a raccoon can become a rockstar if he gets the right opportunities
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Manic pixie spinster librarian, recovering academic, Sherlockian, #cliqueaunt ⊬ and general geek (fka subtleyfirey on twt) 💙💛🌻 Prov 31:8-9
This kind of training was commonplace in 2018 and now they've moved the Overton Window so far right that y'all are out here giving it to them that Woke 1 went too far. "Oh I wasn't doing that," well, hon, by calling it Woke 1 you're doing that. You've adopted their framing.
and Flock isn't the only brand out there. though it would be kind of funny if they lost their trademark bc it fully becomes the generic word for them
License Plate Cameras Now Track Your Phone, Wearables, and… Your Pets
License plate cameras with SignalTrace now harvest Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and RFID data from your devices, building trackable fingerprints with no federal law to stop it.
tech.yahoo.com
juno Rylee Schultz@junoryleejournalism.com · 14h agoFlock cameras just got an update where they are pulling the Bluetooth identifier off of your phones and then adding it to your user data profile and then tracking you further with that information isn’t that so cool ?
A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1
Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
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“Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed the emergence of narcs that are able to ruin gatherings at rates over 100 times faster than conventional buzzkills,” said Dr. Helga Leahy of Weill Cornell Medical College
Immunologists Warn About Rise Of Good Time–Resistant Supernarcs
NEW YORK—Calling the issue an existential threat to American parties, hangouts, and chill seshes, a group of leading immunologists issued a statement Tuesday warning about the rise of good time–resist...
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Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Also, you know, just fuckin' read a book, it ain't gonna kill you and you might even have fun with it
I keep staring at these pages from Octavia Butler's notes. Feels like a good thing to do some writing practice with.
today's "things I thought were widely known bc you can't get away from this stuff in the US but no that's just my life"
maebe an apple@lady-of-sorrows.bsky.social · last yr.nobody is dumb for learning new things!! and this reminds me of another fun fact that clikkies who weren't raised religious might not know
And deep in the Grickle-grass, some people say, if you look deep enough you can still see, today, where the Lorax once stood just as long as it could before somebody lifted the Lorax away.
Our Native Plant Project has distributed 25,000 packets of free native plant seeds from 2025-2026. We're able to do this thanks to 100s of hours of volunteer labor. Over 200 people helped! Our venue isn't able to donate space this year, so I need to find sponsors! givebutter.com/native-plant...
Native Plant Project 2027
By Skype a Scientist
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Scoot against surveillance Scooter gang is now an anti-flock scooter takeover Friday at 9pm 🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴🛴 Via johanvrgas on instagram
Melody Hoffmann@phmelody.bsky.social · 3d agoThe kids have nowhere else to go. Let them ride around on scooters for god's sake.
For me, this is one of the most powerful Calvin and Hobbes strips.
Pro tip: a lot of people take #Benadryl (diphenhydramine) for allergies and/or sleep. It’s the ingredient in most over-the-counter sleep meds. If taken for several days in a row, it can cause sudden, severe #depression and #agitation. They’ll resolve if you stop. If you feel that, stop taking it
Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
We are casting! This time we're looking for London-based actors for a show from Bless the Rains and Bad Scientist that we're producing! All the info you need at atypicalartists.co/casting
LRS: I am once again asking you to love this ongoing send-up of YA fantasy as much as I do youtube.com/shorts/Nf5eL...
Why is a house elf doing my laundry? #harrypotter #hogwarts #parody #booktube
YouTube video by The Dad Who Lived
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Speaking of Dobby, I often think about how people who haven’t read those books would be surprised to learn just how many pages are devoted to defending slave labour
Luminous basket potato. 🧺 Postcard from my collection, no date/info.
Tiny 🧵 Yes, you can walk out of an appt. (You still pay.) We are trained to be *polite* but rah points out you can politely say, no harm, no foul. Read her next skeet! (Like, cancel all permissions on the way out, ask for records to be destroyed & nothing added to your records, etc..)
rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d agoThe phrase to practice: "Thank you for your time, but it is clear we will be unable to establish a productive clinical relationship." If you're feeling extra gaslit, add "as you are clearly unable to credit me as a reliable witness regarding my own symptoms".
Always be suspicious of such claims when you see them without a source. The news is bad, but not that bad. The forecast is for a 23% drop, not cut in half. www.ers.usda.gov/media/29343/... Also, 2025 was an unusually high-harvest year. '26-27 will be higher than '21-22, '22-23, and '23-24.
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Dale @dalejohn.bsky.social · 4d agoThe USDA is projecting the wheat harvest to be cut by almost half in the US. The state of Kansas is the largest producer of wheat and it is projected to harvest 44% less than from 2025. The American Farm Bureau sees a continued increase of Chapter 12 bankruptcies from 2025 as well.
It's always fascinating how weird our view of dangerous megafauna is, because the hippo is easily in the second tier of most dangerous megafauna (with crocodiles and elephants), well ahead of sharks and bears, who rarely if ever kill people.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoPOV: You go on a relaxing boat ride but find yourself in Jurassic Park