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Remittancegirl

@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social

Writer, reader, worrier, lefty, PhD. Lacanian. Cat addict and cook. Complicator. Vehemently anti-reductionist. Militantly unverifiable. Lives in Spain; misses Vietnam

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Remittancegirl, to animals
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Laundry basketcat

Remittancegirl, to uk
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It is a sign of just how universally it is acknowledged that Brexit was a disastrous mistake for the UK... that the Tories aren't mentioning it.

I do hope - post-election jitters - Labour grows a fucking spine and begins negotiations on some closer relationship with Europe.

Remittancegirl,
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While I wish the UK would just rejoin the EU outright, I don't see the EU allowing the UK to retain the Pound, and I can see the jingoists making much of joining the Euro. (Also there are acknowledged structural problems with the Euro that need to be addressed).

But a Norway style association would be brilliant. I'd settle for that for now.

Remittancegirl, to random
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Just a note for the press:

You can stop saying ‘allegedly’ now in reference to Donald Trump.

12 jurors have determined the accusations are proven @FT

cstross, to random
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Reminder that "pronatalism" is a "rationalist" response to white supremacist fears about a conspiracy to "replace" them, and if this is surfacing in silicon valley now then it's been bubbling under for a decade or two (those large families take time to make, especially if interracial adoption and fertility treatments are a no-no for the neo-nazis).
https://awful.systems/comment/3464560

Remittancegirl,
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@cstross I’m of the opinion that there is a threshold of wealth and power at which a curious form of psychosis sets in, almost inevitably

Remittancegirl, to animals
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Am I invisible to you?

StillIRise1963, to random
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McDonald’s found out no one NEEDS a fucking burger.

Remittancegirl,
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@StillIRise1963 @timo21 or killed them

Remittancegirl, to uk
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I would like to try and persuade people in the UK to make sure they are registered to vote and to get out and do so.

I suspect a significant number of you feel no desire to vote because you feel the system itself is rigged against you.

This makes you feel apathetic and disenfranchised.

The Tory government has done pretty much everything in its power to make you feel exactly this way.

Remittancegirl, to random
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Sadly, I have been taken off the electoral roll and cannot vote in this election because I have lived outside of the uk for more than five years.

However, if you CAN vote, please do. Also, please check to see what type of identification you are going to need to vote, because they've gotten tricky about it.

Don't let the bastards make you feel like it's not worth bothering. It is.

Even if things get a TINY bit better.

Remittancegirl,
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Have you got reason to believe all politics is bollocks, and there is no party that represents all of your aspirations?

Then please vote to punish the motherfuckers who've been in power for 13 years and presided over the poisoning of your water, the decimation of your healthcare system, Brexit, the deaths in care homes, and the corruption.

If you don't punish these fuckers by ousting them after all this shit, you teach EVERY politician that there are no consequences to their perfidy.

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These shits are DEPENDING on your apathy. They're depending on you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, alienated. They are itching to make you vote for a party that cannot possibly take power by ratcheting up your disagreement with some of the opposition's policies. They're going to find every wound that divides us and pour salt in those wounds.

Please... do not let them do this.

Make these bastards pay of all the misery they've inflicted on the UK, while they and their friends grew rich.

Remittancegirl, to random
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Hey people. Just a reminder that our admins are working hard for us all. Won't you please chip in and help them with their costs?

sandralindsey, to random
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I didn't see the aurora borealis last night because I went to bed early... tonight, I've been snuggled.

Remittancegirl,
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@sandralindsey Purrrr

Remittancegirl,
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@sandralindsey Neither of my cats ever want to sleep on my husband's side of the bed. They always crowd me, damn it. I love them, but I'd really like a bit more legroom.

Remittancegirl, to animals
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Dora doesn’t give a fuck for gravity or dignity

Remittancegirl, to random
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I'm genuinely ashamed of myself.

I don't share political views with the conservatives on the SCOTUS, but I was under the shameful misapprehension that they were not unintelligent men, that they were capable of rational thought.

But I was wrong. Because not a single one of them managed to figure out that a President who is immune from prosecution for assassinating a political rival cannot possibly HAVE a congress who might impeach him. Do they imagine congresspersons do not fear death?

Remittancegirl,
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And you don't have to be all that intelligent to dream up this scenario.

There's Putin in Russia giving them object lessons in how to do this.

I find myself, even at this late age, being surprised by the jawdropping stupidity of people in positions of immense power. I've really got to have a chat with my Big Other.

Remittancegirl,
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I have to wonder how many other people are like me. We have spent all our lives holding onto the fantasy that high office is an indication of capability.

It is so obviously nothing but an indication of ferocious ambition.

Remittancegirl,
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@blabberlicious Then it is something about the setting of power itself that weeds out those with principles and leaves only those with horrific ambition, I gather.

Remittancegirl,
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@blabberlicious I feel you

Remittancegirl,
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@luciedigitalni @blabberlicious whether 5 or 4 years, the greater problem is not having a fixed election date.

CultureDesk, (edited ) to books
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Does sci-fi shape the future? Tech billionaires from Bill Gates to Elon Musk have often talked about the impact of novels they read as teens, from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" to Iain M. Banks' "Culture" series. Big Think's Namir Khaliq spoke to authors including Andy Weir, Lois McMaster Bujold, @cstross and @pluralistic about how much impact they think science fiction has had, or can have.

https://flip.it/DmHzd2

@bookstodon

Remittancegirl,
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@CultureDesk @cstross @pluralistic @bookstodon too bad they didn’t embrace the hope inherent in most of it

Remittancegirl, to random
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Determined

rgarner, to animals
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Woody would like to know precisely why he can't come with

Remittancegirl,
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@rgarner When Jacques was a tiny kitten, not only did she curl up in my open suitcase, but burrowed under my clothes. I missed a flight to Bangkok when, while standing in the check-in line, I heard angry mewing.

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Let me get this straight

A global conspiracy, involving every country on earth for 40+ years in order to spread mind-control chemicals from planes is real

Yet climate change is false

Hey Republicans from The South: ever wonder why no one takes y’all seriously?

🏆

Remittancegirl,
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@flexghost I would never make an assumption on the structure of your unconscious, my dear.

And each of them have their positives and negatives.

We're all mad in our own very singular ways.

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