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@hoaxter61

Liberal, progressive, pro-democracy, anti-asshole. Love science and sci fi and animals. Addicted to prog house music. Ally πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ’™ Cat, snake, chicken & fish dad. Happily significant othered. NO MAGATS! I orient my own moral compass. No god(s) necessary.

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I agree that wild snakes should be left in the wild. Breeders actually mitigate the collecting of wild snakes by offering the alternative of captive bred animals. I’d argue that if you’re going to have a pet snake, it’s far better to buy from a breeder than to catch one. But yes, adopt if you can.

06.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey snake people! I want to upgrade my snakes’ cages and am considering the Vision model 622. Does anyone have experience with that model? They’re housed in smaller Vision cages now, so I’m familiar with and like the brand & style. But I’ve read some ppl. have had probs with bowing. What say you?

06.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d have stopped watching long ago if it wasn’t for James Spader. He can make even bad writing (such as Red’s inexplicable devotion to Liz) seem realistic.

25.02.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m binge watching The Blacklist, on S8 now, and I gotta say, with Liz I-deserve-to-know-my-relatives’-deepest-secrets Keen, they wasted a perfectly good actor. We the audience are presumably supposed to like her, despite her reckless entitlement that gets ppl killed, but I just can’t with her.

25.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My feeling exactly. They’re fascinating and have distinct personalities.

17.02.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Amateur herpetologist. 😊

17.02.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve discovered that they do acrobatics just for fun. We have one who climbs to the top of a skinny bush branch, whereupon his weight bends the branch til he’s about 6 inches from the ground. He lets go, lands on his back, flips over & runs back up the branch and does it again, over & over. πŸ˜ƒ

17.02.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We watched one stash a peanut in an ashtray on our patio table. He even did that thing where they pat the (in this case imaginary) dirt down to cover it. 🀣 The next day, the peanut was gone.

17.02.2026 05:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure it would, but the fun is in the trying. πŸ˜‰
Another cool squirrel fact: Their brains grow 30% larger in autumn so they can make a mental map of their hidden stashes of winter food. Pretty cool!

17.02.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

16.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally!

16.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 If there’s any charming going on in my relationship with snakes, I’m the one being charmed. πŸ˜‰

16.02.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Howdy Susan!

16.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜ƒ I think squirrel talk would peter out in ten minutes or so.

16.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

16.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Snakes

16.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished watching the series. I think Carol Rainey (Bud’s wife) is full of crap. When you’re a bitter ex religious fundie as she is, it’s probably tempting to think everyone’s a deluded liar, and all evidence to the contrary is just β€œpart of the hoax”. Sad & pathetic.

12.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate professional debunkers. They’re sad, pathetic people. Just like religious zealots, they think people with beliefs different from theirs are inferior, and just like religious missionaries, they spend their lives preaching and won’t be satisfied until everyone believes what they believe. Gross.

07.02.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œBig Bang” theory holds that the universe spontaneously arose from nothing. The God theory holds that an entity created the universe. To my mind, both theories are equally ridiculous, and it’s not surprising that the Big Bang theory was originally proposed by a Catholic priest.

04.02.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MacGyver

03.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Broken (Dousk Remix)
Broken (Dousk Remix) YouTube video by Lustral - Topic

Glad to turn you on to one you hadn’t heard yet. 😊 I love it too. I haven’t found a Broken remix that tops Dousk’s though. This one’s still my fave:

youtu.be/GASqXSvAMjc?...

28.01.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Riq Woolen is a habitual taunter and absolutely deserved that penalty. He was taunting earlier in the game, to the point that I was screaming at the TV, β€œStop taunting, dumbass! You’re gonna get called for that shit!” Coaches equally at fault for not nipping it in the bud early on.
#Seahawks

26.01.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Amy, why aren’t the MN state police arresting and charging those ICE gangsters with murder?

24.01.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Magical Word
Magical Word YouTube video by Hoke Simpson

You might like this, then, Wile E. πŸ˜ƒ

youtu.be/nWqwsjseUrc?...

24.01.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Turquoise (Weekend World Remix)
Turquoise (Weekend World Remix) YouTube video by Circulation - Topic

Turquoise
-Circulation, Weekend World

youtu.be/1CW6-YXcqcc?...

24.01.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Moonbeam β€Žβ€“ When People Turn Into Beasts (Original)
Moonbeam β€Žβ€“ When People Turn Into Beasts (Original) YouTube video by Progressive Classics

When People Turn Into Beasts
-Moonbeam

youtu.be/7lk1ntwmrE0?...

22.01.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣🀣 Thanks JC! ❀️

22.01.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Magical Word
Magical Word YouTube video by Hoke Simpson

Magical Word
-Hoaxter61

youtu.be/nWqwsjseUrc?...

22.01.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tinlicker x Robert Miles - Children (Official Video)
Tinlicker x Robert Miles - Children (Official Video) YouTube video by Tinlicker

Children
-Tinlicker, Robert Miles

youtu.be/gOt_7Wbs0MI?...

21.01.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

20.01.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0