I’m coming back to Canada in July. I can’t wait! So for a few days now since I booked my trip, I’ve been looking for pet sitters to take care of my cat and stay in my house while I’m away, as I don’t think she will be happy in a cat hotel, away from her familiar happy place. I will be meeting up with a few people starting tomorrow, and I’m hoping I get to choose a reliable and trustworthy person that will get along with her, and you know, not take anything out of my house. Lol! So if anyone has any tips, red flags to watch out for, etc., I’d very much appreciate if you can share. #CatsOfMastodon #foster #HouseSitting
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Along with the tech-centric WhatsApp groups Krishnan had organized out of a16z,
Andreessen joined a slew of others,
including ones that Torenberg set up for tech founders and for more political discussions.
The tech chats tended to be on WhatsApp and the political ones on Signal, which is more fully encrypted,
and they had different settings.
(“Every group chat ends up being about memes and humor and the goal of the group chat is to get as close to the line of being actually objectionable without tripping it,” Andreessen told Fridman.
“People will set to 5 minutes before they send something particularly inflammatory.“)
After a group of liberal intellectuals published a letter in Harper’s on July 7, 2020, some of its signers were invited to join a Signal group called “Everything Is Fine.”
There, writers including #Kmele #Foster, who co-hosts the podcast
"The Fifth Column", Persuasion founder #Yascha #Mounk, and the Harper’s letter contributor Williams joined Andreessen and a group that also included the anti-woke conservative activist #Chris #Rufo.
The new participants were charmed by Andreessen’s engagement:
“He was the most available, the most present, the most texting of anybody in the group
— which shocked me because it seemed like he was the most important person in the group,” one said.
But the center didn’t hold.
The liberal Harper’s types were surprised to find what one described an
“illiberal worldview” among tech figures more concerned with power than speech.
The conservatives found the liberal intellectuals tiresome, committed to what Rufo described to me as “infinite discourse” over action.
The breaking point came on July 5, 2021, when Foster and Williams,
along with the never-Trump conservative #David #French and the liberal academic #Jason #Stanley,
wrote a New York Times op-ed criticizing new laws against teaching “critical race theory.”
“Even if this censorship is legal in the narrow context of public primary and secondary education,
it is antithetical to educating students in the culture of American free expression,”
they wrote.
The conservatives had thought the Harper’s letter writers were their allies in an all-out ideological battle,
and considered their position a betrayal.
Andreessen “went really ballistic in a quite personal way at Thomas,”
a participant recalled.
The group ended after Andreessen “wrote something along the lines of
‘thank you everybody, I think it’s time to take a Signal break,’” another said.
The meltdown of this liberal-tech alliance was, to #Rufo, a healthy development.
“A lot of these technologists hoped that the centrist path was a viable one, because it would permit them in theory to change the culture without having to expose themselves to the risk of becoming partisans,”
he said.
“By 2021, the smartest people in tech understood that these people were a dead end
— so the group chats exploded and reformulated on more explicitly political lines.”
Rufo had been there all along:
“I looked at these chats as a good investment of my time to radicalize tech elites who I thought were the most likely and high-impact new coalition partners for the right.”
#MarcAndreessen #LexFridman
#MarkCuban
#VivekRamaswamy #ErikTorenberg #Krishnan
#NoahSmith
Do you live in CA, NV, AZ or anywhere nearby?? This situation has ESCALATED!!! We HAVE to get these bunnies to a temporary foster (1-3 months) for quarantine BY APRIL 30 otherwise their other option is to be put out on the streets!!!!
PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE for visibility!!!
Khloe’s mom is in an emergency situation and cannot keep Khloe in her care, despite very much wanting to be a part of her life. Our rescue is sponsoring Khloe’s temporary stay elsewhere until her mom can get back on her feet.
If you cannot help, PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT, AND SHARE!! Visibility ensures this post is seen!!
What I'll miss when I kick IG finally off my phone will be all the pictures and vids from #cat #foster homes. There's basically only one account posting regular #FosterKitten photos on Mastodon and Pixelfed 
Thumper is now with his new foster!! We are so happy and grateful for everyone who has been involved in rescuing him. Because of everyone involved, he is a happy and healthy bunny that was rescued off the streets.
Happy #Caturday to all #CatsOfMastodon and #FediCats everywhere!
This is Freya. She's been here longer than I have. She's guarding a box of books on the seat of the recliner that are going to our indie bookstore at some point.
She spends a lot of time in the front window, and delivery folks regularly compliment her.
She littered in my partner's workshop in the garage, and, after all the kittens found forever homes, she just stuck around.
We #foster, and refrain from naming fosters, as naming incurs an obligation.
#LadyMastermind #Rhino
These littles shared a bed last night. I don't know why. There's plenty of beds.
#Cyclops
A HUGE BIG THANK YOU to Clysta and Karen for watching my most senior pups. At home they get special attention and I'm grateful they got that same love while I was gone. It meant so much.
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As for the babies: just as demanding and loving as their mom, they all come running up for pets and kisses, and are round little floofballs that love any and all snacks that are offered to them. We’ve separated the boys from the mom & girls, as they’re old enough now that it’s time!
Stay tuned for another post coming soon with individual pictures of each of them, with their names 
Savannah, please help!
Supersweet cat needs a home. We have three here and cannot keep her, brought her in from the storm, she's enjoying the deck.
Please help save a beautiful soul. DM me. Updated pix. Will help with her relocation: free cat bed, free carrier, free starter food package.
4-min clip from the 1997 Robert Zemeckis #film 'Contact' based on the 1985 #novel by Carl Sagan.
Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jody Foster) enters the great #gyroscopic #SpaceTime #machine, opening up a #wormhole #portal. #Gyroscope devices have factored heavily in #SciFi #movies & #books, going all the way back to #HGWells & #AlfredJarry, pre-1900.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scBY3cVyeyA https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)
#Adoption #Foster #SeniorDogs #GreyMuzzles
This was Cali, a good friend's boxer who was adopted as a senior girl. They had four years together and Cali passed rather suddenly. Viki made a promise to Cali to work fostering senior dogs. Our friend has kept her promise and fostered 7 senior dogs, adopting two others.
Senior dogs are easy, they know a lot, haveca lot to give, and love to sleep! It can be hard to send them off, but they have known love and care when the time comes.
We have a Foster Fail 
Simon was supposed to be a temporary visitor, but since no one seems to be taking him from the shelter, and he's clearly a really cool fun guy, we've decided to keep him.
He's a Bombay cat and has 22 toes, so his paws are super meaty. He's a big guy too. 17lbs!
Loves the hang out, play, and eat. Very food motivated, so now we can't leave out the dry food. 
Our other cat, Mila, is sloooowwwly warming up to him. Tolerates him, basically. But no longer fat tailed and whiny all the time. She sleeps in my dresser drawer for the moment. Very on brand for this little drama queen.
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Being a Foster Mom, in the past, I can't even begin to tell you the trauma these families must be going through.
Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina seeks your help.
#Helene
#Helene2024
#NCStrong
#HeleneRelief
#Appalachia
#FosterChild #Foster
Foster Family Alliance of North CarolinaGive today to provide relief for those impacted by Hurricane Helene in Western NCHurricane Helene has wreaked havoc on Western North Carolina and we are stepping in to provide needed support for resource families, agencies, and children that have been impacted. Some of the ways we're providing tangible relief include: -water -...
#The #Fascist #State of #Texas #sues #Biden #administration over #requirement to provide #LGBTQ+ #youth #foster #placements.
Placing LGBTQ+ #fosterchildren in more #accepting #homes would #cost #Texas too much #money and #resources, the #lawsuit #claims.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/25/paxton-biden-lgbtq-foster-youth/
The Texas Tribune · Texas sues Biden administration over requirement to provide LGBTQ+ youth foster placementsPlacing LGBTQ+ foster children in more accepting homes would cost Texas too much money and resources, the lawsuit says.
Wanna help #Queer #orphans who never got adopted and are aging out of the #Dallas #foster system? The #DFW Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are hosting a drag-stravaganza benefiting Dallas Hope Center, a program teaching important adult life skills to these #LGBT youth. It all goes down 7pm tonight at The Rose Room, so you still have time to find some dollar bills.
DFW SistersGlittering Hope | DFW Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceGlittering Hope a Drag Spectacular benefit for Dallas Hope Charities