I've got one more book to read for August and then I've read all my reading challenge books and my book club book.

I am deeply emotionally invested in these cats I have never met (& will likely never meet) finding a loving forever home. If you are in the Northeast (or can travel or arrange transport), please consider giving these poor orphans a home. Share widely. Pester your friends. Help the babies.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · yesterday

Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.

Nothin' good starts in a getaway car (Post your getaway vehicle, apparently.)

Sarah Grey@sarahlynngrey.bsky.social · 5h ago

Post your getaway vehicle

There was a food truck in town so we got burgers and now I am tired and would like to go to bed. I know it's not even 6pm XD

Everyone's making fun of this (for good reasons) but it's also true. "8 glasses a day" is an arbitrary, made up number. Drink how much feels good for you www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... And you know. Maybe be critical of the sources of claims like this.

The Water Myth

It is a common belief that you have to drink 6-8 glasses of water per day. Almost everyone has heard this recommendation at some point although if you were to ask someone why you need to drink this mu...

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The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2d ago

You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd

These babies have lost everything. They need a happy ending.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · yesterday

Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.

Why would you tell me to text to make an appointment and then when I text tell me actually you want me to call to make an appointment

dolly parton was many things, but what i think resonates so deeply is that she was kind. ACTIVELY kind. when i talk about proving love, this is what i mean. ACTIVE kindness. ACTIVE love. it can be easy to dismiss kindness, but i think the reaction to her passing shows it is not at all a placeholder

I need people to be REALLY specific with their "no, not that Home Alone 2 actor!" wishes to the universe. I can't handle losing Joe Pesci this week too.

“by a celebrity 💅” fuck her god she’s SO MAD someone else besides her is being lauded as the patron saint of child literacy. you had your chance and blew it, lady! that’s not who you are anymore! gotta force HBO to reboot your movies just to feel something smh

@cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 4d ago

How the BBC is reporting Dolly Parton's passing.

Someone please check on Elvira and make sure she's good.

djoyce@joycelaurie.bsky.social · 3d ago

if you are a gay icon STAY INSIDE!!! it’s DANGEROUS OUT HERE!!!!!

"Neutral in the culture war"

CNN@cnn.com · 4d ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Every drag show this weekend is going to have to make some very hard choices

I hate to ask but what are the chances Miss Piggy is somehow behind this

Ned Raggett@nedraggett.bsky.social · 3d ago

Two of Miss Piggy's most iconic co-stars gone, this world is trash.

Are you serious???????????? This week sucks.

Craig Calcaterra@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3d ago

RIP to a motherfucking icon.

Also someone go tell Elvira she's not allowed to die, quick

I'm watching a movie that is honest to god scaring the shit out of me and my phone just went off AND I ALMOST SCREAMED

Dolly Parton asked about trans rights: "I just want everybody to be treated good... I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That’s who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton."

(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine.

(2/3) had been in a small accident and was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center for a checkup with Dr. Abumrad as an attending. They became fast friends and Dolly here and there would call her to ask her questions about things she heard in the news. Years later, when COVID's death toll was climbing,

(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She

there is an understanding at every strip club that you can’t have multiple dancers using the same stage name at the same club—and let me tell you how many people I worked with who fought to be, lost, and still ultimately respected anyone who got to be Jolene

When Rosalynn Carter passed, evil bastard Henry Kissinger followed shortly thereafter. It was surmised by some that she was allowed by the Universe to remove an asshole of her choosing from the world she left behind as a way to balance the scales. Dolly Parton has now entered the chat.

Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing

Alt: Gif Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing

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RIP to a legend

there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy

with alt text. this is so beautiful 💕

Joel@itsjoels.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.

This is a brilliant idea. I’m in! Let’s do it!

Kenzie | #1 I Hate It Here Stan@adhdswiftie.swifties.social · 4d ago

NOT DOLLY!!! (But also, I saw someone suggest on a different app that Swifties all donate $13 to Imagniation Library in honor of Dolly and I think we should do that)

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · 4d ago

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com