Scientist, Ph.D., singer-songwriter, boatbuilder, Antifa. She/her. @catsittingstill@mendeddrum.org @catsittingstill.bsky.social
Tennessee, USA
Joined April 2010
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Would I be weird if my new year’s resolution was to check my e-mail every day?
(asking for a friend)
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🦊💫Competition time! To counter the January blues, I'm giving away a signed edition of my 'Reynard the Fox', a copy of the accompanying gold-tipped 'A Fox for All Seasons' journal, both with map endpapers & fine ribbons, a packet of the award-winning Dark Woods Under Milk Wood coffee & a charming & extremely fluffy fox companion! Simply like, retweet & follow to enter!💫🦊
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The footage of Israeli soldiers torturing and humiliating detained Palestinian men in Gaza is horrific.
We’ve seen terrible images like this from genocides throughout history. We know what this leads to. Never again means never again for anyone.
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This week on FilkCast!
@hsifyppah, @charmingdisastr, @DrMaryCCrowell, @CatSittingstill, @yasslad, @rockharp, @taliskimberley, @ActuallyOokla, Dr Jane Robinson, Jim Thorne, Debs and Errol, Gary McGath & Virginia Taylor
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1. Buried in North Carolina's 600+ page budget is a little-noticed provision that creates a secret police force, controlled by Republicans, with extraordinary powers
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Your daily reminder.
ALT 7 DAYS UNTIL A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN House Republicans Are Playing Partisan Games with Peoples’ Lives Pass Extreme House Republican Spending Cuts to Programs Americans Rely On OR Shut Down the Government
I have ordered a couple of ocarinas and am absurdly excited about it.
I found another "harmony" ocarina; an ocarina that can play 2 different notes at the same time. This one just did not exist (or was well hidden from search engines) the last time I was looking.
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This tweet, and the accompanying article, is very much worth your time.
Republicans not only want to harm people who can get pregnant, they are profoundly undemocratic in their approach to doing so.
My column on the special election, and anti-abortion Republicans’ efforts to undermine democracy, from this morning: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
It’s weird but I miss the little bird.
X marks the spot where an accident will happen.
X is for things you want to cross out.
X is the eyes of dead things.
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This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.
Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.
Want the truth on Florida’s African American History Standards? See statement below from experts who crafted them.
“Any attempt to reduce slaves to just victims of oppression fails to recognize their strength, courage and resiliency during a difficult time in American history.”
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This list is supposedly of enslaved people who "developed ... trades from which they benefitted" but nearly all of these people were either never enslaved, or never held the jobs described on the list.
Some examples:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Cobb
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_How…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_For…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Was…
Here is a summary of the errors on the list:
twitter.com/etotheipie/sta…
Yo, media folks, don’t just BELIEVE anything the police say and uncritically repeat that, and especially not about vulnerable teens.
I can’t believe I still have to point this out in 2023.
With all the articles coming out about the Nebraska teen sentenced to 90 days in jail for self-managing an abortion, I just wanted to flag something I wrote last week about coverage of the case.
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⚠️ Next week extremist group, Operation Save America, is coming to Atlanta to lobby, harass patients & providers, & preach hate in OUR neighborhoods.
WE DON'T NEED "SAVING," WE NEED FREEDOM!
Join our Community Call & learn what you can do.
tinyurl.com/GeorgiaRJ
Yeah look at that truck squatting right there in the “passenger cars only” lane with its back wide open in flagrant disregard of the—wait, what’s that you say? They’re just trying to make a living and providing a service at the same time?
So, like the lady with the cans, then?
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Well, this happened when I was 5 years-old, @NikkiHaley.
I recommend you listen to my father’s speech, ‘The Other America’: youtu.be/dOWDtDUKz-U
Do you remember when you were growing up, do you remember how simple life was, how easy it felt? It was about faith, family, and country. We can have that again, but to do that, we must vote Joe Biden out. #RTM2023
Let me get this straight: as a facultative cheater, Lance Armstrong is courageously stepping up as an authority on whether trans people in sports are obligate cheaters?
Biology terms:
Facultative traits are turned on and off for advantage.
Obligate traits are always on.
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One year ago today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. If you’re still angry and determined to fight back, can you split a donation between @OH_ReproFreedom & @FLProtectFree? Help pass constitutional amendments protecting reproductive freedom: ewar.ren/k9u
ALT Map icons of Ohio and Florida next to text that says: Put abortion rights on the ballot in Ohio and Florida: New proposed ballot measures would amend their state constitutions to protect reproductive freedom for all. What can I do? Ohio voters: sign the petition by July 5, 2023; election is November 2023. Florida voters: sign the petition by January 1, 2024; election is November 2024. Everyone: donate and fight at https://ohioansforreproductivefreedom.org and https://floridiansprotectingfreedom.com