For no reason, just remembered this explicitly antifascist version of Chicken Little that Disney made in 1943. It's about the danger of following leaders who tell big lies. youtu.be/p_GaYdae4j0?...

Dandy is snuggling, but also ignoring me. I left to go watch my niece run Cross Country earlier and she was not happy I went to the outside during unapproved hours.

A great way to turn the temp down here as @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com and @aaron.bsky.team want would be to stop communicating site policies and practices with individual users or on their timelines and hire a comms person who is a professional communicator to do all the front facing interaction.

The state is not a personal slush fund for the monarch, but Trump is absolutely determined to use the tools of the 21st century along with the economics of the 19th to rule like it's the 17th century

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

Tulane "terminated an academic director this summer after the syllabus she'd helped create for an infectious disease class was rejected by a newly hired instructor because it included an academic article about a polio outbreak in Gaza." #Louisiana #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Healthcare #Genocide

Stephen Miller just said the quiet part out loud claiming that Trump has plenary authority when it comes to deploying troops. (Plenary means full authority.) After making the statement, he froze completely, like a deer in headlights. The video is worth watching.

The video in question.

Members of the GOP openly calling for a "cleansing."

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Early morning bird watching.

WOW....👀👀👀

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Sunbeams give super kitty powers.

One of the fosters she's desperate to meet.

Happy Sixth Rescueversary to Ravenwood Fett, aka Raven aka Captain Poop aka Hair Machine aka Little Riddle aka Misbehavin’ Raven aka Disaster Dog aka Chaos Demon aka Goobernator aka Reverend Thwacker aka Sir Wags-a-Lot aka Little Baby

what are you doing.

She's so happy it's finally open window season #FrightClub

A life endlessly being stared down upon by birds is a life worth living 🥰✌️ Plumbeous Vireo 📷🌿🪶

taken at the exact moment i said the word “supper”

Three tabbies, Goose, Merlin and Jester waiting for birds to come back to the bird bath visible in second photo. Tabby cat morning outing

good morning

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

I don't have the bandwidth to make this case explicit. But today, Todd Bessent put Frank Bisignano in charge of IRS, in addition to Social Security. Bisignano, at Social Security, gave Big Balls access to all our Social Security data. Now he's in charge of IRS.

I need more “late bloomer” stories! Tell me about the things that you did at 50+ that you never thought you’d do or finally got to do! And if you have examples that aren’t you, bring ‘em!

It's dark and cold so we are having an early night. Goodnight friends. Sweet dreams.

Zia and Bizzy, 9 years ago. They are still best friends. Happy Day, friends! #mountainlife #dogs #cats

SQUIRL OUTSIDE I CAN HEAR HIMS BUT NOT SEE HIMS?!!?? WHAT IS HIDING PROLLY STOLEN GOODS

You’ll now be able to get an updated coronavirus shot in every state without a prescription, according to the American Pharmacists Association. CVS and Walgreens have stated you won’t need to attest to any underlying conditions and the questions will be removed from their online booking system.

The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines. While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus. A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

Thread. TLDR? Tell creators the stuff you love about what they've done. It matters.

I get it. People don't want to see politics posted in their feed. I don't either. But I realized this weekend when I was sorely tempted to mute ICE and a half dozen other words, that I can't do this. I can't turn away from the horrors of our government. I wish we lived in less interesting times.

Cuomo is on The View currently. I had to mute him because: (1) I am so tired of politicians doing their political lying crap and smearing their opponents. (2) What he did in NY State government is unforgivable, IMHO. (3) I am not a NYC resident and so don't actually give a f***. (4) Vote Mamdani.

So the problem with giving our temporary resident kittens (and their mother) biscuit... ...is that my actual cats can hear it. Then have OPINIONS and DEMANDS

Etiquette escapes me. The husband of a woman who was a friend of my mother has passed away. I never knew these people as anything other than Mr and Mrs Doe as a child and have never interacted as an adult. In my 60s writing "Dear Mrs. Doe" feels as awkward and wrong as writing "Dear Jane". Sigh.

LA Animal Services offers reduced adoption fees this October

BREAKING: Paramount buys news website The Free Press and installs its founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News.

Here are a few cuties available in Central Iowa. You really can't go wrong with adopting a bonded pair.

Happy Monday everyone! ✨😻🐾🌸

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Checking social media first thing in the morning is so demotivating. Autocomplete suggests demoralizing. That, too. This timeline sucks. Happy Monday, I guess. 🤷‍♀️

Autism is not a single condition & has no single cause. New British research—which hasn't been tainted by RFKjr's lunacy—reveals that those diagnosed w/ autism early in life show distinct genetic & developmental profiles from those diagnosed later www.wired.com/story/autism...

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames time.com/7323442/sout...

ok so what are we calling this look

Its not Trump he is a useful idiot a target for our anger Russell Vought the man behind Project 2025

TRUE! And Miller is behind Trump's "truth" social posts, and this fascist invasion of cities. Vought and Miller are the most dangerous things in the country right now. Trump is totally a useful idiot, an enormous empty suit. Putin sees him that way too, that's obvious.