Month: March 2024

US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments

US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production

Now, after passing this legislation [Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act], the West is bitching that China is withholding cotton from them, and that cotton cellulose is hard to find.

Related:

Europe battles gunpowder shortage amid Ukraine war

“To make powder, you need a specific kind of cotton, which mostly comes from China,” he said.

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton on Friday told reporters in Paris that the bloc also faced challenges finding the raw materials for gunpowder.

Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is a key ingredient in gunpowder manufacture.

*Xinjiang*

Update: Google’s Gemini is Anti-Communist!

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments

It wouldn’t make me a picture of a cat reading The Communist Manifesto! 😾

Gemini

I asked it in the wrong way, apparently.

Gemini

Here’s what it said when I asked for a cat with the hammer and sickle.

Gemini

I tried with Microsoft’s Copilot, instead. I also asked it to make me a picture of a cat reading Das Kapital. They’re spelled wrong, though! I suppose that it’s cat-speak?! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Copilot.

Here’s the Communist cats that they made for me. I like the pixelated one the best. It has my resting bitch face! 😹

6 Things You Should Always Remember in Your Life.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

6 Things You Should Always Remember in Your Life.

  • Be willing to socialise but be ready to stand alone. Not everyone has your best interests at heart.
  • If you are right, don’t waste your time trying to prove it to anyone.
  • Tough times never last but tough people do.
  • Never make someone a priority when all you are an option to them.
  • People will provoke you so that you can trigger your dark side and then they will play victim.
  • Schools give lessons followed by tests. Life does the exact opposite. It gives you tests to give you lessons.

EYA Oliver Uchenna®️

China’s economy is still far out growing the U.S. – contrary to Western media “fake news”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

GDP data for China, the U.S., and the other G7 countries for the year 2023 has now been published. This makes possible an accurate assessment of China’s, the U.S., and major economies performance—both in terms of China’s domestic goals and international comparisons. There are two key reasons this is important.

China’s economy is still far out growing the U.S. – contrary to Western media “fake news”

Disabled need help living, not help dying

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

AS NEW HAMPSHIRE considers legalizing assisted suicide, also referred to as medical aid in dying (MAID), I would like to draw attention to the potential impacts this bill could have on disabled and other marginalized residents.

I was 19 years old the second time I attempted to die by suicide. I had just been diagnosed with a chronic but not life-threatening illness, I had rapidly lost about 70% of my hearing in the middle of completing a music degree, and I was struggling with untreated anorexia that was taking a serious toll on my health.

At my intake appointment with a new therapist a few days after my attempt, I explained my situation and the hopelessness I was feeling. She nodded along, then looked me in the eyes and said something I will never forget:

“I would probably kill myself if I were you.”

She wasn’t the first person to say this to me as I started becoming more noticeably disabled, but she was probably the last person I expected to do so. Now that I work in disability policy, nothing surprises me. I hear stories from other disabled people about doctors pressuring them to sign DNRs because they are assumed to have a low quality of life due to their disability. I get messages on social media from people asking me how to advocate for appropriate pain management when their doctors don’t believe the amount of pain they’re in. I pore over story after story of people like Michael Hickson and Tinslee Lewis having treatment withdrawn, withheld, or threatened because of the pervasive view that it’s better to be dead than disabled.

Jules Good: Disabled need help living, not help dying