TIL Ursula LeGuin wrote a children's story book called "Cat Wings" #cat
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@willowashmaple@social.tchncs.de
mastodon 4.7.3Mostly my random (and undeveloped) thoughts on stuff like theology, religion, philosophy, and neurodiversity.
neurodivergent, nonbinary, 6w5, INTP
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Joined May 11, 2021
Happy MEW EAR!!! 😺🎉🎉🎉
The power of the #Latin neuter for my #nonbinary students
https://www.christiancentury.org/features/power-latin-neuter
autistic people are human cats, and fidgets are basically cat toys.
Portland area weather 2025 in review
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=PQR&product=CLA&issuedby=PDX
Repair techs explain why appliances aren’t lasting as long
https://environmentamerica.org/articles/repair-techs-explain-why-appliances-arent-lasting-as-long/
countercultural in these days of "smart" everything that dumbs us all down
no AI, no algorithm, no mobile data, no microchip, no tracking or surveillance, very very long battery life, does one thing it is supposed to do
the last time i owned one of these was in 2005
Wow! (This saves you A LOT of money, if you have a modestly equipped kitchen.)
*Of course* it was Western Christian missionaries who had a problem with gender-neutral pronouns (even though Chinese never had gendered pronouns in the first place).
Managing news/social media overwhelm
https://pca.st/episode/d32971bb-fe73-4460-a783-b194be7dcac7
#doomscroll #socialmedia #autism #mentalhealth #neurodivergent #podcast
Bill moving through Florida Senate addresses food waste in schools | WLRN
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2026-01-22/food-waste-florida-schools-doral
I thought I was a lone weirdo for liking this
https://www.globalkitchenjapan.com/blogs/articles/unexpectedly-healthy-sobayu
Horizontal vs. vertical morality
https://www.themonastery.org/training/sermons/on-horizontal-vs-vertical-morality
This era of cruelty must be countered by care
https://unwantedpersons.substack.com/p/this-era-of-cruelty-must-be-countered
What a year it has been
When Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas 1776, it wasn't in the name of Christian nationalism
https://reason.com/2025/12/25/christian-nationalism-is-a-threat-to-americas-founding-principles/
Here comes the week full of year-end donations email spam-o-rama, which has become just as bad as the days leading to the so-called "Giving Tuesday."
🎄🎄🎄 Christmas trees can be repurposed as salmon habitat
Live Broadcast of New Year's Eve Fireworks at the Space Needle
https://portlandlivingonthecheap.com/new-years-eve-fireworks-space-needle/
wtf?
Recall issued for chocolates containing potentially ‘life-threatening’ amounts of Viagra
https://www.kptv.com/2026/04/02/recall-issued-chocolates-containing-potentially-life-threatening-amounts-viagra/
Replying to
@Nonilex@masto.ai It is long past time for Congress to get rid of that "moral turpitude" language in the INA. It is overly vague, subjective, and subject to whatever the current cultural trend deems "moral" or "immoral," which changes all the time.
Plus, the government is not in a position to define morality without violating the Establishment Clause.