Remoth the Sloth 🦥 🦠🍄🦋

Dogs don't have alphas.
Cats aren't sociopaths.
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Occupied Dakota Territory/Minneapolis
(she/her; autistic)
anti-fascist
Special interests: 🐶🐱🐘, animal behavior, cultural anthropology, anthrozoology, & being a bummer about cute animal videos.
I'm a professional, accredited pet trainer using a "gift economy" where folks pay any amount at any time instead of fees.
Avatar: illustration of me with my cat & pitbull by https://ethankocak.com.

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2024-06-12 17:19:16

I do not support Russia,
I do not support Ukraine,
I do not support Israel,
I do not support Palestine,
I do not support the USA.
I do not like States here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.

2024-06-09 18:59:36

I remember Friendster, which is what everyone used before MySpace. Anyway, it was the first time I made friends who I had never met in real life, and one person was a mutual who would comment back and forth with me on our posts all the time. I had no idea but later found out he was Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. When Friendster died, so did our connection. This has no point other than I am listening to them and thought of it. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-UH7dU66u4g&feature=shared

2024-06-08 21:19:18

Hamsters are native to the Syrian desert, so when I see them in cages without any sand, it makes me sad.
This channel always has good enclosure examples.
https://youtu.be/x-_mLd7MDjc

2024-06-08 08:32:50

Sorry, I don't have enough spoons. Can someone alt text this for me? 😂
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2024-06-08 05:25:06

I once convinced a veterinary behaviorist (PhD) to send me copies of all their behavior reports. When it comes to cats peeing outside the litterbox, EVERY SINGLE PERSON he saw had the boxes next to their washer and dryer or a loud appliance of some sort. That pattern is pretty solid.

2024-06-07 21:06:09

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I just obviously took pics of them, making them give me questioning wtf looks, so I explained I was just getting pics of the creeps taking pics of the kids in my care at the park.

2024-06-07 20:59:27

One of my kid's friends dresses kind of like a furry with a tail and mask and paws. This friend is 9 years old. There are grown ass men taking pics of her at the park, laughing in a kind of way, and I can only imagine they are going to post it online or something. I am about to kick some ass. Brb.

2024-06-07 01:43:09

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So all these nonbinary characters don't seem like regular folks with regular names. 🤔

2024-06-07 00:42:42

What is your favorite nonbinary character in a film or book or other? Mine is the court Fool from Robin Hobb books.

2024-06-06 16:28:10

Any time any good person runs for office and wins:
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2024-06-06 04:02:00

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It is very common for parents to tearfully tell their autistic kid they don't like them or think they're a mean person. Most autistic kids practically want to off themselves after every meltdown due to guilt from being out of control, but then parents pour salt in the wound by reflecting back on events with the same judgment as if a neurotypical adult had been engaging with them that way.

2024-06-06 03:35:13

Your autisitc kid is not selfish or mean or trying to abuse or manipulate you. You are their safe space to blow off steam, and they need help coping with those mysterious emotions rather than being disliked and in essence taking away their safe people. You should have firm boundaries about not being abused without telling a loved one they don't love or don't deserve your love. #ActuallyAutistic

2024-06-05 23:01:04

Autism often has to be hidden to prevent abuse. Like, if you can pass, you try to pass. If parents and pediatricians find out and do "early intervention", the early intervention is abusive conversion therapy. This makes it really difficult to navigate help that's needed. #ActuallyAutistic

2024-06-04 22:08:23

The easiest thing that would improve the quality of life of cats most significantly with the least amount of effort is if people would scoop their litter boxes AT LEAST once a day, every day.

2024-06-04 15:21:42

Most Russian soldiers are conscripted Indigenous people who are considered to be disposable by their oppressive State, so forgive me for not celebrating killing Russian soldiers.

2024-06-04 02:44:11

Clout is the opposite of street cred.

2024-05-28 10:25:04

It always blows my mind to see people with dogs and chickens in an urban environment, because their relationship with their dogs versus their chickens is so different, but chickens are basically dogs. You hired me for the dog, but I want to train the chickens! People don't even know what they have.

2024-05-24 19:01:32

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@npub1zt3…0v09 Yessssssss! I had it pinned to my profile for a while!

2024-05-24 16:23:01

I know everyone in the USA envies free health care everywhere else, but did you know people get free vaccines for their pets in many countries, too? It's a public health thing, of course. Here in the USA, vaccines add up to hundreds of dollars out of pocket. That means we'll never eradicate rabies like most other places have.

2024-05-23 22:45:30

I wish upon a star for another police precinct to burn this Saturday.

2024-05-23 20:32:55

I wasn't feeling great and convinced myself it was mental health but I actually ruptured a cyst on my ovary, so now my mood is fine I guess.

2024-05-22 19:25:51

I'm sure this is preaching to the choir here, but birth control is used off label to treat every female reproductive ailment because no one studies them to make medicine. I was diagnosed with endometriosis and given birth control to help symptoms when I was maybe 13 years old. I had started menstruating at 9. States are now banning it for kids because kids shouldn't be sexually active anyway. So... Take nothing seriously anymore. No one else is.

2024-05-20 19:37:50

I just saw a preschool class walking in a line down the sidewalk. Native plants were on either side of them when they reached my house, and the class started asking "what's this" and "what's that" with lots of other exclamations and stopping to look. Teachers sternly hollered "pay attention" and "keep walking" and "keep moving" over and over. No questions answered.
Fuck school.

2024-05-18 21:02:00

That march looks huge and peaceful. I bet things will really change now!

2024-05-18 20:59:56

Most people would rather accept violence from the state than challenge it because they're afraid of the unknown, but they call it being realistic.

2024-05-18 19:59:25

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@npub1nty…r9yx alt text: 3 pane storyboard. First, someone tells their husky, "speak!" Second one, husky says "not without my lawyer present". Last one shows the husky getting a treat, "good boi".

2024-05-18 19:32:48

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@npub1zt3…0v09 or trying to communicate with humans 😉

2024-05-18 19:32:27

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@npub1zt3…0v09 that us probably resource-guarding, too!

2024-05-18 16:54:02

I see lots of "cute" videos people post of their cats loudly eating, where they basically vocalize "nom nom nom". Those cats are probably resource-guarding and are unhappy in that moment. 😬

2024-05-15 14:50:09

A parent was expressing their concern that they think it's mildly inappropriate for schools to teach all students how to insert a tampon in 4th grade health class, and I informed him I started my period when I was 9. Cishet men don't know much for having procreated. Maybe his school should have taught him.

2024-05-15 08:16:42

#acab
This guy is going to jail because he won't say he's sorry to a cop.
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/05/14/alabama-black-driver-refuses-judges-order-to-apologize-to-white-cop-for-cursing

2024-05-14 17:16:54

Wheatpasting season

2024-05-14 00:22:57

My daughter with selective mutism wants to learn sign language. What is the best way to go about that?

2024-05-13 23:31:51

April showers, May flowers is out, it's
May tokes, June smokes

2024-05-13 21:16:08

I can't watch any of the Jurassic Park movies with Chris Pratt as a trainer because he doesn't even understand clicker training, obviously, and does it all wrong. I don't even understand how he gets it so wrong. Wouldn't that be the bare minimum of making a movie depicting a trainer?

2024-05-13 07:50:05

I heard a newscast that people are dying from shit like appendicitis in Gaza because the surgeons don't even have gauze. I knew this was happening, but hearing the doctor get really emotional about watching people die from treatable things hit me in the feels.

2024-05-10 20:27:15

If what you want doesn't exist, then you have to make it. No one else will.

2024-05-10 20:09:23

Have you ever taken a bowl to your bed just to wear it as a hat when you nap?
#DogsOfMastodon
#CatsOfMastodon
#FediDogs
#FediCats
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2024-05-09 18:18:08

Will the women with feet size 12 US + please tell me where the fuck to shop for shoes? The struggle is real.

2024-05-09 17:51:36

I've lost count how many times cops were responding to a disturbance and went to the wrong home and killed a Black person. Even if you are calling the cops for something like a domestic disturbance, you are endangering lives. You have to respond to the disturbance without calling cops. There have been many occasions I've rounded up people nearest me and investigated disturbances without cops. #acab

2024-05-09 00:04:55

Some dude posted on reddit that this is what happens to unsold apples from his family's orchard, left to rot. Fucked up. There is no infrastructure to get this anywhere but large grocery stores. Family farms are corporations.
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2024-05-08 20:15:20

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@npub1ugl…yvd7 well, it isn't true. You are thinking of bartonella and/or toxoplasmosis but it doesn't work like that.

2024-05-08 20:00:56

Y'all have to understand something about people who are really deeply into medical quackery. They talk about their brain worms in a way that seems legit. But LMAO, there was never a brain worm.

2024-05-06 18:31:05

But for real, do you know what their problem is? Liberals are so obsessed with staying in the majority because, in a democracy, majority rules. You are a saboteur if you don't fall in line. A saboteur of their power.

2024-05-06 15:47:52

I wish liberals and anyone else who supports the State would get the term "mutual aid" out of their goddammned mouths. Mutual aid is defined as undermining the State.

2024-05-05 20:03:44

Fascism level in the USA: Arresting history professors.

2024-05-05 19:37:43

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@npub1zt3…0v09 Yes, it is very often just a form of attention seeking-- attention that they need. I tell my whole household to play with the cats more when it happens.

2024-05-05 19:27:33

If your cat is soliciting for food all the time, then follow these steps.
1. Rule out a medical reason.
2. Feed smaller amounts more often and more predictably.
3. Provide more varied enrichment-- they're bored af.

2024-05-01 19:07:33

Dogs and cats are as individualistic as people are. People have little patience for it, unfortunately. But when you get a pet, you are starting from knowing nothing all over again. Totally different person.

2024-04-30 20:59:21

Toxic positivity is OUT; toxic solidarity is IN.

2024-04-30 19:44:17

I think all the college kids are doing a good job in case that wasn't clear. 😁

2024-04-30 16:47:29

It is so convenient for cops to be perceived as psycho wild cards who shoot anything. It isn't true. They know who they're shooting. Use your privilege.

2024-04-30 15:12:13

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@npub19fc…ay3c I'm just flabbergasted. I can't even count how often I have shot things at police in my life as a college student. I didn't know that NOT doing that was even an option. (It's not?)

2024-04-30 14:35:21

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@npub19fc…ay3c You don't have to be trained in combat to shoot fireworks at people. What happened to kids? They are so good these days it's uncanny. Stepford Kids.

2024-04-30 14:26:48

Protesters are standing up to authority by following the protest rules authorities gave them. For real, not a joke!

2024-04-30 14:18:38

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The only people protesters literally attack are protesters who aren't peaceful.

2024-04-30 14:16:25

People in the USA are indoctrinated to protest peacefully and will double down and respond to state violence with more peace. Very docile. In case you are wondering how we got here.

2024-04-28 00:25:50

Whenever someone hires a dog trainer, and they are a cis-het couple, the dog training hired help is default women's work. The man already knows everything and does something else. The trainer is for her. They tell me the dog behaves around him but not her. The problem is actually him, and I repeatedly call him over to listen to me, and he comes to me like a reluctant teen. Nearly every time.

2024-04-28 00:00:20

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@npub1gnx…d5kh As someone with debilitating sensory pain, I cannot relate. I cause self harm constantly because of sensory pain and am unemployable because of it.

2024-04-26 15:24:27

I cannot listen to music or podcasts with earbuds while being in public. I get even more over-stimulated. Also, the surprise that someone is trying to get my attention is so jarring that I would rather not be surprised by it because being surprised makes me confused and panicky. I feel a need to be more aware of my surroundings. #ActuallyAutistic

2024-04-26 14:38:00

Do you know what is the biggest threat to effective protests? It's the people who think only peaceful protest is valid.

2024-04-26 06:43:21

During the protests in Brooklyn Center (Minneapolis suburb), cops used strobe lights, and a couple people started having seizures. Just a reminder they do that.

2024-04-26 06:09:47

Your phone is a cop!

2024-04-26 05:28:44

One of the ways the George Floyd riots were so successful in Minneapolis was how everyone split up into smaller groups in all directions to riot. Police can't be everywhere at once.

2024-04-25 23:04:52

If you leave food on the countertop and leave the home, and your dog is home alone, then your dog will not understand that the food still belongs to you. You aren't even there! Make your expectations reasonable.

2024-04-24 22:37:34

They said the milk is safe to drink and they haven't even finished the study to make sure.

2024-04-22 22:42:04

Cops shot a man suspected of stealing a car. Property before people. #ACAB
Article: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/04/22/woodbury-police-valley-creek-plaza-swat-team

2024-04-22 16:03:11

Very misleading headline-- I wouldn't call this a conversation, but it is interesting:
Article: In World First, Scientists Share What Was Almost Certainly a Conversation with a Humpback Whale
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-world-first-scientists-share-what-was-almost-certainly-a-conversation-with-humpback-a-whale/

2024-04-20 17:10:34

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2024-04-15 15:17:40

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Should I steal someone's dog or cat today? /jk

2024-04-15 14:55:50

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2024-04-14 01:57:47

Article: HIV vaccine candidate induces immune response in early clinical trial: ‘An important step forward’ https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/health/hiv-vaccine-phase-1-study/index.html

2024-04-13 03:36:59

I think WW3 is starting.

2024-04-09 03:33:47

When I was growing up, a family friend who was a professional artist helped create the grass for the movie set of "Honey, I shrunk the kids!". He kept some blades and put them all around his house, which was an old church in San Antonio. I used to spend whole days there playing in that and painting with him when I was a child. I played with his chickens. That really was cool and stuck with me. His name was Brad Braune. He was a very talented and locally famous artist. He had AIDS since the early '90s and survived so long! Look up his art.

2024-04-07 00:39:39

I can't wait for people who don't read to find out Paul Atreides isn't a good guy now that they're gonna film through "Messiah".

2024-04-06 21:58:37

A general rule is that when animals are pacing, they are trying to cope with stress. Zoo and companion animals pacing are unhappy. If they are happy but they still pace, then check for pain.

2024-04-05 19:41:41

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@npub1zt3…0v09 I wish! You are too far!

2024-04-05 16:14:28

I wish we were friends irl.

2024-04-05 16:03:02

Just read the news about a disabled elderly man who was the caretaker of his wife with dementia and how they were both being evicted with nowhere else to go and no one else to lean on, and, being poor, he just self-immolated. The news story was about how it traumatized the neighbors and how the cops who were doing the evicting saved a life. Fuck those cops. Fuck those neighbors. Fuck the journalist.

2024-04-03 19:35:04

It's pretty convenient that militaries can blame AI.

2024-04-03 15:43:17

There is a gaping class divide between people who use public transit and people who have cars in the USA.

2024-04-02 06:26:50

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Because of this, I never understood why people pushed for that kind of reform-- policing where you are from. It was a RELIEF every time I moved and cops didn't know me.

2024-04-02 06:21:58

The scariest situations I have ever been in with cops were cops who were actually from the community they were policing-- cops who knew me and were my small town neighbors. The ones who knew me well wanted to hurt me the most.

2024-04-01 23:57:45

I am just wondering why people get dogs who are bred so specifically but then put them in a life that goes against their nature. Like, why do people have St. Bernards if they aren't rescuing people in the Swiss Alps? Do you really think you can make them happy in your condo?

2024-03-30 23:08:29

It is a misunderstanding to think cats don't love us like dogs do, or that they are less social, or that they are lower maintenance and need less attention and care. Cats don't even like it when we go out of our way to greet the dog but not them. They get separation anxiety. They sleep when they are stressed or bored (relatable), so we often misunderstand these emotions in cats. Cats feeling superior, or not needing us, or not caring, makes me so sad for cats, knowing all this to be false.

2024-03-29 20:58:11

Antique clothes are so small not because people were smaller but because the extra small clothes were worn less so they survived.

2024-03-29 02:10:09

Someone I know is having a baby, and I ran into their spouse. We were talking about how the due date is close, and I said I recommended something like mealtrain dot com (preferably something less corporate) where friends and family can sign up to drop off meals on your porch or sign up for other things/chores without disturbing the new parents. He looked at me, perplexed, and asked why they wouldn't be able to cook their meals after having a baby.
Oh.
Oh, no.
Nevermind. Good luck, dude!

2024-03-26 05:46:23

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@npub19fc…ay3c Yes, but I am being watched for sure. I really have thrown away my ability to be truly involved.

2024-03-25 21:44:13

The Israeli state is fascist and is committing a horrific genocide, with the help of the USA, which dabbles in fascism. There are A LOT of similarities with the fascist Nazis, and it is not antisemitic to say so. It would be antisemitic to assume Jewish people are Zionists or vise versa, and it would be antisemitic to call a Jewish person a Nazi (Jewish hatred defines Nazism). But what is happening in Gaza shares a lot of similarities with the Holocaust, moreso every day. It is making me sick. I don't know what to do.

2024-03-25 06:09:15

So I guess I'm bleeding out again. Last time I did this, I needed blood transfusions. I don't have the energy to go to an ER and tell them I'm there about my period because I will be triaged absolutely last and be unbearably uncomfortable in the waiting room until morning. Just gonna pop iron pills.

2024-03-25 01:43:21

ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) is conversion therapy for autistic people, and it's abuse. Any sort of "early intervention" program is this. Any sort or autism school is this. Any sort of "support" services are this.
Facilitated Communication is using nonverbal autistic people like a Ouija Board, and it's pseudoscience at least, abuse at most. "The Reason I Jump" was written this way.
Parents who do not know any better think this is what they are supposed to do. You don't have to do any of it.
#ActuallyAutistic

2024-03-17 19:00:54

Sabotage golf courses. Abolish golf courses.

2024-03-16 19:48:36

I guess my new thing is telling parents they're being rude to their kids in public.

2024-03-16 17:51:33

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@npub1zt3…0v09 @npub1esh…5fqz @npub1vnm…5jny awesome

2024-03-15 17:22:33

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@npub1gnx…d5kh ugh, that is stirring up some dark memories for me, too. I used to into physical fights with my mom.

2024-03-15 17:13:22

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@npub1gnx…d5kh This is common-- even PCAs (personal care assistants) are taught police restraints. Fraser in Minneapolis taught me when I was a PCA for them back in 2003, and I refused to do them.

2024-03-15 17:11:32

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@npub1gnx…d5kh That is really fucked up! I'm so sorry!

2024-03-15 06:00:32

This came up again in convo, and I thought I'd reiterate:
🦈 Sharks are very gentle and not aggressive!
If you have ever been in the ocean, not even waist deep, then you were right next to a curious shark and never knew it, guaranteed.
And sharks are so sensitive to the trauma of being caught and handled that many who are accidentally caught, go through a round of 🤳 selfies, and are released fail to thrive after that.
Just leave them alone!

2024-03-13 19:04:33

We have a rug that the cats are destroying by scratching in one particular spot, out in the open. Putting a scratching post there won't work because they want to scratch horizontally, not vertically in places that aren't territory boundaries. But the flat scratching surfaces are not the right texture. I got a carpet square sample that matches the rug texture and put it right on the spot, a mini rug on the rug. Bam! Problem solved.

2024-03-12 18:43:47

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The family called police during a violent meltdown. Fuck that family and all families who call police on their autistic kids. #ActuallyAutistic #ACAB #RyanGainer