You all had covered the entire cost of the CT scan by the time I woke up this morning. I'm blown away. I never expected this.

You guys! 😭 You just raised almost $700 in the last couple of hours. This means so much to me. It was almost harder to hear that Kaylee is in such good health otherwise, because it makes the possibility of not affording the surgery so much harder.

Kaylee had her surgical consult and CT scan yesterday. I've got a lengthy update here: www.gofundme.com/f/save-sweet... The short version: She could live several more years if only we can pay for the surgery. Any help is so gratefully appreciated. #uglydogs

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

A sales rep I talk to about once a month at work is based in Chicago. He did his regular check-in last week and we had a lengthy semi-coded conversation about this bullshit and it was clear that he and his neighbors were READY if this came to their neighborhood. Stay strong, Chicagoans.

Make up for the last mayoral debacle, NYC. Do the right thing.

"The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ have not independently verified ICE’s account of the events leading up to the shooting." Then maybe don't report it without qualifiers for the entire first half of the article...?

I cannot thank you all enough for reposting and contributing to this fundraiser. I've got a Kaylee pupdate below. (tl;dr: We're going for a second consult.) #uglydogs

Not that anyone who follows me here has any reason to contribute, but my sweet baby Kaylee, who technically belongs to my aged father, but whom I raised from puppyhood, was just diagnosed with a very treatable, but expensive, liver cancer. My roommate created the GoFundMe below in my name. #uglydogs

A whole thread of gorgeous bird-themed tarot cards. I hope it'll be a set I can buy one day.

they like to call women witches and hags because they fear those things - and they are wise to do so, for the eumenides have a list of names stuck to the fridge, and a marker beside it for crossing them out

I take a break from BlueSky and I come back to find that this wonderful potter I follow has added another sweet baby to her pack of giant dogs and I get to spend the last 5 minutes of my very annoying workday just basking in giant puppy pictures.

If you guys buy enough of Ida's pottery, maybe she'll show us more Ophelia pictures?

Oh my goooodddd look at his EARS! I love him so much. (My roommate's dog is the best, but she hates the idea of puppy friends, which makes me sad forever.)

29: When you seek revenge, dig two graves. But when you have a nemesis, you can follow their misfortunes for free and they will dig their own grave because they are stupid. Haha! Look at them go! You are cozy in your nest of spite, and they are bereft of love and human kindness.

This is unconscionable. Our entire profession should be up in arms. Masked law enforcement and now anonymous lawyers. Our courts are open as is our legal system. If you can’t put your name to your representation as a lawyer then you should not be allowed to appear in court. @americanbar.org

Deported to a country he didn't come from, no less. We live in hell.

ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...

We are putting US citizen children in cages now because of their parents’ immigration status. All while John Roberts and his right-wing allies on the Supreme Court continue to create a permission structure for this based on their inaction and shadow docket decisions.

Holy crap. These are officially licensed with proceeds going to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting! #PBSisPUNK twocrowcollective.com/collections/...

Just a silly goose and the silly goose she got for her birthday. (She's 10!)

Sure, that’ll teach the vast majority of small businesses on there that aren’t responsible a stern lesson. Or you could use my direct link to shop which means Etsy earns no transaction fees through July 23!!! littleedenpottery.etsy.com

It is a terrible day and we will be facing many, many much worse days ahead. So here is the pup I'm minding this weekend. He's completely untrained, overfed, and under-exercised and as a consequence he's a bit of a terror, but a very sweet and cuddly one.

It's the 30th. This is the deadline for DeWine to sign this horrific bill. I haven't gotten any updates in my tracker that he's signed it yet, so please send him a message to not sign/veto! You only need to enter your name and email. Non-Ohioans please do this too! governor.ohio.gov/contact

Super important to the SCOTUS that women don't get pap smears, I see.

Another thing to note about this is that with the US cutting funding to international vaccination programs, it's only going to get ever more important for US kids to be vaccinated. We like to pretend that a disease rampaging through a foreign country has no effect on us, but we do know better.

The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

#UglyDogs @seakelpie.bsky.social is one of us and needs our help. She is disabled and unhoused and while she applies for longer-term aid, has very immediate needs right now. Many of us are one disaster away from needing a GFM, and she is there now. Please donate or boost as you can.❤️❤️❤️

HOLY SHIT I really didn't think it would happen! I am genuinely so excited.

I am not exaggerating when I say the Supreme Court’s unsigned, unexplained order yesterday is the worst thing it has done since Trump returned to office. And not just on the merits—it’s also an unfathomably dangerous green light for Trump to flout lower court orders. slate.com/news-and-pol...

siri, what's a nice lil' example of solidarity in politics ?

Do not rank Cuomo, NYC. Don't rank him at the bottom. Don't rank him at all. Rank people who stand the hell up.

This thread is terrific. I love some kinds of detective stories, but it's good to be conscious of the lie at the heart of them.

Holy shit. DHS just detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a candidate for NYC mayor, as he was observing ICE arrests in court.

"You don't have the authority to arrest US citizens who are asking to see a judicial warrant." NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander being arrested *along with a member of his NYPD security team* by ICE.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

A court once ruled that "I want a lawyer, dawg" didn't count because there's no such thing as a lawyer dog. That is why you have to be as clear as possible.

If you’re reading this, push your tongue to the roof of your mouth to unclench your jaw… This is going to be a long fight.

Everything is shit except my roommate's dog, who is the cutest. #uglydogs

These arrived today! The green is for my brother as a belated birthday present and the purple is 100% coming to work with me tomorrow. I'm delighted. And @idaolson.bsky.social, you're right, the emerald pulls a little blue in person but I think it's really attractive.

🤞🤞🤞 Do it!!

Shit, I spend the day at the hospital with my dad and a whole resistance movement happens while I'm not paying attention. Stay strong, LA.

Unironically love the way Mark poses like a fanboy when he gets his photo taken with other celebs. (I also love the puppy.)

Rank everyone but Cuomo. That guy should be in the gutter by now.

Let's also be clear that these regional public universities are the ones the right is always saying people should be attending whenever student loans are discussed. But they also don't want to fund them, because they hate public education, and ESPECIALLY hate higher ed.

Probably only a matter of time before all the major publishing houses are doing this for their less-prestigious titles, but it sure makes me glad I already cancelled my Audible subscription. (I do miss Audible-exclusive content, but sacrifices must be made.)

The steady deterioration of First Amendment rights and the conflation of violence with dissent is a result not just of an authoritarian regime but of a press culture that is feckless at best and authoritarian-fluffers at worst. The New York Times is beyond redemption.