Posted this again on the deadbird site:
Standing offer for journalists: I'll help you get set up on Mastodon and will help you bring your Twitter audience along (and find new followers and rich engagement there). All I ask is that you migrate -- over time, not instantly -- your social media activity there.
🚨 TEXAS Republicans are preventing women with life-threatening, nonviable pregnancies from having abortions. Donate to Texas Democrats TODAY:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/txblue24?refcode=gabamasto
She looks like a kitten, doesn't she? Pumpkin is 14 though (and certainly doesn't behave like a kitten!).
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Guelph, Ontario
Mushrooms are a favourite treat of the American red squirrel. Sometimes, these require a bit of prep work; red squirrels have been known to pluck shrooms at ground level and then hang them out to dry on tree branches before chowing down.
Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600
- ISO 4000 f6.3 1/800s
And
- ISO 6400 f8 1/800s
#tamiasciurushudsonicus
#americanredsquirrel
#squirrel #nature #birdphotography
#ontariowildlife
#wildlife #wildlifephotography
The need for meaningful inheritance taxes -- steep ones above some heirs-are-still-absurdly-rich threshold -- has never been more clear.
Banker-for-the-rich UBS data shows that family dynasties are becoming the primary system by which the ultra-rich come about their money.
It is completely unearned income but they pay minuscule relative taxes.
https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-20231130-the-great-wealth-transfer.html
Elite Afghan troops face return to Taliban after UK 'betrayal'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67663888?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Republicans are traitors--plain and simple. #GOP #Republicans #NoRepublicansEverAgain #Orban #Hungary #Ukraine
Republicans to meet allies of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/10/hungary-viktor-orban-republicans-ukraine-aid
Good morning everyone, happy #CatBoxSunday 😸🐾 #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #FediCats #Cats #TheHardyBoyCats
As holiday fundraising campaigns continue, remember that the #SalvationArmy is fundamentally an evangelical anti-LGBTQ organization that campaigns against equal rights while pushing its religious agenda.
Donate elsewhere.
Refs (stance on LGBTQIA):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army#Stance_on_LGBT_issues
Fuck Texas.
This whole Kate Cox case is exactly what so many said would happen.
Anyone who can give birth should have complete autonomy over their own body.
Unjust laws such as these will not stand forever & should not be obeyed now.
Abortion is healthcare.
Abortion is a human right.
Abortion Will Never Be Eradicated.
Criminalising abortion does not stop abortions, it just makes abortion less safe.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric