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@krazykitkat.bsky.social
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MSc (Atmospheric Science) by thesis. invisible disability, chronic illness. feminist. bleeding heart leftie. adorer of wonderful women. crazy bird lady. she/her
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krazykitkat.bsky.social
Continues to pardon criminals.
Trump pardons Giuliani and allies linked to efforts to overturn 2020 vote The president has also on the weekend granted full pardons to dozens of allies accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election won by Joe Biden. The four-page list released from his administration runs to more than 70 people – including his former lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell and former chief of staff Mark Meadows. They’ve all been granted “full, complete and unconditional” pardons for their actions in relation to the 2020 vote. They were accused of being involved in a scheme to alter slates of electors in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, which Biden won in 2020. None of those on the list was ever charged on a federal level, but this directive could prevent future administrations from prosecuting. Trump, in a proclamation dated on Friday, said the move would end “a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 presidential election and continue the process of national reconciliation”. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/10/us-government-shutdown-record-donald-trump-syria-president-ahmed-al-sharaa-rudy-giuliani-pardon-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6911d11f8f08a98bc7592490#block-6911d11f8f08a98bc7592490
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
*sobs*
Tweet: millie @stunninbrina “we’re losing ancient texts” just bc i didn’t grow up emerged in american/english-speaking culture? like be serious omg quoted tweet: millie @stunninbrina WHAT ARE THEIR COSTUMES😭😭 Photo of two women wearing knee high white boots. Woman on left has dark hair, woman on right has blond hair. Both are wearing a thigh length white tunic with a white tie at waist. Tunic on left has painting of brown cat, tunic on right has blue dog. Very famous outfits of the women of ABBA.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
A month post op from T2-T11 fusion for scoliosis.
Parts of my back are still numb, but lying on it is weird. First few times was like a turtle stuck on its back, struggled to right myself.
xray during spinal fusion surgery of top section (T2-T7) of thoracic spine with screws and rods xray during spinal fusion surgery of bottom T7-T11 section of thoracic spine with screws and rods
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
This is SO me.
Focus on the breath can be an anxiety trigger for some and lead to panic attacks, due to the judgments and thoughts that pile on as you think about how you should be able to do it, how you’re doing it wrong, how you can’t even do breathing right, and so on. When you’re calm and still and say, mid-meditation, that’s perfectly fine, because you can observe those thoughts without getting attached to them. But in the middle of a freak-out, it’s more likely you’ll get hooked by the thoughts and carried away into panic-town.
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Had been wondering about the medical staff.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Under the ceasefire deal, Israel has freed some doctors, nurses and paramedics seized during raids on hospitals in Gaza, but other high-profile medical figures remain missing. According to the NGO Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), more than 100 remain in Israeli prisons, including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a hospital director, who became the face of the struggle to keep treating patients under Israeli siege and bombardment. Abu Safiya, the director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, has been imprisoned without charge by Israel for nearly 10 months. HWW, which documents detentions from Gaza, said 55 medical workers – including 31 doctors and nurses – were on lists of freed detainees. The group said at least 115 medical workers remained in custody, as well as the remains of four who died while in Israeli prisons, where rights groups and witnesses have reported frequent abuse.
October 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
FFS, Newscorpse!
The peace plan has only just started and we have no idea how many phases it will even make it through. Check back in a year.
Newscorp headline: Photos of Trump and Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado. 'TRUMP SNUBBED: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan politician Despite brokering a historic peace deal in Gaza, US President Donald Trump has not been chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize.'
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Wow.
It always has to be about him. I bet he makes his wife & kids birthdays about him too.
www.news.com.au/world/north-...
You can read Mr Trump’s full speech here if you suspect I’m being unfair. Do note how bizarrely self-referential it is. How he takes time, in a speech memorialising a friend, to brag about his tariff policies, and double down on his threats to send the military into American cities, and foreshadow an imminent announcement on health policy, and insist for the gazillionth time that the 2020 election was rigged against him. As if any of those things were remotely relevant to the occasion.
September 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Why do they do this?
I'm still none the wiser as to who he is. Being in one episode of a show, unless it's a pivotal character, does not link you with that show.
(originally from New York Post)
Grey’s Anatomy actor Brad Everett Young dead at 46 after horror crash Brad Everett Young – who also appeared in Charlie’s Angels, 90210 and Charmed – died at 46, his publicist confirmed. Young appeared in numerous TV shows including Boy Meets World, The Practice, Charmed, Felicity, Beverly Hills, 90210, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and 90210, according to his IMDb. His episode of Grey’s Anatomy aired in 2008 during the medical drama’s fifth season. He played an appendectomy patient.
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
In response to Kirk's statement about preferring sympathy/compassion to empathy.
Kat(rina McD) @krazykitkatm · 4m LGBTIQA+ people don't want your sympathy/concern/pity/help. There is NOTHING wrong with them. They want your understanding and to be left to live their lives. I am not the one who is programmed. Screenshot: Meaning Empathy is about truly understanding what another person feels. It means you can imagine yourself in another person's situation and feel what they must be feeling. Compassion evokes a sense of sympathy, concern, or pity for what other people are going through.
September 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Apparently this is supposed to make Kirk's words 'better'.
He was only against the 'ideology' and people who wouldn't agree with him.
Yeah, nah.
Especially hilarious from a maga who's into all the conspiracy theories.
And her unhinged response when I refused to buy her bullshit excuses.
Tweet: Crystal Fontana @Crys_333_ · 46m Replying to @krazykitkatm You're a programmed person who has been fed lies by the people you should be able to trust! For instance #2.. screencap: Here's Charlie Kirk's empathy quote in context. "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term, and it does a lot of damage. I much prefer the word compassion, and I much prefer the sympathy. Empathy is where you try to feel someone's pain and sorrows as if they're your own. compassion allows for understanding." -Charlie Kirk Kat(rina McD) @krazykitkatm · 13h *eyeroll* You trying to say he isn't racist, Islamophobic, against the lgbtiqa+ community, etc etc? Tired of this defending of his bigotry. Crystal Fontana @Crys_333_ Yes that's exactly what they're saying! He is against the ideology as a Christian which he has a right to be against, but he is not against the people Dave Rubin is a gay Christian conservative they are close friends, Amir Odom a black gay Christian conservative Charlie Kirk is who he gives all his credit to for his YouTube channel go look it up for yourself, there's many many more examples of this! Jeffree Star, go look what he's saying about Charlie Kirk right now.. The people that actually have went And sought truth for themselves And not just picked out little Clips That other people picked out for them Love Charlie Kirk.. you are a mindless bot who is being programmed to believe something that is not true! It happens all the time! I mean look at the fact that during the George Floyd death the left rioted and tore stuff up burn stuff down what's happening after Charlie kirk? The world is praying holding Candlelight vigils loving each other no riots no burning anything down I mean make it make sense! Crystal Fontana @Crys_333_ · 31m You said black women. He did not say black women! It's these SPECIFIC black women! JOY RIED, KETANJI, SHEILA, AND MICHELLE! AND HE IS 100% RIGHT! THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO DO THE JOB! THEY ARE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DEI HIRES! BUT I PROMISE YOU, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NAME 100 BLACK WOMEN HE KNEW COULD DO THE JOB! CAROL SWAYNE, ANY OF THE POP AND POLITICS CHICS, MIKAYLAH MONTGOMERY, AND MANY MORE! EVEN CANDACE OWENS! BUT NOT THE 4 BLACK WOMEN THAT GOT THEIR JOB AND CAN'T EVEN DEFINE A FUCKING WOMAN! CLOWN! Crystal Fontana @Crys_333_ @krazykitkatm This is the problem with YOU lunatics! THEY DO NOT WANT TRUTH! THEY WANT HATRED AND WAR! NOW A MAN IS DEAD BECAUSE OF Y'ALLS LIES! YOU ALL HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS YOU COWARD! FUCKING COWARD!
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Someone in the comments:
cremebrulei_cats_mountains 19h So sad that this happened to Aunty, but I’m glad people are helping her evacuate. She is such a humble and loving lady, an animal lover who has always cared for stray dogs and cats. Her children are nothing like the “nepo kids” — they don’t live a life of luxury. One of her daughters has given so much back to society and to animal welfare. She was even fearless in suing her father and the politicians who tried to destroy a huge forest in Nepal to build another project, which would have had a devastating impact on the ecosystem.
September 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Ultimate hypocrite.
Trump blames 'radical left political violence' for killing of Charlie Kirk, fails to mention killing of Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota In an Oval Office address delivered before the person who killed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk has even been identified, Donald Trump blamed ‘the radical left’ for the shooting and promised a crackdown. “For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today and it must stop right now,” Trump said. “My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials and everyone else who brings order to out country.” He then provided a list of incidents of what he termed “radical left political violence, including the attempt to kill him last year, the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the 2017 shooting of Republican congressman Steve Scalise and what he called “the attacks on Ice agents.” The president’s list notably did not include violence against Democrats, like the murder of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota state lawmaker, and her husband, and the shooting of another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife in June, by a man who a hit list of 45 elected officials — all Democrats. He also chose to omit the attack on former House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, the Trump supporter who sent pipe bombs to leading Democrats, or the threats to the life of his first vice-president, Mike Pence, by pro-Trump rioters who beat police officers on January 6 2021.
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Oh, ffs!
God requires 'traditional' masculinity?
Trump previews order to 'protect' right to prayer in public schools Trump is now speaking at the Museum of the Bible in DC. He just announced that the Department of Education will be issuing “new guidance protecting the right to prayer in our public schools.” A short while ago the president brought up a 12-year-old California student who addressed the Religious Liberty Commission. He told a story about how he was “forced” to read My Shadow is Pink – a story book that explores how a young boy explores different parts of his identity that aren’t considered traditionally masculine. “I knew this was not right, but I was afraid of getting in trouble. After my family spoke up, school treated us badly, and kids started bullying me and my brother because of our faith, and the school did nothing to stop it. It hurt a lot, but I kept trusting God,” she student said today, standing next to Trump. The president went on to undermine trans rights. “Can you imagine men playing in women’s sports?” Trump said. “Democrats don’t want to give it up.”
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
So the majority white Supreme Court thinks racial profiling is fine.
Supreme court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids The supreme court has again backed Donald Trump’s hardline approach toward immigration today, allowing federal agents to proceed with raids in southern California targeting people for deportation based on their race or language. The court granted a justice department request to put on hold a federal judge’s order temporarily barring agents from stopping or detaining people without “reasonable suspicion” they are in the country illegally, by relying on race or ethnicity, or if they speak Spanish or English with an accent, among other factors. The court’s three liberal justices publicly dissented from the decision. Los Angeles-based US district judge Maame Frimpong had issued the order on 11 July, finding that the Trump administration’s actions probably violated the constitution’s fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. The order applied to her court’s jurisdiction covering much of southern California. The lawsuit alleged a pattern of “roving” patrols by masked and heavily armed agents conducting interrogations and detentions based on racial profiling that resemble “brazen, midday kidnappings”. One plaintiff, Jason Gavidia, claimed that agents roughed him up after disbelieving his statements to them that he is a US citizen, demanding to know the name of the hospital where he was born. “Individuals with brown skin are approached or pulled aside by unidentified federal agents, suddenly and with a show of force, and made to answer questions about who they are and where they are from,” the lawsuit stated. Frimpong issued the temporary restraining order halting agents from using race or ethnicity, language, presence at a particular location such as a car wash or tow yard, or type of work, to carry out stops or arrests, as none of those factors alone can establish “reasonable suspicion” of illegality. The San Francisco-based 9th US circuit court of appeals on 1 August denied the administration’s request to lift Frimpong’s order. In a written filing, the DoJ defended targeting people using a “reasonably broad profile” in a region where, according to the administration, about 10% of residents are in the country illegally. The administration’s request marked its latest trip to the supreme court seeking to proceed with policies that lower courts have impeded after casting doubt on their legality. The supreme court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has backed Trump in most of these cases.
September 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
*eyeroll*
So pregnant people are just supposed to suffer from pain?
Kennedy and HHS to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism – report Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr plans to announce that use of Kenvue’s popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women is potentially linked to autism, without including evidence for the claims, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Kennedy, in a report, will also suggest a medicine derived from folate called folinic acid can be used to treat symptoms of autism in some people, the WSJ reported. Tylenol, whose active ingredient is acetaminophen, is a widely used pain reliever, including by pregnant women. The report, expected this month from the US Department of Health and Human Services, is likely to highlight low levels of folate, an important vitamin, and Tylenol taken during pregnancy, as well as other potential causes of autism, the report said. The health department and Kenvue did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. It is not the first time Kenvue or J&J have faced questions about the link between Tylenol and the condition. In 2023, a judge rejected claims the drug causes autism if mothers take it during pregnancy. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says Tylenol is safe to use in pregnancy, though it recommends pregnant women consult their doctors before using it, as with all medicines. Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group formerly headed by Kennedy, has posted several times in recent weeks on social media site X about the potential link between Tylenol and autism.
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
For those claiming the march is just about too much immigration affecting housing etc, how do they explain the promotions about defending heritage and culture?
What are the organisers of the rally saying? No group has publicly claimed responsibility for organising the protests. Promotions for the protest say: “It’s time to take our country back. It’s time to defend our heritage. It’s time to defend our culture. STOP MASS IMMIGRATION NOW.” The promotional material also says not to bring foreign flags to the protest, just the “blue ensign, red ensign, or the eureka flag”. Does the Porepunkah attack change anything? It could. Supporters of the march have been sharing conspiracy theories about why Dezi Freeman, the suspected Porepunkah gunman, was visited by police the same week the protests were planned to take place. Police said they were there to execute a warrant in relation to alleged sexual offending. Many people who claim to know Freeman have expressed support for the march, online. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/30/march-australia-rally-locations-organisers-date-government-statement-anti-immigration-protest
August 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
There are no words...
Miller calls RFK Jr a 'crown jewel' of Trump administration When speaking about the ongoing turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Miller says, without evidence, that the agency lacked “credibility” and was staffed by “partisan” bureaucrats who weren’t “at all concerned about public health, and weren’t actually very knowledgable about public health”. He goes on to defend health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who is facing staunch criticism in the wake of firing CDC director Susan Monarez, and the resignation of several senior public health experts at the agency. “Secretary Kennedy has been a crown jewel of this administration who’s working tirelessly to improve public health for all Americans, and again, to deal with the drivers of the chronic health crisis in this country,” Miller said. Miller also claimed that Kennedy is “one of the world’s foremost voices, advocates and experts on public health”. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/29/cdc-robert-f-kennedy-jr-donald-trump-federal-reserve-lisa-cook-latest-us-politics-news-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68b202b58f08d02733f1fdb1#block-68b202b58f08d02733f1fdb1
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
But didn't Trump appoint her?
Trump or Kennedy to announce new CDC director nominee 'very soon', Leavitt says When asked about the firing dispute of Susan Monarez, Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the director was “not aligned with the president’s mission to make America healthy again.” Leavitt said when Monarez refused to resign, at secretary Kennedy’s behest, the president fired her. “Which he has every right to do,” she added. “This woman [Monarez] has never received a vote in her life, and the president has the authority to fire those who are not aligned with his mission. A new replacement will be announced by either the president or the secretary very soon,” Leavitt said.
August 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Info from Australia Post.
Bloody Trump.
Making it very difficult even for sending gifts.
Gifts valued under USD$100 This exemption only applies to individuals sending to individuals, if the sender’s information includes a business name or looks like a purchase it will not qualify as a gift. These items must still comply with new mandatory declaration requirements. The Mandatory declaration information required includes: Country of Origin (COO). The country of origin refers to the country of manufacture. Value of Goods. This must be declared accurately for each item within the article. Values less than $1.00 AUD will not be accepted. Harmonised System (HS) tariff Code for each item on the customs declaration. We will update customers should this information change. Please note: Items missing any of the required information will returned to sender. CBP will not assess or accept items with incomplete declarations.
August 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
How dare the landlord be expected to fix issues on their property!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Real Estate Institute NSW chief executive Tim McKibbon said landlords could also object for other reasons. "Such as the property isn't suitable for a pet of that size or type — and that dispute will end up in NCAT," he said. He said the laws had also placed other burdens on property owners. "Prior to these reforms, fit for purpose meant your rental properties had to have … electricity, hot water, etcetera," he said. "Now, you need to accommodate pets, so if the fence in the yard was leaning down and the pet couldn't be accommodated comfortably in that yard, then you need to repair that fence."
August 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Got a shock today. Only took them 13 days (their message says 1 day), but that's actually a fast response.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Love this.
Risa Koizumi 🇨🇦🇺🇸 ‪@risakoizumi.bsky.social‬ Maybe because the US Patent Office was established 12 years after he died? (The first patent statute was passed the year he died.) August 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
And how many non-white people are left?
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-miso...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has long been contemptuous of the idea of women serving in combat roles, went on a firing spree of female flag officers. As The Hill reported in late July, “All women have now been purged from the military’s top jobs, with no female four-star officers on active duty and none in pending appointments for four- or three-star roles.”
August 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
krazykitkat.bsky.social
Easiest way to get the non-AI search is to just click on the 'Web' section.
Screencap of Google search page for 'mobic spinal fusion'. The various sections for Google search are All, Images, Shopping, Videos, Short videos, Forums, Web, More. This image shows the 'Web' section, which means non-AI.
August 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Also at 4pm, the SES reported up to 100 vehicles were stuck in snow on New England Highway, Waterfall Way, Norris Drive and Grafton Road in the northern tablelands. It said snow in the area was “at depths never seen before”.
August 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM