whetstone
I live in Colorado, have mad fits of creativity followed by periods of somnolence, and am charmed by snakes. She/her, or whatever.
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- Reposted by whetstoneAs Gazans starve, Israel has announced a new plan aimed once again at depopulating the north of its residents. Unlike previous operations, the Israeli military would not withdraw; instead, it would remain in any area it seizes, preventing Palestinians from returning.
- Reposted by whetstonedespite the fact that literally nothing of import happened, trump will benefit from what the media gifted him: some group of people out there absorbed those headlines and think that he either taxed the rich or wants to. but he didn't and he doesn't. he's just working the world's dumbest refs.
- Reposted by whetstoneYou are askinge chatgpt questions. Ich am wavinge a cheerye hello to the local crowes. We are not the same.
- Reposted by whetstoneHistorians will *absolutely* make a point of contrasting his solemn promise that he would just be a simple umpire "calling balls and strikes" as fairly as he could with his actual record of deeply reckless and thoroughly activist decisions.
- @arobertswrites.com Did you see rahaeli's epic thread about that homily? Because she definitely thinks it was (at least in part) a commentary on some American Catholic leaders. Plus it was super fun to read.
- Reposted by whetstoneIf you are stopped by Trump's ICE goons, or any other kind of cops: I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT. Memorize it. And don't let ICE in without a JUDICIAL warrant. No, administrative warrants don't count.
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- Reposted by whetstoneOne logical fallacy about antivaxxers is that vaccines are always voluntary so it’s not that they want to prevent them from being “forced” on people, it’s actually just that they just want to take them away from everyone, including the people who want them. How is that “medical freedom?”
- Reposted by whetstoneIf anyone has ever told you that a fancy text trick you used on socisl media is inaccessible to screenreader users and you didn't understand why, this is a great video that demonstrates the problem super clearly!
- Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name. More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
- Reposted by whetstoneOK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
- Reposted by whetstoneOh so now they care
- Reposted by whetstoneDriving through rural North Dakota, barn side painted white with giant blue letters: FREE KILMAR.
- Reposted by whetstoneThis is the most tragically American thing I’ve ever read www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
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- Reposted by whetstoneMy daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
- Reposted by whetstoneFully thought Trump was meeting with a burned up skeleton
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- Reposted by whetstoneWhen you’re the first Muslim elected official to run for mayor, people say some pretty wild things.
- tangential to the important point but if you want to play wordle you can do it elsewhere: wordle-but-not-nyt.vercel.app
