2026-04-12T08:12:53Z https://yabu.me Jacquetta https://yabu.me/npub1xy393mentjdtqanj0u5ye20442hm69c9r9d5l3ufak7eqdk64uaskf8328 https://o.mastodon.au/accounts/avatars/113/043/826/458/574/626/original/643d69282aab1604.png https://o.mastodon.au/accounts/avatars/113/043/826/458/574/626/original/643d69282aab1604.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqq5sst574xzcp80v9kyxff7wxjyq3kmrfs7zxfe46k9u5vzk0wqzyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnkmt05rs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpzhccvc5yg2uzl9vdpwu39l9mlwvfl6hg27tk953h5zsw3y7dlcnhh7ez'>nevent1q…h7ez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My close circle of friends (who have known her since a kitten) and I were always of the opinion that, if her sister was to die, I should get her euthanised. She does not travel, gets car sick, wilfully roams, and is a very detached cat. Her sister morphed into my therapy animal.<br/><br/>I do love her, but I also need to think about what&#39;s best for her (and also for me, as managing her could prove to be impossible). However, there are things afoot which will delay that decision for hopefully quite some time. I am not going to do anything I can&#39;t reverse for some time yet. 2025-08-29T22:30:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz43jaf5j59duhqc5get92we2s9pqyrdn7f7skhj6u53nvg02unzqzyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnkqukc36 We&#39;re holed up in the tent, so I&#39;ve been catching up with things (and Miss Tabby making anything other than phone use impossible).<br/><br/>This nonsense of rural Australian inequality breeding sov cits is ridiculous. I&#39;ve lived recently in urban and rural environments, and I&#39;ve also lived remotely, and here&#39;s what I know to be true.<br/><br/>Rural and remote places attract some deeply unpleasant people who can not function in urban environments. They choose these places to hide.<br/><br/>There was a saying that remote workers were either mercenaries, missionaries, or misfits, and my own experience extended that to include megalomaniacs.<br/><br/>Rural Australia is lovely, but the warts of Australian society are easily seen. You can avert your gaze in a densely populated urban environment and cosset yourself in your own bubbles.<br/><br/>Yes, life is hard. Yes, government agencies and politicians screw people over and make people&#39;s lives a misery. Yes, life is uncertain and cruel, and we don&#39;t deserve it.<br/><br/>But, despite having my life destroyed by politicians and government agencies and having been marginalised, othered, gaslighted, and scapegoated for over a decade, I am not a sov cit. Nor have I any desire to be.<br/><br/>Community is everything. <br/><br/>Instead of importing some shit stain&#39;s wankery from the US, the so called sov cit cookers should expend their energy on lifting up their communities instead of engaging in lunatic cos play.<br/><br/>I am tired of US hegemony and the cult of individualism and, quite frankly, I would deeply appreciate it if they could all go fuck themselves. 2025-08-29T00:48:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqexa54jrj82nvj6r0red76awjsz62pydrvk4l08m98hdfq0c4u9czyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnkqh0quu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfrthyglfedhvvjeq80d0y0s6h36875qqugr2cf0q3gtfzjpanfrcn45x5h'>nevent1q…5x5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>:blobcat_hug: :blobcat_hug: <br/><br/>I&#39;d like men to stop staring at me. Gives me the irrits. 2025-08-18T02:01:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq3gpuucx56h5jrp8p7g87ufn46d5sy8c95xnu85scr8wvufsk4cszyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnknxapgr Rightio, thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1emv6fj4lzk3ky6mxvqceej7350fka5lw4nlvgqf30dzkezhcqlmsgfwnhu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ganga</span> (<span class="italic">npub1emv…wnhu</span>)</a></span>, I&#39;m going to try to remember to hashtag carnivorous posts (#meat) so that, if you don&#39;t want to see meaty meals, you can filter it out.<br/><br/>I rarely cook meat or have meaty meals, but the butcher up here is the nicest man alive, has amazing meat, and I&#39;m rather passionate about supporting rural small business owners. To regularly buy his meat is a no-brainer and especially now that I have my fridge on.<br/><br/>I&#39;m also a fan of eating locally wherever possible and it&#39;s sheep country up here. I know my farmer butchers his own and nothing beats a free range, happy, and doesn&#39;t leave the farm, lamb chop. 2025-08-15T22:43:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszudsxs22s4t5354vprxvhkde9x8rk2g9rlnk0c73aezz4tn43yggzyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnk64m56v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdk78mtnk8mma4znexd67ae5kkmnc9yld6j4q8fu62wafjz9s4tsht072k'>nevent1q…072k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OMG Caity!<br/><br/>:blobcat_hug: :blobcat_hug: :blobcat_hug: :blobcat_hug: :blobcat_hug: <br/>:blobcat_uwucry: 2025-08-03T21:03:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswtsndud0xzwj26gkg86e5aammmg5h4qupvxft9qqukawqa62etngzyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnkd7wuen In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrk4fj3h00z2kgjgwn745xrvzluhfxxu2mnnu55dpt687xktpcqlsrkyjpy'>nevent1q…yjpy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have the same book! 2025-08-02T18:37:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghyeh3a02pjcsqh263m37pzvfzl3jtw20nuyz9zu7wjt65lzppsqzyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnk0k2e2z Lovely evening!<br/><br/>Calm and still, lambs baaing in the distance, and the Girls frollicking in the scrub.<br/><br/>On stepping out of the car in town this afternoon, I got a warm welcome from the Op Shop staff, a long chat at the post office when I collected my glasses, and even a cheerio as I stepped into the loos :blobcat_giggle: <br/><br/>It continued with a chat at the supermarket, and then I did a solid four hours volunteering. <br/><br/>The database is proprietary and a little annoying (and obviously designed to extract the maximum dollars out of their clients), but after a frustrating half an hour, I&#39;m now off and running.<br/><br/>Managed 30 records with all the chatter and stuff. Only around 7000 to go :blobcat_giggle: 2025-07-28T08:58:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkcsq9pzgqjk4upf9z5l4yvtuup4sx4qssl8nypt42yytewsfekczyqcjyk80xdwf4vrkwfljsn9f7k42l0ghq5v4kn7838kmmypkm2hnk7nchsd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8z6fzd8q34pqn7l7dn92dgdppgf0azkcdldnqnfpturzk2c3p9agehzkmh'>nevent1q…zkmh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On the bright side, the wind picked up today and not tomorrow when it&#39;s going to be pissing down!<br/><br/>I may have turned the air blue this arvo but I was dry while doing it 😭 2025-07-24T06:14:52Z