I've never experienced such a long thunderstorm as this morning! We rarely have thunder and lightning, but if we do it's an only few booms and flashes. This went on for hours and Priya had to respond sharply to each and every boom! 😱

Also: when a government acts brutally and lawlessly and immorally, but tells you that pointing those things out incites violence and terrorism, that government and its agents are entitled to no respect or credence.

@kayanem.bsky.social Thinking of you. Hope you are doing okay. ❤️

This is a horrifying travesty. Mario is a journalist who was covering No Kings protests; his detention is an outrage and we are hearing reports that he may be deported imminently. Raise your voices here: action.aclu.org/send-message...

Please help Georgians raise the volume on this horrific detention & pending deportation of Mario Guevara. Legal avenues to prevent this journalist from being sent to El Salvador are narrowing. He needs our voices! #FreeMario @indivisible.org @indivisiblenma.bsky.social @indivisibleatl.bsky.social

@mrsa2003.bsky.social (Image of Flame by Blair Braverman.)

The face you make when you've been telling the human there's a mouse nearby and haven't been 100% believed, but have just proven your point by taking care of the problem. 🏆

Chose to give my beautiful best girl our last gift, and let her leave this life today. We couldn’t outrun cancer, but Rio tried so very hard and made it further than I could have imagined. She was the gentlest, sweetest girl with an iron will. 2011 - 2025

In six weeks, we can add another Blue State to defy Trump’s regime — right in his own backyard. Make some calls to help flip Virginia’s Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General from red to blue, and expand Democrats’ majority in the House of Delegates. 👇

suddenly remembering a few months ago when the Trump administration said building an actual sewer system so Black people in Lowndes County, AL didn't have to live in raw sewage anymore was "illegal DEI" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Update! My coworker took him to the SPCA wildlife vet. 🤞

Possum friend Fred is very hot today. I caught him bathing in the cat's water bowl and then passing out in the spilled drops. He's perked up a bit as my coworkers have been bringing him treats and a bigger water bowl. Priya had to go right past him for her walk, she's such a good girl! 🥰

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

This made me laugh-out-loud happy!

Meaning to make calls, but don't know what to say? Not fond of making calls? Tty this easy way to make your voice heard.

#UglyDogs we have at least two of us going through chemotherapy now, and for Kathy it’s on top of many months caring for her husband and him still recovering. Please help if you can.❤️

Muppets on album covers from @riotgrlerin.bsky.social

Gentle Snoot boops! #TinyPup #MiniDonk #LittleSpud

It's not too much liquid It's not too many different things at too big a number It's not the size of this thing It's not 80 different vaccines None of this is true, but they will go after MMR based on this. The consequences are going to be massive measles outbreaks. Dead kids.

Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose. Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today. Speak to your medical provider.

All these stories are gaslighting. I can feel the actual truth being squeezed almost out of existence. Don't doubt yourself! Once upon a time being hateful to others meant you were a pariah among most folks, now it seems you're a pariah if you're not hateful enough.

Mr. Kat, as we lovingly call him, is on the long road to recovery after a series of health crises. On top of it all, Kat herself was just diagnosed with colon cancer. It's treatable, thank goodness, but these two deeply loved community members need our help to make it through. #UglyDogs

Hey y'all, if anyone can help Kat in her cancer recovery & her husband in his surgery recovery, please chip in what you can &/or RT 💜 Colon cancer is beatable! We can help her do this! #UglyDogs gofund.me/7eb98cdb3

Honestly, we all need this.

Say hey to Pop Warner! This little fella is 7 pounds, that's like 7 footballs! Adopt Pop! muttville.org/mutt/pop-war... 🏈🐾

Very good info. Everyone knows someone who needs a reminder.

Really good discussion about political violence and how we get to that point.

We applied for an ambassadogship with one of Jasper's favorite toy and snacc brands, so I need to get his followers and engagement up! Please give my pup a follow if you have ig and appreciate my work on the Dogs of Bluesky feed? instagram.com/chalcedonydog

FINAL THOUGHT: When scientific process is not followed, the science that make the foundation for decisions is suspect and the decisions are therefore not valid. The ACIP is no longer a scientific committee. It is an ideology machine.

Here's Duncan in his kingdom on what might be our last #Caturday Love you, buddy!

If you see this post a "selfie" of you and your pup! (Just found this one, buried deep. Me and Devi, I loved her so much.)

#uglydogs Sweet interview with Blair by Julie Buckles of Honest Dog Books about “The Day Leap Soared.” honestdogbooks.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...

Hi #UglyDogs! Andrew is one of us, though he only lurks on our posts. I met him in the early days of Bluesky and got him on my Christmas card list a few years ago. He’s legit and needs a hand. He’s had some bad luck and doesn’t make enough to have the ability to save for these things. I vouch.❤️

Love this story!

I'm sorry "toxic empathy" isn't a thing, it just isn't.

Good explanation of corporate censorship.

I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link:

In any functioning democracy people like this—pushing a lethal agenda based on private grievance against the will of the vast majority of public and against the judgment of virtually all experts—would be immediately pushed aside by legislative oversight. It's a remarkable glitch in US politics.

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

#UglyDogs now and until 9/30 is when you need to call your Dem or Ind Senators about the budget bill. Scripts down thread. 5calls.org will have your reps and numbers if you need them, but use this script relating to specific anti-trans provisions the House is trying to insert. It’s worth a shutdown!

#UglyDogs and friends! Anyone have a source for good quality temporary tattoos for me and @leavesdancing.bsky.social ? I’d love a couple of foxes, maybe the size of my palm/hand. Ones that will last pretty well and aren’t made of questionable chemicals or the like.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

Part 61: Friday is basically the weekend, right? Luna says you should just go ahead and sleep the weekend away starting today. I think that’s pretty good advice! #UglyDogs

This is probably a lot more effective than cancelling your Hulu subscription tho of c you can do both.

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

Since I posted a kitten a little while ago I thought I should also post puppies. They’re available for adoption from Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary in Chapel Hill, NC.

Public comment ends Friday!

Seems like another good day to have been working rather than doomscrolling! Today's "highlight" was finding a rattlesnake. Never saw one at that location before, but I'm seeing one under every bush now! Found another (gopher?) snake in the riding arena. Is this a portent?

If you watch and listen very carefully, you may witness Spudlet’s first ever hiccup. #TinyPup #Spudlet #LittleFarm