Natalie

@hbnole.bsky.social

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She/her. Cats, politics, anti-racism. Sweary. Writer.

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Meg Foster as Stell Barr in Oblivion. She's wearing a sheriff's badge.
Brown tortie cat sleeping in a tucked "diving" curl, face under her leg. She sleeps on a bed of Dodgers blankets.
CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE A CULTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE - The behaviors, beliefs, values & symbols that they accept generally without thinking about them that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. - EITHER/OR THINKING - WORSHIP OF THE WRITTEN WORD - OBJECTIVITY - INDIVIDUALISM - QUANTITY OVER QUALITY - POWER HOARDING - FEAR OF OPEN CONFLICT - A SENSE OF URGENCY - DEFENSIVENESS - PATERNALISM - PROGRESS MEANS BIGGER & MORE - BELIEF IN ONE RIGHT WAY - RIGHT TO COMFORT - PERFECTIONNISM It's poison. Don't breath it in. From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
An eye graphic made of my posts on Bluesky. A year-wheel of every post: the months run around the rim, midnight sits at the heart, and a small hours drift toward the edge. Parchment stars are original posts. Steel stars are replies. Gold stars carry images or video. Brighter stars are more recent years semicolon faint ones are the early days. Past 1200 posts the sky grows an eye colon pupil, Iris fibers, and a catch light.
Super floofy torbie cat with a blond tummy lying on he back and looking up at the camera through a sea of fluffy fur. She's lying on a bed on a red and white blanket. She's a silly little goofball.
CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE A CULTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE - The behaviors, beliefs, values & symbols that they accept generally without thinking about them that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. - EITHER/OR THINKING - WORSHIP OF THE WRITTEN WORD - OBJECTIVITY - INDIVIDUALISM - QUANTITY OVER QUALITY - POWER HOARDING - FEAR OF OPEN CONFLICT - A SENSE OF URGENCY - DEFENSIVENESS - PATERNALISM - PROGRESS MEANS BIGGER & MORE - BELIEF IN ONE RIGHT WAY - RIGHT TO COMFORT - PERFECTIONNISM It's poison. Don't breath it in. From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
Book cover for "ain't i a woman: black women and feminism" by bell hooks. The cover features a black and white photo of the author as a young woman.
CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE A CULTURE IS A WAY OF LIFE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE - The behaviors, beliefs, values & symbols that they accept generally without thinking about them that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. - EITHER/OR THINKING - WORSHIP OF THE WRITTEN WORD - OBJECTIVITY - INDIVIDUALISM - QUANTITY OVER QUALITY - POWER HOARDING - FEAR OF OPEN CONFLICT - A SENSE OF URGENCY - DEFENSIVENESS - PATERNALISM - PROGRESS MEANS BIGGER & MORE - BELIEF IN ONE RIGHT WAY - RIGHT TO COMFORT - PERFECTIONNISM It's poison. Don't breath it in. From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
A brownish torbie cat lies on a chair by a window looking out on a green yard. Her neck is cocked at a strange angle against the back of the chair. Still, she must be comfortable because she's fast asleep.
It's okay that you're not okay, a screenshot of the cover of the book. By Megan Devine
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104. From this follows a simple but compelling consequence: we cannot consider Al to be morally neutral. In reality, every technical tool embodies choices and priorities through what it measures, ignores and optimizes, and how it classifies people and situations. If a system is designed or used in a way that treats some lives as less worthy, or excludes them without the possibility of appeal, then it is not merely a tool "to be used well," since it has already introduced criteria that contradict the inalienable dignity of the human person. For this reason, ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes; it must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it. [126]
Maureen Wiley Clough post on LinkedIn 23h BREAKING: Meta laid off 8,000 people today via 4am emails. From Singapore to the UK to the US, employees became ex-employees before the sun came up. And Meta made sure of it. They told everyone to work from home today - not out of consideration, but so there'd be no scene at the office when the emails landed. The same company that has been tracking employees' mouse clicks, keystrokes, and screen activity - under a program called the "Model Capability Initiative" - to train Al to replicate how humans work. Today, 8,000 of those humans got a 4am email. Meta also announced they're shifting 7,000 remaining positions into Al-focused roles. So if you survived today, congratulations - you now work for the machine that's being built to eliminate your job next. And they're cutting management layers to get "more efficient." Which is rough news for every mid and late- career worker who spent decades doing exactly what they were told - keep climbing, keep climbing. Unfortunately that ladder led straight to the exit. Meta just posted record profits this quarter. This isn't some distressed company making hard choices. It's a choice. If you were impacted today, please know this is not on you. You were following the rules, they just forgot to mention they were changing them. Reactions: 4,082 343 comments 238 reposts
A black cat basking in a sunbeam on a colorful (but furry) carpet. One of his paws is lying on top of a catnip banana. He looks blissed out.
Lucy Van Pelt sitting in front of a TV and saying, "Christ, what an asshole" to you.
An orange and white tabby cat blissed out on his back, sound asleep. In the foreground is his booty and back. You can see his pink toe beans and one paw is cocked up on his side. He's smiling in his dreams. Boy, do I miss this fuzzy baby.
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Ryan Doerfler @ryandoerfler.bsky.social We are past the point of lamenting. Either Democrats are going to fundamentally remake this institution or they are co-signing autocracy. Brianne Gorod @briannegorod.bsky.social · 2h Powerful words from Kagan in #SCOTUS voting rights case: The VRA "ushered in awe-inspiring change, bringing this Nation closer to fulfilling the ideals of democracy and racial equality. And it has been repeatedly, and overwhelmingly, reauthorized by the people's representatives in Congress." of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers. It ushered in awe-inspiring change, bringing this Nation closer to ful- filling the ideals of democracy and racial equality. And it has been repeatedly, and overwhelmingly, reauthorized by the people's representatives in Congress. Only they have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the Members of this Court. I dissent, then, from this latest chapter in the majority's now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.
FYI, the 15 tenets of white supremacy culture are Perfectionism • Urgency • Defensiveness • More = better Written word worship • Only one right way • Paternalism Either/Or mindset • Power-hoarding • Fear of conflict • Individualism • I'm the only one • Progress = bigger/more • Objectivity • Right to Comfort
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May you have the confidence of a mediocre white man.
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A brownish torbie cat is rolling on the floor kicking and biting her catnip banana toy
An image of a bar chart titled "White Voters, 1964-2020: Distribution of white voters in presidential elections." The chart compares the percentage of the white vote won by Democratic candidates (blue bars) and Republican candidates (red bars) in each U.S. presidential election during this period. The data shows that the Democratic candidate has only won a majority of white voters once—Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 (50%)—while Republican candidates have won the majority or plurality in every election since. Key data points include: Highest Republican Peak: Ronald Reagan in 1984 with 66%. Lowest Democratic Point: Walter Mondale in 1984 with 34%. Closest Modern Gaps: 1976 (Carter 48%, Ford 52%) and 1996 (Clinton 44%, Dole 46%). Recent Elections: In 2016, Trump won 57% to Clinton's 37%; in 2020, Trump won 57% to Biden's 42%. A footnote notes that data before 1976 is estimated because exit polls did not track race until that year. The chart is credited to Jordan Engel for The Decolonial Atlas.
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Amid the heated debate, a Black woman with Tourette's syndrome, @sh4ysgrwm, took to TikTok to offer crucial context. In widely shared posts, she explained that coprolalia, the involuntary utterance of socially inappropriate words or slurs, affects a small percentage of people with Tourette syndrome. She stressed that while the condition can cause uncontrollable speech, that reality does not erase the harm experienced by those targeted. Her message resonated because it held two truths at once. Disability deserves understanding, and Black people deserve protection from racial harm.
Text graphic: 15 Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture Perfectionism, Sense of Urgency, Defensiveness, Quantity Over Quality, Worship of the Written Word, Only One Right Way, Paternalism, Paternalism, Either/Or Thinking, Power Hoarding, Fear of Open Conflict, Individualism, I'm the Only One, Progress is Bigger/More, Objectivity, Right to Comfort Tema Okun and Kenneth Jones, Dismantling Racism Workbook, 2001
A brownish torbie cat is curled up like a shrimp on a red sofa. There is a lot of white fleece and a white sheet on opposite sides of her. She is fast asleep.
Extreme closeup of the lines and caked-on eye makeup on Trump toady Pam Bondi. Ew.
A black cat (Dale) lying against a glass door in the sunshine on a multi-colored throw rug. No thoughts, only vibes, staring into the middle distance. A shadow of his head is on the floor in front of him. It looks like Batman's silhouette. The throw rug is pretty filthy with shed fur from two cats. He's right, it needs a vacuuming stat!
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Ezri once told Worf, "The Klingon Empire is dying, and I think it deserves to die ... I know this sounds harsh, but the truth is you have been willing to accept a government that you know is corrupt. Gowron is just the latest example." Later that day, Worf killed Gowron. This is a post about DS9.
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xtaldave @xtaldave@vivaldi.net Number of time Jesus mentioned in the Bible: roughly 1000, depending on version etc. Number of time God mentioned in the Bible: roughly 4000, depending on version etc. Number of times Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files: 5300, according to the NYT. Feb 04, 2026, 10:30 AM
As a 45 year old woman you have to lift weights or your bones will turn to dust. But also one of your shoulders will randomly disintegrate while you sleep. A rib will suddenly turn to ash as you're driving along minding your own business. We must hold ourselves together with collagen powder. And rage. Probably the sweating is helpful too. Helps stick our powdery bones together so we can decide when and if to explode like stars. (author unknown)
An orange and white tabby stretched out on his back like a swimsuit model, definitely trying to flirt with us on his first night at our home. He's lying on a multicolored rug looking off camera. One ear is clipped because at one point he was a stray that was neutered.
A brownish torbie cat loaf in a round cat bed on the floor. She doesn't deign to give you her attention.
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Navigator chart showing votes by age and race for Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump. 53% of white women of all ages voted for Trump. 56% of white people (male & female) aged 18-54 voted for him. The only group of white people with less than 50% voting for Trump were white college-educated people (45%, male & female). Source: https://navigatorresearch.org/2024-post-election-survey-racial-analysis-of-2024-election-results/
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Recently, Dr. Tracey's research group also tested a similar technique in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that in addition to damaging nerves, attacks myelin - the fatty, protective sheath surrounding nerve cells. "We showed that not only did vagal nerve stimulation stop the inflammation that causes the damage, it accelerated remyelination," or repair to the myelin, Dr. Tracey said. Pull quote in a different font: "That's been the holy grail in the MS world to try to -- find things that accelerate remyelination."
For instance, delivering certain patterns of electrical signals directly to the vagus nerve near the collarbone reduces the frequency of seizures by more than 50% in roughly half of people with epilepsy. And since 1997, a surgically-implanted pacemaker-like device has been approved in Canada for treatment-resistant epilepsy. Yet we still don't quite know exactly why this works.
And a new form of non-drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis based on Dr. Tracey's research is being considered for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (A neurosurgeon-scientist, Dr. Tracey is the president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Health Research at Northwell Health in Manhasset, N.Y.) A pullquote is featured in another font style: THIS DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T JUST OFFER HOPE FOR PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) WHO DON'T RESPOND TO CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THERAPIES LIKE THE NEWER-GENERATION DRUGS THAT APPEAR TO REDUCE THE INCREASED RISK OF DEMENTIA THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH RA AND OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.