanian embassy in Beijing called Soviets for “fascist politics, great power chauvinism, national egoism and social imperialism”.^3

Does that ring any bells? 😉

Soviets and China had a number of unresolved border issues in Manchuria. In 1968 China started escalating these, actually killing Soviet border guards. Moscow, knowing of China’s nuclear weapons and Mao’s confrontative attitude preferred to deescalate… which only encouraged Chinese.

Does that remind anything from contemporary history? 😉

At the peak of the conflict in 1969 USSR found itself in the position of a country with high-tech army challenged by a low-tech army which relied on millions of conscripts and human wave tactics.

Does this ring any bells? 😉

In 1969 Soviet army managed to push back overwhelming several Chinese offensives near the island of Zhenbao in spite of their overwhelming numbers with ratios up to 1:10 Soviet to Chinese. That was possible primarily due to the technical advantage, such as then-advanced T-62 tanks.

A ceasefire was signed in 1969 - on Chinese side by the very same Zhou Enlai who called Soviets “fascists” only a year before, but the actual peace agreement was only signed in 1991. The conflict was only completely resolved in 2008 (!) when Russia ceded 340 km² of the disputed lands to China.

As you can see, contrary to the mythology carefully constructed by modern “geopolitical realists”, there’s nothing constant in Russian or Soviet policies. Russia can not always win armed conflicts, it can cede territories and in general conflicts can be won in spite of imbalance of power. Oh, and calling others “fascists” was used by everyone and Russia was both an user and a recipient of this nomination.

thepoliticalcat,
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@kravietz Never forget Albania.

thepoliticalcat,
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@kravietz It was around the late 40s or early 50s that Albania became an absolute THORN in Russia's side due to their alliance with China, and their loud propaganda in favor of China. Altho that alliance kind of broke down when Kosovo was riven by war, it has been a continual annoyance to Russia since. And please, don't forget that the Russians refused to give China arms for its battles.

waltbaldwin, to climate
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"Florida will eliminate climate change as a priority in making energy policy decisions, despite the threats it faces from hurricanes, extreme heat and toxic algae blooms.

On Wednesday, the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, signed the legislation, which is set to go into effect on July 1. The measure also removes references to climate change in state law, bans offshore wind turbines in state waters and weakens regulations on gas pipelines."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/15/florida-law-climate-change-desantis-energy/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE1NzQ1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE3MTI3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTU3NDU2MDAsImp0aSI6IjEzY2ZkYTI0LTM0NjAtNGRhNi04NjJlLWE0YzExZjU1ZDcyYyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjQvMDUvMTUvZmxvcmlkYS1sYXctY2xpbWF0ZS1jaGFuZ2UtZGVzYW50aXMtZW5lcmd5LyJ9.iuSiMvaFZHgPq_PCO5bPnQ3k_0SMyFGsrLDf_f44Mzk

thepoliticalcat,
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@waltbaldwin Waiting to see the Gov's mansion blown up as a bubble of gas suddenly forms in a pocket under it. May it take all the state's lunacy AND Ronnie D. when it goes.

afg, to random
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How concerned should I be…?she’s an old old girl. https://www.allforgardening.com/857784/how-concerned-should-i-beshes-an-old-old-girl/

thepoliticalcat,
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@afg I'd have an arborist look at it right away. We left a similar odd patch untreated in our Monterey pine, and it ate thru a good part of the trunk, leaving the tree in danger of smashing the house to flinders. Had to take it down a couple years ago. A trunk that size? Is gonna cost you a bomb. Get it seen to now.

KatM, to Canada
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Ugh. I can smell the smoke from and it's not even June yet. 😢

I'm sorry, Canada.

thepoliticalcat,
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@PandaChronicle @KatM Middle of California here, and lately, the sky has an odd tinge, and the air seems ... painful to breathe. We're getting a HEPA purifier. Ugh. Poor Canadians!

thepoliticalcat,
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@PandaChronicle I love having the windows open, the outside air is a cool 60F, and it's cooling down the house which has been heated up by the sun. Tomorrow will be cool and foggy, I think, which should give the plants a bit of a breather. Such odd weather!

thepoliticalcat,
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@KatM @PandaChronicle We got burned out by the big fire that happened up here. Watching the fire LEAP the freeway was terrifying. By some miracle, the only damage the house sustained was, some smoldering pine duff burned a small hole thru the bathroom wall. Firefighters were inspecting the area, noticed it, and put it out.

thepoliticalcat,
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@PandaChronicle @KatM The cops showed up in a helicopter screaming at us: "Get your ass outa there or we're coming in and drag you out!" The transformer had blown, and we had no radio, TV, or nothin'. People died.

Jaden3, to random
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We all letting dat sob shit getting to all our brains and shit time to deflux, empty , drain down and be happy 😊
Fk all this shit it ain important trust me ❤️❤️
Fk them all and they shit we ain't interested. Our happiness is more important than yall shit 💯
Fk yall be happy and free ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
love and peace
Love yall
Stay happy 😊
Love Jaden xxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

thepoliticalcat,
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@Jaden3 Durban Poison? No?

thepoliticalcat, to random
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Just so you know how much of a "not a joke" this plan to have Trump help to stop pornography is:

https://www.rawstory.com/this-isnt-a-joke-far-right-evangelicals-aim-to-enlist-trump-in-censorship-regim/

John McEntee is spearheading this. John McEntee is the POS who hands counterfeit bills to homeless folks so they will get arrested if they try to use the "money."

ScienceDesk, to science
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For the fifth time in three years, a group of orcas has sunk a ship in southwest Europe. This time an unknown number of killer whales attacked a 50-foot sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, ripped open its hull and sent the boat to the seafloor. Live Science has more, including what happened to the crew and why researchers believe the attacks are a learned behavior that could increase in the coming months. https://flip.it/0KoMeL

thepoliticalcat,
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@ScienceDesk Only FIVE times in THREE YEARS? Geeze, you'd think it was a regular happening. Stop yachting there! It's their damn territory.

littlemiao, to Cats
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You’ll never guess what this fluffball was up to last night.

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Ketzeleh

thepoliticalcat,
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@littlemiao I used to call Faridah Peeples "Miss P" bc she was ALWAYS Miss P having.

StillIRise1963, to random
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The Orcas are our friends.

thepoliticalcat,
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@StillIRise1963 Depends on how you define "us." 😀

claralistensprechen3rd, to HashtagGames

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Some rockers have sneaked in Country, like Creedence Clearwater Revival doing a cover of Hank Williams, who in turn sneaked Cajun into Country.

#Jambalaya
youtu.be/lVkc_tywUaY?si=Zhg7iY…

thepoliticalcat,
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@claralistensprechen3rd @MikeImBack All the shitkickers I knew called it shit-kickin' music.

thepoliticalcat,
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@MikeImBack @claralistensprechen3rd I fuckin' love these guys.

futurebird, to random
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My nervous Formica subsericea colony. These are black field ants. When I turn on the light they panic. A newly emerged worker (called a callow) cowers as her sisters stampede over her. She is newly emerged and not strong enough to run and freak out.

One of her sisters picks her up and she tucks her legs in like a pupae so she is easy to carry. In a few days she will be a lovely black like her older sisters.

The light gray ant picked up by a sister.
Side view of callow and fully hardened exoskeleton.

thepoliticalcat,
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@futurebird Same. I seem extroverted, but ten minutes with people, and I'm a mess, tryna sneak out without being noticed.

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