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Barrie Abalard she/her

@barrieabalard.bsky.social

Here and queer Bi+ #LGBTQ #pan (humans only) #consent best sex is in the brain cuz bodyparts don't matter #neurodivergent #ASD #Z*n novice, doing my best My cancer cat Harvey is in another dimension. I'll love him 4eva My human partner has early dementia

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Barrie Abalard she/her@barrieabalard.bsky.social · 2d ago

I did not know about #creativereusecenters until I read this AP article. Just search for them online--I was surprised to find there's one not too far from me. (I have some art supplies to donate, or I will once we get serious about moving.) apnews.com/article/crea...

At creative reuse centers, old art supplies get a new life at a fraction of the cost

Creative reuse centers are keeping art supplies out of landfills by selling used materials for cheap.

apnews.com

Tina's Driving Lesson@tinavstammy.bsky.social · 3d ago

tl;dr: The rising tide of patients with emergency medical needs who cannot pay is forcing the closing of medical facilities. They are going broke. Thanks, Republicans. Gift 🎁 link:

Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts (Gift Article)

More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.

nytimes.com

Ways and Means Committee Democrats@waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 3d ago

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES@amockingbird.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’ve reposted links to Ashlee’s dissertation study before, but just want to say again, she’s great, is doing important work of the kind we really need, and if you or anyone you know are in the US and have had a miscarriage, please consider completing the survey she links in this very good piece.

ashlee, mph@avs.bsky.social · 3d ago

if you’ve ever wondered why there are so few studies on pregnancy loss, i wrote something for grieve leave to explain why there are so few miscarriage studies in the US. it would mean a lot if you would read it and share! (it also includes a link to my dissertation study!)

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 4d ago

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

wapo.st

Eric Pinder@operahockeyguy.bsky.social · 4d ago

Lots of kitten activity for #Caturday. Our other cats are sulking back in the office in their comfy beds trying to ignore the sounds of play in the other room. He has beautiful golden eyes and is a purring machine. Seems pretty chill for a kitten. Total kitten energy, but still willing to be held

A tabby kitten is on his hind legs sitting on a dark green couch armfront paws on the window sill. He is looking attentively at a squirrel in our yard. The view out the front window is trees and houses across the street A tabby kitten is holding on to a mouse toy on a string. He is looking up at the unseen stick holding it. He is blurry because it is insanely hard to get a picture of a kitten at rest. We are working to tire him out. Next to him is a used cardboard scratching toy used by our cat Lester mostly. There are bits of cardboard visible on the dark brown area rug.Same tabby kitten but this time his mouth is open about to bite the string as he stands over the mouse part of the toy. This time, in addition to the dark brown area rug, a colorful afghan blanket with block colors is seen in the bottom right of the frame
Barrie Abalard she/her@barrieabalard.bsky.social · 4d ago

Grew up roughly 1/2way btwn Atlantic & Chesapeake Bay on dinkyish peninsula. Not a H2O person/boater but knew plenty of em !!!Wx forecasts don't mean shite if you're on water (or mountain)!!! Weather = micro, moves fast, perhaps faster than U can react #giftarticle www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/m...

How to Predict the Weather in Our Era of Freakish Storms (Gift Article)

I didn’t want to have to depend on a weather app to know when the storms are coming.

nytimes.com

Rightardia@rightardia.bsky.social · 5d ago

"The Mississippi Sound, 90 miles of shallow water that runs along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, “will be a dead sea within a generation” without corrective action, Mississippi Sound Coalition Manager Gerald Blessey warned a group of U.S. congressmen and officials on Tuesday."

Mississippi Sound ‘Will Be a Dead Sea’ Soon Due to Spillway Openings, Coalition Warns

Advocates warn that the Mississippi Sound  will be “a dead sea within a generation” without corrective action.

mississippifreepress.org

Raffi Melkonian@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · last wk.

There's a lot of things I won't get over from the past decade, but people's willingness to try to memory hole the extremely deadly pandemic we all lived through and killed actual people, on their watch and partly because of their idiocy, is high on that list.

Kelcie Moseley-Morris@kelciemmorris.bsky.social · last wk.

Another installment of our crisis pregnancy centers series is up now. Awesome work by @sofiaresnick.bsky.social "With the help of the Alliance Defending Freedom, crisis pregnancy centers have overturned or prevented disclosure laws from being enforced or blocked investigations in (three states)."

Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight • Stateline

Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers routinely offer free ultrasounds, but there is little oversight. OB-GYNs, state lawmakers, government officials, reproductive health advocates, and current and f...

stateline.org