This is Loki, our Maine Coon and the cat of our hearts, and he went missing today. We have no idea how he got out, but he’s an elder, indoor cat, the whole region’s in an intense heat wave, and we’re really scared. I doubt I have any followers here in Martinez, CA, but if so, help? It’s SO hot

Also since I'm clearly feeling chatty and opinionated this evening I would like to add another data point for masking as often as you can: my allergies have been consistently more tolerable since I've been doing it, even just indoors, because it gives pollen less of a chance to invade.

Vague skeet (partially because I just blocked the person who inspired it): bringing up Platner as a gotcha for either progressives or DSA candidates is incredibly insulting to everyone's intelligence considering it was mainline Dems that threw their whole asses into his campaign.

I personally have full faith in Mary Shelley's ability to stab them all and I support her.

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social · last wk.

Mary Shelley: this all is too much Shelley: i'm gonna start stabbing Poe: mary! there's too many of them! Poe: you can't stab them all! Shelley: just fuckin watch me

Heads up, artists 🚨 There’s a massive scam wave hitting DeviantArt right now DO NOT CLICK IT. If you have artist friends on DA, please boost this. I’d hate to see someone lose their account or payment info over something this stupid 🖤 { #DeviantArt #ArtistBeware #ScamAlert }

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

I remain convinced that a solid 3/4ths of hummingbird language is swearing

Mike Melton@mikemelton.bsky.social · 6d ago

So angry. Fiery-throated Hummingbird at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica #hummingbirds #birds #nature

Go comment! I already did!

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · last wk.

Today is the LAST DAY to submit your public comment and tell the Trump Administration HANDS OFF CHACO CANYON! We won’t let them destroy our sacred sites and we are fighting with everything we’ve got. To submit a public comment, visit eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...

This has exactly the vibes you want in a "middle aged mom protagonist" novel. Plus y'know. Scary magical forest things.

Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · last wk.

P.S. I would still like for people to read THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and then look at themselves and be like "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need to be the protagonist of a fairytale horror story in a magical forest" us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Ah. I was wondering what the other shoe would be when it dropped.

ℳatt@matttomic.bsky.social · last wk.

After pulling the rug out from under Hockey Night In Canada on the CBC, Rogers just cut a 12-year deal with Jeff Bezos to make all Wednesday regular season games and 3 select playoff series exclusive to Amazon Prime in Canada

Now HEY. OKAY. FINE. HERE! www.amazon.com/stores/Dee-A... Get some trans/queer horror written by a queer trans woman.

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Author & Narrator@autumnwolff.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m calling everyone out.

Happy birthday to @kbspangler.com go read SIDEQUESTED!

K.B. Spangler@kbspangler.com · last wk.

It's my birthday, so please come read SIDEQUESTED, our weird comic about weird people with weird rules of magic. The main character is a very slightly intense librarian who fell in love with the princess she rescued from a tower. sidequested.com

Uncached birthday US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies each of Digital Divide (Rachel Peng Book 1) and Stoneskin: Prequel to the Deep Witches Trilogy, both by @kbspangler.com, whose birthday is TODAY. WOOHOO BIRTHDAY LET'S CELEBRATE BY CLAIMING SOME BOOKS REMEMBER SHE DOESN'T GET PAID UNTIL THEN!

The Wrecking Ball one made me giggle. This one has me crying laughing.

Warhammer Dan@jacketdan.bsky.social · last wk.

There’s been an important development in this case

I have a very specific rule about reposting puns: if it made me groan out loud I inflict it on everyone else. This one qualifies.

Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2w ago

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

You, ah, did not mention the Robot Overlords would be Michelle Yeoh. This changes the math somewhat on the whole “Resistance” thing.

Adam Lance Garcia@adamlancegarcia.bsky.social · 2w ago

oh god yes

Taco Bell: yes they did

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2w ago

FDA: We found Cyclospora in this company's lettuce. [company visits White House and donates millions of dollars to the grift funds] FDA: No we didn't.

Thank you so much everyone who's been sharing, donated, or picked up a wallpaper! I'm not physically up to taking new shots at the moment, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed, and every one I can sell is a bit less worry about bills.

Jack - Oi, Shiny!@oishinythings.bsky.social · 2w ago

In case you missed it - Post Office doesn't seem to know what is going on with tariffs, so I've turned off Etsy orders to the US until it's sorted out - timeline unknown. This means I'm baffled, broke, and it's my 40th birthday tomorrow. I'm falling back on #TurtleOfCalm: ko-fi.com/turtleofcalm...

Currently working on commissions so no new things coming to the shop for a bit, but my shop is full of some great witchy home decor and accessories waiting to find homes :P www.galdrecraft.com

The whole thread, but emphasis on this bit. Kids have NO TEMPORAL POWER.

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 2w ago

Being a kid from a rich or "normal" family doesn't make you those things. It makes you a wholly-controlled person whose parents can exert power over something as small as a sandwich.

Turtle might need to be covering rent while I work out the tariff situation. Here's a free taster, but there's plenty more to browse through. #TurtleOfCalm #DisabledArtist

Jack - Oi, Shiny!@oishinythings.bsky.social · last mo.

Something from last summer - the Turtle of Calm out on a day trip to Weston Parade. That's not technically the sea, but no-one has told the water that. ko-fi.com/s/a74e0de697 This one is a freebie, so grab it now and brighten up your desktop. #TurtleOfCalm #Wallpaper #Hampshire.

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Kari Dru@karidru.bsky.social · 2w ago

They WILL come for all of us. "No transphobes" isn't a "purity test", it's having standards, and it's the hill I'm dying on.

And the first one is still REALLY GOOD! It's amazing how creative people can be when there's no expectations. Everyone had fun making it and it shows

Clarkisha Kent@clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 2w ago

I don’t think y’all understand how BROKE Marvel was in the 80s/90s. They AUCTIONED OFF The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, Spider-Man, The Hulk, & Daredevil + Elektra to AVOID bankruptcy. Then they made Blade with their last 3 dollars, some pocket lint, a wad of chewing gum, & a prayer. And here we are.

hi this is a really big deal. Chaco Canyon is one of the most important historical sites in North America. the area tribes are extremely opposed to this. please please please comment on this with the BLM. it takes two minutes.

Daniel - Desert Apostate@hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 3w ago

The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

Forbes@forbes.com · 3w ago

Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

Taylor Farms also owns and runs Earthbound Organics, which is available in nearly every grocery store across the US

val@trickycrayon.com · 3w ago

This framing is so disgusting and irresponsible. Yes, Taylor Farms supplies Taco Bell. THEY ALSO SUPPLY TONS OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. People will take "avoid Taco Bell" as the lesson which is NOT HELPFUL. www.wcvb.com/article/cycl...

Y'all as bad as it is NOW, we GOT here because of a long culmination of events. The current situation was a very long time coming. The FDA has been defunded repeatedly for decades.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 3w ago

I'm seeing this take on TikTok that prior to Trump people did not have to worry about the safety of their lettuce. This is revisionism. Trump can be seen as what I hope is a nadir in the erosion of food safety, but I didn't give up on bagged lettuce like a decade ago for no reason.

So the brand name you need to be wary of until the recall is complete is Taylor Farms.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w ago

Exclusive: Investigators have linked shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants by Taylor Farms as a potential source of contamination in the outbreak of a parasitic illness that has sickened thousands in United States.

Like….everybody shut the fuck up and stop fighting. You are taking the wrong fucking lesson from this border-crossing smoke nightmare. The lesson is *all of earth’s ecosystems are entwined, borders mean nothing, all emitters are culpable, this is an EARTH PROBLEM NOT A COUNTRY PROBLEM*.