ruralanarchy.bsky.social
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LOL.
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Fascism is here, extremists we've tracked for years emboldened... but for me and mine, we're gonna play a local bar as Gay Chainsaw From Temu. And it's going to be very Stone Temple Pilots inspired because that's just how I play guitar.
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LOL. Don't tempt me! I just might tune up the old guitar and form a band!
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No primer bulb on this one. The trick seems to be pull once at full choke, then push the choke back in and give it half throttle as you pull the rope again. It won't start without a little throttle, which is a pain in the ass.
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If you don't have experience with chainsaws, do NOT go buy the gay $90 Temu chainsaw. It's powerful and I'm not sure how well the safety features work. It's not a beginner's saw.
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I have no doubt that it won't have the life expectancy of a Stihl or Echo, but in the meantime, it's tearing ass through some wood!
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I'm working on getting my 50cc Poulan Pro 20" saw running again. Once I do, I'll figure out the specs for this and get it a 24" or 26" bat and chain because the 62cc engine on this this has a ton of power.
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As beautiful as the memorial looks, I don't expect to it have the same emotional impact as a fenced off pile of rubble surrounded by broken streetlight globes and plywood on nearby windows had on me. Seeing the destruction firsthand is something I will never forget.
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The last time I saw him in person was him riding home from a rave with me in 2001 listening to Grandaddy to unwind from a night of House and Trance music. And the conversation just picked right back up where we left off 24 years ago.
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Yeah, my retirement probably won't afford the chances they have, but really happy they get to do this. And for someone that picked up photography in her late 50s, my mom can produce some amazing images.
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On the Facetime chat, I told her the video from her phone was too grainy to see the eagle nest and to snap a pic with her camera if the baby popped up. She said "oh, I'm ready" as she held up a Canon mirrorless and a 200-800mm Canon lens. Her setup is like 3 times more expensive than my CAR!
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Tomcats think they're all that. But then they run up against a little woman deadset on defending her colony and they realize they done fucked up. The level of violence was shocking.
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When they found out I might get back into photography for the first time since having my own darkroom for developing film, I was told to come visit and came home with a Canon 70D and a Sigma 150-600mm lens.
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My chemical plant worker dad and teacher mom becoming bird photography nerds as they got old was not on my bingo card. But I won't complain since they rekindled my love of photography by giving me hand-me-down photography gear!
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Intervening if she decides a threat needs attacked and ran off be like...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqkA...
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So my incredibly quiet and gentle kitty that takes care of every cat she knows is a BEAST. She might let out a quiet mew if the water runs out to let me know. But if there's a threat, she is a force of nature that sounds like demon screaming. Love this old lady.
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When a 20lb tomcat discovered the dog door and came in the house, I got to see the cartoon Tasmanian Devil in real life. She hit him with a leap that barrel rolled him, then tornadoed his ass with claws. When I intervened, I got hit in the leg and I've NEVER had cat puncture wounds that deep before,
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In their darkest hour when they have no hope and need mental health treatment more than ever, their own policies should be applied. "Sorry, the automated system you created decided to deny you basic care. Go handle it yourself."
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For healthcare executives that try to screw over their frontline workers and their patients, I don't wish a Luigi for them. I wish they experience something like Job from the Old Testament. Their entire lives destroyed and their riches taken from them as they have to try to survive.
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Yeah, the Cat Distribution System worked out well. I don't know her previous life, but with her ears and her scary ability to streetfight tomcats twice her size, I assume it was rough. Glad she can enjoy being comfortable in her golden years.
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The fur right behind her ears has some weird cow licks. So I suspect it might have been something like a fire when she was young.
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I don't know since she showed up as a stray, then moved inside during the legendary winter storm of 2021 we had. But I don't think so. Different kind of "fold" on her ears. Either genetic deformity or because of some physical injury is my best guess.
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It's possible to raise kids to be aware of how the world works and how their privilege can go away without being hard on them. Don't buy into the Evola bullshit about "good times make weak men". A Fascist philosophy isn't a good way to frame raising children.
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Oh yeah, those a perfect for a lunch portion of leftovers!
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I suspect a lot of people don't realize the reach of the surveillance systems already in place and how much more powerful they are becoming every day. Non-citizens are the low hanging fruit. But they want the whole tree.
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I don't trust anyone that hasn't stored leftovers in something like an empty Country Crock margarine container.
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Correct for "normal" white supremacists. When it comes to shit like ONA, we don't have a way to measure the level of batshittery.
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To even get remotely close to getting their audience to understand what any of that means, it would require whoever wrote and headlined it to know themselves.
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I really need to go see the memorial. When I saw the site of the Murrah building it was just a pile of rubble with a chainlink fence covered in flowers and candles. I think it was late May in 1995.
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Jade Helm. Then-Governor Rick Perry nearly activated the National Guard in Texas over it.
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As someone with more than one golden eyed black cat, this made me bust out laughing. This is a daily experience for me.
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OMG, this is amazing. I tend to hate covers of songs I've loved, but she captures everything important about the song that made me love it. Absolutely beautiful.
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But not hating the insane autofocus and settings when I just let this 70D do it's thing most of the time. Unless I want something very specific, the camera *knows* how to set itself.
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Correction: last real camera was a Nikon 6006 35mm. But most of my experience was with a Pentax K1000 and a Canon AE-1. Still find myself going full manual so I can focus and set F/stop and shutter speed to make the modern camera do what I want.
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Very slowly learning things like this. My last camera was a Canon AE-1. I am a tiny baby brain when it comes to learning to use digital cameras. My experience with shutter releases before now was a mechanical "push and twist the button" for bulb shots.
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And whatever this pretty purple flower is. Gonna have to look this one up in the big book of plants of North Texas.
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I can't pick and hand you a flower as a friend from 1500 miles away, but here are some digital flowers for my firebrand rambunctious friend up the the Northeast!
Prairie Verbena (purple) and Indian Paintbrush (red).
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And seeing a LOT more of these guys than I used to. We don't want these guys taking over the woods around the house. That, chat, is the infamous Poison Ivy.
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With the rise of the Columbine shooter fandoms, I'm happy this year the 20th is on Sunday.
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OP mentioned April 19-22 in their first post.
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Lol. My kingdom for an edit button!
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Damn, didn't know the date. Makes this part of April even more important.
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She is! The least interactive cat I have here in this "too many cats" colony, but she's a wonderful joy and I'm happy she wants to sit in my lap now and be a kitty that gets petted.