OK...regarding voting patterns here's a 'by WW for WW' action I call #FindFive . From now to the 2024 election I'm going to reach out to 5 WW who tend to not vote or think more conservatively. Respectfully discuss key issues, importance of voting, making a plan. Let's shift the WW vote. Just an idea.
09:09 PM - Apr 21, 2023


This is so thoughtful and and fact focused. Thank you for the time and effort. I hope many more people quote it for boosting.
RobPalmerIRL (he/him/his) @RobPalmerIRLI noticed something in my time line that actually made me angry and had to respond. Somebody straight off said they were proud of their Green Party vote in 2016. That didn't garner the response they hoped they'd get. Let me explain to you WHY third party/protest voting isn't beneficial.10:09 PM - Jun 05, 2023
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I call anything that ends in 0 or 5 happy numbers 🙂
Mark Wilson, MD @MarkwilsonmdI couldn’t care less about follower numbers EXCEPT that I love clean numbers—3 more please!10:56 AM - May 29, 2023
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Um ... I think you might be a cat person but not know it. 😼
Katie Notmylastname @KatiebeanI no longer have the use of my left arm, as the cat feels the need to hug it. *sigh*09:49 AM - May 28, 2023
I'm not even a cat person
11:14 AM - May 28, 2023


Yes. I'm fortunate I have the ability to always tip 20% or over. 20% is my bad tip. This is because imo waitstaff issues can usually be traced to bad management or a bad day. I've had both. I know I would be fired in under an hour if I tried to wait tables. Also I loathed Ronald Reagan. #noTaxonTips
J Foster @JFShetaniI always tip 20%, even if the service isn’t great. I figure both the server and I are in the same unbalanced, economic system that requires me, as a customer, to tip them so they can try to make ends meet. The service really has to be bad for me to tip less.09:57 AM - May 28, 2023
11:03 AM - May 28, 2023

I love this so much I wish I could give it multiple hearts.
Also gonna start using the phrase 'fornicator of motherhood' around the house.
Also gonna start using the phrase 'fornicator of motherhood' around the house.
RayneTheCoder @RayneTheCoder12:23 PM - May 27, 2023
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So you MUST ALWAYS sit on the floor! For Phantom, you must!
Steven McDermott @CapsNatsMy first Caturday post. Our 15 year old Phantom buries her head against me and purrs like mad any time I sit on the floor.09:14 AM - May 27, 2023
09:48 AM - May 27, 2023
I mean, doesn't a sandwich require two distinct pieces of bread? Isn't a hot dog more like a very thick, poorly designed wrap?
dani @danismashingitGuys, are hot dogs sandwiches?11:07 PM - May 25, 2023
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This was in an update email I got today ... 'We recognize that our community has eagerly awaited the arrival of our Android and iOS apps, and we are thrilled to announce that the beta versions will be released within a few short days.' if that helps.
Vanessa Campanacho @VCampanachoI am enjoying Spoutible a lot. It seems to be friendlier here. Just missing an App. Anyone knows when the app will be released?09:46 PM - May 25, 2023
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A lot of the money in the market involves funds buying with retirement contributions of millions of people. They really would be impacted if those fund values dropped significantly. There's no diversifying against an across the board market collapse. It's happened before, it's painful and ripples.
Benedict Scott @BenedictThere is an assumption that the economy will eventually collapse, but why? Yes, our economy is joke that’s not based in reality, but if the economy is the stock market and stocks are largely only owned by people who don’t NEED that money, who is going to be rushing to sell out to cause the collapse?09:57 PM - May 19, 2023
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Oooh ... thanks for the recommendation. I have read Cross Talk and really enjoyed it!
Dianne Rees @CalloohWhat are folks reading lately? If you like sci-fi, time travel this was a good character-driven book.11:12 PM - May 17, 2023
#books
11:16 PM - May 17, 2023
I think #Saturdog is a come as you are event 😃
B H @NearlyImpossibleMan my dogs need a make over before I share lol10:39 PM - May 13, 2023
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I feel like they are actually being directly contrasted. Would that be better for you?
dani @danismashingitWhile I will always believe in Dani supremacy…. This tested me.10:29 PM - May 13, 2023
Vanilla is a spice, chocolate is a fruit. The mere presumption that they can be directly compared is laughable.
10:40 PM - May 13, 2023
Oh these are so lovely! Thanks for sharing. Watercolors literally seem to activate a different part of my brain than other painting methods.
Medeia Sharif @medeiasharifSome #watercolor practice following tutorials. The negative painting was interesting and I’d like to do it again soon. #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artwork #artoftheday08:58 AM - May 13, 2023
09:17 AM - May 13, 2023

You were mindful and considerate and that counts. I'm sure it made a difference.
Mark Kubert, DC @MarkKubertJust deleted a post before hitting Spout Off. It wasn’t offensive. But I wondered if maybe it could be perceived that way? And so I deleted.09:08 AM - May 11, 2023
Super easy. Cost me nothing. But maybe prevented someone else’s day from being a bit meh.
I’m not saying I’m a hero, but -
10:59 PM - May 11, 2023



Oooh ... I did not know they had a kibble option (rounds) ... this is a glorious summer snacking opportunity you have provided and I thank you very much (or would if I didn't have a full mouth) 🙂
Pamela B'well @PamelaB_wellOh, Dear One,04:42 PM - May 11, 2023
Behold the full gamut of #Pretzels
from the Snyders of Hanover product line #PretzelWar
https://www.snydersofhanov...
04:47 PM - May 11, 2023

I'm still over at the Cream of Wheat skirmish, jumping in for the hard core group that eats it with nothing added.
DragonEmbersArt @EhretDaryllI'm treating some second degree burns over here, so NO it has not ended. The war rages on.01:47 PM - May 08, 2023
01:57 PM - May 08, 2023
Welp ... I hope we can because Fuck Ted Cruz.
Slade Williams @SladeWilliamsCan I say, "Fuck Ted Cruz" without recourse here?01:04 PM - May 08, 2023
Because, that is what I am truly feeling.
Lots of people have died/murdered on his watch as a Senator from Texas.
Fuck Ted Cruz
01:11 PM - May 08, 2023



I don't care what the sign says - if I get the opportunity to ride a triceratops I am not going to waste it!
Kristen Wixx @KristenWixxThere's always some buzzkill.11:34 PM - May 07, 2023
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White suburban women, stop voting against yourself. It harms the entire nation.
11:33 AM - Apr 29, 2023



I'm so sorry. Let me affirm what you already know. This was hateful AND wrong and could never be acceptable. You deserve better.
Nancy Morgan @wiamorganI was told yesterday on one of my social media channels that I’m the kind of person that made Japanese internment camps necessary.07:52 PM - Apr 25, 2023
I’m no stranger to racist remarks, but that one felt like an especially low blow.
Sometimes I really fvcking hate people.
07:56 PM - Apr 25, 2023



People with disabilities use Medicaid services to support them in their daily lives. There's currently not enough funding, and we can't allow govt. funding negotiations to CUT these services further, impacting the lives of millions. #SaveMedicaid #CareCantWait
10:54 PM - Apr 24, 2023



Dennis A @DharmaDog#ACLU #Missouri #TransRightsAreHumanRights10:09 PM - Apr 24, 2023
"The Missouri ACLU on Monday sued to block new state restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care..."
10:16 PM - Apr 24, 2023



If, as allies, we are going to say 'never again' we need to mean it. A false pledge in this matter is very reprehensible.
Margaret Ford @SpoutingJoy1We're just 78 years since the gas chambers. So no, a billboard calling out jew hate isn't an overreaction. jewbelong.org07:48 PM - Apr 22, 2023
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Going to the hyperbole of Trans Shaq is anti Trans.
Bird Cherry @Bird_CherryThis spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.08:03 PM - Apr 23, 2023
08:06 PM - Apr 23, 2023

Yay for you AND thanks for sharing this idea ❤
Batica Moomin @Baticamoomin04:24 PM - Apr 23, 2023
04:30 PM - Apr 23, 2023
The purposeful communication work of the GOP and their allies to keep people stressed, angry and overwhelmed interferes with brain and body mechanisms for evaluation, patience, gratitude and empathy. And it's working. At some level we need to find ways to gently disengage people from that cycle.
Jeff H @JaiamiWhy would any compassionate and thinking human being want to belong to a Party whose sole agenda is to destroy the lives of people who don't look and think like they do? #GOPClownShowContinues #GOPCorruption #ShowGQPTheDoor02:45 PM - Apr 23, 2023
02:52 PM - Apr 23, 2023


Yes! Legalize, regulate, unionize ... sex work is work.
Dave Amiott @DaveAmiottOK, I understand the argument:02:23 PM - Apr 23, 2023
"Sex Work is Exploitation."
But, like, the problem isn't the Sex part. It's the Work part.
ALL Work is Exploitation, unless you're the boss.
We should be supporting and protecting Sex Workers and their customers like we should ALL Workers and customers.
02:25 PM - Apr 23, 2023



Yep ... I don't want to make people mad but a lot of cishet WW live in the protection of the WM patriarchy with a FU-IGM attitude. I appear pretty non scary so I figure this is a helpful role. And I've never met someone unwilling to let me celebrate their positives with them which is a starting pt.
Kace FruitFace @FruitFacedFruitKaceGood on you. Cishet WW need to be doing this. They don’t listen to me much bc I’m oogety boogety scary masculine non-binary to so many.11:39 AM - Apr 23, 2023
11:48 AM - Apr 23, 2023



With you on this ... and as a white woman my focus is on conversations with white women. I know WW across most of the political spectrum. What I'm trying to do is listen and dig deeper about how to respond in a way that increases empathy and gratitude to open minds to compassion when voting.
Kace FruitFace @FruitFacedFruitKaceTalk to cishet white people and tell them to vote like decent human beings in a majority since the data doesn’t fucking lie and they haven’t since the civil rights act was signed into law. If you wanna talk false equivalencies and all. Blaming the Dem Party is lazy & shows political immaturity.11:25 AM - Apr 23, 2023
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