Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender with one image.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender with one image.

Maryland, look at her little orange spot! Made me think of Jupiter. Go get the cutest kitten in the galaxy.

Alley Cat Allies@alleycatallies.bsky.social · last mo.

Cherry is as sweet as her namesake, and she's ready to go home! 🍒 From her silly antics to her signature orange forehead marking, she always finds a way to have all eyes on her. Cherry would love a home with other animals or with her siblings, Berry and Pebbles. Meet her at alleycat.org/Adopt.

When the dictionary takes your worsening chronic illness more seriously than your doctors. Tally ho, 2026!

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 7mo ago

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

I hope 2026 is kind to us all

Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2) ""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."

Chloe and her sunbeam for #caturday taxes.

Chloe was quite impressed with tonight's episode of "Secrets of the Octopus." Maybe she did learn something from attending squid class with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social last Fall.

My April shop update is now live!! Butter Bugs, Butter Dog keychain, sparkle dogs, and more!! Await you ✨ 🌸 woolblossom.shop (Shares super appreciated!!!)

Classic NIMBY. theonion.com/report-98-pe...

Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others

WASHINGTON, DC–A study released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association reveals that 98 percent of Americans support the use of mass transit by others.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Science friends, in honor of April Fools Day, let’s share our favorite @theonion.com article about our area of expertise! I’ll go first. theonion.com/nation-s-sha... @bencollins.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎

“I don’t know how you do it! I could never be chronically ill!” We didn’t get a choice. No one asked our permission. Disability just happens. It can happen to you too. We cope because we have no choice. We can’t trade our bodies in for new ones. We can’t “try harder” our way out of it.

Why Are Chronically Ill People Forced to Hide Their Pain?

And what would happen if we stopped hiding and showed the world the depths of our suffering?

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Author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, and THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY. Forthcoming: THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.

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Another Caturday in the books.

Look ma, I'm a threat to the American people!

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · last yr.

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

"They let the guardrails of society rot into oblivion. They price you out so that they can offer to buy your soul." -- THEY KNEW (2022)

Whenever drug companies justify their high prices, they tend to claim a need to recoup their huge investment in developing that drug. The story of one drug that costs more than $2M for a single dose exposes the truth about who is paying to develop the world's most expensive medications:

What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...

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if you are browsing for other viewing options right now, here is one straight hour of uninterrupted sewage treatment.

1 hour of clean water flowing after treatment at a sewage plant

YouTube video by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

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She IS batman

My employer switched to a new prescription benefit manager and I cannot begin to explain how many hours I've spent dealing with phone calls, paperwork, and MyChart messages. I'm tired and I just want my medication refills.

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It's Caturday and I have an emotional support cat for you.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

The US Access Board--who creates and maintains access standards for buildings, telecom, transit, web, etc--has a legally-mandated annual meeting. Was supposed to be next week. Now "postponed" with no reason given and no reschedule date. www.access-board.gov/about/meetin...

Reminder as we blaze toward the new year that it’s OK if 2024 was just a blur of pain and chaos instead of a productive era to reflect on. Being alive is particularly rough right now. You’re doing your best and that’s enough.

It's not Christmas until the baby monorail and the latest version of Mr. Honk Honk are nestled under the tree. Everyone wishes for more for public transit!

Chloe let's the tree go unharmed but she cannot abide the presence of present paper. It must be destroyed.

Be serious.

POV: It's Monday, but you're a cat with zero understanding of the concepts of employment and mortgages.

This story out of Montana is horrifying, outrage-inducing, and a reminder that @propublica.org may be the most important journalism organization in the country right now. Incredible work by @davidmcswane.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/thom...

A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients

Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...

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Recommended reading! “Having to convince people that accessibility and disability justice are social justice issues in the first place is incredibly dehumanizing and exhausting and usually very fruitless.”

‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid

Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health

theguardian.com

It’s so hard to find friends who relate to CEO problems. Let’s talk about how challenging it is to be a CEO and then let’s plan a meetup to bond. Maybe on a boat so we can see whaley whales, just look at some orcas