Kitty
@klparmley.bsky.social
Pacifist, retired medical lab tech, mother, wife, wino, Gen Jones. She/her. I block AI "art"
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@klparmley.bsky.social
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If you're a member of the US military and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
I thought this Fall blooming iris had given up. Just spotted this morning.
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I thought this Fall blooming iris had given up. Just spotted this morning.
ICYMI
This is the energy we need: a 14yo taking to social media to explain to Megyn Kelly what a 14/15 yo is—a child.
The GOP has no shame in large part because Dems don’t shame them. And the media is too scared to.
Bring back shame. And consequences.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dvj96A/
The GOP has no shame in large part because Dems don’t shame them. And the media is too scared to.
Bring back shame. And consequences.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dvj96A/
Here’s a reminder from an actual 14 year old about what a child even IS. If adults are out here debating the “acceptable age” of abuse, then kids aren’t the ones who need to grow up. ✨sources✨ https:/...
TikTok video by eloise
www.tiktok.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
ICYMI
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@flavorflav.bsky.social and @chuckdpe.bsky.social open the new Public Enemy hit with Ruby Bridges. ♥️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iX6L...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iX6L...
PUBLIC ENEMY "The Hits Just Keep On Comin" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Channel ZERO
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November 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
@flavorflav.bsky.social and @chuckdpe.bsky.social open the new Public Enemy hit with Ruby Bridges. ♥️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iX6L...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iX6L...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
NC peeps!
OJO Obrero (ojonc.org) is now available. This website features information about confirmed ICE operations in our state to help parents and workers get to school and work safely. OJO Obrero only features sightings that we can confirm involve federal agents, rather than crowdsourced reports
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
NC peeps!
There's new growth on 2 of the amaryllis bulbs. TINY new growth. The third isn't showing any leaf action yet. BUT, there's green in the bulb. So, I don't think it's dead.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There's new growth on 2 of the amaryllis bulbs. TINY new growth. The third isn't showing any leaf action yet. BUT, there's green in the bulb. So, I don't think it's dead.
Shit
U.S. Border Patrol agents are slated to arrive in Charlotte as soon as Saturday, November 15, @jacobbiba.bsky.social reports. www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
Federal Agents Are Coming to Charlotte. Here's What to Know.
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Department said U.S. Border Patrol agents will be deployed to Charlotte as early as November 15.
www.theassemblync.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Shit
It's frosty in the middle of NC this morning. Supposed to get up in the 60s later though. (That'll be 15 -18ºC, 😉) I expect to pull some grass later. I have nothing else planned for today and nothing definite until Tuesday.
Might go to this tomorrow night. www.libertyartsnc.org/iron-pour
Might go to this tomorrow night. www.libertyartsnc.org/iron-pour
Iron Pour | Liberty Arts
www.libertyartsnc.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's frosty in the middle of NC this morning. Supposed to get up in the 60s later though. (That'll be 15 -18ºC, 😉) I expect to pull some grass later. I have nothing else planned for today and nothing definite until Tuesday.
Might go to this tomorrow night. www.libertyartsnc.org/iron-pour
Might go to this tomorrow night. www.libertyartsnc.org/iron-pour
@sweetleafnursery.com Can I transplant my nepenthes into an African violet pot? Or will the terracotta that's good for keeping the violet's soil damp be deliterious to the nep?
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@sweetleafnursery.com Can I transplant my nepenthes into an African violet pot? Or will the terracotta that's good for keeping the violet's soil damp be deliterious to the nep?
I need to get to Raleigh.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I need to get to Raleigh.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Read this. It's infuriating. Period products are limited. If you bleed on your bed b/c of that? Get punished for damaging state property. Got a pad from a friend? Get punished for having contraband. @ncgovernor.bsky.social
Prison disciplinary policies often target menstruators and make it even harder for them to access menstrual products. My analysis with @prisonpolicy.org dug into this widespread issue.
Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods
Our analysis of prison rules and sanctions across all fifty states and the federal system — as well as accounts of incarcerated people — reveal ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Read this. It's infuriating. Period products are limited. If you bleed on your bed b/c of that? Get punished for damaging state property. Got a pad from a friend? Get punished for having contraband. @ncgovernor.bsky.social
I crocheted a tea cozy and trivet for my teapot.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I crocheted a tea cozy and trivet for my teapot.
I don't wish they had a hard time getting married.
But, I do think st8 people should have to jump through those hoops.
But, I do think st8 people should have to jump through those hoops.
My husband and I have been together 39 years. First as domestic partners, then as a civil union and finally married in 2008 when legally allowed…each time jumping through hoops for recognition no straight couple is required to do.
Same sex marriage is not special rights…just equal rights. Period.
Same sex marriage is not special rights…just equal rights. Period.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I don't wish they had a hard time getting married.
But, I do think st8 people should have to jump through those hoops.
But, I do think st8 people should have to jump through those hoops.
Not all veterans were straight white men. (JFC 🙄)
Chief Master Sgt. Jeremiah Grisham says that although gays and lesbians have largely found acceptance in the military, that’s not the case for all LGBT.
“There’s still fear...and so we don’t appreciate fully what they can bring to the fight."
👇
www.stripes.com/branches/air...
“There’s still fear...and so we don’t appreciate fully what they can bring to the fight."
👇
www.stripes.com/branches/air...
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Not all veterans were straight white men. (JFC 🙄)
Not all veterans were white men. (JFC 🙄)
Levine was commissioned as a four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (one of the nation's eight uniformed services), becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer in our uniformed services as well as the first female four-star admiral in the Commissioned Corps.
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Not all veterans were white men. (JFC 🙄)
Not all veterans were white men. (JFC 🙄)
Colonel Bree Fram is an astronautical engineer who joined our military after the 9/11 attacks. She served in the Air Force during the Iraq War and was deployed to Iraq and Qatar. Fram is the first transgender woman to be promoted to the rank of colonel.
👇
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Fram
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Fram
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Not all veterans were white men. (JFC 🙄)
I am on Medicare with Advantage. It is a dramatic improvement over my employer-based insurance.
It is insufficient. Not everyone can afford the $185/month I have to pay for Parts A & B. Medicaid is only available for a limited (justification-required) cohort.
We need Univeral Health Care.
It is insufficient. Not everyone can afford the $185/month I have to pay for Parts A & B. Medicaid is only available for a limited (justification-required) cohort.
We need Univeral Health Care.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I am on Medicare with Advantage. It is a dramatic improvement over my employer-based insurance.
It is insufficient. Not everyone can afford the $185/month I have to pay for Parts A & B. Medicaid is only available for a limited (justification-required) cohort.
We need Univeral Health Care.
It is insufficient. Not everyone can afford the $185/month I have to pay for Parts A & B. Medicaid is only available for a limited (justification-required) cohort.
We need Univeral Health Care.
In a year, you have the opportunity to do something about how mad you are about how this shut down played out.
The ACA was a half assed fix to something that was broken (and is still doing a half assed job). People doing the work of government still need to get paid.
The ACA was a half assed fix to something that was broken (and is still doing a half assed job). People doing the work of government still need to get paid.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In a year, you have the opportunity to do something about how mad you are about how this shut down played out.
The ACA was a half assed fix to something that was broken (and is still doing a half assed job). People doing the work of government still need to get paid.
The ACA was a half assed fix to something that was broken (and is still doing a half assed job). People doing the work of government still need to get paid.
Now do NC.
The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Now do NC.
No, I do NOT want to take a quick survey about my experience. I was buying a bag of mulch.
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
No, I do NOT want to take a quick survey about my experience. I was buying a bag of mulch.
This is delightful.
Whoa, it's been 5 years since When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain came out on audio!
Check it out for 70% off at the link!
It's sapphic tigers, imperial exams, and telling stories to save your life, all narrated by the incredible @cindykay.bsky.social !
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Check it out for 70% off at the link!
It's sapphic tigers, imperial exams, and telling stories to save your life, all narrated by the incredible @cindykay.bsky.social !
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layere...
www.audiobooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is delightful.
I prefe it to be for the sake of AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the fucks.
I prefer the singular possessive, "Oh, for fuck's sake." It just sounds more professional.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I prefe it to be for the sake of AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the fucks.
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I prefer the singular possessive, "Oh, for fuck's sake." It just sounds more professional.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I prefer the singular possessive, "Oh, for fuck's sake." It just sounds more professional.
It's too cold for yard work and I don't have anything I particularly need to do INside today.
I've already cleaned the windshield and rear window on my car. (I have no idea what splashed on them. But, it wouldn't come off with wiper fluid.)
Now what?
I guess crochet with an audiobook.
I've already cleaned the windshield and rear window on my car. (I have no idea what splashed on them. But, it wouldn't come off with wiper fluid.)
Now what?
I guess crochet with an audiobook.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's too cold for yard work and I don't have anything I particularly need to do INside today.
I've already cleaned the windshield and rear window on my car. (I have no idea what splashed on them. But, it wouldn't come off with wiper fluid.)
Now what?
I guess crochet with an audiobook.
I've already cleaned the windshield and rear window on my car. (I have no idea what splashed on them. But, it wouldn't come off with wiper fluid.)
Now what?
I guess crochet with an audiobook.