A Personal Update: Navigating Health Hurdles and Creative Pauses

October 21, 2025October 22, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments

Health Update

The sinus infection has returned—thankfully, not as severe as last time. I’m cautiously optimistic it stays that way, though another round of antibiotics seems inevitable (and unwelcome). On a brighter note, the back pain is finally easing up. One step forward, one flare-up at a time.

Edit: Spoke too soon. The pain is back.

Protest frogs vs. MAGA media influencers: the info war over ICE in Portland and Chicago +

October 16, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Protest frogs vs. MAGA media influencers: the info war over ICE in Portland and Chicago

Project 2025: Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act

February 27, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Experts warn the proposed SAVE Act could make it harder for some married women to vote. Here’s who could be affected. – CBS

A 2023 Pew Research survey found that about 80% of women married to men in the U.S. take their husband’s last name. Under the SAVE Act, if their voter registration name differs from the name on their birth certificate or passport, they may need to show additional documents.

If the SAVE Act were to become law, Bedekovics said married women who have changed their names should obtain certified copies of all marriage certificates, locate their birth certificates, and keep any change-of-name documentation on hand for any updates to their voter registration.

DeepSeek: Fact-checking Pro-Gun Activists Lie About Chinese Gun Ownership

February 24, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Pro-Gun Activists Lie About Chinese Gun Ownership

Now while investigating Chinese gun laws I came across this paper written by Huan Zhu at the University of Kansas. This is what she had dug up form her research:

“After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, there have been three special laws or regulations issued on control of firearms, which are Temporary Measures of Control of Firearms (1952), Measures of the People’s Republic of China for the Control of Firearms (1981), and Law of the People’s Republic of China on Gun Control (1996) (hereinafter referred to as Law on Gun Control).”

– Gun Control Policy in United States and China, Huan Zhu

NewsBreak Under the Microscope: Ownership, Al, and Data Privacy

February 23, 2025February 23, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Wikipedia entry for NewsBreak is poorly written and lacks comprehensive information about the app. It claims that the Pentagon included NewsBreak on a list of companies allegedly working with the Chinese military—a claim IDG Capital, the company’s Chinese backer, refuted in a statement to Bloomberg. This assertion is based on a Reuters article.

The information provided below was collected by ChatGPT and summarized by Gemini AI. I chose not to use my preferred DeepSeek to avoid any potential accusations of bias.