A company in Mexico hired a stray orange cat as its Emotional Support Director and named him “Miauricio.” Daily duties include roaming the workplace, delivering smiles & reducing stress levels. He has his own workspace and ID badge. #AGoodPlace
Dr. Christine Beavers
@xtalgrrl.bsky.social
Crystallographer with far too many opinions. Shouldn't have to say these things but Black Lives Matter and Transwomen are women. She/Her
lol I am convinced the most UNDERRATED quality in adults is reliability. If you're reliable, you'll probably go further than you think.
It is a GENIUS messaging strategy to link AI and data centers to dick swinging toxic masculinity and I want more of it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 14h agoEl-Sayed: "Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little more manly by making an AI video ... he's a guy who went back to Florida so he could lick every single boot Donald Trump owns to bet for his endorsement."
I've seen a lot of things where people are like, "RFK is just promoting healthy eating," and it's amazing what branding can do, because as far as I've seen, the main dietary things that RFK has pushed are the importance of eating fast food fried in a particular animal fat and drinking raw milk.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15h agoI'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If they can send even a single scientist to prison over something that plainly did not happen, they can imprison anyone for anything at any time for any reason. Those are the stakes. You don’t hear that from legacy publications like NYT.
I don’t know how to explain to people under 30 how scary AIDS was for a long time.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterdayFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
"Learning about our evolved brand will help you deliver connected and recognizable experiences across every touchpoint." My advice to every "brand" out there: JUST TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON
Andre the Chemist@andrechemist.bsky.social · yesterday"Introducing an evolved global brand identity for ACS" 🤢🤢🤢
The thing is… i don’t think y’all really take the time to celebrate the fact that you made adults And for the most part they are pretty solid That’s really cool
Quick story: After my first summer in the lab in grad school, a long-time collaborator of our lab described me as someone who had "lab hands". Apparently they thought I had talent at synthesis since I had a lot of success in my experiments relative to others in the lab. That was a shock to me [1/x]
Marie van Staveren@chemdrv.bsky.social · 3d agoI mean, all I know is how I did in labs, but I was def not successful with my skills and tendencies towards chaos
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2d agoBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
You can see the very obvious throughline from “men could transition and easily dominate women’s sports” to “women’s sports are lesser and shouldn’t be taken seriously” to “women shouldn’t play sports” to “here are the acceptable life choices for women”
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."
i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
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when people talk about how anti-trans sports policies harm *all* girls this is exactly what they mean
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
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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
I was home from work a week before the state of emergency was called. Almost every day that week and the week after I got a work email saying that someone in the office had tested positive for covid and all close contacts had been notified.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoI worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
In the UK I was to young to get a covid vaccine when they first came out(over 50s only?) so the next time I came home to CA i proudly joined team Pfizer at the local Kaiser. That memory glows of pure euphoria, a proud moment for science and humanity. Fuck these bastards for tarnishing it.
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12mo agoI got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
When I got my first covid shot they thanked me for coming.
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12mo agoI got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
Appropriate air quotes because the most infuriating part about Americans debating "lockdown" is that it simply never happened. Having to pick up your Applebees and eat it on the sectional does not count. There wasn't even a brief moment where "everything" was closed. That's not real.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d agoif you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
My mechanic knows that my car is named Vanessa- I think he put it in her file. Giving her a pat and telling her that she's the best doesn't feel too weird after a lifetime with horses. 🤷🏼♀️
SwiftOnSecurity@swiftonsecurity.com · 3d agoBe suspicious of people who don't have a meaningful relationship with their car. Spending that much time that intimately with something is supposed to inspire identification and fealty.
Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d agoPeople still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.
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