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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 1w ago

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@nini@oldbytes.space @solarpapst@social.anoxinon.de A more accurate interactive map exists at https://native-land.ca/maps/native-land I can think of an obvious omission on the slop map: Hawaiʻi's Kānaka Maoli. There are many more missing.

native-land.ca

Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land

Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 3w ago

The lead story broadcast tonight on CBS Evening news? Not the doubling of heating oil prices. Not Rep. Massie's Hegseth impeachment bill. Not follow up on a host of Trump corruption stories, efforts to suppress the vote, or abuses of public edifices like the Kennedy Center. Nope. They're talking about the mistrial of a woman who had a psychotic break and killed her kids. This is Missing White Girl, 2026 edition—the means by which the Ellison-owned CBS avoids covering the failed Trump regime.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@FromTheRostra@mstdn.social I love the Voyager image but for me the 2015 Cassini image communicates how very small our little blue island is in the vast ocean of space.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org What pisses me off about this in addition to the loss of conservation of our public lands: Trump relies on conservation easements to create undeveloped buffer properties for which he receives tax benefits. Ugh, he's such a corrupt asshat. EDIT: Literally used conservation easements in tax fraud. https://www.eenews.net/articles/n-y-ag-trump-fraud-involved-conservation-easement-tax-break/

N.Y. AG: Trump fraud involved conservation easement tax break

E&E News by POLITICO

N.Y. AG: Trump fraud involved conservation easement tax break

Former President Trump's real estate company used an "inflated" appraisal of one of its New York properties in getting a multimillion-dollar conservative

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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@chu@climatejustice.social That's one of the things I change immediately when I get a new machine. I keep bookmarks I store on a flashdrive I move from machine to machine, copying the bookmarks to each machine.

National Weather Service local forecast for each locale/area I visit;
Drought Monitoring;
AirNow air quality for each local/area I visit;
Environmental Working Group's tap water page;
earth.nullschool.net for global info.

My state has a beach monitoring site but not all beaches have reporting.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social The people who agree to this are those who didn't learn anything in college and are likely privileged gits to begin with, who have been able to trade on connections and access rather than what they know.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social Having attended both 2-year and 4-year institutions, I believe that depends heavily on what a student's desired career may be. Perhaps part of the problem is rhe expectation of employers regarding credentialing. On the other hand, if requirements are narrowed substantially to fit 2-year programs, students may end up without classes like ethics, or exposure to humanities if they're in STEM fields. I'd rather not have those folks leading tech companies.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@wonka @Bongolian @jhaas @mathowie @mastodonmigration @mekkaokereke That, right there, of course. What else would we expect white supremacists and white nationalists to do to a nonprofit organization which identifies white supremacist and white nationalist hate groups but defame and de-bank them using SLAPP methods?

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 1mo ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@huffingtonpost/entertainment-39lhv3j4z/-/a-pKBzwP_rQ6anxt0dnaOM8g%3Aa%3A52948404-%2F0 What a joke - Stephen "Baby Goebbels" Miller already has been shadow president especially on immigration and deployment of DHS and ICE. This can be fixed by voting in a Democratic majority in the House and Senate sufficient to impeach, convict, and remove Trump, or work with JD Vance to apply the 25th Amendment Section 4 -- then Miller can be removed from the White House along with other enabling staff.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Easy peasy, I keep a quart jar going all the time. I started it with wine and live culture apple cider vinegar, then continuously added leftover wine over time. EDIT: photo of my jar which badly needs a new dose of leftover wine. Mother is wide t at top of contents. "Pickle pipe" vented top used with canning jar ring. https://www.foodandwine.com/red-wine-vinegar-8412157

foodandwine.com

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Depending on conditions, it takes about 4-6 weeks to produce a quart. You'll have vinegar by 4th of July, I think. Yum, watermelon salad with wine vinegar dressing!

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Kierkegaanks @david @sundogplanets Oh goddess, no JAQ-ing off in full view of the public. Think of the children! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/JAQ_off

en.wiktionary.org

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@futurebird@sauropods.win Or get you to buy more of whatever vertical market they're pushing. "We see you enjoyed popcorn during [streamed movie]. Here are the other movies popular in your area with AI-enhanced popcorn eaters." "We see you enjoyed five popcorn-worthy movies this month. Perhaps you'd like to upgrade to our AI-enabled automatic popcorn popper microwave, synced to your movie streaming."

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@catileptic Is there any possibility this is a novel phishing attack? Perhaps one targeting telecomshop's business volume?

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org *listening for rat-sized belches*

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@rbreich #Alt4you Screenshot of a Bluesky post by Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) published 3:21 PM ET April 20, 2026. Text: Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history. Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes. But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year. Trickle down hoax.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@SeanCasten@mastodon.social Huh. All going on just after we learned CPAC was paid by Orban and Matt Schlapp may have been an unegistered agent for Hungary's government violating FARA.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@irene@discuss.systems Ugh. I hope someone checked your bone mineral density and vitamin D levels.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@futurebird@sauropods.win And then the microwave manufacturer starts sending you emails every day. "We see you enjoyed our AI-enhanced popcorn experience. Why not try our AI-enhanced refrigerated beverage experience?" "We see you enjoyed AI-enabled refrigerated beverages and popcorn. You might be interested in our AI-boosted digital scale." And then emails to everyone in contacts, "[A] enjoyed our AI-enhanced popcorn experience. Here's a discount to join [A] next movie night." Ugh.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Ooh yummy! I would trade you some red for white if we weren't thousands of miles apart!

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@sweetcherry@mas.to @LoganFive@beige.party @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social SUV = Millennial's socially-acceptable tax-avoidant term* for station wagon (My title and registration call my SUVs station wagons; if they were trucks, I'd be assessed higher taxes by my state.)

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@meganL Oh thanks for sharing that, I'd lost a link to the original 9ReplyGuys! Seems like we could make a tic-tac-toe game out of this depending on the length of a thread and the subject drawing in the ReplyGuys. Must be close to attaining 3 in a row in this thread alone, eh? LOL

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Kierkegaanks LOL I know, and you're surely aware the sealions will ask "What's wrong with just asking questions?" And then it's sealions JAQ-ing off all the way down...

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Michigander@toad.social Incredible staying power. It worked in 1972 and it still works on me 54 years later. Gods, I feel so old all of a sudden. I was 11 years old and in middle school the first time I heard School's Out. It was literally the last day of school and we were cleaning out our lockers when I think a teacher played this. Didn't think about the sense of relief they probably felt as we yelled and screamed running out the door to freedom.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@Michigander@toad.social Alice Cooper's School's Out during the first week of June when the weather is sunny, warm, and everything green says DON'T STAY INDOORS - GET OUTSIDE - RUN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcEbSkaAqkg

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@mattblaze@federate.social I remember the body count every night at the beginning of the evening news. I trusted Walter Cronkite as if he was my grandfather. This destruction of an institution is as revolting as Trump's razing of the White House East Wing.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@mk30@tilde.zone @jenn@gardenstate.social Oh goddess I hear that - I'm living with my mom part-time because she's got dementia and can't live by herself. Every week brings a new drama, new catastrophe. On the other hand, we've survived enough to muse about it on Mastodon after the fact. (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@rbreich@masto.ai #Alt4you Black text on a lavender background: "73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: paid family leave, equal pay, universal childcare and healthcare. (But get your mom flowers, too)"

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@michael_w_busch @futurebird There's more in the lake than there is on the beach but good luck withstanding Lake Superior's chilly temps to retrieve some.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@foolishowl@social.coop @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social That students don't obtain more out of humanities than a checkmark on a list says something about their families, the society in which they live, and academia. Humanities, summarizing the problem:

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social A lot of the mutinous sentiment has been promulgated. I wish more people understood they've been manipulated into mutiny against their best interests.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social @FromTheRostra@mstdn.social If only more of us understood the truth of that -- we are all of us in the same small canoe alone in the cosmos. Row together in the same direction and live, row against each other and this canoe may not support us all.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@JuliusGoat *groan* I would only feel worse if you'd rickrolled me. Oh wait, don't tell me the raccoon's name was Rick...

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@floatybirb One of the organizations that has a lot of resources related to establishing co-ops is the California Center for Cooperative Development. They were helpful when I was doing research a few years ago on worker-run cooperatives. If you're not in California you'll still have to do research into your state/province's regulations regarding co-ops, but CCCD offers a lot of information from which you can ask better questions. Good luck! https://cccd.coop/

cccd.coop

California Center for Cooperative Development |

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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^^ HakeemG -> irrational agent provocateur attempting to gin up a circular firing squad inside the left... While doing so from a Nazi bar. *block*

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@dangillmor@mastodon.social What's frustrating is that all the signs were there *long before* this slip. Bluesky isn't a nonprofit, it's a PBC — a public benefit corporation — and the intended benefits to the public aren't wholly transparent. It had at least two rounds of financing between Feb 2023 and Nov 2024 from venture capital firms. This was financing, not donations or contributions — it must be returned with interest or ownership, and it's not been clear which. And now Masnick is compromised by this.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@LillyHerself Mostly the legalization of bribes paid to the president by the current SCOTUS. Trump donors the Ellisons paid Trump a $10 billion "fee" for the TikTok deal which has been deposited in an account in Qatar, bypassing US Treasury. No idea if more "fees" were paid to assist the Ellisons' acquisition of WBD. https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-deal-fee-trump-administration-5aa31c9f?st=TBAW8R&reflink=article_copyURL_share

wsj.com

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 2w ago

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@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social All the megaphones 7/24.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@Daojoan@mastodon.social Clearly the void's algorithm has looked into you.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@HeavyMetalWings@kolektiva.social It's not just their profile. It's their poorly thought-out criticisms of Democrats in general, like the one attacking Bernie Sanders and AOC about data centers. If someone wants to do the GOP's work, own it. Fly the freak flag. And I'll block more quickly.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@davidho@mastodon.world 🎉 Yay! Good on you! 🎇

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@GovTrack For your followers/readers, a direct link to the article at The American Prospect (TAP uses a Buffly link shortener which tracks users): https://prospect.org/2026/04/24/congress-has-become-almost-totally-irrelevant/

prospect.org

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe How is she supposed to get around pressure for investment in the state while the state has been told, "the project will not require any additional power generation to operate, and will use a closed loop water cooling system that will not require additional water from the Great Lakes" and DTE assures the state that consumers won't be dinged for increases in utility costs related to the facility? This is *exactly* why winning a majority in both state houses is essential. 1/2

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe 2/2 This state has a problem with getting bills signed into law because of the MIGOP's stranglehold. Do you think they would have allowed any bill throttling the Ellisons to be signed let alone get submitted to the state senate? In this environment, how do you think Whitmer - who's lived through threats of kidnapping and execution - is supposed to play this except to make safe noises? https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-supremes-weigh-fate-of-nine-blocked-bills/

Bridge Michigan

Michigan Supremes weigh fate of nine blocked bills - Bridge Michigan

Nearly 18 months after Democrats approved the bills, the Michigan Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Republicans must send them to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for signature.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 2mo ago

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@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social #myötähäpeä

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@flipper@mastodonapp.uk Uh-huh. They don't live in Michigan whereas I do.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@SeanCasten@mastodon.social Huh. There's a fourth possibility: he's the Pope. Sadly for Roberts, we only have one American Pope at a time and he's not it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 6mo ago

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@tante@tldr.nettime.org On the other hand it's an efficient way to identify people to block so they don't produce even more CO2 just to tell me they can't be bothered to interact like a human.

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 4mo ago

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@sarahtaber@mastodon.online Welp...that explains the source of so many of my Pinterest pins I've filed under "Fun Stitchery."

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Femme Malheureuse @femme_mal@mstdn.social

· 5mo ago

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@futurebird I think nostalgia can be neutral. Or perhaps I think that what I wish to experience from past is something that never should have been lost to begin with. Fresh air; seasonal changes which aren't extremely volatile; climate as it was a lifetime or two ago rather than what we experience now; ecosystems filled with diverse lifeforms which have become scarce or extinct -- all of this is what I want but I don't think of this as nostalgia but a combination of loss, anger, and desire.

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