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Rackletang
@rackletang.bsky.social
Big butter and egg woman. Burnt out. Neurofunky. Annoyingly political or annoyingly light-hearted. Everyone gets full human rights without exception or GTFO. Weenie was my sweet jerkface tabby.
Pinned
Hug your kitties while you can. RIP Weenie Bean 2011-2025
Ugh called movers and they have an AI "receptionist." I knew my career days were over but I so rarely have a classic "they took mah jerb" moment
Have hit the wall and admitted defeat to my movers. Have never had to do this alone. Am going to sleep for a couple of hours and then resume panic.
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Have hit the wall and admitted defeat to my movers. Have never had to do this alone. Am going to sleep for a couple of hours and then resume panic.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Am I going to make it in time for the movers' schedule? Probably not. Am I going to end up driving a uhaul 750 miles? I'd like to avoid it but it might be my solution. We'll see first thing in the morning when I call the movers LOL
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
What's your favourite song about the rain?

There's probably more, but this was the one my brain found first. (And look at these babies! This was around the time I saw them open for Billy Idol)
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
That moment 13 hours before your movers' arrival window when you've run out of packing tape, or at least misplaced a bunch of it. Probably already packed and taped up LOL sob
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Bargaining stage: have cancelled hotel for tonight so I can be here for every minute before the movers.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Dear Whoever Used My Email Address To Buy Their Porn:

Thanks for at least not using any of my other info, and thanks for paying for it without my further involvement. Also thanks for the distraction, I don't need every tiny crumb of focus today as the hours to mover arrival tick past.

Love, me
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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$25 received!!! Thank you!!! Only $850 to go!
It’s a new day and a new beg post. Thanks to all of your shares and donations, I have raised $125 I need for my move to escape my abusive family. I need to raise $875 more by Dec 1. Please keep this going and help me escape, the clock is ticking!
I gratefully accept tips, donations, whatever you want to call them

Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hahaha I love that I ALWAYS underestimate how little physical stamina I have until I'm in tears because there's no longer enough caffeine in the world. And by "love" I mean "will still be in tears when the movers arrive tomorrow"
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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i think online gambling is a cancer that is spreading throughout our society, it was a horrible mistake to de-regulate it, and we desperately need to crack down on it again
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors

That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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If you try to talk to modern politician or civil servant about a public good, they look at you like you've grown a second head. The idea that, eg, the post office should do nothing more than offer guaranteed timely delivery everywhere for a modest fee is incomprehensible.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I've been watching this attitude in boardrooms for a while: the idea that it's not just unwise but *immoral* to "leave money on the table", and that investors aren't just expecting but are *entitled to* a 14% ROI. It's not even a "they took to the risk so they deserve the reward" anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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We've raised an entire generation of politicians who's take on things is "if it makes money, it's good". It's the end-game of the neoliberal era, where everything, literally everything, is evaluated based on ROI.

It's the "shareholder value" bullshit, but applied to society as a whole.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Did I go to the bar and make a Lisa Frank-themed social media ask for an organ? Yes.

benefits to donating:
- temporary break from work and responsibilities as you convalesce
- badass scar
- you grow your own organ back, that’s kinda cool
- good karma
- you save my life

(please share)
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I got federal charged for dancing across the street from ICE in my neighborhood on Indigenous People's Day. Here is the feds evidence photo they are using against me in court.
I really really need a good lawyer but I cant afford one.
Cash app $cozca
Venmo @cozca503
Working on a go fund me.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
From the people who brought you "meat curtains," a vulval balloon valance
Move over “cameltoe,”
Here comes something meatier
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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"The Jeffrey Epstein story makes no sense unless you realize that he was deeply entrenched in the foreign policy elite, a fact that gave him much of the impunity he enjoyed for most of his life. Powerful people felt comfortable around Epstein because he was one of them."
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
What an enormous loss. Rest in power, Alice.
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.

May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM