Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Hey folks, I'm Aubrey! I was formerly ActuallyAubrey@outdoors.lgbt, which suddenly went under earlier this week while I was on vacation! Now that I'm home, I actually have time to make a proper #introduction

I'm a 23 year-old trans girl living in Ontario, Canada. I am self-diagnosed with ADHD and autism, currently seeking official diagnoses. I am an avid wildlife photographer and an aspiring wildlife filmmaker. I love the outdoors, including #hiking, #canoeing, and #camping.

I have 4 #cats, and also foster for a local rescue.

I will probably post wildlife and cat photos, vent about my life, and/or post my random "creaturethoughts".

Turning myself on and off to reset. Sending good vibes to you all. Read you tomorrow lovies 🤗😘

With the new #COVID vaccine approved, a reminder that we’re all indebted to the ancient & wondrous horseshoe crab.

Their blue blood contains Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) which clumps at contact with bacterial toxins. They are caught for their blood to test sterility of medical equipment & injections.

Unfortunately the harvest is unsustainable & populations are in decline. An effective synthetic substitute has been around for 2 decades & we just need the biomedical industry to switch.

In January #seattle police murdered a 23 year old while driving 74mph on a 25mph road.

The police officer responsible for ""investigating"" the other officer/driver's sobriety was recorded laughing about the death. The seattle police department and the seattle police officers guild is rotten to the roots, not just "bad apples" #acab

Nice sub-woofers!

#dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #humor #humour #funny

So now SYPHILIS is raging through Texas.

IT'S FUCKING EPIDEMIC THERE.

OMG don't have sex with anyone in Texas.

What a fucking shithole.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2023/09/13/an-epidemic-syphilis-rages-through-texas-causing-newborn-cases-to-climb-amid-treatment-shortage/

Cats Of Mastodon! We are the algorithm. If you see a cat, boost a cat!

#cats #cat #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats #FediFelines #algorithm #boost #CatNews

#cats

(I don't know if I can tag #catsofmastodon or is that reserved for your own cats?)

I won't beat around the bush when it comes to misuse of idioms. Sorry to rain on your parade, but I shan't let sleeping dogs lie.

"Senator Joe Manchin joined with Republicans to kill the childcare tax credit because Manchin reportedly believed that caregivers were using the money to purchase illegal drugs. A new study by the US Census Bureau released on Tuesday reports that child poverty nearly doubled as a result of the termination of benefits by Manchin and the GOP."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

Not to be forgotten: Manchin is a pro-life Catholic, a Knight of Columbus.

#Manchin #ChildPoverty

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/mccarthys-sham-impeachment-inquiry

It is not the "war in Ukraine."
It is not the "Russo-Ukraine War."
It is not the "Russia-Ukraine War."

It is the RUSSIAN INVASION of Ukraine.

This is not a war of two equal rivals. This is a vicious act of aggression by a larger predator against its smaller, peaceful neighbor.

Sometimes you have the misfortune to meet an egotistical fool who's convinced they're the smartest person in the room. This article by @mmasnick leaves no doubt in my mind that wherever Elon Musk goes, not only is he not the smartest person in the room, it's likely he's the stupidest person in the room.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/

#ElonMusk #Twitter #PEBKAC

Jay Kuo's commentary on Kevin McCarthy's (self-made) predicament is worth reading for the title alone:

"Kevin McCarthy Made His Bed. And Marjorie Taylor Greene Is In It."

#McCarthy #MarjorieTaylorGreene #Republicans
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/kevin-mccarthy-made-his-bed-and-marjorie

"Fantasies of secession or forming new states through ballot measures and social movements are becoming more and more attractive to the militaristic-fanatic wing of the populist far right. These dreams represent an abdication of politics itself, and the cynical use of the public commemoration of the lives lost on 9/11 just adds to the shame of it all."

~ Joe Perticone

Looking at you, Marjorie Taylor Greene.

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #CivilWar #violence

https://presspass.thebulwark.com/p/new-mexico-govs-gun-order-attacked

Germany has provided Ukraine with a substantial new package of military aid, which includes:

▫️20 Marder BMPs (infantry fighting vehicles) along with ammunition.
▫️1.5 million cartridges for firearms.
3,000 155-mm shells.
▫️2 Wisent 1 armored demining vehicles.
▫️A Satcom satellite communication surveillance system.
▫️20 reconnaissance UAVs RQ-35 Heidrun.
▫️2 mobile antenna systems.
▫️10 drone detection systems.
▫️1 tractor unit 8x8 HX81 and 4 semi-trailers.
▫️5 8x8 trucks and 9 cars.
▫️3 ambulances.

Defining a term "civility trap," and explaining why nazis wear suits, and why Obama never gets angry:

A civility trap is where a Black person receives an intentional provocation. If the Black person responds with understandable frustration/anger, they are perceived as unreasonable / unhinged / untrustworthy. The original provocation is forgotten.

If they respond reasonably, another provocation will follow. And more. Hundreds more.

Nazis wear suits to try to make the contrast even greater.

Jamie Raskin on Kevin McCarthy‘s baseless quest to impeach Joe Biden

“I can’t tell you the number of Democrats who’ve come up to me today to say, ‘Let them do the impeachment, it will be the end of the Republican Party”

Adding there are hours of testimony and thousands of documents “far from proving their claims, it all disproves their claims”

They don’t even know what the charges are 😂