Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

It's such an obvious double bind to tell trans people they need to have treatment for their depression and anxiety first, when so many studies show that gender affirming treatments reduce depression and anxiety.

It's like if you had a broken leg, and before you could get a cast you needed to spend days trying to use the leg normally with massive amouns of painkillers to dull the pain.

in a way, money only exists for two reasons:

- bribing people into giving

- making people take only as much as they give

at least ideally, if not always in practice.

it's only necessary to trade because we can't trust each other to contribute collectively to keep the wheels turning. bribing and demanding a bribe is usually necessary, whether that bribe is money, goods or services.

when you try to reduce the role
of trade, you don't see a collapse, but the end result isn't stellar either. it functions, just barely, like Cuba or the Soviet Union.

ME OW
I’m on mastodon now
#catsofmastodon #turkishvancat #adventurecat #sanfrancisco

When Americans bitch about onerous building codes and inspections and having to pay for things like soft story retrofits (Hello SF bitchfests!) I point at Turkey. Sure some buildings that collapsed are older than codes, but a lot of newer ones never faced proper enforcement, and those responsible won't face justice.

Corruption is the opposite of infrastructure, infrastructure is the opposite of corruption.

I would like the official US National Park Service account to come to Mastodon

Bravo

Ein Kessel Buntes
Weiter geht es mit der "Gegen das Grau" Aktion. Bilder, Die mit Unterstützung der KI und Photoshop erstellt wurden.
https://canonholik.info/ein-kessel-buntes/
#AI #Bumen #Natur #Pflanzen #Photoshop #Vögel #blumen #camera #canon #CanonEos80D #canonholik #canonphotography #fotografie #natur

Turns out “cursive” is an American-ism this is what I’m talking about.

No class MTG

Why the Austin airport situation was so dangerous

Link: https://fallows.substack.com/p/as-bad-as-it-gets-without-body-bags
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34703626

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/5654 ‼️🇺🇦 Ukrainian troop moral is high! (VIDEO) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

fuck yeah, got this feedback from my son with a BS in literature! 🤘💃

"I like it! In the paragraph that starts with "Bet’s luxurious black and red ball gown" you have a change in tense that I noticed but it's great"

I love my kids 🖤

News flash: If you outlaw abortions, criminalize providing gender affirming care for trans youth, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."

Women would love gynecologists more if speculums gave orgasms.

Missing spring. Semipalmated Plover sitting on its nest. #birding #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Nunavut

What is more relaxing than watching sleeping cats?

Here is another cute cat pencil drawing from my sketchbook for you!

#MastoArt #art #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #drawing #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #humanartist #sketch #sketchbook #pencil #BlackAndWhite #illustration
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #caturday #cat #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #GoodNight #catstodon #doodle #WhiskersWednesday #furry #kitten #kitty #kittens #katze #meow #AnimalArt #PetPortrait #FebruaryFun

Once again, the far-right nut jobs in the GOP prove beyond doubt that they don't deserve, nor are they qualified in any way, to lead our country. My disgust for the childish behavior on the Republican side of the aisle and Marjorie Taylor Greene's antics in particular reached new heights tonight. The current GOP is a cancer on America. Thank God we elected Joe. #SOTU #MTG #MTGMustGo #PresidentBiden

Vice President Kamala Harris looking fabulous as ever at the State of the Union address

#SOTU2023 #MVP #VPHarris #VP #KamalaHarris #khive
@khive

He just boxed them in

“So tonight, let’s all agree to stand up for seniors. Stand up and show them we will not cut Social Security. We will not cut Medicare.

Those benefits belong to the American people. They earned them.” #sotu2023

If anyone tries to cut Social Security, I will stop them. And if anyone tries to cut Medicare, I will stop them.

I will not allow them to be taken away.

Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.