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Furball Farm Cat Sanctuary Live Stream YouTube video by Furball Farm Cat Sanctuary

Do you like cats? Would you like to watch a live stream of hundreds of well-cared-for kitties at a cat sanctuary in Minnesota? Can't believe this isn't yet the most popular thing on the internet.

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Elon's literally foreign born.

seems obvious to me but haven't seen anyone else bring it up yet: a big reason that the GOP is running so many anti-trans ads despite their (apparent) ineffectiveness is because the top GOP megadonor is elon musk who is obsessed with attacking trans people because he hates his own trans daughter.

i continue to think the united states government should reconsider doing business with a major aerospace contractor who is an unambiguous white nationalist using his social media platform to recruit and mobilize other white nationalists

“Tim Walz wants to put TAMPONS in MEN’S ROOMS”

Motherfucker you STORMED THE CAPITOL

I suffered 15 months of crippling suicidal depression and tried so many meds. The only thing that broke me out of it was
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Only mentioning it in case you haven't heard of it or considered it. 💙

Book release day! My new book Salvation: From Ancient Judaism to Christianity Without a Historical Jesus is now available to read online at elbespurling.com/salvation
250 pages, 400+ illustrations and maps

I'm thrilled to share with you the cover of my soon-to-be-released new book Salvation: From Ancient Judaism to Christianity Without a Historical Jesus. It distills into 250 pages my two decades of reading and analysis on the origins of two of the world's most influential faiths.

1923: Hitler’s failed coup.

No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.

1933: Hitler takes power.

I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.

portrait of elbe spurling with matching hair and glasses colors, purple and green

if you're not matching your hair colors to your new frames, what even are you doing

Happy Christmas! The classic LEGO-illustrated story of Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus is here!

www.thebrickbibleforkids.com/christmas-st...

Assassination! Andrew Jackson The story of the attempted assassination of president Andrew Jackson, retold in LEGO bricks.

Let's count down the days to Christmas with stories of assassination attempts on US presidents illustrated in LEGO.

Up first is Andrew Jackson and his nemesis Richard Lawrence!

thank you. it seems every couple of days i comment out write a letter to the NYT telling them exactly this. 🩵

looks like they do jack

The police chief has now resigned seven weeks after I broke this story.

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always. he is always wearing eyeliner and also you are always tripping.

omg that's my cat. i guess apparently he moonlights as an internet celebrity scandal cat.

they say every time you press F12 on your computer, a cat lights a police car on fire

it's the last 2 weeks of my 40s. did i accomplish all i set out to do?

✅ had 14 books published
✅ publicly came out as transgender
✅ got married
✅ created a psychedelic art pop album
✅ survived 15 months of crippling suicidal depression, a global pandemic, and president fuckface

so... i guess? 🤷

a transgender woman holds a 1980s computer peripheral labeled "Gender Changer"

of course i had to actually get one of these on ebay. this one is female on both sides, just like me.

a shockingly beautiful trans woman slurps a green concoction

7 years ago i went to TX to get breast augmentation because i found a doctor in san antonio who uses a method that makes only a 1-inch incision under each armpit. also: got an avocado margarita.

selfies will continue until my morale improves

i have a partner I've lived with for 27 years. we met online in 1996 and sent each other mix cassettes. we've kept up that tradition ever since. of the 38 mixes i've made so far, my fav is one i put together the night after she convinced me to watch Johnny Mnemonic.

m.mixcloud.com/elbe-spurlin...

[no plot spoilers] Andor was best Star Wars. Ahsoka is ugh. Filoni is a terrible writer, and like with Lucas in the prequels, this series takes good actors and gives them a single stage direction: "OK, try the line again, but more wooden."

Serious Cat Matters

I suspect female loneliness is also on the rise, but they don't tend to go on shooting sprees as a result, so there is less attention towards it.

Screenshot of TikTok search for “Dick van Dyke” with a “No Results Found” error and the warning, “This phrase may be associated with hateful behavior. TikTok is committed to keeping our community safe and working to prevent the spread of hate. For more information, we invite you to review our Community Guidelines.”

TikTok thinks “Dick Van Dyke” is hate speech.

family values 🙃