Moose
@mizmoose.bsky.social
Lover of Orange kitties. Nerd. Geek. Ex-sysadmin & copy editor.
I block fatphobes, LifterBros, transphobes, & other bigots.
Fat, old, disabled, ASD/ADHD. Usually She or They.
On Threads/IG as MJFinklestein.
I block fatphobes, LifterBros, transphobes, & other bigots.
Fat, old, disabled, ASD/ADHD. Usually She or They.
On Threads/IG as MJFinklestein.
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Moose
@mizmoose.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Hi, I'm fat, disabled, bitter, geeky, nerdy, and old
I'm
- an ex-sysadmin & ex-copy-editor
- a Star Trek nerd
as well as
- anti dieting
- anti food and body shaming
- pro cats, especially Oranges
- anti MAGA
- pro LGBTQ+ & BIPoC
- pro union
- pro choice
- pro evidence-based medicine
I'm
- an ex-sysadmin & ex-copy-editor
- a Star Trek nerd
as well as
- anti dieting
- anti food and body shaming
- pro cats, especially Oranges
- anti MAGA
- pro LGBTQ+ & BIPoC
- pro union
- pro choice
- pro evidence-based medicine
I'm so embarrassed to have ever backed or supported this 🍑👒 💩🤡
He "disagrees" but is fine with harming vets and others. Disgusting. Shut the gov't down. It's better than the Sword of Damocles so many gov't employees are living under.
He "disagrees" but is fine with harming vets and others. Disgusting. Shut the gov't down. It's better than the Sword of Damocles so many gov't employees are living under.
The weeks of performative “resistance” from those in my party were limited to undignified antics.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
March 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm so embarrassed to have ever backed or supported this 🍑👒 💩🤡
He "disagrees" but is fine with harming vets and others. Disgusting. Shut the gov't down. It's better than the Sword of Damocles so many gov't employees are living under.
He "disagrees" but is fine with harming vets and others. Disgusting. Shut the gov't down. It's better than the Sword of Damocles so many gov't employees are living under.
If there's anything the MAGA crowd is good at it's making sure that all forms of child abuse is legal.
The Senate just voted to confirm Linda McMahon as education Secretary. Reminder that she and Vince McMahon face a civil lawsuit where they are accused of knowlingly enabling sexual exploitation of children by a longtime employee.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
WWE facing another major lawsuit as 'Ring Boys' scandal case allowed to proceed
Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, has been accused of fostering a culture of sexual abuse while working at the entertainment goliath
www.independent.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
If there's anything the MAGA crowd is good at it's making sure that all forms of child abuse is legal.
Terrific.
Congress just approved the undoing of a department created by Congress and, by law, should only be able to be uncreated by Congress.
Which I guess they did, but not how they should have, because nothing makes sense any more.
Congress just approved the undoing of a department created by Congress and, by law, should only be able to be uncreated by Congress.
Which I guess they did, but not how they should have, because nothing makes sense any more.
In President Donald Trump’s meritocracy, you apparently don’t need much educational experience to run the Department of Education.
With a demonstrated lack of knowledge about even the most basic education laws and policies, wrestling exec and billionaire Linda McMahon is now the head of the DOE.
With a demonstrated lack of knowledge about even the most basic education laws and policies, wrestling exec and billionaire Linda McMahon is now the head of the DOE.
WWE exec Linda McMahon is poised to oversee the end of the Department of Education
The Senate just confirmed Trump's pick.
www.motherjones.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Terrific.
Congress just approved the undoing of a department created by Congress and, by law, should only be able to be uncreated by Congress.
Which I guess they did, but not how they should have, because nothing makes sense any more.
Congress just approved the undoing of a department created by Congress and, by law, should only be able to be uncreated by Congress.
Which I guess they did, but not how they should have, because nothing makes sense any more.
O my deer baby jeebus.
This is art.
This is art.
AS PROMISED:
March 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
O my deer baby jeebus.
This is art.
This is art.
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This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0
February 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0
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Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper.
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
Medical Error Is Not The Third Leading Cause Of Deaths
The bad science behind a commonly-cited statistic
gidmk.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper.
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share!
gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...
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2018: "Kavanaugh's not going to overturn ABORTION why are you so upset about this appointment JEEZ ugh so hysterical"
They coming for birth control, they coming for no-fault divorce, they coming for Loving vs VA, they coming for ALL OF IT
They coming for birth control, they coming for no-fault divorce, they coming for Loving vs VA, they coming for ALL OF IT
Just remembering those Log Cabin Republicans being so dismissive after they came after Roe because "women's rights didn't affect them". Mmhmm told you they were coming after Obergefell v. Hodges next.
February 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2018: "Kavanaugh's not going to overturn ABORTION why are you so upset about this appointment JEEZ ugh so hysterical"
They coming for birth control, they coming for no-fault divorce, they coming for Loving vs VA, they coming for ALL OF IT
They coming for birth control, they coming for no-fault divorce, they coming for Loving vs VA, they coming for ALL OF IT
I agree 100%.
Fetterman made big waves in Pgh with his work as mayor of Braddock. I followed his career after I moved away.
I cannot imagine 2006 Fetterman acting like this. I'm disheartened & disappointed with his actions the past year+.
He's never been perfect but this is a total & scary 180.
Fetterman made big waves in Pgh with his work as mayor of Braddock. I followed his career after I moved away.
I cannot imagine 2006 Fetterman acting like this. I'm disheartened & disappointed with his actions the past year+.
He's never been perfect but this is a total & scary 180.
February 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I agree 100%.
Fetterman made big waves in Pgh with his work as mayor of Braddock. I followed his career after I moved away.
I cannot imagine 2006 Fetterman acting like this. I'm disheartened & disappointed with his actions the past year+.
He's never been perfect but this is a total & scary 180.
Fetterman made big waves in Pgh with his work as mayor of Braddock. I followed his career after I moved away.
I cannot imagine 2006 Fetterman acting like this. I'm disheartened & disappointed with his actions the past year+.
He's never been perfect but this is a total & scary 180.
As boycotts start being organized, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember that some people do not have freedom to pick where they shop.
If it's the difference between their food budget lasting to the end of the month or people going hungry because they paid higher prices, please let them eat and survive.
If it's the difference between their food budget lasting to the end of the month or people going hungry because they paid higher prices, please let them eat and survive.
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As boycotts start being organized, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember that some people do not have freedom to pick where they shop.
If it's the difference between their food budget lasting to the end of the month or people going hungry because they paid higher prices, please let them eat and survive.
If it's the difference between their food budget lasting to the end of the month or people going hungry because they paid higher prices, please let them eat and survive.
Social media is full of Dem Reps talking about fighting to win the latest disaster vote.
The comments demand to know why they let the vote happen at all.
South Korea handled their fascist fuckwad. We're weak and wimpy.
Hey, Dems: YOU CANNOT PLAY NICE WITH FASCISTS.
Grow a spine already.
The comments demand to know why they let the vote happen at all.
South Korea handled their fascist fuckwad. We're weak and wimpy.
Hey, Dems: YOU CANNOT PLAY NICE WITH FASCISTS.
Grow a spine already.
February 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Social media is full of Dem Reps talking about fighting to win the latest disaster vote.
The comments demand to know why they let the vote happen at all.
South Korea handled their fascist fuckwad. We're weak and wimpy.
Hey, Dems: YOU CANNOT PLAY NICE WITH FASCISTS.
Grow a spine already.
The comments demand to know why they let the vote happen at all.
South Korea handled their fascist fuckwad. We're weak and wimpy.
Hey, Dems: YOU CANNOT PLAY NICE WITH FASCISTS.
Grow a spine already.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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This 💯 this
February 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This 💯 this
RIP the voice of the Penguins
www.nhl.com/news/legenda...
www.nhl.com/news/legenda...
Lange, legendary Penguins broadcaster, dies at 76 | NHL.com
Play-by-play voice called 5 Stanley Cup championships over 46 years in Hall of Fame career
www.nhl.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
RIP the voice of the Penguins
www.nhl.com/news/legenda...
www.nhl.com/news/legenda...
Remember that everything in The Handmaid's Tale is based on something that has happened in the world.
In the book the country fell gradually. Lots of smoke & mirror, & small actions. People protested.
One day they said, "Hey, the Constitution is on hold for just a little bit."
And it was gone.
In the book the country fell gradually. Lots of smoke & mirror, & small actions. People protested.
One day they said, "Hey, the Constitution is on hold for just a little bit."
And it was gone.
February 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Remember that everything in The Handmaid's Tale is based on something that has happened in the world.
In the book the country fell gradually. Lots of smoke & mirror, & small actions. People protested.
One day they said, "Hey, the Constitution is on hold for just a little bit."
And it was gone.
In the book the country fell gradually. Lots of smoke & mirror, & small actions. People protested.
One day they said, "Hey, the Constitution is on hold for just a little bit."
And it was gone.
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This is how it worked splendidly once. Now it’s trying to be reborn again.
February 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is how it worked splendidly once. Now it’s trying to be reborn again.
REALLY tired of the ignorance of SpaceX, which is mostly doing good in spite of mElon thinking he's in charge there.
Rockets exploding during testing is NORMAL. Always has been.
SpaceX shouldn't run the FAA because their rockets explode.
They shouldn't because ROCKETS ARE NOT AIRPLANES.
FFS.
Rockets exploding during testing is NORMAL. Always has been.
SpaceX shouldn't run the FAA because their rockets explode.
They shouldn't because ROCKETS ARE NOT AIRPLANES.
FFS.
February 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
REALLY tired of the ignorance of SpaceX, which is mostly doing good in spite of mElon thinking he's in charge there.
Rockets exploding during testing is NORMAL. Always has been.
SpaceX shouldn't run the FAA because their rockets explode.
They shouldn't because ROCKETS ARE NOT AIRPLANES.
FFS.
Rockets exploding during testing is NORMAL. Always has been.
SpaceX shouldn't run the FAA because their rockets explode.
They shouldn't because ROCKETS ARE NOT AIRPLANES.
FFS.
Reminder that the crap they're spreading is that there are 150-year-old people collecting SS and it's all because the SSA uses software built with an older language called COBOL which calculates dates by counting seconds since 1875.
If they don't know a birthdate they put a 0. Do the math.
If they don't know a birthdate they put a 0. Do the math.
There are NO 200 year olds collecting SS. Law requires funeral homes to give death notices to SS, and if the notice crosses with a post-death benefit, SS claws it back so fast you'll have scratch marks. Tell your MAGA uncle to call his reps! (jk, I think it's too late for that & I feel nothing.)
February 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reminder that the crap they're spreading is that there are 150-year-old people collecting SS and it's all because the SSA uses software built with an older language called COBOL which calculates dates by counting seconds since 1875.
If they don't know a birthdate they put a 0. Do the math.
If they don't know a birthdate they put a 0. Do the math.
Let's make this clear:
The Space Nazi is incompetent with 0 training in engineering [or computers].
The SpaceX engineers are NOT incompetent AT ROCKET SHIPS.
Newly designed rockets can explode during testing. That's been true since, roughly, forever.
Rockets Are Not AIRPLANES.
The Space Nazi is incompetent with 0 training in engineering [or computers].
The SpaceX engineers are NOT incompetent AT ROCKET SHIPS.
Newly designed rockets can explode during testing. That's been true since, roughly, forever.
Rockets Are Not AIRPLANES.
The incompetent engineers at SpaceX who create aircraft that explode after takeoff are going to take control of the FAA to make aviation safer.
Nothing to see. Everything is fine. GIRL, TAKE GREYHOUND!!!
Nothing to see. Everything is fine. GIRL, TAKE GREYHOUND!!!
February 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Let's make this clear:
The Space Nazi is incompetent with 0 training in engineering [or computers].
The SpaceX engineers are NOT incompetent AT ROCKET SHIPS.
Newly designed rockets can explode during testing. That's been true since, roughly, forever.
Rockets Are Not AIRPLANES.
The Space Nazi is incompetent with 0 training in engineering [or computers].
The SpaceX engineers are NOT incompetent AT ROCKET SHIPS.
Newly designed rockets can explode during testing. That's been true since, roughly, forever.
Rockets Are Not AIRPLANES.
My first question: Why is this critical data not also on off-site backups stored in a secure location that the Space Nazi isn't smart enough to know about?
There should be tapes in a vault somewhere that's in a guarded building. Seriously.
There should be tapes in a vault somewhere that's in a guarded building. Seriously.
CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My first question: Why is this critical data not also on off-site backups stored in a secure location that the Space Nazi isn't smart enough to know about?
There should be tapes in a vault somewhere that's in a guarded building. Seriously.
There should be tapes in a vault somewhere that's in a guarded building. Seriously.
People hear "DEI" and they think it means just non-white people. Maybe they include LGBTQ+ people, too.
It also means veterans, the disabled, pregnant women, the elderly, and more.
DEI is most of us, except for white,Xtian, straight, het, racist manbabies.
And that's why they hate it.
It also means veterans, the disabled, pregnant women, the elderly, and more.
DEI is most of us, except for white,Xtian, straight, het, racist manbabies.
And that's why they hate it.
Tell me what you actually mean when you say,
"Honor the fallen" and
"Thank you for your service"
'Cause this ain't it. Our vets deserve better than this.
"Honor the fallen" and
"Thank you for your service"
'Cause this ain't it. Our vets deserve better than this.
February 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
People hear "DEI" and they think it means just non-white people. Maybe they include LGBTQ+ people, too.
It also means veterans, the disabled, pregnant women, the elderly, and more.
DEI is most of us, except for white,Xtian, straight, het, racist manbabies.
And that's why they hate it.
It also means veterans, the disabled, pregnant women, the elderly, and more.
DEI is most of us, except for white,Xtian, straight, het, racist manbabies.
And that's why they hate it.
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I would never put a sticker on a
#Swasticar
Leon would hate that
Repost this to be sure no one else is doing it
#Swasticar
Leon would hate that
Repost this to be sure no one else is doing it
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I would never put a sticker on a
#Swasticar
Leon would hate that
Repost this to be sure no one else is doing it
#Swasticar
Leon would hate that
Repost this to be sure no one else is doing it
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
Fun fact: Science is not about facts. Science is about looking for information, which includes questioning things that are accepted as "common knowledge," as well as accepting change to that knowledge.
February 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Fun fact: Science is not about facts. Science is about looking for information, which includes questioning things that are accepted as "common knowledge," as well as accepting change to that knowledge.
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Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID. Watch this ad, which tells the truth, instead.
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
February 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID. Watch this ad, which tells the truth, instead.
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
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NEVER AGAIN IS RIGHT NOW
RIGHT
THIS
MOMENT
RIGHT
THIS
MOMENT
February 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
NEVER AGAIN IS RIGHT NOW
RIGHT
THIS
MOMENT
RIGHT
THIS
MOMENT