Notices by Carrie Shanafelt (carrideen@c18.masto.host), page 2

Royals are quietly destroying the souls of the Reds today. #MLB

One thing I've learned from being on Mastodon is that a lot of people were permanently traumatized by being introduced to topics in elementary school that they didn't personally excel at, and because they chose careers that do not require that thing in daily practice for money, no child should ever be given any kind of introduction to it, because it is obviously torture and irrelevant to all human life. (Please rethink the imagery of "forcing down children's throats.")

Well, I sent her some money. We'll be OK or we won't. That's it. There are things we can do that will help.

If you go, pray to Old Deuteronomy not to be seated in front of a family of tweens raised on Drag Race who demand all the lore explained during quiet/emotional moments.

@FlashMobOfOne I can't believe how many plays I've seen him in before this, but in this one he was *standing right next to us* for like 10 minutes and we both cried the whole time.

Partner's boss has correctly intuited that our interests are strippers, trans people, and André de Shields. We don't care much about Andrew Lloyd Webber, but butts in fishnets, yes.

Here we are, on my partner's boss's date for us! We had a lovely dinner and the best wine at Metropolitan and now we are seeing "The Jellicle Ball," which we are assured requires no foreknowledge of Cats.

Setting up tonight's game of Trolls and Princesses, a very complicated and attractive game with a zillion little bits and gems and cows and bells and humans and gold and and and #boardgames #boardgaming

(It's been boiling hot and thunderstormy here and leaving the apartment is HARD.)

Camilla is the only person I know who can look regal with her tongue out. #CatsOfMastodon #FloofyFriday

After seven days in France, my bank card denied me for suspected fraud during my third and last purchase at the airport going home. Chase is ON THE CASE.

People say Paris is unfriendly, but three people followed me out of a movie to a crepe shop to sit at my table and ask me what I thought of it, because they liked my hair. My French was a disappointment to all of us, but it was a nice thing to happen.

When Camilla feels like her dinner should be an hour earlier, she tries all kinds of ploys for attention. She headbutts, nips, threads between your legs, and, occasionally, does circus tricks. #CatsOfMastodon

I cannot stress enough that divorce is foundational to most Protestant sects and these charlatans are lying about religion to create a white supremacist patriarchal fascist state. The separation of church and state was invented as a cornerstone of Baptist faith. They're liars and deceivers and they know nothing about their own doctrine. https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/354635/divorce-no-fault-states-marriage-republicans

Keep seeing this beautiful baby on the street outside my apartment. I love him. #CatsOfMastodon

@natebowling Scary. I've had students who are just great, lovely young guys just go blank on me because I unwittingly set off one of their triggers from YouTube men's rights videos, and that is it. They stop talking, stop laughing, stop listening, stop coming to office hours, stop reading or writing anything, because a YouTuber told them anyone who suggests rape actually happens is a mind-thieving feminazi. It comes from guys I totally got along great with, thought I had a lot in common with.

Sometimes I am reminded that there are people who haven't listened to Chad VanGaalen's Infiniheart, and they might not realize they need to. If that's you, it's not too late! https://chadvangaalen.bandcamp.com/album/infiniheart-2

If you are the kind of person who stays up late with unpleasant thoughts and no way to soothe the dread, ask your doctor if Infiniheart is right for you.

Oh no, I met people from Mastodon in real life and they were incredibly cool! 😭

I know Althusser (*caveat*), but his insight that there is nothing outside of ideology (which for him is actions that support power, not beliefs) is undervalued. I'm so tired of obviously fascist patriarchal oppressors telling us they're "critical thinkers not ideologues" when they obviously do everything to uphold power as it is. You can't step outside of ideology without stepping into another ideological system. Better to know what system you are promoting rather than "unwittingly" back evil.