Maia
@maialc.bsky.social
St. Paul. Lots of cat pictures, probably.
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i really resent all the time we have to spend being polite about things because the people in power are pathologically opposed to looking at themselves and being honest about what’s going on
September 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
i really resent all the time we have to spend being polite about things because the people in power are pathologically opposed to looking at themselves and being honest about what’s going on
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The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
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There’s a way to be respectful in reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot while also refusing to whitewash who he was and what consequences his political activism has had. Obituaries for public figures are a part of history.
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There’s a way to be respectful in reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot while also refusing to whitewash who he was and what consequences his political activism has had. Obituaries for public figures are a part of history.
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We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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Also, if you're able to handle potential medical expenses sooner (because you do have to take care of your cat), senior cats can be very good, calm companions and you can give them a loving, happy home for their final years. Seniors are frequently much calmer and tend to just chill out, too.
Nothing wrong with adopting a kitten, but adult cats are great and usually less of a handful! And if you can only take on one cat (for enrichment/social reasons you should have two), you can often find an adult that doesn’t get along with other cats.
One of the reasons almost all of the adoptable cats I’ve shared here have been adults is because adult cats are great. They already have their personalities! Cheddar Bob has a great profile. You can’t write a profile like that about a kitten. Don’t get me wrong, I love kittens,
August 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Also, if you're able to handle potential medical expenses sooner (because you do have to take care of your cat), senior cats can be very good, calm companions and you can give them a loving, happy home for their final years. Seniors are frequently much calmer and tend to just chill out, too.
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no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician
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War is the worst thing humans do and those who encourage it are the worst people among us.
June 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
War is the worst thing humans do and those who encourage it are the worst people among us.
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Every year that passes, I come to better appreciate just how traumatic members of the US elite find it to be yelled at by progressive young people. It is *vastly* more upsetting to them than being yelled at by reactionaries. They warp their entire identities & ideologies around it!
June 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every year that passes, I come to better appreciate just how traumatic members of the US elite find it to be yelled at by progressive young people. It is *vastly* more upsetting to them than being yelled at by reactionaries. They warp their entire identities & ideologies around it!
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“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
June 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
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Statement from the two children of Melissa and Mark Hortman.
“Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together.”
“Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together.”
June 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Statement from the two children of Melissa and Mark Hortman.
“Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together.”
“Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together.”
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This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
June 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
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real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time
June 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time
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Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.
June 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
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Not to put too fine of a point on this, but if I spent the last few months putting innocent people in concentration camps and the pope died basically three seconds after I met him, I would not continue life apace, I would not immediately clock back in at the fascism factory.
April 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Not to put too fine of a point on this, but if I spent the last few months putting innocent people in concentration camps and the pope died basically three seconds after I met him, I would not continue life apace, I would not immediately clock back in at the fascism factory.
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Nonprofit droid named 501(c)(3)PO
April 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Nonprofit droid named 501(c)(3)PO
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the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless
April 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless
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“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
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From THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP: web.archive.org/web/20250331...
March 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
From THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP: web.archive.org/web/20250331...
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We have to work to KEEP Minnesota as safe as it is, and also WORK to make it safeR for *everyone*.
When I say it is fucking happening here I mean it.
The chorus of "Minnesota is safe, we're fine!" needs to end. We have to vociferously defend our rights here, now. We have to absolutely overwhelm our political enemies with the ferocity of our response.
"It can't happen here" is hubris.
The chorus of "Minnesota is safe, we're fine!" needs to end. We have to vociferously defend our rights here, now. We have to absolutely overwhelm our political enemies with the ferocity of our response.
"It can't happen here" is hubris.
The school district in St. Francis, Minnesota is using anonymous reviews on a website run by "concerned parents" to decide which books to ban minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/t...
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We have to work to KEEP Minnesota as safe as it is, and also WORK to make it safeR for *everyone*.