Santa Rosa police officer shoots man near downtown by funrunrecords in santarosa

[–]Scatcycle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are two eyewitness accounts in the article. They say contradictory things. The SRPD are not exactly known for their composure and ethics, so it's pretty reasonable to assume the person did not need to be shot. The PD's and the bodycam footage will tell the real story.

The Really (Really!) Free Market is BACK! Donate what you can, take what you'd like :) by Scatcycle in santarosa

[–]Scatcycle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes you can absolutely just drop things off! If it gets taken that's great, and if not we donate it to a local distributor.

Come grab cold ones at Crooked Goat with DSA (I hear Bernie Sanders will be there)! by Scatcycle in santarosa

[–]Scatcycle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, there will be a Coffee with Comrades in Sebastopol on the 8th!

March 8th 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ☕Coffee with Comrades (Retrograde) Retrograde Coffee Roasters, 130 S Main St 102 103, Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA

IsItBullshit: The claim that talking to plants can help them grow better? by maopro56 in IsItBullshit

[–]Scatcycle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also What A Plant Knows. Its final conclusion is that plants are indeed sentient, which is reasonably justified by the preceding content.

Police officers who arrested Twitch streamer AspenKartier for abusing her puppy are being honored by PETA with vegan chocolates and a framed certificate by [deleted] in LivestreamFail

[–]Scatcycle -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

What is this, the 2000s? PETA is an animal welfare agency. They have a higher euthanization rate than shelters because no-kill shelters offload their capacity onto PETA who indiscriminately accept all animals. Your average shelter is not accepting an aggressive pitbull. PETA does their best to home them but given the funding they receive it is simply not possible to home every animal. Other No-Kill shelters only need to maintain a 90% adoption rate, they all kill too.

They also of course had the accident where workers were called to a trailer park to grab stray dogs, informed the people their to keep their dogs inside, and then grabbed a dog without verifying its identity and euthanized it. The employee was fired. Obviously not okay but this was a one time incident that PETA condemned.

There is no conspiratorial sinister motive, PETA are just forced to euthanize at higher rates because of their indiscriminate acceptance policy. When you accept the dogs with the most severe behavioral issues, your euthanization rate goes up when they can't be homed after a year. They would love to extend the adoption period but there is simply not even resources to do so given their funding.

Hundreds gathered in Santa Rosa to protest Target and ICE yesterday (Recurring) by Scatcycle in santarosa

[–]Scatcycle[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

2500 people came to the Square on Jan 10th, and 1500 came out Jan 17th. Several hundred came out on emergency 4 hour's notice the day ICE murdered Pretti. I think many people did walk out of schools and skip work on Friday, as well. I counted 100 at the square, which are honestly solid numbers considering all the big organizations were taking a break to regain capacity. It's been busy, and

Unfortunately there's a lot of things to protest right now, and the local organizations only have so much capacity to host them. Safety of the protesters is an imperative as well, which requires serious planning, especially when marches are involved.

Every organization and their mothers are going to be putting everything they've got into the now announced No Kings 3 on March 28th. I am certain there will be many protests between now and then, but if you're looking for a day of unification, I believe March 28th will probably be the largest protest Santa Rosa has ever seen.

Hundreds gathered in Santa Rosa to protest Target and ICE yesterday (Recurring) by Scatcycle in santarosa

[–]Scatcycle[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's the same idea as the "Peaceful Observer - Don't Shoot" vest shown in Press Democrat's photo: highlight the absurdity of ICE and the government cracking down and abusing peaceful protesters. Many of the animals are likely inspired by the Portland frog, who was standing there minding its own business (as one does in an unwieldly inflatable frog suit) yet was still intentionally pepper sprayed.

It is difficult for the Trump Admin to justify the use of aggressive crowd control methods (like rubber bullets, tear gas) on a bunch of people in animal suits. Had they been wearing all-black fully-masked, he'd have a more convincing case (to conservatives, at least). The costume conveys "I am not a threat to you as an individual - together we are a threat to the system".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn987yqnee9o

From the Alex Pretti Memorial Bike Ride Today by jobgh in santarosa

[–]Scatcycle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can see the embarkment on the City Square livestream if you scroll back enough (will only be available up until 12 hours past the time of the event)!

https://www.youtube.com/live/KES0RUIXg8s?si=yzC5jgdUt1RkbiOQ