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CatDragon

@CatDragon@mastodon.world

Liberal woman watching a dystopian future attempt to unfold. Reader , gardener , enjoys smashing the patriarchy and refinishing furniture. Mellow in Maine. Profile picture of a glorious rose that’s color is between pink and salmon.

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Popehat, to random

Oh hooray it’s “let’s base complex conspiracy theories on boilerplate language in stock court orders” day I’m sure this will be FABULOUS for my blood pressure

CatDragon,
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@Popehat so it’s Tuesday already?

futurebird, to random
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If you are a white leftist and you talk “both parties are the same they are both capitalist” you will loose most of your black audience. I think it ought to be obvious that this isn’t because blackfolks love Democrats (in most cases, there is always someone being simple in any group) —no. it’s because the difference between the parties is material and obvious and these are unstable times.

When I hear such talk I wonder if the speaker is working on voter suppression.

CatDragon,
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@futurebird I had a moment that I both enjoyed and hated when I asked my “both sides are the same” cousin how that new Supreme Court was working out for them.

flexghost, to random
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Bottom G

Andrew Tate charged with
rape
human trafficking
forming organised crime group to sexually exploit women

It’s a good day.

CatDragon,
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@flexghost max penalty in Romania is ten years. Not nearly enough for mister misogyny.

stux, to random
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I'm gonna try to clear up a few things

Meta is not gonna buy Mastodon or any server, this is based on absolutely nothing and untrue.

Yes, some of us indeed got contacted by Meta/Insta because they are working on a new social platform (this was in the news) and they are looking into joining the Fediverse (Mark Zuckerberg also told this in the recent podcast)

SO.

This contact was about a "heads-up" for a potential big platform to join the network and not for a "take over".

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CatDragon,
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@stux apparently not being able to monetize, supervise, and advertise, is making them sad.

markmccaughrean, to animals
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If you’d asked me just twelve hours ago whether I hoped to be able to post a picture for , I would have said “no”.

I would have said I’d given up all hope of coming home after 26 days away 😿

And I would have been wrong 😱

As it is, I’m just amazed & grateful that he returned shortly after midnight last night. Very skinny, but otherwise seemingly well & very loud 😺🥰

Thank you to everyone who kept hoping 🙇‍♂️🙂👍

CatDragon,
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@markmccaughrean such good news, I hope you gave him a firm talking to about worrying you like that.

simongray, to Denmark

The Danish artist Thomas Dambo put up these large, wooden trolls all around . They are located in various hidden or hard-to-get-to places, making them perfect as destinations for hikes (or bike rides):
https://trollmap.com/#/@55.701x12.4962z10.4

I plan to visit a whole bunch of them with my son in our cargo bike during the upcoming summer holiday.

CatDragon,
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@simongray should you be on the US east coast, the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay , Maine also have a number of his trolls scattered throughout.

faithisleaping, to random

IDK why this is burning a hole in my brain right now but I gotta get it out...

Unisex bathrooms do NOT exist so that trans and non-binary people have a place to pee. They exist so that people with public bathroom anxiety have a place to pee. This is important for two reasons:

  1. They're not just for trans people. They're also for people with social anxiety, parents with small children of the opposite gender, disabled or elderly people who need help from a caretaker, and basically anyone else who wants a bit of extra privacy. Having them available is good for EVERYBODY.
  2. Trans people can pee wherever the fuck they want. If they're still early and not out and want to use the AGAB bathroom to avoid suspicion, that's fine. If they want to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, that's fine. If they're more comfortable in the single-user unisex bathrooms, they're welcome to use it but are NOT required to.

If you're so scared of a peeing trans person that you don't want to be in the same room with them, then YOU can use the unisex restroom.

CatDragon,
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@faithisleaping I’ve been happy to see more restaurants moving away from his/hers into “look there are two rest rooms, they both have changing stations and handicapped access, wash your hands after you go and for gods sake don’t tie them up for 20 minutes fussing with your hair”.

alfredo_liberal, to USpolitics

Anyone calling for Dianne Feinstein to resign please read this piece. Her resigning means goodbye confirming judges for the next 2 years maybe even for 4 years.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-06-16/feinstein-health-senate-barbara-boxer-gavin-newsom

CatDragon,
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@alfredo_liberal this is why she should have endorsed a candidate and bowed out of the last election. There comes a time when the right thing to do is to step down . As much as I adored Ruth Ginsberg had she retired when Obama was still in office the SCOTUS would be very different today.

CatDragon, to random
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I realized I have become the old person who shows up with a bag of vegetables from the garden , and another bag of perennials I’ve divided . The third bag holds the cross-stitch I’m working on , and at some point I will have a long discussion on compost which will drift into natural ways to deal with insects on plants.

nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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Poll: What kind of Internet Connection do you have at home? Please boost for reach. TIA.

CatDragon,
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@nixCraft I have jumper cables connected to a garden gnome.

Green_Footballs, (edited ) to random
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Hey, no big deal amirite? Just the owner of Twitter praising an infamous Roman general who took over the government and murdered thousands of people. No biggie. All you media orgs, just carry on like nothing’s wrong. Cool.

CatDragon,
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@futurebird @Green_Footballs if you haven’t read this I highly recommend this book.

https://www.google.com/search?q=the%20wives%20of%20the%20ceasars%20book

gersande, to random
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If you see "parental rights" or "parents' rights" in the context of the autonomy and medical and social welfare of a child within the federal jurisdiction of Canada, it may interest you to note that that concept is fairly antithetical to the established legal approach (as imperfect as it often is). According to practice here — as far as I understand it, based on conversations with lawyers and social workers — the welfare of the child comes first and foremost, and the concept of parental rights is not really a thing, but in the eyes of the courts and the law should be framed rather as parental responsibility. Parents don't have the right to do whatever they want with their children. Parents have the responsibility to the welfare and wellbeing of their children.

"Parents rights" is a gender critical, queerphobic, and ableist dogwhistle. Be on guard when you see it.

CatDragon,
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@gersande it’s a buzzword people who should never be allowed to have anything to do with children use.
I’m an advocate for parental responsibility and the first and foremost responsibility a parent has is to keep their children safe and to make certain they know they are safe.

futurebird, to random
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Wow just got a letter from my university Library about a book I forgot to return in 1999.

I didn't know where it was the last time they asked a decade ago... but ... I've found it.

I guess I should send it back, but I'm scared of the fine. It's gotta be ... I don't even want to imagine. 😢

Why no fine amnesty? If I disappear I'm posting this so people know why.

I will send it back. And then go on the lam.

CatDragon,
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@futurebird our local library did away with fines during Covid restrictions and book returns went up.

stevesilberman, to random
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Honestly can't believe I have to say this out loud, but it was Trump's CRIMES that "upended democratic norms," NOT THE INDICTMENT. All this vapid handwaving about norms is a blatant attempt to give a pass to some of the most treacherous criminals in America's history.

CatDragon,
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@stevesilberman people should make note of the fact that it was 12 US citizens, not the DOJ, that made the decision to move forward.

golgaloth, to queer
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Consider me an ally.

#Pride #PrideMonth

CatDragon,
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@rovegah @golgaloth being in my 60s I can assure you that this correct .

StillIRise1963, to random
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I hope white Americans are drawing parallels between the way fascists in the government are treating them, and the way Black Americans have always been treated.

CatDragon,
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@StillIRise1963 as a white American I’m certain I have yet to be treated as badly as a black American .

CatDragon,
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@StillIRise1963 truth. I could drive down the street with body parts flying out of the trunk and get a pass while my friends husband who is an oral surgeon sold his dream car after the third time he got pulled , the time he was made to lie down on the sidewalk.

StillIRise1963, to random
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"Legislators in Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa are actively considering relaxing child labor laws to address worker shortages. Employers have struggled to fill open positions after a spike in retirements, deaths & illnesses from COVID-19, decreases in legal immigration and other factors.

Wisconsin lawmakers back a proposal to allow 14-year-olds to serve alcohol in bars and restaurants."

State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights

https://apnews.com/article/child-labor-laws-alabama-ohio-c1123a80970518676be44088619c6205

CatDragon,
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@futurebird @StillIRise1963 what they want is a permanent underclass of intentionally uneducated workers. That underclass will remain in the service industry or as military enlisted personnel. They’ll be disposable, have children young and die prematurely. Debt will control their lives.
Of course THEIR children will have every opportunity handed to them on a plate so they can ensure they will be the ruling class for generations to come.

thor, to random
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it's hard to earmark money or keep accounts separate when you're broke.

there's money there.

you need money for groceries.

it's much easier to manage money when you don't have an urgent personal need for it.

CatDragon,
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@thor when I was too broke to pay attention it took a lot of time and effort to budget basics. I planned every meal and never threw out food. It was a hard habit to establish but I still do it and I still make soup stock from leftover chicken bones and veggie trimmings. I know some people say, ‘oh clip coupons’ but I never found them useful because they’re always for prepared food.

fsinn, to random

“Proposed Texas Law Wants to Make School Children 'Battlefield' Ready

In response to school shootings, a new bill in Texas would require public schools to install "bleeding stations" and train kids as young as third grade in trauma care.”

This is grotesque.

The United States of America is a war zone.

The children are hostages.

The terrorists are hiding behind the hostages.

The terrorists are the Republicans.

The NRA funds terrorism.

Only you can end this.

https://www.parents.com/training-school-children-in-trauma-wound-care-7495063?utm_campaign=parents_parentsmagazine&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=645931dd454148000194b467

CatDragon,
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@TonyStark @fsinn I can’t with this. I have grandchildren and I feel like my words are frozen just thinking of this.

pivoinebleue, to random

'She had no face': Witness and father recalls 'carnage' from Saturday’s Texas mass shooting

https://www.alternet.org/she-had-no-face/?t=Qm_dU8ku8_voPr5-6O_HwQ&s=09

>"The first girl I walked up to was crotched down, covering her head in the bushes. So I felt for a pulse, pulled her head to the side, and she had no face," Spainhouer said.




CatDragon,
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@pivoinebleue for people didn’t already know what kind of damage high power rifles inflict. Like, there’s this fantasy that there’s a hole you could maybe fit your thumb in but that’s a lie. It’s irreparable damage that turns flesh and bone to suet.

pivoinebleue, (edited ) to random

2 seditious conspirators. One found guilty while the other is a US Senator.



CatDragon,
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@pivoinebleue water does seek its own level.

stevesilberman, to random
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This defense of Applied Behavior Analysis against criticisms from the community - appropriating the language of - is one of the most bizarre things I've ever read. But the distortion is typical of ABA rhetoric. https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/2054/618?fbclid=IwAR1gFkb-cL9bdx3gBeZtkGqfO9QA-bdaIk1CaFbnwPVSmnSQ59fyPnGJoFk

CatDragon,
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@stevesilberman we are not demanding that anyone conform, instead we are requesting that people re-examine the odd and antiquated notion that normal means there is only one correct ‘way’ .

flexghost, to random
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At least 5 or dead in Texas from another mass shooting

Another man with an A.R. 15 style rifle

He shot the victims execution style. Victims range from 8 to 40 years of age

Why?

Someone asked the murderer to be quiet because a baby was sleeping

So far in 2023
There have been 13,716 gun violence deaths
174 mass shootings
568 children under 18 murdered

It’s the guns.

CatDragon,
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@NanoBookReview @flexghost @jeber except you’re wrong, guns account for more deaths than cars now. As cars have gotten safer guns have gotten more prevalent.

Jyoti, to random
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They raise some interesting points but I hope they're wrong. I like it here. :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

https://justingarrison.com/blog/2023-04-24-mastodon-is-doomed/

CatDragon,
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@Jyoti I dunno, I think they’re addicted to ‘find a new take on a subject everyone else covered already’.

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