🏳️‍⚧️ NorElaine is Begging People to Use Alt-Text 🏳️‍⚧️

I'm going to take an even longer hiatus from here because, honestly? I legit can't deal with us invading the Middle East over bullshit again while my cat has cancer, I'm trying to earn money to help cover rising costs, and I have a million critical trips planned. Fuck this country, this timeline.

orange cat curled up

don't look at the news. look at this

I'm just going to lay down, listen to music, and hope to fall asleep

I'm tired, folks. So fucking tired, of my empathy being a sin in this nation, for my sympathy being a crime, for wanting a government to work for us, a system built for the poorest, and too many fuckers caring too much about themselves. That's the heart of America. Quintessential.

We learned, 10-ish years ago, that what we did in the Middle East after 9/11 was total criminal bullshit and there was NO CHANGE. Countless times we've had a chance to change, to forcibly change the system, to fix this shithole, but too many of us are fucked in the ka to get that.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the fact that John Brown was wrong that "Through an effusion of blood" slavery would end, and that was in an age of only paper press, and now we live in a world of AI making people believe shit is gold, there is absolutely no redeeming the U.S..

Yeah, I wish I could go back to bed, but at this rate I'm going to be doing my shops and such totally fucking sleep deprived -we need the money that bad-. FML, this country will never learn, absolutely never.

And I have to do nothing and just pay my fucking taxes like the money is going to a church bake sale?! Fucking someone bring some fire and brimstone to the White House, please.

Why the heck do you have "Yes" on Anthropic?

Father Mulcahy:
Sinners, I believe.

Hawkeye:
Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

For clarification, if you aren't a M*A*S*H* fan like me:
Hawkeye:
War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

Father Mulcahy:
How do you figure, Hawkeye?

Hawkeye:
Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?

To paraphrase Hawkeye Pierce, "America is America, and Hell is Hell, and of the two America is a lot worse."

You just know Clinton is calling Trump right now being all like "Hey there Donny, thanks a ton for starting the fire, now Hillary and I can go back to vacation."

Ah, so that's why I woke up tired and anxious.

I don't really do the otomi/dating game thing, but The Arcana got me hooked immediately -think "Dang, why is he so hot...WAIT, WHY IS *SHE* SO HOT?!" I never had such a wild 180 ever. Anyways, Nadia forever- but apparently one of the co-artists is on here and yay! @danarune.bsky.social

Okay, hot damn. Love how the reporter nearly dies from fright. lol

Black-and-white photo of a shorthaired, white and ginger, tabby cat sitting on a chair upholstered with an elaborate Crosstitch pattern.

The favorite child. Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.

Going to take a break from social media for a few days. Need to really focus on earning cash and do things on and in the house.

do you care about trans people?

cool!
cancel your new york times subscription!

oh, but you just play the games? thats the worst argument you could've made!
go fuck yourself!

EXERCISE YOUR 2nd amendment rights

Get protest EMT training if weapons make you queasy

Be ready to engage in mutual aid

Zionist simp is running for MTG's seat. Please don't elect this creep.

I gotta say, being like "I support trans rights, BUT" while the government is making it impossible for trans people to *survive* is actively helping the government get what they want. And I don't think I've ever seen a legitimate critique follow, it's just repeating more anti-trans propaganda

i know the situation in kansas right now is dangerous and terrifying. that said, i'm hoping to speak to someone who's had their license invalidated. i will do absolutely everything to protect your anonymity and maintain your safety.

i can be reached securely via signal at marisakabas.04

stop calling us nazis just because we are invalidating IDs and rounding people up based on their skin color and putting them in concentration camps and sending them off to foreign gulags and using all that nazi imagery and banning books and dont forget about all the pedophilia. so just stop alright

Can't wait for whatever friend comes to my mass grave to tell me that the person who felt like little auction style signs were what they should bring to the SOTU is now president.

Sama’a stands in a room with a white tile floor next to a table, decorated with a white lacy tablecloth, holding her four month old daughter, Talia. Sama’a is wearing a black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, and black pants. Talia is wearing a fuzzy white footie pajamas, with a hood, and a white headband with a bow. Sama’a is holding a plastic bag with treats and snacks inside.

Julia and baby Talia lying next to each other inside of a tent. Julia is wearing a beige t shirt, and she is turned over looking at her sister with love. Talia is wearing a lavender sweater and covered in a white muslin cloth with purple flowers.

Sama’a kneeling in front of a table with her two daughters, Julia and Talia sitting in front of her. Sama’a is wearing a black hijab and makeup with burgundy lipstick and has a proud smile. Julia, three years old, is wearing a green and blue plaid dress with white stockings and white shoes with big rose gold flowers. her dark hair is pulled up into two pigtails. Talia, four months old, is wearing a fuzzy hooded white footie onesie.

3 year old Talia smiling big, standing with her legs spread wide on the concrete floor of an upper level apartment that is bombed out and has no walls. Her curly dark hair is pulled back and she is barefoot, wearing a matching purple sweatsuit with a unicorn on the front. Behind her is the ruins of Gaza city, collapsed buildings, rubble and debris.

I am a mother of two little girls, without a home or safety.

The war took everything, except my fear for them. Every night I lie awake wondering how to protect their childhood from this cruelty.

We are not asking for much…just a chance to live with dignity.

- Sama’a 🤍

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The Trans Income Project is a great option in Louisiana! They give trans people money and directly pay for HRT. The people there have also written legislation directly protecting trans people.