Check out the News Megathread. There's a huge amount of analysis and discussion about current events in those threads, going back years and years. There's shitposts, too, but we've got a huge body of analysis backed up with the best sources we can find, often dealing with important local, national, and geopolitical issues from a very different perspective than major media outlets and western governments. It can give you a lot of ammo to back up your points in disscussions of current events. And even if you don't agree with some of it, you can look at the sources folks are pulling from and use those to test and reinforce your own positions.

just make sure there's no PII in said photos

Cytube is where I go when I'm incredibly drunk and my partner is asleep and my god it's the greatest place to hang out and knuckle through the spins with my comrades

Good luck with the kitties

https://live.hexbear.net/ <- The hexbear cinema Movies on Fridays & Sundays, Anime nights Saturday, and a random assortment of bullshit on occasionally. Anyone can queue a video, so if you want you can make a post and organize an impromptu movie night basically whenever. If you post it, they will come.

Sending good vibes to you and the cats

good luck for your cats!

works for me!