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While in one part of the Tesla Terrorists manifesto states he did it as a wakeup call and not as an act of Terror, this is contradicted in the other part of his manifesto.\u003ca href=\"https://lonestarmensch.org/the-tesla-terrorist-not-musk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003elonestarmensch.org/the-tesla-t\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003eerrorist-not-musk/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"ghost automation","website":null},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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Now, as we dive into the new year, I’m ready to shift gears and focus on recouping and rebuilding.\u003ca href=\"https://lonestarmensch.org/2025-the-first-ripples/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003elonestarmensch.org/2025-the-fi\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003erst-ripples/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"ghost automation","website":null},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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Barely a month into the new school year and we are visited by the familiar specter of another school shooting. This time at Apalachee High School in Winder Georgia. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.blog/yet-another-school-shooting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003elonestarmensch.blog/yet-anothe\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003er-school-shooting/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"ghost automation","website":null},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":{"url":"https://www.lonestarmensch.blog/yet-another-school-shooting/","title":"Yet Another School Shooting...","description":"Here we are again. 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Having said that, sometimes allegations are made against it that just don\u0026#39;t hold water. 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan 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href=\"https://babka.social/@dukepaaron\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003edukepaaron\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I am not sure what the protesters are wanting at this point. As you know I am a big critic of Netanyahu and the current Israeli government, but Kamala literally has called for a ceasefire now, which is what they purportedly want to happen. I’m confused as to what they want.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"IceCubesApp","website":"https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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He had me in the first half then the second half went off the rails so fast.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Mona for iPhone","website":"https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"110442989214760177","username":"dukepaaron","url":"https://babka.social/@dukepaaron","acct":"dukepaaron"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"112782150049448662","created_at":"2024-07-14T01:03:57.625Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":null,"uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112782150049448662/activity","url":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112782150049448662/activity","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"","reblog":{"id":"112780055362542166","created_at":"2024-07-13T16:11:15.242Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/skountouros/statuses/112780055362542166","url":"https://babka.social/@skountouros/112780055362542166","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":6,"favourites_count":10,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003eA toast to one of our brightest and most uplifting souls. Journey well, Dr. Ruth. 🕯️\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96 \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/arts/television/ruth-westheimer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.600.1XkB.dYiwm9P7J0eG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003enytimes.com/2024/07/13/arts/te\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003elevision/ruth-westheimer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.600.1XkB.dYiwm9P7J0eG\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Megalodon","website":"https://sk22.github.io/megalodon"},"account":{"id":"110823165277431723","username":"skountouros","acct":"skountouros","display_name":"Night  🌊✨","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eאני ישראל חי \u003cbr /\u003eIntense and intensely engaged, often loudly, in the\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/PNW\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003ePNW\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Queer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eQueer\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/MiddleEastern\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eMiddleEastern\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Earthbased\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eEarthbased\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Animist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAnimist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Vegan\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eVegan\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jew\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJew\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e..so I\u0026#39;m universally adored, right?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassionate about love, and the well-being of beings:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Refugees\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eRefugees\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/PrisonReform\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003ePrisonReform\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LGBTQ\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLGBTQ\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/TransRights\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTransRights\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AnimalWelfare\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAnimalWelfare\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Homelessness\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHomelessness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone deserves love. 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This will only embolden the orange buffoon and his ilk. A dark day for this country\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Mastodon for iOS","website":"https://app.joinmastodon.org/ios"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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My eye sight isn’t what it used to be. Not horrible my eye doctor assures me. I have an m1 Mac mini hooked up to my 63” 4k TV as im semi bed bound and it’s got to be big enough for me to read at distance. I notice however when I use the 4k resolution on the Mac, it shrinks everything down to a size that is completely unreadable. If I keep it at 1920x1080 everything is a wonderful size but text gets blurry. And for some reason Apple removed the ability for us to use settings that used to address this. Accessibility and readability should be at the forefront of these companies one would think\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Mastodon for iOS","website":"https://app.joinmastodon.org/ios"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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Still dealing with incompetence from my mother in laws nursing home, but we’re on the other side of crisis. I know I said it before, but I need to be better at being active here. I just find social media so draining here lately. That being said, I am making an effort!!\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Mastodon for iOS","website":"https://app.joinmastodon.org/ios"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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Pair that with the employee who said \u0026quot;H****r may have been onto something\u0026quot; makes me exceptionally nervous to live here. At the Cardiologist the other day I forgot to tuck my Magen David necklace under my shirt and a couple gave me the angriest stare down I have had in recent memory. Felt very uncomfortable. The day we move out of this hick place can\u0026#39;t come soon enough.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":null,"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"112515108952448779","created_at":"2024-05-27T21:11:53.851Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":null,"uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112515108952448779/activity","url":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112515108952448779/activity","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"","reblog":{"id":"112514886291274185","created_at":"2024-05-27T20:15:14.000Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://sfba.social/users/rabbijill/statuses/112514886193730457","url":"https://sfba.social/@rabbijill/112514886193730457","replies_count":10,"reblogs_count":74,"favourites_count":4,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it’s important to say, for those of you not in the same loop I’m in, that my friends \u0026amp; colleagues in Israel are in the streets demonstrating against the war and the corrupt Netanyahu government every day. The families of the hostages are also out in the streets demanding new elections. Every death - Palestinian and Israeli - is heartbreaking. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for anyone thinking that trump is going to be a great friend to Israel, he’s not. Netanyahu and trump are bit from the same cloth. Both are dangerous.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"109354848449499549","username":"rabbijill","acct":"rabbijill@sfba.social","display_name":"Rabbi Jill Zimmerman","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI’m a rabbi who believes that there is a spark of holiness within each person. I lead a Jewish mindfulness community that meets virtually (Hineni) \u2028\u2029\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a former Master Gardener, current lover of gardening and knitting and drinking tea.  \u2028\u003cbr\u003e\u2029Bo is our Loveable \u003ca href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/doodle\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003edoodle\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u2028\u2029\u2028\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree Jewish Mindfulness Tips\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ravjill.com/mindful/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eravjill.com/mindful/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy ebooks on \u003ca href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/Healing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHealing\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/Gratitude\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eGratitude\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/Journey\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJourney\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://sfba.social/tags/Teshuvah\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTeshuvah\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u2028\u003ca href=\"https://ravjill.com/ebooks/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eravjill.com/ebooks/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://sfba.social/@rabbijill","uri":"https://sfba.social/users/rabbijill","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/avatars/109/354/848/449/499/549/original/74183802a4b1b95f.png","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/avatars/109/354/848/449/499/549/original/74183802a4b1b95f.png","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/headers/109/354/848/449/499/549/original/ebf0694bb376e46b.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cache/accounts/headers/109/354/848/449/499/549/original/ebf0694bb376e46b.jpeg","followers_count":5742,"following_count":3918,"statuses_count":3793,"last_status_at":"2025-12-07","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Website, Current Offerings,","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/pathwithheart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elinktr.ee/pathwithheart\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Newsletter","value":"\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/3uSVVmi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttp://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebit.ly/3uSVVmi\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Instagram","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jillbz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003einstagram.com/jillbz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter verified","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://fedified.com/@rabbijill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efedified.com/@rabbijill\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2025-12-07T23:47:57.649+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},"application":null,"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"112513843431766292","created_at":"2024-05-27T15:50:03.538Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112513843431766292","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/112513843431766292","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003eIt was very refreshing to see my party Boo and Reject Trump yesterday. While I don\u0026#39;t agree with all of the Libertarian parties stances (such as their current take on Healthcare and still Shilling for Capitalism) I am very heartened to see a rejection of the Far Right. Does this mean the party intends to purge the AltRight Bros that infiltrated during the Tea Party era? Can us Libertarian Socialists come back to the table at long last? Im getting a bit far ahead of myself, but I will count the booing and rejection of Trump and grifter RFK to be a sign that the party is indeed not on its last leg. There are principled people fighting still. Now if we can only get some movement party wide on M4A and UBI. Tiny victories though\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":null,"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"112509208145469205","created_at":"2024-05-26T20:11:14.685Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":"109804541829139862","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112509208145469205","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/112509208145469205","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":3,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://beekeeping.ninja/@Pagan_Animist\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ePagan_Animist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eStillIRise1963\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e  Governor Ironside says \u0026quot;As long as they die in the right districts with the right letter behind their name, its G-ds will and praise be he\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":null,"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. I still try to write, even though I am not a college educated pundit, and my writing is not what it was pre-stroke, but I won\u0026#39;t let that prevent me from trying to add my voice to the sea. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/Jewish\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJewish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/HumanisticJudaism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eHumanisticJudaism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/LibertarianSocialist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eLibertarianSocialist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/ProLGBT\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eProLGBT\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/BLM\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eBLM\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiWar\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiWar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiCapitalist\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiCapitalist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://babka.social/tags/AntiDeathPenalty\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eAntiDeathPenalty\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch","avatar":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","avatar_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/e12e9c2800514080.webp","header":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","header_static":"https://babka-mastodon.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/headers/111/762/995/477/567/111/original/b17f3157f816dc36.jpeg","followers_count":33,"following_count":52,"statuses_count":203,"last_status_at":"2025-08-18","hide_collections":null,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.lonestarmensch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003elonestarmensch.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-01-16T01:45:58.933+00:00"},{"name":"Loves:","value":"Stevie Nicks, Earl Grey Tea and a nice Manicotti","verified_at":null},{"name":"Hates:","value":"Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Anti-Semitism, Capitalism","verified_at":null},{"name":"Writely","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://rant.li/lonestarmensch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erant.li/lonestarmensch/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2024-02-29T17:45:26.983+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"109804541829139862","username":"Pagan_Animist","url":"https://beekeeping.ninja/@Pagan_Animist","acct":"Pagan_Animist@beekeeping.ninja"},{"id":"109378113183654681","username":"StillIRise1963","url":"https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963","acct":"StillIRise1963@mastodon.world"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"112509040649551940","created_at":"2024-05-26T19:28:38.898Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":"109378113183654681","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://babka.social/users/lonestarmensch/statuses/112509040649551940","url":"https://babka.social/@lonestarmensch/112509040649551940","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"local_only":false,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eStillIRise1963\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e If they keep up, im going to boil alive. Our AC is out of commission at the moment, and. it\u0026#39;s above 90 every day this past week and factoring in humidity which is over 70% it feels like 101+. But climate change isn\u0026#39;t real don\u0026#39;t ya know!\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":null,"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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So rather than be able to verify your identity like most other sites, you have to delete the account and make a new one. Okay that\u0026#39;s a bit inconvenient but workable. Oh to do that is a 24 hour waiting period. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen to try and submit the verifications on the LA Medicaid website, you have to link the case. And the system cant find her even with everything being correct. I am ready to strap myself to a raft and sail myself down the Mississippi\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":null,"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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Why must they insist on making things so difficult 😞\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Mastodon for iOS","website":"https://app.joinmastodon.org/ios"},"account":{"id":"111762995477567111","username":"lonestarmensch","acct":"lonestarmensch","display_name":"Shira Nazarian","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":false,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e34 year old Jewish Diabetic Trans Woman in the Deep South 🧿🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am an opinionated Stroke survivor. 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