Notices by Shiina (yowatshiinaesq@mstdn.social)

I don't normally wear T-shirts with logos/slogans/pictures, but I just couldn't resist this one!! Ordered via Etsy & awaiting delivery...

#ChildlessCatLady

The shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1753020618/childless-cat-lady-childless-cat-lady?click_key=e1c31fb185c3c326f48c1bd60393c43e3d0fe309%3A1753020618&click_sum=54b107f8&ref=hp_rf-3&pro=1&sts=1

Gifting this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/biden-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k0.3hg1.S-qs2sBKWBZU&smid=url-share

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In the nearly three weeks since [the debate], his closest consultations have been not with his White House chief of staff, his top communications strategist or even with the leader of his campaign.

Instead, he is relying on members of his family — a tight-knit clan that includes his son, Hunter, and the first lady, Jill Biden — along with a tiny group of loyalists to steer him through a self-created crisis [].

I can find no end to my "worries list" right now...this is made worse by the prospect of presidential candidates and the series of SCOTUS ruling that will structurally weaken the very foundation of checks and balance of our government, and the fact that I as well as the great majority of individuals have very, very, very little power to change the course -- at least that is the way it seems to me right now.

I ventured out to get some necessities. The sun hang in the western sky like a....misplaced artificial fruit.

Surprisingly many ppl were walking around without masks. The air is not as bad as yesterday but still pretty pungent.

I hope things improve tomorrow...

Wow….I’m in disbelief. Someone I thought was among my best friends suddenly told me to f-off.

It happened so suddenly. I had no idea that she has been harboring such animosity towards me…

I’m very…very sad.

Forbes picking up the story

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/04/06/clarence-thomas-has-reportedly-been-accepting-gifts-from-republican-megadonor-harlan-crow-for-decades-and-never-disclosed-it/

#JusticeThomas #corruption #bribe #SCOTUS

Federal judge imposes $1M sanction on Trump and his lawyer Alina Habba for filing a frivolous lawsuit claiming that Hillary Clinton, James Comet et al. "rigged" the 2016 election

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64347994

I mean really....it's embarrassing

This was shocking:
"How nonprofit hospitals puts profit over patients" - NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/podcasts/the-daily/nonprofit-hospitals-investigation.html?smid=url-share

- More than half of nation's 5,000 hospitals are "non-profit" which gets $BNs in tax breaks
still:
- Providence in WA, for example, has been using network-wide scheme to pressure even low-income patients (who qualify for free care) to pay (and used debt collectors on them)

Fuller story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/business/nonprofit-hospitals-poor-patients.html?smid=url-share

I loved this op-doc of a trans-man Alex Reyes de Anda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/transgender-mexico-victoria.html

Recipe for a "full" life differs for every individual but one thing for sure: being true to yourself is one of the most fundamental ingredients.

@TrinityNYC 明けましておめでとうございます‼️??✨今年もよろしくお願いいたします?✨✨

@marizo @daihard @MinakoDB @blue 確かにTW界の方が反応の数は多いですもんね。

自分はメガアカウントではなかったけれど、元々雑誌などに寄稿していたこともあって「発信しなければ」という気持ちがありました（特に、日本社会で息苦しさを感じている女性に対して勇気や語彙を提供したいと思っていたし）。

その一方、リプライやいいねの形で定量化された反応に対する自分の反応に警戒を覚えつつありました。ここではもっとずっと会話の内容に焦点が当てられているので、ずっと居心地がいいです。

言葉には力があると思うけれど、ネット言論市場には内容では太刀打ちが極めて困難な、「量の力」があるので、そのあたりの歪みは今後もみんなで考えていくべき課題ですよね。

@MinakoDB @blue そうなんですね。感謝祭前からもう見に行ってもろくなことがないと感じ、去りました。Minakoさんが書いておられた通り、irrelevantなものにするのが一番だと思います。

@blue @MinakoDB このスレッド会話を頷きながら読みました。TWを完全退場して以来、自分と関係ない世界にイラつくことがなくなってスクリーンタイムも減って良いことばかりです。

Before the Boathouse closed its door due to financial difficulty—rumor has that it will reopen next year with fresh funding—I used to go there with some frequency, typically with a girlfriend to chat over glass of wine with a view of the pond. Often I saw this lady, I’d say in her early seventies, alone with a glass of wine. Her sitting alone did not evoke the sense of loneliness. She had this interesting mix of being elegant and ordinary at the same time. /1

She’d dress in sensible, clean, and unremarkable way such that you never even noticed exactly what she was wearing. Her beautiful silver hair, often in a loose ponytail, was remarkable however. So was this glimmer of smile and curiosity in her eyes. I had exchanged silent conversations with her a couple of times. You know, the way New Yorkers do over some event that’s not unlike a small ripple in our daily lives—noticeable and oftentimes amusing but not big enough to make a fuss about it. /2

Like when someone haphazardly left a stem of rose by their nearly empty glass. She’s run a quick glance and I tend to be the type to catch it. So we exchange with our eyes this quick, quiet conversation, perhaps mostly to each other’s satisfaction that voici there is another soul who notice such things and feel assured to have such quick, quiet conversation about it. I never saw her in a companion of others. Always alone she sat, imperceptibly slowly sipping her glass of wine. /3

This is crazy....

Just signed the petition to protest execution of an Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani. He received a death sentence for his support for women in Iran.

https://chng.it/vxDLBc9frz

One of the most toxic platform, 4-chan gave inspirations and know-how to mass murderers, including the Baffarow massacre.

Do you know who owns it?

Hiroyuki Nishimura, who is so famous and popular in Japan that he goes simply by his first name, is utterly unapologetic and sees no problem that he is making hundreds of thousans of $$$$$$$ per month simply by owning it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/business/4chan-hiroyuki-nishimura.html?smid=url-share

He has been dodging damages in millions. He lives in France, away from US or Japan jurisdictions.

@marizo そうなんですよね、知識層が多いし、そういう人たちと繋がりやすい。

Musk bought Twitter "to protect freedom of speech," reactivates someone who incited violence, and bans journalists who are critical of him.

Stating the obvious, but:

1. "Freedom of speech" is a concept that applies to the government's action

2. Not all speech are protected: e.g., violence-inciting words are not protected

3. A private business can kick out unwanted clients, but singing "freedom of speech" & banning journalists--it's basically fraudulent advertisement

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63996061