clatterbane:

Well, that was restful right before going to bed. I just opened the back door, and there was this sudden startled angry fox yelling noise retreating from the patio.

I figured it was probably Feist again, and yep. She came strutting in soon enough. Very smug about running off another intruder.

Just happened again. Though this one sounded way more terrified than pissed off 😽

(This cat started defending against roving foxes when she had kittens in the house. And she’s kept it up ever since, for over 10 years now…)

What do you think people *should* do about the extreme right? I’m not antifa and I’ve never attended a violent protest, but when you post about how punching Nazis doesn’t work and Americans fear and hate the people who do that, ngl it makes me scared and dispirited and feel like most Americans probably hate me too because I share antifa visceral horror at fascists even though I’m a strong pacifist.

funereal-disease:

theunitofcaring:

I am viscerally horrified at fascists too, anon. I sometimes very strongly want them all to be shot, though I don’t tend to post about this because it’s not a pleasant state of mind to be in, it’s not the way the world should work, and trying to bring it about will make the world less safe for the people I care about. Please don’t feel like you’re a bad person for hating Nazis or for finding something soothing and reassuring about people being willing to fight Nazis. That’s a completely understandable state to be in, and completely compatible with principled pacifism, principled commitment to the rule of law, pragmatic pacificism, pragmatic commitment to the rule of law, and all of the many other reasons someone might rightly conclude that antifa is a bad way to fight Nazis.

I’m in favor of overwhelming Nazis with peaceful protest. I’m in favor of deradicalization efforts by people who have any idea how to go about that. I am in favor of drives to direct tons of money to good causes for every word a Nazi speaks, so when they host their protests they are directing millions to improve the lives of the people they want to kill. I’m in favor of legal action to protect rights that are at risk of being eroded, and I’m in favor of peaceful civil disobedience. We have lots of options. It’s notĀ ā€˜violence or nothing’.Ā 

ā€œIt’s not violence or nothingā€ – oh my god, this. If violence is the only solution you can imagine, you don’t have a very good imagination. And you sure as hell don’t belong on the front lines. Those who would use violence as a first resort are very, very unlikely to use it judiciously and with respect for its inherent risk.

trashchansenpai:

waluwadjet:

smurflewis:

imguiltyofthis:

andiamburdenedwithgloriousfeels:

Do you ever start bullshitting a paper, and then look over it halfway through and think, ’…Wait a minute, I could be onto something here.’

this is the definition of college.

Literally I was writing a paper on Asian salt water crocodiles, like a simple about them paper for a college class, and I started noticing some inconsistencies in the scientific papers I was sourcing and I accidentally discovered that the crocodile has been misdiagnosed as least concerned on the endangered species list when they should be classified as endangered and now my professor is having me write a formal report to the international Red List to have them reclassified and all I wanted to do was write this paper on an animal I thought was cool and now I’m considered an expert on this species…

this is how it works half of esteemed biologists trip and fall into their specialty while pursuing something else. one lecturer i just went to started as a biochemist researching antibiotics and discovered that crocodiles change colors based on environment and now he has 30+ crocs in his yard for research purposes and he’s just likeā€¦Ā ā€œwait… i’m a chemistā€¦ā€

How did so many people end up with crocodiles on accident?????

The Donotpay bot will help you sue Equifax in small claims court

mostlysignssomeportents:

Joshua Browder (previously) is the delightful teen computer science student who created a the Donotpay to fight parking tickets that saved millions for its users, then repurposed it to help homeless people apply for benefits.

Now, Donotpay will help you sue Equifax in small claims court, in any of the 50 US states. The bot fills in all the necessary forms, but you still have to serve them on Equifax and show up in court. Depending on which state you live in, you can sue Equifax for between $2,500 (Rhode Island, Kentucky) and $25,000 (Tennessee).

Browder hopes that his bot will bankrupt Equifax, the credit reporting agency that dumped dox on 143 million Americans, tried to trick its victims into subscribing to a lifetime of for-pay credit monitoring, lobbied to take away your right to sue the company (and tried to trick you into giving up the right in order to check whether you were breached), while its execs merrily liquidated their stock in the firm.

https://boingboing.net/2017/09/12/ddos-equifax.html

Judge sends Martin Skreli to jail for Facebook post offering bounty for Hillary Clinton’s hair

zamaron:

This timeline is so wild

Matsumoto said she didn’t find anything funny about either Shkreli’s posts about Clinton, or his online boasts during his trial in July that he would get to “f—” a female journalist with whom he has feuded since January, as well as female political pundit, once his trial ended…

Asked if he had ever seen a defendant in a criminal case who had been convicted made such a public spectacle of himself as Shkreli has done since early August, Lefcourt said, “No.”

“He is just incapable of controlling himself,” Lefcourt said.

Judge sends Martin Skreli to jail for Facebook post offering bounty for Hillary Clinton’s hair

bimuslimhoe:

bimuslimhoe:

bimuslimhoe:

bimuslimhoe:

bimuslimhoe:

Leola One Feather is a Lakota grandmother and activist. She has 13 different grandchildren on the rez she has to take care of. Their ages range from 3-17. Please help out this family in need by buying school supplies from their wishlist. Its all going directly to them!

Ok so update on Leola and her family. Almost everything has arrived and they are so so grateful to everyone who donated and want to thank each and every one of you personally!!!!!! šŸ˜šŸ’œšŸ’™šŸ’ššŸ’›šŸŒøšŸŒŗšŸ’ And right on time because school is starting tomorrow!

There are basically only the laptops left on Leola’s wishlist. Leolas has two 17 year old half Lakota half Black granddaughters who are both going to college next year. There are used versions of the laptops we are trying to get them. The total comes out to $341.22. If everyone gave only $1 we could quickly raise that money!!!

The wishlist if someone just wants to buy them:Ā http://a.co/1Fmf0w0

Leolas paypal:Ā https://www.paypal.me/leolaonefeather

Ok so the second laptop’s order was cancelled. I had never realized it and finally just talked to Leola to check in on them. We are currently $89.57 away from getting the second one used on Amazon. There are other things on the list as well if you want to help that way.

Please donate to Leola’s paypal so we can quickly get the laptop to her other granddaughter or buy other things from the list!!! I also set up an ebay account for her to sell her beaded jewelry on if anyone’s interested.

http://www.ebay.com/usr/kiksuyaleola

$83.07 away!!! And there are things on her list you can help her out with!!!

$73.07 away now! Thanks yall šŸ˜ŠšŸ’–

$53.07 away!!!! Come on if 6 people give 10 bucks we there!!!! Or 3 people give 20!!!! Please boost and help this young lady prepare for college next year!!!!

And help the entire family by buying the things on the list. Leola makes clothes for everybody so that’s why there’s sewing things on it.