Meet Loki, father of my two cattos (doesn't reside with us but still within the family). He's a floof!

#Caturday #floofycat #blackcat #catsofmastodon #cattoot #king #CatOverlords #boost #community #catboost

Hi all,

Since I just switched instances, here’s my #introduction:

I’m a roughly 50-yr old white guy living in the PNW of the US. I’ve found my niche in construction for nearly 4 decades, mostly as a #union carpenter, most recently as a #DataAnalyst (construction’s rough for folks who are not cis/het white dudes, and I’ve always tried to make it better. I haven’t succeeded so far. It still sucks. Sorry guys). Of my family and friends, I’m one of very few cis/het folks. I live with my GF, our 3 #CatOverlords, and 3 of 4 teen offspring. I’m an #atheist, and I’m not generally a joiner, but I joined #TST a while ago because of their work #AgainstForcedBirth and #AgainstHate. The 7 tenants are pretty dope as well.

I was a red-diaper baby; my parents were #communist, #pagan, #hippy, #radical. They’re literally rad. We were poor. I’ve experienced years of #homelessness, I’ve struggled with #addiction, and I’m #FormerlyIncarcerated. I’ve been clean for a long time. Oh, and I can personally verify #ACAB. Facts

I’ve been thinking a lot, lately and always, about inequalities. There’re the ones I’ve known about and have struggled with my whole life: I am and have always been #AntiFascist, #AntiRacist, #AntiCapitalist, #Feminist, #ProChoice, for #LGBTQ rights, for #Reparations, for #LandBack, and we are absolutely in a #ClimateEmergency. But there’s a new one (to me) lately: It’s really gross that capitalists are shifting the pandemic burden of #COVID onto workers and poor people through inaction, misinformation, disinformation, and direct action. I find it obvious that the ethical thing to do is to protect those who are vulnerable, and who I won’t be able to identify and may never see, by avoiding infection myself, and pushing for safe spaces with clean air. Vaccines are great, but they’re not enough. #CovidIsAirborne. #WearAMask. Make it an N95 or better. This is not hard, and becomes more effective as more of us do it. So do it.

I’ve shared more and been more open since moving to mastodon a couple weeks ago than I ever have on SM. IDK, it just seems more welcoming here. Historically, I don’t post much. That seems to be changing. We shall see.

Anyways, I'm excited to be joining this community, and I'm looking forward to getting to know some folks over here!

Peace