Fun fact: Carney weakened the rules around fossil fuels for data centres after his gov't was directly lobbied by fossil fuel companies thewalrus.ca/after-intens...

📖 #Free #OpenAccess for the next month! #medieval #history #mySCA

Tuesday, May 12, is International ME/CFS Awareness Day (World ME Day) This forum thread lists some of the events planned for that day: www.s4me.info/threads/worl... #MEcfs #PwME #MECFSAwareness #MillionsMissing

🍽️ Medieval feast Friday! Today's recipe is from "The Forme of Cury," 14th c. England. "𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘺𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦þ 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘵 𝘸ȝ𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 þ𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩." #mySCA #FungiFriday #CullinaryArts

Tired of y’all acting like the belief that society would be better off if all the disabled and chronically ill people just died is a position unique to the Right.

📢 Data Center Town Hall, May 11, 6-9p at Meredith’s Good Luck Tavern (formerly Buckeystown Pub). #Frederick #MD #Maryland #DMV

Don't go to Washington MRI in Rockville. They charged $300 even tho it's covered by Medicare. They made me pay even tho the MRI was broken and the repairman hadn't arrived. They didn't communicate the 2+hr delay & tried to make me print all their documents bc their "toner is low." #dmv #healthcare

Ladies be like "I needed this," and it's just feeding & playing with baby goats & sheep 🐏🐐 #LittleThings #joy #animals #farm

A whooping cough outbreak in an elementary school down the road. Meanwhile I finally got around to reading Candle In the Dark and only a few pages in, you get to its eerily prescient passage. Sigh.

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

Spoke to an aunt on the phone, and I'm PISSED that she and other people like her can't manage to lift a finger to help save this country. I'm mostly bedbound, and even I call my representatives weekly + sign important petitions. They're simply bad citizens. #resist #fascism #democracy #selfishness

Quick point. We have had 4 baby boomer presidents. 5 if you count Biden, who is right on the edge. We’ve had ZERO Gen X. We went from almost no debt, to almost 40 trillion. That generation has left us with a debt we can never repay. Time to pass the torch

I denounced using shame for a while. And then I realized that I was being naïve by expecting people to act logically & ethically. No longer. Shame them for the harm they're doing. They SHOULD feel bad about it — and innocent lives outrank cowards' feelings every day of the week.

Late to the game, but REALLY enjoying The Pitt. Having been to 5+ ERs in the DMV area (multiple times), the only unrealistic part is how much support, attention & privacy the ER patients get. Mel King, Whitaker & Langdon are my favorite characters, but they're all great! #TVsky #television #HBO

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

I overwintered purple sprouting broccoli for the 1st time on my balcony — 3 of 6 plants survived. Time to cut the "leader." Hopefully it's not too late, and the side shoots start growing now. #UrbanGarden #DisabledGardener #veggies #food #garden #agriculture #ContainerGarden #brassica #zone7a

Disabled folks usually get forgotten or left behind, sometimes intentionally, even by leftists. Please don't forget disabled people.

Went to a nice restaurant for partner's birthday ($70+ for à la carte steak). The kinda place you wear business casual. So why was every 3rd 60+ man wearing shorts & t-shirts—some with baseball caps & Crocs too? In a nice restaurant, I actually consider that disrespectful. #GetOffMyLawn #society

Ever get excited to read a book because practically everyone you know has raved about it — and then you find it's DECIDEDLY NOT for you? It's silly, but it can feel like not having the password to the tree-fort. But yeah. That's Becky Chambers for me, unfortunately. #booksky

Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight

The men are not ok. In the head.

1/2 Good job, Maryland! 👏👏 Immigrants are an essential part of our community. Period. #ICEout #FuckICE #FuckYouMakeMe #resist #fascism #community #solidarity #dmv #hagerstown #frederick #frederickMD

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

It's fascinating how often people mistake their fi-fi's for facts. Anyway, Jews give/volunteer outside their religion more than EVERY other religion (w/ only a few niche exceptions) despite being persecuted by many of those people for millennia. #YomHashoah #FactsOverFeelings

Happy #Caturday! #AdventureCat #family

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II. She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet. Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

RAPID ACTION ALERT: WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT Emergency protest at the White House at 7 PM. This morning, Trump posted on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” He has set an 8 PM deadline for Iran to reopen the

Since Trump & Hegseth are Christians destroying Iran (and threatening genocide) — we should assume that all Christians support the violence in Iran. It's only reasonable to harass them, call them "baby-killers," and start blowing up their religious institutions. (This post is about antisemitism.)

Horrific. Both the dehumanization of the Other and the dehumanization of their own selves are horrifying.

Serious question: Why have we decided collectively, as a society, to redefine what a Caesar salad is? It's fine to remove the anchovies for those who want that — but I don't want a Caesar salad unless it HAS anchovies. Can't seem to find that option anymore though 🫠

The American Heart Association’s dietary guidelines differ from RFK Jr.’s, emphasizing (among other things) plant-based proteins.

I wonder if any civilization in the galaxy or even the universe has fumbled a stunningly perfect, gorgeous planet as hard as humanity. We'll never know.

Getting LOTS of mail from #Trone & #McClainDelaney for MD-6. I won't make the mistake of voting for McClain Delaney, who's basically #blueMAGA. Trone is not progressive enough, but I'll vote for him in the general if need be. #DMV #MoCo #congress #election #midterm ⭐ Here's who I'm excited about:

I'm still grieving for those Iranian school girls and their families. #humanity #unity #solidarity #love

I don't celebrate Passover anymore now that I'm an atheist — but almost every "Happy Passover" post here on Bluesky is followed up by someone being slightly or intensely antisemitic. And if you feel the need to tie all Jews to a leader of a country where they don't live — YOU are the problem.

...the repeated experience of looking around for "elders" — for people who have the capacity to show up with integrity, but finding them absent. Or worse — finding them actively choosing the easier, more harmful path when they clearly know better. #philosophy #philsky #grief #humanity #development

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

Took the 1st round of seedlings out for a field trip to the balcony so they can see their future home. #UrbanGarden #ContainetGarden #DisabledGardener #GrowItEatIt #Garden #veggies

#mySCA This weekend, I found myself talking with folks about medieval forestry practices, Akkadian language resources, research on the Bronze Age + our favorite researchers/professors. In the nerdy corner of the SCA, that's what we do. When more people do this, society at large will be healthier.

#mySCA I took my 1st apprentice yesterday in Atlantia! In my nerdy corner of the SCA, we collaborate w/ academic researchers, do experimental archeology + learn skills that are still useful today. In this sociopolitical environment, curiosity, passion & rigorous search for truth are resistance.

🧵 1/2 MEcfs, POTS, MCAS, EDS & Fibro ➡️ EAT LOTSA PROTEIN‼️ 1-2 meals/day bc I'm mostly bedbound, but then I can't get enough protein (100g). 3-4 meals is too many calories unless it's meat. MCAS means I must cook frozen (quick-thawed) meat daily. I cannot afford that, nor can I cook >3.5x/week.

If a TV show I like is cancelled, I aim to accept it without accusing EVERYONE who didn't like it of being a horrible person. Lack of emotional intelligence was a huge problem for the characters. Maybe some folks like it for that exact reason — they can identify.

Oof, this was cathartic. Definitely the energy I feel everyday about *waves hands at everything* #humanism #society #love #solidarity #community #resist #fascism #capitalism youtube.com/shorts/lCG7B...

🍄📸 #MushroomMonday 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿 (𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮-𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗲 or 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤). I've contrasted a couple young & old specimens that I found next to each other his past weekend in the #FrederickMD area of the #DMV.

Happy Spring Equinox 🌞 Tendi found a warm spot in the first rays of spring sun today. #seasons #celebration #balance #MarkingTime #spring

I made cheesy protein chips w/ red lentils, sprouted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds & spices. Anything to avoid consuming ultra-processed, shrink-flated trash. And I'm LOVING the YouTube creators making popular recipes from various restaurants & brands — to circumvent the greedy capitalists.

Science has an Epstein problem. Women in paleontology say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny. When paleontologist Riley Black learned that several scientists in her field had appeared in the Epstein files, she wasn't remotely shocked. www.cbc.ca/radio/epstei...

New Medicaid rules will require 80hrs of work/month unless ppl can prove they are “medically frail” or have a serious or complex medical condition. #MEcfs / #LongCOVID should be exempt from the new onerous work requirement. PLEASE SIGN so more people don't die. 👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...

🍎🐼 Honeycrisp apples are the pandas of the fruit world. #fruit #produce #agriculture #plqnts #nature #garden #orchard

Last month the NYT said AOC "struggled" to give an answer on Taiwan and quoted her with "uhs" and "ums" to make her look stupid Yesterday talking about Hormuz Trump claimed he's heard from "numerous countries" and said "uh" four times. The NYT deleted the "uhs" and paraphrased him to look smarter: