Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

So tired of people who keep asking when I’m getting another cat. My cat died ONE week ago, I still cry daily, go away???? Cats are not interchangeable, they are unique individuals. Just a very weird thing to ask someone who’s grieving a recent loss!

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Well, it's obvious that capitalism and a free market have utterly failed us. Just monopolistic megacorps draining us all dry.

49ers general manager John Lynch said the team is using AI to evaluate draft picks. “The cool thing is you don’t need to be an expert.”

Good luck to the Niners!

Seriously. Legit made me cry several times just from being seen.

I highly recommend this book.

It's amazing.

If you guys ever start a Bluesky Book Club, please tell me about it.

I finished it recently, and I've never before encountered a book that resonated with me like this. I grew up in Appalachia, facing many of the same problems as Demon. It was a hard read, at times, bringing up a lot of trauma...but it was also healing. Tragic and hopeful in equal measure.

She's right about BG3, and she should say it.

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

people ask, "what is wrong with men."

it's not some sort of biological truth or innate characteristic of men we're talking about here. the issue is that in a patriarchal and sexist culture, men learn that they are entitled to take what they want from women and that they will not be held accountable

people "have money", in that they have income. but the number of people seriously burdened by their rent is the highest it's ever been. the cost of living is so much worse than it was a decade or two ago. I know multiple people making the most money they've ever made who are barely hanging on.

Yes, yes... tell the people still struggling to pay rent and buy groceries they're still imagining it. Worked great last time!

NYS passed new laws for animal shelters regarding care & hygiene. Shelters are struggling to meet the new requirements.

As a reminder, you can purchase kuranda beds & have them sent directly to shelters. Kuranda meets the new laws.

This is where our cat tower is from.

shelterbeds.org

The USPS is a public good, not a business. Fund it and shut the fuck up.

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu
He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

dad: so whats the deal with the war

me: *speaks for 5 min*

dad: wow that is an impressive analysis

me: thanks I took it from a person I follow online who is a subject matter expert

dad: oh whats their name

me: They are a cartoon dog wearing underwear as a face mask called Piss Prevail On Earth

Of course, they all met up in the playpen to engage in Thunderdome wrestling until their mom came to feed them.

Two kittens, one void and one tuxedo with a cute little mustache are chilling in a waterproof enclosure, having just woken up.

Two more kittens, both tuxedos, look at me dubiously from inside their playpen, likely wanting me to go tell their mom they're hungry.

The babies all came out to tell me good morning. We've got the Void and Miss Mustache in the printing enclosure they took over (I fully detoxed it), and Stripe with his mostly white sister down in their playpen. House smashed in, as usual. We're still looking for names for the three girls.

He was gone for ~16 hours, so he definitely has an appetite...but otherwise seems none the worse for wear, except he sticks to me like glue while I'm out there.

A tuxedo kitten named Stripe for the white stripe on his back is standing on a time patio, relieved to be home.

Stripe having a Big Stretch

Stripe walking by me, yelling for his mom because he is very hungry

We found Stripe! From what we've gathered, an adult male came by and sprayed and Stripe tried to chase him off, but got lost abd scared and hid in the hedge and then couldn't get free.

UPDATE: WE FOUND HIM! Trapped in a hedge. He heard me calling for another cat and started screaming at me.

Respectfully disagree. It was absolutely necessary.

for the ten thousandth time, it's been proven the the best way to deal with this guy is look him in the eye and go "oh yeah make me buddy boy" and the lesson they take away in the USA will of course be that they continue to give him everything he demands in case he gets upset with them

5 cats, viewed through a screen. 4 kittens, three tuxedo and one void, with their tuxedo mother. One Tuxedo has a white stripe. His name was Stripe.

We lost the male kitten last night, we think to a bird. I desperately wish we had better indoors spaces for them, but we're doing our best with what we have.

I called him Stripe because his white stripe and pugnacious attitude. 36 days. Just long enough to fill out hearts, and break them.

I hate that the default D messaging is that he's "unhinged" or "unwell." He's not mentally ill. He's evil. He's an evil racist warmonger who is reveling in the thought of mass death.

I don’t know art, but I know what I like.

If Party leadership can't get their people to stop voting for heinous GOP shit, then it's a Party problem.