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A small group of extremists has completely taken over Tarrant County TX leadership and its GOP. They claim democracy is "Mob Rule", that they know better. They're activating pastor networks to fear monger a revived "Red Scare / McCarthyism" movement amongst evangelicals. REJECT THEIR LIES! VOTE!!!!!

REJECT THE BILLIONAIRES. VOTE IN EVERY LOCAL ELECTION.

Those who don't know history are forced to repeat it! They're assuming we're extremely uneducated and lack critical thinking. We need to prove them wrong or this is a failed state. This same cult has worked had to remove mentions of the Red Scare and McCarthyism in social studies education, because they still consider Joseph McCarthy a hero.

Donate, volunteer, get involved, mark your calendar on voting dates, carpool your friends family and colleagues to the polls, and lets stop this hate movement in its tracks.

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Their whole movement relies on fear mongering hate speech demonizing classes of people who are different from them. There will ALWAYS be a new hate target, as they do not have a platform based on real world issues important to the people. The people want: affordability, healthcare, jobs, affordable housing. They try to make us fight each other, while looting public funds and dismantling social safety nets for the poor. Do not let hate win.

They believe the public is so uneducated and so unintelligent, that they will fall for this blatant manipulation, a copy and paste job from a disgraced moment in US history. PROVE THEM WRONG.

u/a-flying-trout — 10 days ago
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7pm tonight—surprise Battle Ground town hall to fire City Manager for “best interest of the city.”

LAST UPDATE: I definitely recommend watching what went down. There is very clear dissent happening, feels like Overholser and cronies are selling out BG to Maddox/developers. It’s on YouTube here—skip ahead to 01:16:00 to watch the actual meeting. Council discussion begins at 01:49:00, which I highly recommend watching.

2nd UPDATE: Holy crap y’all, this was INTENSE. Shady shit is going down in Battle Ground. It was a surprise to many of the councilors, their Legal council quit this week, and there is literally no explanation for why they’re letting her go. However—dozens of people who spoke against firing her included senior citizens who are losing housing because the city’s selling it to developers. The ONLY supporter (and dozens of people spoke against firing her) said—and I quote—it was for business owners’ profit/development. Overholser and his cronies are straight up selling out BG to rich developers.

UPDATE: They started the meeting and immediately called an (unscheduled) one hour executive session to “discuss an employee’s performance.” They’ll be back at 8pm. Maybe they weren’t expecting an audience with such short notice…? But now you have an extra hour to tune in if you couldn’t make it 🫠

But Council says it’s “no cause.” Based on experiences at recent town hall meetings, she seems opposed to the Christian Nationalist takeover.

I don’t know much about her other than what’s popping up on Facebook from both left and right sources. But given the pattern of events in BG, a sudden firing is alarming.

Meeting tonight is open to the public (zoom and in-person), limited to one hour of public comment: https://www.cityofbg.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08052026-871

EDIT: Oh and because it’s without cause, she’ll receive 12 mos severance. So… what’s the urgency??

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u/a-flying-trout — 15 days ago

Civic Action Fair happening now at Fourth Plain Commons!

Lots of progressive groups hosting booths and leading trainings and presentations until 8pm tonight. Plus free snacks!

Come learn how to run for office, de-escalate fascists, understand ranked choice voting, and more.

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u/a-flying-trout — 26 days ago

Portland, OR / SWWA area: Possible to re-home a drake?

I ended up with two accidental boys in my small flock and can’t keep them. Still need to find a home for one—he is a 1-year-old Welsh Harlequin who likes people and is friendly. I’d love to re-home him if possible. Is anyone in the Portland/SW Washington area keeping a bachelor flock or interested in a drake?

Important PSAs
🦆🦆: Ducks are social and must have at least one duck companion or they get very depressed.
🚫🐓: Male ducks CANNOT be kept with chickens! (They’re… enthusiastic lovers, and it doesn’t end well for chicken

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u/a-flying-trout — 1 month ago

Help re-home a male duck?

I have a 1-year-old Welsh Harlequin, he likes people and is friendly. I ended up with two accidental boys in my small flock and can’t keep them. I’d love to re-home him if possible. Anyone know folks keeping a bachelor flock or are interested in a drake?

Important PSAs
🦆🦆: Ducks are social and must have at least one duck companion or they get very depressed.
🚫🐓: Male ducks CANNOT be kept with chickens! (They’re… enthusiastic lovers, and it doesn’t end well for chickens)

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u/a-flying-trout — 1 month ago

Rehome male duck?

I have a 1-year-old Welsh Harlequin, he likes people and is friendly. I ended up with two accidental boys in my small flock and can’t keep them. I’d love to re-home him if possible. Anyone know folks keeping a bachelor flock or are interested in a drake?

Important PSAs
🦆🦆: Ducks are social and must have at least one duck companion or they get very depressed.
🚫🐓: Male ducks CANNOT be kept with chickens! (They’re… enthusiastic lovers, and it doesn’t end well for chicken

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u/a-flying-trout — 1 month ago
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Seizure/episodes… maybe from Rx diet?

TLDR: Spent $$$ trying to diagnose/treat my cat’s mystery “episodes” (mostly closely resembling vestibular disease) two years ago. No answers, continued daily. Ran out of his Rx urinary food 2 months ago… and episodes have stopped. Could this be connected?

2018: My senior cat (indoor only, neutered M, 8yo at the time) peed blood after a stressful event. Vet diagnosed with crystals and put him on Rx urinary s/o diet. Fixed it! After a year or so, tried getting off of the food—peed blood within 2wks. Got back on the diet, fixed ASAP. I’ve kept him on the diet ever since. Royal Canine Urinary S/O wet and dry food. No other health issues, blood/urine/poo tests all normal.

2023: He began having “episodes” of blinking/facial twitching, which escalated to falling/flipping over. No other symptoms, tests normal. Vet tried 2+ months of antibiotics, plus weeks of steroids; but no improvement.

Late 2023: Went to a neurologist, symptoms didn’t match seizures and MRI looked normal. They referred us to an ear specialist. CT scan found junk in his middle ear, but shouldn’t be enough to cause the episodes. They did surgery (but warned it may not fix it). Indeed, it didn’t improve the symptoms. Since he was otherwise happy/healthy, decided to avoid further stress and focus on keeping him comfy/safe.

2023-2026: His episodes have continued (usually daily, at least weekly) ever since. I use quality of life and feline grimace scale to monitor, and overall he’s still happy/healthy.

June 2026: I ran out of his Rx diet last month and his Rx was expired, delaying re-order. Feeding him regular wet/dry food in the meantime. Monitoring his pee/litter, no signs of blood.

July 2026: Still waiting on Rx diet (now out for 4+ weeks). Realized this morning… his episodes decreased (and completely stopped over the past week!) after stopping his Rx diet. This is the first time in 2+ years without daily episodes!!!

So now I’m wondering… could his Rx diet have caused these episodes? I’ve only bought directly from Royal Canin.

I’ll try to update with some videos showing symptoms. I have the Rx food, but now I’m wary of resuming it. Looking for any insights!

Update:
Video of a bad episode that came on very suddenly.
Video of a less severe, typical daily episode (starting at 0:20).
Video of an early episode when symptoms began, much milder vs later on.

u/a-flying-trout — 1 month ago
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How to introduce new ducks to flock (with drake)?

I have two 3.5mo ducks that I’d like to integrate with my two older ducks (1.5yo, M+F). But the 1.5yo M keeps trying to mate them… which does NOT seem consensual (and frankly them seem terrified) so I end up chasing him away/separating them ASAP. He’s quite polite with his current mate (she initiates most of the time, he’s not aggressive, etc), and this is my first time raising ducks, so I don’t know what to do.

Are they still too young? Am I making it worse by intervening? Can I helicopter-parent until he chills out? Am I overreacting and need to just let it happen?? UGHHHH 😩

Sincerely,
-Is George Going To Become Dinner

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u/a-flying-trout — 2 months ago