Natara/Ayamanatara/TwistedCat
@twistedcat.bsky.social
she/her; I do Woo for a living, mostly; I lean left by international standards, but I'm a terrible hippy; science is real; I am disabled & queer; my best will vary from minute to minute; Lahaina is the home of my heart, still.
You are here on this planet to live life to its fullest. Life is for living. Seek out different experiences, as long as you aren’t doing harm to others.
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March 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You are here on this planet to live life to its fullest. Life is for living. Seek out different experiences, as long as you aren’t doing harm to others.
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If you view things as a succession of moments, it helps you stay present. How you view each of those moments, what you bring to them and take from them, helps you expand your experience, helps you grow, helps you move forward, helps you feel successful.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you view things as a succession of moments, it helps you stay present. How you view each of those moments, what you bring to them and take from them, helps you expand your experience, helps you grow, helps you move forward, helps you feel successful.
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Striking that these other horrific kidnappings are being smiled upon by Team Trump. "The move has barred the transmission of evidence to prosecutors pursuing multiple criminal cases...." They're related.
Trump terminates program tracking mass abductions of Ukrainian children
Observers fear the move has compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials and will hinder efforts to rescue thousands of missing Ukrainian children.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Striking that these other horrific kidnappings are being smiled upon by Team Trump. "The move has barred the transmission of evidence to prosecutors pursuing multiple criminal cases...." They're related.
You are as equally deserving of love, honor, and respect as any other human being. You are no better, no worse. We all have our strengths & our flaws. We all have our own perspective on the world, shaped by our experience & how we have learned things.
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March 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You are as equally deserving of love, honor, and respect as any other human being. You are no better, no worse. We all have our strengths & our flaws. We all have our own perspective on the world, shaped by our experience & how we have learned things.
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Ask yourself what your reaction is when you are encouraged to do something that doesn’t serve the common welfare. Do you shrug and go along with it? Or do you say that you cannot be a part of it? Where do you see your responsibility ending?
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March 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ask yourself what your reaction is when you are encouraged to do something that doesn’t serve the common welfare. Do you shrug and go along with it? Or do you say that you cannot be a part of it? Where do you see your responsibility ending?
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Work and love both take you out of yourself and put you out into the world. We do not truly live unless we are out in the world. Out in the world is where we exercise and grow spiritually.
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March 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Work and love both take you out of yourself and put you out into the world. We do not truly live unless we are out in the world. Out in the world is where we exercise and grow spiritually.
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
Completion has its place & is important, but beginning new things is an exercise in courage & unparalleled power. The act of simply starting something new can create magical shifts in your life beyond imagination
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February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Completion has its place & is important, but beginning new things is an exercise in courage & unparalleled power. The act of simply starting something new can create magical shifts in your life beyond imagination
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Breaking
A federal judge will NOT pause his order giving the Trump admin a deadline of 11:59 p.m. tonight to pay all invoices for foreign development funds for contracts completed before Feb. 13.
Doc https://buff.ly/3EWALvP
A federal judge will NOT pause his order giving the Trump admin a deadline of 11:59 p.m. tonight to pay all invoices for foreign development funds for contracts completed before Feb. 13.
Doc https://buff.ly/3EWALvP
February 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Breaking
A federal judge will NOT pause his order giving the Trump admin a deadline of 11:59 p.m. tonight to pay all invoices for foreign development funds for contracts completed before Feb. 13.
Doc https://buff.ly/3EWALvP
A federal judge will NOT pause his order giving the Trump admin a deadline of 11:59 p.m. tonight to pay all invoices for foreign development funds for contracts completed before Feb. 13.
Doc https://buff.ly/3EWALvP
Where do you place your focus in your daily life? Do you consider all of the gifts in your life that you have been given freely? Do you remember those who have gone before you? Do you give thought to how your actions will affect those around you?
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February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Where do you place your focus in your daily life? Do you consider all of the gifts in your life that you have been given freely? Do you remember those who have gone before you? Do you give thought to how your actions will affect those around you?
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Meanwhile, at that same moment...
Near-collision between a Southwest flight and a private jet at Chicago Midway
Near-collision between a Southwest flight and a private jet at Chicago Midway
February 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Meanwhile, at that same moment...
Near-collision between a Southwest flight and a private jet at Chicago Midway
Near-collision between a Southwest flight and a private jet at Chicago Midway
Sometimes, when those around us are grieving, we want to be there for them, but we don’t know what to say. That can easily translate into withdrawing, and then the intention of being there for someone is lost.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sometimes, when those around us are grieving, we want to be there for them, but we don’t know what to say. That can easily translate into withdrawing, and then the intention of being there for someone is lost.
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There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
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KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
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February 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
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Act consciously. In a very real sense, it is true that what befalls the earth befalls the people who live on it.
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[Daily Message] February 22 – Acting consciously
The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth, this we know. All things are connected. The Earth will take care of us, if we take care of the Earth. -Chief Seattle
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February 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Act consciously. In a very real sense, it is true that what befalls the earth befalls the people who live on it.
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The key is to use your strength for the betterment of others, to inspire people to be strong themselves. This is the thing that will both affirm your strength and make you stronger. If your goal is to be strong for yourself, it is unlikely that you will feel strong for very long.
February 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The key is to use your strength for the betterment of others, to inspire people to be strong themselves. This is the thing that will both affirm your strength and make you stronger. If your goal is to be strong for yourself, it is unlikely that you will feel strong for very long.
I was today years old when I learned In-N-Out has hot cocoa.
February 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I was today years old when I learned In-N-Out has hot cocoa.
When you are feeling poorly about yourself, reach out, not with the intent to make yourself feel better, but with the intent to see how you can be of service to another.
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February 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When you are feeling poorly about yourself, reach out, not with the intent to make yourself feel better, but with the intent to see how you can be of service to another.
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apnews.com/article/wild... Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
President Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation championed by his Democratic predecessor.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
apnews.com/article/wild... Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
If you are finding you lack the urge to put effort into your close, personal relationships, you may need to reevaluate who you have brought into your life. If you are finding that your work is uninspired and dull, take a look at what your work could be and fall in love with it.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you are finding you lack the urge to put effort into your close, personal relationships, you may need to reevaluate who you have brought into your life. If you are finding that your work is uninspired and dull, take a look at what your work could be and fall in love with it.
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The next time your inner voice guides you to a decision or a direction, listen to it. Heed it. Honor it. Yes, sometimes you might feel foolish, but you are honoring yourself, and in the long run, you will be stronger for it.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The next time your inner voice guides you to a decision or a direction, listen to it. Heed it. Honor it. Yes, sometimes you might feel foolish, but you are honoring yourself, and in the long run, you will be stronger for it.
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The next time you find yourself taking the actions of another personally, examine your assumptions. What have you assumed about their motives? How would an outsider view what just happened? If your roles were reversed, what would have happened?
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February 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The next time you find yourself taking the actions of another personally, examine your assumptions. What have you assumed about their motives? How would an outsider view what just happened? If your roles were reversed, what would have happened?
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