We’re all cyborgs.

If you have previously been on SNAP and are now finding it hard to access it after the OBBBA passed, I’d love to speak. Emgarcia.85 on Signal

Americans thinking Canadian wildfire smoke shouldn’t affect them and Canadians thinking FDA cuts won’t affect our food supply. We’re all on this continent together, buckos. Smoke, parasites and viruses don’t care about borders.

The American Diabetes Association appears not to have learned their lesson the first time around (below). Now they've blocked publication of an editorial about this event that was slated for publication in the same journal, Diabetes Care, this week. But here it is. You know what to do.

Ring-necked Snake in a classic “please put that tarp back” pose for #WorldSnakeDay

Here are some nice mushrooms

Bloomscrolling break. #Summer #Gardening

This is Willing. She recently learned that sitting gets her a treat and now follows her human around popping a squat every few feet. Can't blame her for being an overachiever. 12/10 (TT: adoptdurham)

This is a reminder that regular viewing of #beans is a recommended part of a healthy internet diet. #ToeBeans #cats #CatsOfBlueSky

Just did inventory on these after shipping out the first round and this week's orders. We have at least 1 of every size! Help me clear 'em out (and fund our org in the process) SquidFacts.net

A lot of people are doing testosterone explainers, but you should read the one written by a trans man.

A reminder that when you hear thunder, head inside. The safest place to be during a thunderstorm is indoors and away from windows. You want four walls surrounding you; no open garages, porches, covered decks or picnic shelters. Next best place to be is in a hard-topped vehicle with windows rolled up

It's always tea time 🎨 Sumegha Malhotra

I would love to speak to someone who worked or works in food safety at the FDA (if that's even a job anymore.) message marisakabas.04 on signal.

It’s #WorldSnakeDay! Here’s a Garter Snake from the garden to celebrate #herps 🌿

putting the ol bigotry cart before the logic horse ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

As always: if there's any class of people who do not have due process rights, then *nobody* has due process rights, because the government can just claim someone is in that class and there's no process to establish otherwise.

Goofball, corner pocket. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

nice article by @epidemiologistkat.bsky.social, who provides actual policy specifics and some important nuances. also a good reminder that surveillance is layered—CDC/FDA didn't stop tracking cyclo (also, it's nationally notifiable), but they did lose critical data/tools/staff for detection/control.

Words upon a page Vibes strange and unexpected Please read the guidelines

cox orange apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1931

Ideally, you should read this article on an IMAX 70mm screen. www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...

The night was cold and dark. “Listen to the wind howling in the trees,” said Frog. “What a fine time for a ghost story.” Toad moved deeper into his chair.

Just got the word that Squarespace is jacking up prices again. Does anyone have any recommendations for reasonably cheap, user-friendly alternatives that will not require me to do any coding?

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Measles isn't a coin flip—death isn't the only bad outcome. Measles erasing your ability to fight infection long term. Hospitalization. Brain swelling. None of this shows up in a case-fatality rate. Op-Ed by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social's Jess Steier: https://bit.ly/4frY4wa

Hey, friends, are you sick of "A.i.," data centers, and tech billionaire fascists? Here's a starter pack for you! go.bsky.app/3w9a45V

Literal dragnet.

"Critically, trying to help is not the same thing as actually helping…"

The number one email/message query I get at Uncanny is, "When are your reopening to submissions?" NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE ME TELL YOU A DEFINITIVE HAPPY ANSWER! :D Which is definitely better than, "The Kickstarter failed, so never again."

🚨 Job alert: We're hiring a senior researcher for our AI Civics program! This subject-matter expert will be a lead contributor to our ambitious work on civic action and community control over AI. Learn more and apply by July 30! job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...

Okay okay okay let’s go

#tdih 1944 Irene Morgan refused to change seat on segregated, interstate bus in Virginia. When handed arrest warrant, she tore it up & tossed it out window. Morgan fought as removed from bus. NAACP took case to SCOTUS & won. Southern states refused to enforce it, so brave Freedom Rides began.

#tdih 1854: African American schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings was thrown off a New York streetcar while on way to church. Next day a rally was held to support her. She took 3rd Ave Railway Company to court. Frederick Douglass publicized case. She won. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/el...

Breathing in wildfire smoke isn't good for anyone. Reduce exposure and protect yourself, your family, your pets and livestock from smoke from fires. Asthma or other lung diseases? Follow your health care provider’s advice or asthma action plan, if you have one. 🔖 doh.wa.gov/smoke-fires

This is Winnie. He got so excited that he briefly forgot how to be a dog. You can laugh, but he'd like to point out you look this ridiculous all the time. 13/10 (TT: brisbreaks)

Your daily affirmation: Life is what you make it. So make art. Make joy. Make a den of twigs & wildflowers in the old forest and hibernate for 1,000 years.

Today in things I forgot to mention: I’m giving a talk at San Diego Comic Con using Cheryl Harris, Sara Ahmed, and Charles Mills to talk about the ways that superhero narratives are treated as the property of whiteness and how this animates resistance against non-white characters.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Flowers Can't resist the theme today. Sandhill Crane in Asters, in case you haven't seen this one yet, I have posted many times.

Lower recycling bills & streamlined collection are coming in 2030! The Recycling Reform Act requires producers to pay for managing waste from their consumer packaging & paper products. And with statewide collection lists, what is recyclable in Renton will also be recyclable in Ritzville. Learn more:

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It's Arctic Sea Ice Day! Sea ice is so much more than a frozen platform of water. When sea ice freezes, the salt is pushed out into brine channels that house algae (brown stuff in ice core). That is the powerhouse of the Arctic ecosystem, the base of the food chain. Without ice, there is no Arctic.

Up and down for full thread, but these are great examples.

Substack is 100% doing another round of big cash payouts for reputation laundering. A fair number of people accepting that money aren't hurting for it so I'm not clear on why they're doing it. BTW, if you're still on Substack, why, but also, here's a resource to get off: leavesubstack.com

I've seen one of these (not sent to me, but shared w/ me); wasn't sure if it was a rogue example or something more widespread; looks like the latter. So watch out. My guess was phishing or malware, but I wasn't about to click the "open" link to find out.

Another victory out of NH. We don't win everything, but pressuring a MAGA governor to do the right thing on any trans rights is a success.

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

Carte-de-visite from my collection, 1880s.

Also I know a lot of folks on here like my formline stickers, so I just wanted to give a shoutout to another formline artist with stickers- Jessie Everson, a Kwakwak’akw/pentl’ach artist who just opened up an etsy shop for his work!! www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Jess... #formline #indigenousart