Cat Tamlyn

Molecular Ecology undergrad researcher #molecularecology, #phylogeny, #ecology, #riparianbotany #evolutionaryecology #botany #indigenousliberation

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@tuck54378 @dagon_duke @WhiteHouse @seanmdav To Jabba the Hutt?

[Cat Tamlyn @plumptoad]

@HazelAppleyard_ So to answer your question: it’s not about politics. It's about policy. People are doing their best in a system that makes aging and caregiving incredibly hard. What we need isn’t blame—it’s solutions that work for everyone. 💜

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@ironwitch_ @HazelAppleyard_ . The issue isn’t about rejecting family—it’s about how the U.S. system makes eldercare nearly impossible without support.

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@HazelAppleyard_ And just because someone doesn’t have kids doesn’t mean they don’t value family. Plenty of people care for siblings, elders, or chosen family. But again—love and respect alone can't replace a broken system.

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@HazelAppleyard_ Many other countries with strong family values also provide public funding for eldercare—like caregiver stipends, universal healthcare, or subsidized in-home care. In the U.S., we expect families to handle it all alone. That's the real issue.

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@HazelAppleyard_ Medicaid is often the only way seniors can access long-term care, but it requires spending down all your assets. In-home support is limited and rarely fully covered. Nursing homes aren’t a "choice"—they're often the only option left.

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@HazelAppleyard_ Most people want to care for their aging parents, but the reality is: it’s incredibly hard without help. Caregiving is a full-time job—emotionally, physically, and financially—and most Americans can't afford to stop working to do it.

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@HazelAppleyard_ America is built on “rugged individualism”—the idea that everyone should take care of themselves with minimal help. That mindset has shaped our weak social safety nets, including the lack of affordable eldercare or support for family caregivers.

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@TRUMP_ARMY_ They must have researched what would make his base forget about the Epstein files the most . The answer, their racist hatred toward Obama. Beautiful .

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@JDVance Yes we all know he is “fairly” stable with a steady supply of cocaine

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@elonmusk Access to affordable healthcare needs to be a basic human right. If this is not your stance but your stance is forced labor and more children - you’re a psychopath who enjoys the suffering of others.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

To understand dopamine, why passive blah activities can hook your time & attention, addiction & motivation, internalize this: Dopamine is not about “reward”. It is the biological currency of *reinforcement*. It drives a wanting-seeking loop (not a wanting-satisfaction loop).

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@JDVance At one point you called him a nazi

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Are men maybe too emotional for positions of leadership?

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@elonmusk As an autistic with extreme pattern recognition, I saw this from 100 miles away

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@CrazyVibes_1 @SecRollins @USDA @POTUS @WhiteHouse @DOGE_USDA boy are you gonna be mad when you find out how much the billionares are sttaling

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@tavi_chocochip @SecRollins @elonmusk @USDA @POTUS @WhiteHouse @DOGE_USDA because lies

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@jason_burns @esjesjesj Elon didn’t invent anything. He paid other people to invent things. Without his money, he is nothing.

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@MarioNawfal @elonmusk ask your own AI search engine what the long term effects will be..

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@elonmusk you’re formally admitting that you would be if he offered enough $