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mkandle

@mkandle@toad.social

🇺🇸 💙💛 🇺🇦 Blue dot in a red state. Perpetual student of life. LGBTQ+ ally. Can usually be found trying to herd cats or some other variety of domesticated animals.
#animals - all kinds!
#science
#history
#medicine
#politics
#ProDemocracy
#Memes because laughter is the best medicine, and we sure do need it.
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mastodonmigration, to random
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For those losing their heads over today's actions by Judge Cannon, take a deep breath. This was always going to happen. The writing has been on the wall since Judge Cannon was drawn for the case. Getting all worked up about it is only going to make you crazy and desperate. The way we will rid ourselves of this menace is at the polls in November.

For a sober discussion on this topic this exchange today between @Teri_Kanefield and @JonChevreau is highly recommended:

https://mstdn.ca/@JonChevreau/112401937598899929

mkandle,
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@mastodonmigration @Teri_Kanefield @JonChevreau we voted him out in 2020. And a large portion of republicans still believe his lies. Even if he loses he won’t go away. 😢

MissingThePt, to random
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I love to hear stories from back in the olden days. Tell me what it was like in the 1990s.

mkandle,
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@Vonskinnback @NormanDunbar @MissingThePt yes yes yes all of these ❤️

GottaLaff, to random
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I’ve been trying.

Me, to Emptywheel:

Hey you. Any way you can post your blog posts on Mastodon? I had to fill them in, letting them know you HAD a blog. They really miss you over there, so maybe this is a good compromise to not posting other commentary regularly over there?

emptywheel:
@emptywheel Will do. I've gotten stretched thin, but thanks for the help.

mkandle,
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@GottaLaff @emptywheel many thanks!!!

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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Happy Caterday!

Goosie spent Christmas in the emergency pet hospital with a dangerous UTI blockage. He's home now and doing fine. Thank you to the wonderful people who take care of our friends in need!

#caterday

mkandle,
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@mastodonmigration glad Goose is feeling better 💕

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Still trying to find my people on Mastodon. Please boost if you:

-Like ice cream.

-Enjoy reading books.

-Have recurring dreams that you are a frog.

-Feel distraught when you wake up and realize that you are in fact not a frog.

-Spend your days studying ancient texts in search of a forbidden incantation that transforms humans into amphibians.

mkandle,
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@thepoliticalcat @lowqualityfacts yeah it was several months ago when they followed me then unfollowed after I followed them back, so I’m kinda doubting their excuse.

mkandle,
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@thepoliticalcat @alexanderhay were all your follows gone after that?

fungible_thadius, to random
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Everything is so difficult.

mkandle,
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@fungible_thadius

bmacDonald94, to random
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“I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God than in church thinking of the mountains.” ~ John Muir

Nature can be more spiritual to certain people than a church. In nature, we see God’s work first hand, making us feel spiritually connected and full of respect for the beautiful creation. Many people find church artificial in comparison. If your spiritually comes from nature, embrace that fact.

mkandle,
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@thepoliticalcat @bmacDonald94 wow I didn’t know that either!

mkandle,
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@thepoliticalcat @bmacDonald94 yes, it’s absolutely there! I just never had a reason to search for that. I’m glad I know now and appreciate the info. Thank you!

mkandle, to random
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mastodonmigration, to random
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So, just asking, is it OK to compare Trump to Hitler now?

mkandle,
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@mastodonmigration
Yep.
Also, just want to say I appreciate you and this account, and enjoy the mix of helpful info and opinion/news posts.

GottaLaff, to random
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OFFS.

I just read a headline in my LA Times about how anti-vaxxers also don’t want to immunize their pets against rabies.

The stupidity, cruelty, and recklessness of that mindset is beyond jaw dropping.

Both humans and animals need protection. , you total deluded idiots who believe otherwise.

mkandle,
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@GottaLaff a pet sitting client refuses to let her vet give her dog ALLERGY shots to relieve outdoor allergies because she doesn’t want to “over-vaccinate” him 😠

mkandle, to random
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Wembley and Mac hope you have a cozy #Caturday 🥰

erictopol, to random
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A new Ground Truths on nutrition: what is the optimal diet to promote our health?

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/towards-an-optimal-diet

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mkandle,
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@erictopol thank you for another informative post 😊

thepoliticalcat, (edited ) to random
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    mkandle,
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    @Catawu @thepoliticalcat
    I think this is who she is referring to https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-texas-mayor-election-e052b6ef51607f6b5fc49f722e4acc27

    mkandle,
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    @thepoliticalcat any time 😉

    atrupar, to random
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    New in Public Notice: Trump's Truth Social page is a riot of witness intimidation, and even his lawyers can’t really defend it https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-witness-intimidation-gag-order-explained

    mkandle,
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    @atrupar
    I still can’t understand how he lied on the stand right to the judge’s face and only got a $10k fine

    heyheymomo, to random
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    I’m at a social gathering and nobody knows I’m momo wtf

    mkandle,
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    @heyheymomo how did it turn out? Did you tell anybody or just stay incognito?

    cyberlyra, to random
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    Via @simon_brooke

    Buckle up, folks! And take that, real estate values…

    https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/6/50.1713/28.1743/?theme=water_level&map_type=water_level_above_mhhw&basemap=roadmap&contiguous=true&elevation_model=best_available&refresh=true&water_level=5.3&water_unit=m

    mkandle,
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    @cyberlyra @simon_brooke my poor condo 😔

    TheConversationUS, to USpolitics
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    Why are we so into campaign polls?

    Sure, reporters – and readers – like a sense of what lies ahead, but polls are at best inaccurate and as we’ve seen in history, often wrong

    https://theconversation.com/often-in-error-but-still-seductive-why-we-cant-quit-election-polls-213835

    mkandle,
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    @TheConversationUS I often wonder who is responding to the polls. Many people under 50 don’t answer their phone if a number they don’t know calls them.

    SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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    mkandle,
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    @SmudgeTheInsultCat half the vehicles in SC 💀

    ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to animals
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    mkandle,
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    @Doomed_Daniel @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs I got two brothers and they got along well and stayed together. I made sure to have at least 3 of everything—food and water bowls, beds, litter boxes. When I added another kitten a few years later I kept the kitten in a separate room for a few weeks and gradually introduced him. They all snuggle together now. Siblings are usually ok together, but obviously separate them if they seem aggressive towards each other.

    pluralistic, to random
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    Today's threads (a thread)

    Inside: Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion; The Lost Cause prologue, part 6; and more!

    Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/13/pour-encoragez-les-autres/

    #Pluralistic

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    mkandle,
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    @pluralistic clippy!! 💀

    arstechnica, to random
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    T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike

    T-Mobile: "We are not raising the price... we are moving you to a newer plan."

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/t-mobile-switches-users-to-pricier-plans-and-tells-them-its-not-a-price-hike/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    mkandle,
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    @arstechnica I think #enshittification usually applies to apps and platforms, but this seems like a perfect extension

    arstechnica, to random
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    Microsoft disputes $29B tax bill after “one of the largest” audits in IRS history

    IRS ends epic 16-year tax probe and sends Microsoft the bill, but Redmond disagrees.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/microsoft-disputes-29b-tax-bill-after-one-of-the-largest-audits-in-irs-history/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    mkandle,
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    @arstechnica won’t someone think of the billionaires 🥺

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