My needle felted Red Panda! When they're threatened, they rise up and try to look scary. Yep. super scary! #RedPanda #NeedleFelting #felting #art #CuteAnimal #sciart #handmade

Just wanted to post another reminder to consider getting a booster if you were born before 1990. Two doses weren't recommended before 1990, so you might want to check your records, or get a titer test, or get an MMR booster. In many states, pharmacists can administer vaccines on their own authority.

Hey everyone, I'm trying to help my friend Violet raise money for herself and her kids to survive right now. She's a disabled single mom who recently escaped a horrible domestic abuse situation. She can barely work and isn't making enough to survive. Please share & donate; gofund.me/741322da6

My ebook Girl on a Layover is FREE to download for a limited time. Take off with this story and enjoy: ❤️ destination wedding ❤️ second chance romance ❤️ flight attendant ❤️ billionaire ❤️ Thailand resort ❤️ spicy scenes ❤️ a cheeky monkey! Links - books2read.com/GirlOnALayover ✈️💙📚 #romancelandia

And just a reminder (as we work on Terra's Audiobook) Axiom is on Apple Books in audio form, its 19 hrs yes but for those who read the novels know the the book was thick because when I wrote it I wasn't sure if I was going to keep going with the series. books.apple.com/us/audiobook...

Until Spring's Return 🍁 #maple #pnw #garden #macro #photography #eastcoastkin

Haha wouldn't it be so silly goofy if i didn't get late fees???

NEW: Federal judge rules Trump's D.C. troop invasion is likely illegal, must end by Dec. 11. National Guard troops have been in D.C. since August. A federal judge ruled Thursday that both deployments — D.C. National Guard and out-of-state troops — likely violate the law. Tonight, at Law Dork:

Decent people: "Hey, these hate symbols are terrorizing some of our service members. We should do something about that." Coast Guard: "Say no more, fam. Those are no longer hate symbols. Problem solved." newrepublic.com/post/203458/...

To my partner: The new insurance company has offered us a free smart scale, and I swear to god if you accept it I will spend the next several months weighing every box in the house at random in the middle of the night. Partner: But it's free!

Watching one of those cozy fire videos and debating whether that really is a zipper demon wreathed in flames or if I've just got a bad angle on relatively normal wood. (Schizophrenia sucks, man. You can't take you anywhere.)

Sympathy baiter, surrounded by litter he threw out on purpose, shaved spot on full display.

The new insurance has announced* they will not cover my prescriptions unless a doctor signs prior authorizations for them. Yeah, I don't have one yet, I'm still sorting through your ghost registry of doctors who don't exist. Reached out to the last doctor, who is likely to help if she can.

Eeeepy Orancheolot #CatsOfBlueSky

Temperature has dropped significantly, so I’m sure this’ll be the last time I’ll see any Bees feeding off Mahonias #InsectThursday 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Devil's Fingers (Clathrus archeri).

A ladybird, on that same patch of flowering English ivy (hedera helix) I spotted bees and wasps on last week, possibly the last live bug I'll spot this year as the hard frosts have now arrived. #InsectThursday #BugSky #Inverts #MacroPhotography #Bloomscrolling #UKWildlife #nature #autumn

The grasses whisper tales of old, Of feathered guests and mornings cold. A single bird, so still, so wise, Reflects the hush where silence lies. A lone heron stands in a misty wetland, framed by dry grasses and bare trees in quiet seasonal transition. #photography

Casper sleeping next to his mum, Panda #ThrowbackThursday #Cats #Kitten #CatsofBluesky #Catsky

Behold. A cat. Who lets you all up on his tummy fluffs

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What’s he eating up there?

A roadside waterfall up around Mt. Tahoma (Rainier) in June of 2022. Note the snow! There is still quite a bit of snow up there in June. #WaterfallWednesday #Trees #PNW #Cascades #Nature #Photography #SensoryArt #Water #Forest

Need a quick escape? Please enjoy this waterfall up on Mt. Tahoma (Rainier) with me for a spell 🧘‍♂️ #WaterfallWednesday #ZoneOut #SensoryArt #Water #Trees #Forest #Rock #Nature #Videography #PNW #Washington #Waterfalls

A couple of sea lions telling jokes at lunch in Monterey Bay, California 🤭 #MarineLife #Pinnipeds #WestCoast #MontereyBay #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #SeaLions #Jokesters

Peek-a-boo with an octopus and her eggs 🙈 MBARI researchers used ROVs to study pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) mothers nesting near warm seafloor springs. Unlike other deep-sea octopuses, their eggs hatched in under two years. The extra warmth boosted metabolism of the moms and their broods.

A yellow dahlia from this past summer #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #Photography

Things I did not imagine the migraine telling me, ever: There's entirely too much harmonica on the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. Me: Yeah, fuck it, let's go back to the rain noises. 🤦

Lets privatize all the public parking in Philadelphia and we can use that money to fund mass transit. I mean, the opponents of mass transit love privatizing shit,right?

Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the amphipods bite! 🌅🌊

Trump's savvy decision to tank the economy could create more economic anxiety, which could help Republicans in the midterms.

Can you spot my stickers? Shout out to Big Whale Consignment in Seattle (10001 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133)! My stickers and prints are there, so if you're in Seattle, go check them out! #stickers #cat #art #shopsmall #shoplocal #catart

In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin. There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. By @megomatz.bsky.social

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.

Worth noting that, while the US has emitted more greenhouse gases than any other country, modeling by @rdbressler.bsky.social shows that the US is expected to experience 1% or less of the global temperature-related deaths

Our estimate: the additional greenhouse gases emitted between now and 2035 could cause up to 1.3 million more deaths worldwide. That's just directly from heat & doesn't include the other broader effects of climate change, such as droughts, floods, wars, vector-borne diseases, hurricanes, wildfires

NEW: How will Trump's climate rollbacks play out in the future? Our analysis using modeled emissions and a peer reviewed metric shows the people most likely to die from the resulting additional GHGs will be in poor countries least prepared to cope with the heat www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Want to grow these next year? #gardening

CW epstein CSA Someone ask Clay higgins if you're still an innocent person if you provide an alibi for a bank robber, or if you're only innocent when you covered for a child rapist. bbc.com/news/article...

Hibiscus 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #TuesdayBlue #BlueTue #Flowers #EastCoastKin

Oceanside pier. #TidesOutTuesday 🌊

My left-handed (non-dominant hand) painting of a silly orange cat! I have been occasionally practicing and training my left hand to paint as a backup in case my right hand gets fatigued. This is called "Cat in Boat Pose." #orangecat #cat #gingercat #art #painting #catart

Man, though, that tan suit was really an egregious breach of Presidential decorum, I think we can all agree.

Fall!

Just finished Rise and Fall. Heckuva ride from Beaumont Kin. Check out this book on Goodreads: Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Postcard from the field from our wandering tour leader, Michele Viganò - Miki has been in the Western Sahara in the past week, and his first postcard shared with us is this gorgeous Sand Cat (Felis margarita). Stay tuned for more North Africa wildlife postcards from Miki this coming winter!

Student, in a first-year experience college class: See, this is what an empty email inbox looks like. Me: I haven’t had an empty inbox since I started working here in 2006. Student: I was born in 2006. Another student: Me too. Me: <Crumbles into dust. My inbox outlives me>