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Childless cat lady, friend to all animals, crocheter, avid coffee drinker.☕️☕️, data person.
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Childless cat lady, friend to all animals, crocheter, avid coffee drinker.☕️☕️, data person.
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· Dec 31
Everyone didn't believe in #Michigan , but I did. And so did my parents.
I wanted them to win for my Dad. I'm so happy that they did.
#Wolverines #GoBlue #UofM
I wanted them to win for my Dad. I'm so happy that they did.
#Wolverines #GoBlue #UofM
If you care for outdoor kitties, now is the time to build them a shelter. These are easy instructions below. 🐱
It's getting colder every day throughout much of the northern hemisphere. If you want to build shelters to help keep your local stray and feral cats warm this winter, here is a great DIY option! www.alleycat.org/resources/ho...
How to Build an Outdoor Shelter
Building an outdoor cat shelter is cheap, easy, and your feline friends will love it! See Alley Cat Allies Step-by-Step guide to build an outdoor cat shelter.
www.alleycat.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If you care for outdoor kitties, now is the time to build them a shelter. These are easy instructions below. 🐱
Every time I see that looming, tall, black building in in downtown Brooklyn I think of Mordor & the eye of Sauron.
You can see it from everywhere. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
You can see it from everywhere. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Every time I see that looming, tall, black building in in downtown Brooklyn I think of Mordor & the eye of Sauron.
You can see it from everywhere. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
You can see it from everywhere. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
"This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Let’s also remember that Republicans haven’t been at work in the House since 9/19.
If your Repug rep hasn’t been in DC, I sure hope you’ve called them every day to complain.
They’ve been getting paid to do fuck all. Talk about lazy!
If your Repug rep hasn’t been in DC, I sure hope you’ve called them every day to complain.
They’ve been getting paid to do fuck all. Talk about lazy!
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Let’s also remember that Republicans haven’t been at work in the House since 9/19.
If your Repug rep hasn’t been in DC, I sure hope you’ve called them every day to complain.
They’ve been getting paid to do fuck all. Talk about lazy!
If your Repug rep hasn’t been in DC, I sure hope you’ve called them every day to complain.
They’ve been getting paid to do fuck all. Talk about lazy!
Please call your senators & leave a VM.
I am so angry. (but was polite in my vm. Perhaps it was more suppressed rage).
I am so angry. (but was polite in my vm. Perhaps it was more suppressed rage).
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Please call your senators & leave a VM.
I am so angry. (but was polite in my vm. Perhaps it was more suppressed rage).
I am so angry. (but was polite in my vm. Perhaps it was more suppressed rage).
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If you'd like to help mom financially since they lost food stamps last month, we do have a gofundme!! mom is also trying to save up for my ultra sound to find if the mass in my kidney is cancer or a stone. (hoping it's nothing!!) www.gofundme.com/f/help-tay-w...
Donate to Help Tay with Bills and Rent!, organized by tay baker
Hey, I'm Tayler. I'm a nonbinary lesbian living in a red state, which, let's be honest, is ter… tay baker needs your support for Help Tay with Bills and Rent!
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you'd like to help mom financially since they lost food stamps last month, we do have a gofundme!! mom is also trying to save up for my ultra sound to find if the mass in my kidney is cancer or a stone. (hoping it's nothing!!) www.gofundme.com/f/help-tay-w...
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
Give this a read if you haven't already.
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick."
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick."
New — I wrote about Zohran's victory, the challenge of celebrating wins in a broken world, and reconciling the competing realities of profound hope and festering fear:
Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope
His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Give this a read if you haven't already.
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick."
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick."
Is this why my cat’s chicken cat food is hard to find lately?
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Is this why my cat’s chicken cat food is hard to find lately?
If you are in NYC & are struggling financially & having trouble providing for your pets, NYCACC might be able to help you & your pet(s). ♥️
We need more pet food pantries in NYC.
www.nycacc.org/help
We need more pet food pantries in NYC.
www.nycacc.org/help
Help
Financial hardship not only hurts people, it hurts pets. If you are struggling to feed your pet, we may be able to help.
www.nycacc.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you are in NYC & are struggling financially & having trouble providing for your pets, NYCACC might be able to help you & your pet(s). ♥️
We need more pet food pantries in NYC.
www.nycacc.org/help
We need more pet food pantries in NYC.
www.nycacc.org/help
"Sure, his policies appealed to an overwhelming percentage of voters. But let’s not pretend that the few who opposed his policies don’t matter. Multi-homeowners have feelings too."
"In normal times, against a normal candidate, we have no evidence that picking a friendly, relatable, likable candidate without a history of sexual abuse will work. Let’s not read too much into it."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/yea...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/yea...
Yeah, He Won, but He Was Up Against a Deeply Flawed Candidate
“I’m skeptical. The odds are that Mamdani’s victory is actually less significant than you think.” — Ross Douthat, New York Times - - -I was as surp...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Sure, his policies appealed to an overwhelming percentage of voters. But let’s not pretend that the few who opposed his policies don’t matter. Multi-homeowners have feelings too."
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
In Michigan election news…Detroit has its first female mayor. Woo!
Check out this article from Detroit Free Press:
Mary Sheffield elected Detroit's next mayor, will make history as first woman to lead city
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Check out this article from Detroit Free Press:
Mary Sheffield elected Detroit's next mayor, will make history as first woman to lead city
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Mary Sheffield elected Detroit's next mayor, will make history as first woman to lead city
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield made history, becoming the city's first woman mayor in an election she led from start to finish.
www.freep.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In Michigan election news…Detroit has its first female mayor. Woo!
Check out this article from Detroit Free Press:
Mary Sheffield elected Detroit's next mayor, will make history as first woman to lead city
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Check out this article from Detroit Free Press:
Mary Sheffield elected Detroit's next mayor, will make history as first woman to lead city
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Don't mind me crying over here while having my coffee.
Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division.
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Don't mind me crying over here while having my coffee.
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tbh, I haven’t really had a lot of hope lately, but after tonight’s elections results…I’m starting to feel a little better.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
tbh, I haven’t really had a lot of hope lately, but after tonight’s elections results…I’m starting to feel a little better.
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I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.