you know... it wasn't until today that it really hit me that pets are family. Canada made legal history with a Golden Retriever at the center of a custody battle.
i think all the time about all the pets i grew up with; especially Tiger, our German Shepherd. he was like our dog brother. we were his herd.
@yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 I'm always stunned when I realize that many view them as a status symbol or a possession and not a family member. Pets are commitment. If you can't commit then never own one, its not fair to them at all.
sometimes I am stunned to be reminded that there are people who don't get that animals are also people. With their own opinions, personalities and needs. They don't think like us, but they have their own experience of the world
i always knew that @cat_news @anubis2814 i’d have full conversations with my dogs and cats. our parrot... well, mami’s parrot was smart AF. my horse & chickens too.
it’s that i get now why i mourn them, like i mourn my mom, dad and brother. they were all family and i think i haven't processed the grief. after all these years, i miss them so much. am so grateful to have raised and cared and cherished them.
now i know i have to grieve them, because i loved them & they loved me.
@anubis2814 it is deeply unfair that we must outlive our pets. But, I feel confident in saying that you should take some comfort in remembering that, from their perspective, for their entire lifetime, you gave them the best life you could
Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus. Recent research backs them up.
I loved all my dogs and always feel guilty thinking about chosing which one was my favorite. They were all my favorite. Especially, Brandy. No, Midnight. Except probably, really, Corky. No, Brandy. No, each of them. So different but all always loving.
@Mary625 I go through this as well with my two that I bonded with and then I feel guilty about not being a good father for the ones as a kid but I was a mess as a kid and didn't know how to bother with anything
It's a little easier for me because it's apples and oranges with the boy and the girl They are such different experiences
Iola taught me to be human and taught me that I am loved
There are a lot of places to explore inside Honeymoon Island State Park. But now it’s a little different. As we saw from Action Air One, Honeymoon Island is now sliced in two.
Shrewsbury and much of Shropshire was once at the mercy of gangs of 'marauding Morris dancers' who caused mayhem wherever they went. The leader of the musical mob was 'The Lord of Misrule'. Often, the funding for their endeavors came from the Shrewsbury corporation.
One can understand why a defendant’s legal team would like to place jurors that would potentially favor their client in the courtroom. We all look for ways to make our job easier, and the legal profession is no exception.
Senate passes reauthorization of key surveillance program despite privacy concerns
The legislation would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. It now goes to President Biden's desk to become law. #press
Of course. Watters on Fox can say all the nasties and Trump will just quote him on his DJT site. I'm starting to smell another conspiracy/co-ordination thingie.
I think most of us know by now that there's nothing Donald Trump won't try when it comes to violating gag orders. It's quite obvious by now that the former president simply thinks he should
“so, i think the judge is gonna see this as a violation of the gag order and get ready, they’re gonna continue and continue and continue,” he said. “sure, the judge can fine him, he could admonish him. He could do a lot of things in the courtroom. he’s not gonna throw him in jail.”
Lara Trump may as well do an unauthorized cover of “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister and try to make it about poor innocent conservatives standing up to big mean liberals.
Why Ukraine’s Fight Must Continue | Institute for War and Peace Reporting
My friend, a writer, texted last night from his trench to say a gentle goodbye. His unit is expecting an attack anytime, but they do not have the heavy artillery they need to repel the assault. I am thousands of miles away from Ukraine, on a six-city lecture tour across the United States, addressing public meetings and briefing members of Congress.
My friend, a writer, texted last night from his trench to say a gentle goodbye. His unit is expecting an attack anytime, but they do not have the heavy artillery they need to repel the assault. I a…
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
This year's first pet spider is this cute Platycryptus undatus I caught yesterday. I put her in the same enclosure I kept a P. undatus in last year. I let my younger nephew name her. He dubbed her Gwen, after Gwen Stacy. He only knows her as Spider-Gwen; I told him about her history in Spidey comics and how the Green Goblin killed her. He'd had no idea. Kids these days aren't reading classic literature. :(
I'm ashamed of phys.org for even contemplating this nonsense, because critique is how genuine science advances--you weed out the snake oil salesmen with skepticism and demands for proof. If you know something you should confidently be able to prove what you know to the hardest of skeptics. That's how it's supposed to work.
anubis2814
in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •like this
KarunaX, yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦, Cat News, Claudius Link, Ronathon Livingston Seagull and Odd reverberations like this.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
Jeremy Kahn
in reply to anubis2814 • • •All too many people — mostly white cis het men — treat spouses and children the same way
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
Cat News
in reply to anubis2814 • • •keithzg likes this.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
in reply to Cat News • • •i always knew that @cat_news @anubis2814 i’d have full conversations with my dogs and cats. our parrot... well, mami’s parrot was smart AF. my horse & chickens too.
it’s that i get now why i mourn them, like i mourn my mom, dad and brother. they were all family and i think i haven't processed the grief. after all these years, i miss them so much. am so grateful to have raised and cared and cherished them.
now i know i have to grieve them, because i loved them & they loved me.
anubis2814 likes this.
Cat News
in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •Clara Listensprechen likes this.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
in reply to Cat News • • •Marv Clowder
in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •https://mastodon.social/@DharmaDog/112300096847932639
Dennis A
2024-04-19 21:51:29
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
Marv Clowder
in reply to Marv Clowder • • •Some scientists are emerging from under the behaviorist rock.
Not to mention the cultural one.
Marv Clowder
in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •Mary625 Ceasefire Now ☮️
in reply to yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • • •Very nice!
I loved all my dogs and always feel guilty thinking about chosing which one was my favorite. They were all my favorite. Especially, Brandy. No, Midnight. Except probably, really, Corky. No, Brandy. No, each of them. So different but all always loving.
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
Eli Wallach's favorite Bass
in reply to Mary625 Ceasefire Now ☮️ • • •@Mary625 I go through this as well with my two that I bonded with and then I feel guilty about not being a good father for the ones as a kid but I was a mess as a kid and didn't know how to bother with anything
It's a little easier for me because it's apples and oranges with the boy and the girl They are such different experiences
Iola taught me to be human and taught me that I am loved
Ray is teaching me to be Happy and a man
reshared this
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 reshared this.
Mary625 Ceasefire Now ☮️
in reply to Eli Wallach's favorite Bass • • •@voxofgod
Awww ☺️ I'm glad you have them.
All mine were from years ago.