Notices by Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)

Tennessee update: While the emergency vet only found a slight fever & not much else (based on an exam, not lab work or X-rays) and gave him fluids & anti-nausea meds, he's still not eating & still hiding out.

Thankfully, his great local VCA vet is in today; I dropped him off so she can fit him in, between appointments. (There are no appointments left today.) Spoke to her as I was doing the drop-off, too.

He *did* have enough energy to resist getting into the cat carrier.

#CatsOfMastodon

Thanks for all the well wishes last night. We could use some more today.

Please don’t buy your shipping supplies from Uline. Our cats will be just as happy with boxes from another company — one whose profits aren’t spent funding election deniers and fighting against unions, abortion rights and marijuana legalization.

Some of us have known about Uline for a long time, but this will be new to others:
https://www.propublica.org/article/uline-uihlein-election-denial

#uspol #politics

As someone who doesn’t see ads (no TV, no Facebook & such, ad blocker firmly in place) and is not in a swing state, I had no idea the ads elsewhere were so transphobic:

Wisconsin: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/113309175241402699

Texas: https://mastodon.social/@RVLara23/113309275534480519

I can only begin to imagine how scary this must be for all the trans folks out there. And all of us who care about them are horrified, too. I sure hope our votes show that we support the trans community wholeheartedly.

#uspol #LGBTQ #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Yet more dahlias for your timeline! #Bloomscrolling #flowers

More dahlias! I never realized how amazing they are until this year. #Bloomscrolling #flowers

@kingrat @sindarina Thanks, Phil!

Help requested!

Given all the Wordpress to-do (plus ongoing issues with WPEngine), I'm planning on moving my small, very simple static website off Wordpress and instead using something like Blocs to create my site. (Thanks to @sindarina for identifying this as a possible fit for me.)

Now I need to identify a hosting company. I'm looking for good, not cheap. Reliable. Good customer support for the rare times I need it. Probably US-based. Any suggestions?

#AskFedi #website

How about one spectacular dahlia? #Bloomscrolling #flowers

I know most of us in the US are more focused on hurricanes than wildfires right now, but still:

For timely wildfire info, I’m a fan of the Watch Duty app (and gladly donate with a Pro Membership to help suport it). So I was happy to see this article from NPR, hopefully bringing it to more people’s attention.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/g-s1-24534/wildfire-app-watch-duty-firefighting

#wildfires

Just FaceTimed with my 99-year-old dad. He made it clear that he hates Trump and really likes Kamala; he's quite vehement about that. With his aphasia he sometimes has trouble getting his thoughts out, but not in this case!

He's happy to hear I'm postcarding and donating.

#uspol #today #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz2024

@kingrat You got me curious enough to go find the headline.
"Melty Caprese sandwich," huh?

And good morning to you, too!

Zinnias, looking cheerful as always. #Bloomscrolling #flowers

Oh, my goodness — Kamala went to a Penzeys. How perfect! Bill must be thrilled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpTCweo0tCQ

h/t @gleick @AkaSci @tchambers

#uspol #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz2024

Mike Masnick writing about “Robert Reich’s latest angry screed … about Elon Musk“:

“Reich … suggests ‘six ways to rein in Musk.’ The first two are pretty straightforward versions of boycotting his businesses like ExTwitter and Tesla. And, sure, yeah, those are perfectly fine ideas, but as I write this, I see Reich himself has posted ten times to ExTwitter himself in the past 24 hours.

“Be the change you want to see in the world, Robert.”

h/t @chrishudsonjr
#ElonMusk #TwitterMigration

Hurray for James Gaddis:

“Florida’s department of environmental protection has fired a whistleblower who exposed and sank governor Ron DeSantis’s secretive plan to pave over environmentally sensitive state parks and build lucrative hotels, golf courses and pickleball courts.”

“Speaking with the Tampa Bay Times on Monday, Gaddis said preservation of the state parks was more important to him than his position.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/03/florida-park-whistleblower-fired

#Florida #environment

Sunflower Sunday isn't a thing on Mastodon, but here are some sunflowers anyway. #Bloomscrolling #flowers

@tchambers @heidilifeldman OK, I just made one more donation in time for the month-end cutoff.

Flowers for today: zinnias!
#Bloomscrolling #flowers

The Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin writes an enthusiastic endorsement of Harris-Walz
https://captimes.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-our-endorsement-kamala-harris-for-president/article_9639498e-5e4a-11ef-bc4a-f3cdea54fa8b.html

“The 2024 election is not a close call. … We know that some may think it is early for a newspaper to make an endorsement in the fall campaign.

“We disagree. We believe that this is precisely the time for Wisconsinites to throw their support to Kamala Harris for president and Tim Walz for vice president.”

h/t @Bellison22
#uspol #HarrisWalz2024