omgwtfbbq I've been attempting to post a video for the past 20 min

close up of the head of a cream tabby cat, lying in the sunshine on a bed, chomping on her mum's finger

close up of the head of the same cream tabby cat lying on a bed in sunshine (seconds before chomping on her mum's hand), her tongue is out

teeth, tongue, 'tude, tuesday #toothytuesday #tongueouttuesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions

Today in social justice toolkit:

A dilemma action is a strategic action that forces your opponent into a lose-lose situation.

You've given them only bad options.

I give some examples

& then we talk about how to design them.

This one's pretty important.

Read and share, please?

Very serious point here — media vastly overreport what Trump says rather than clarifying for the reader the actual strategic situation.

narrator: it was *not* a coincidence

tough on crime

a cream tabby sits in a shallow cardboard box, staring at the photographer, 30 seconds after she emptied said box of many, many, many hand made felt toys

made room in toy box #catboxsundy #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

wtaf

it's taken a good eight months to get to where we are--so far, the most beneficial thing is that *I'm* able to communicate with her in a way she better understands, probably because it's consistent

ha, chowhound here, too. I modeled "now" "soon" "later" for at least a year pre-buttons; with buttons, I've found that using "later" (instead of just saying NO when she's begging) results in way fewer tantrums (tho I need to placate her w at least 2 kibbs within 20 min or she begs again)

combs for #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats #fluentpet #theycantalk

also: wondering if you've introduced "soon" "later" "all done" buttons yet?

tbh, I'm just thrilled she's now (often) activating buttons (rather than just bapping, not triggering sound), tho ask me again in a week. her first *sentence* was "help" "want" "kibble" which seemed v polite to me, but: 1) she didn't activate sound, 2) same sentence might not be as polite at 2am

i think folks might be unfamiliar with "the pharisees", so let's make it clear: he's saying the jews run the press, and that they are conspiring to undermine the military. it's not just antisemitism, it's indistinguishable from nazism.

this morning's insistent button press is brought to you by steroid-induced manic hunger #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #fluentpet #theycantalk

This is what happens when we stay silent until fascism affects us.

I'm sure this is fine

today, no doubt "inspired" by the steroids she's on (we're battling the Allergic Itchies), I was able to capture G speaking

schrödinger's strait

a cream tabby cat curled in a beige cat bed, one eye open, one eye closed. in the background is a yellow fiberglass chair with a black wire base and a black and white floral cushion

photo of small bits of colored cardboard that look like confetti, the result of a cat who compulsively chews cardboard

sacked out after a long night in the confetti mines #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

she's pretty much allergic to everything, prescription kibble is her "treat" *and* she's on a diet. every day here is like a Shakespearean tragedy

cream tabby cat nestled in a cream-colored flokati on a fiberglass lotus chair c1959

cream tabby cat on a black leather daybed, under maple shelves laden with various pretty old things

cream tabby cat sitting on a little birch table, smelling a vase of flowers

the only things that definitely do not suck are things that are pretty to look at (and the things we can control, which is to say: not much)

cream tabby cat sits in a beige cat bed, arms folded, giving the photographer a disapproving look

attitude

sad cream tabby cat looks forlornly at a dish of crackers

sad cat

the first photo mum took of a very sad scared cream tabby cat--sad and scared and covered in newsprint and a little smelly. mum wasn't allowed to open the cage to pet me because of liability (note: the shelter was great, they were just super super cautious because I had been so sad and scared and angry for weeks)

the second photo mum took of a cream tabby cat at the shelter, cat has flopped and rolled on the newsprint (note: the shelter was great, they were just super super cautious because I had been so sad and scared and angry for weeks)

photo of a cream tabby cat in a small pink and white carrier. note the carrier did not belong to mum (even though she brought one)--the shelter staff still wouldn't let mum touch me, so while she was signing the behavioral waivers, they stuck me in an odd carrier they had available. (note: the shelter was great, they were just super super cautious because I had been so sad and scared and angry for weeks)

that time five years ago when mum saw me at the shelter and wasn't allowed to open my cage to pet me and then had to sign a behavioral waiver but took me home anyway. happy 5th gotcha day! #tbt #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #gotchaday #whosavedwho

a cream tabby cat sits on a white coverlet, staring intently at an array of felt toys (a mouse, colored balls).

also weak on crime #weakoncrimewednesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

A white and buff cat lounging on his back with a group of colorful fuzzy toys

Weak on crime

Trump is about to drop a “nuclear weapon” on trans youth health care How a report led by a right-wing pundit laid the groundwork for upending gender-affirming treatment

It's obscene the level of which this administration has gone after trans youth to make their lives a living hell. The latest attack on care will completely defund any hospital or clinic that provides care to trans youth.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

a cream tabby cat, sitting on a mattress covered with a yellow sheet, stares at an empty dish while she attempts to press the kibble button

a cream tabby cat, sitting next to an empty dish on a mattress covered with a yellow sheet, attempts to get the kibble button to activate (aka "speak")

empty dish, kibble button #talkingtuesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats