Doctors say that fluoride helps build strong teeth. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and takes raccoon penises home for “further study” says it causes autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

The actual hardest song I’ve ever sung was ‘Sunday’ from Sunday in the Park with George. A. Because being in the middle of that beautiful sound was tear-inducing B. Because the alto part is FUCKING DIABOLICAL. That man lived to torture altos (complimentary).

I just cried watching this sung in the Hungarian parliament, but I can cry again. Sure, why not?!

Thank you everyone sharing. I'm currently working on a batch with onyx and pearls so if you're in line to be a glam goth, stay in line! Everyone else, there's plenty for you below:

Day 9 of my #Coverbirds Birdathon for @birdscanada.bsky.social Today’s coverbird is the Eared Grebe and its on the cover of "Better Nests & Gardens". Bird nests are so fascinating and various that I think it would be easy to fill a magazine with photos and stories #birds (1/5)

Few days seems to be bright. Painting by Avishek ghosh

this is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.

Oh? My god? I… Look, I knew the guy was cooking with spray cheese a long time ago, but the gluing thing is kinda next level brain leakage.

My worst take is that I miss low rise pants being in style. I don’t actually want low rise pants, but I’m very short & I could go down a size in low rise & actually get pants that fit decently at my waist. Alas…

It’s absolute horses out there innit, blimey

You know what would be really fucking transformative in 2026? Electing statehouses in Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania that will join the Interstate Popular Vote Compact, and designate their EC to the outright winner of the popular vote. That’s a better use of resources than navel gazing at 2028

Has anyone actually seen her recently? Like, to talk to, not to see from the back while she’s sitting in her rocking chair.

You guys, I think I’m getting kind of sick of The Internet. The cat pics & occasional It-Happening watch parties are fun, but everything else seems increasingly tiresome.

I love when people say someone is ‘problematic’ when the only thing that happened is the other person having a perfectly reasonable, but different, opinion about something. And by ‘love’ I mean ‘please grow up’.

Today has rather wrung me out, so I think I’m going to put pajamas on early & eat a curry & watch some Youtube videos about things that simply do not matter very much in the scheme of things.

Looking at the colour pink has been shown to induce relaxation & looking at something we find beautiful triggers dopamine release in our brains, so this is for you & your brain in case you’re anxious or sad today. The pinks of May pt1, incl Rose Pink Perpetué inspired by Victorian botanical plates🌿:

What a wonderful thread!

Has anyone done low-dose radiation for osteoarthritis? My rheumatologist wants to try it for my erosive arthritis since there is no other treatment. I’m fully on board for it, but curious about people’s experiences.

Watching videos like that changed my life! I was such a perfectionist & had such messed up ideas about talent vs skill/practice that I had given up on art. Those videos shifted my whole mindset & got me making art again. Huge bonus: working on my art perfectionism fixed ALL my perfectionism

May the Fourth Be With You!

Slightly diminish a book. An Anecdote of Two Cities

Slightly diminish a book. The Tuneless Hum of Achilles

My uncle brought me a rotted out chunk of tree trunk for my yard & I’m so excited lol They live next door & my cousin saw a pileated woodpecker on one of the chunks in their yard, so fingers crossed!

Honestly relieved to have a day of no shopping just to get a break from attempting to browse store websites that simply do not work anymore. On the one hand I really need new pants, on the other hand DO I, because this process is absurd?!

Amherst/Worcester/Boston (Back Bay)

You know, when Mills vetoed the data center bill it was typical of her, but I still immediately thought, “She really doesn’t want to be a Senator, does she?” They had to talk her into it & it showed. It’s unfortunate that attention & resources got wasted that others could have used.

The funniest VRA takes are the people who think it’s only going to affect the South, as if black folks (and other minorities) have historically been allowed to set up little peaceful regimes with equal representation and free pop tarts elsewhere

What happened at the Supreme Court is about anti-Blackness and curtailing Black political power. Trump as a corrective to Obama. Anti CRT/ DEI as a corrective to Black Lives Matter and Black progress in education and the workforce. Anti-Blackness is America’s favorite manner of self-harm.

ICYMI: I wrote about a local protest, and the much broader issue of blue state hospitals bowing to Trump and ending their youth gender affirming care programs. www.burnsnotice.com/concerned-ci...

Saskatchewan Supercell 32x40 3/8in 81x102cm Oil on Canvas 2019 Based on a photo by @skstormchaser.bsky.social #Art #Painting Canvas and paper prints available at https://earthskyart.ca/shop/

Using some of his limited time left on this earth to tell me I’m not a full human because I didn’t have a baby. What an incredibly cramped, sad little existence this loser must have. I’d feel bad for him but I don’t.

This is it! When AI bros say 'but human art is derivative anyway', they fail to understand that influence hits human perversity, not probability

The answer to this is unequivocally yes. Antisemitism has no place in this world. You can be 100% anti-Israel, anti-Israeli politics, anti-Israeli genocide, anti-Israeli propaganda, anti-Israeli lobby, & never once conflate that with Judaism the way Israel wants you to.

It’s notable to me that the anti-autism & anti-ADHD propaganda has soared recently & suddenly my timeline keeps popping up with ppl I’ve followed for years complaining about autism/ADHD communities/discourse/clinical info.

My very first tiger drawing and my latest

Me, this whole spring up til a couple hours ago: Gosh, I just love being outside! Outside is the best! Me, after finding a tick crawling on my leg: I AM AN INSIDE GIRL NOW THANK YOU

It is Mondaying way too hard today. Calm down, bro, you don’t have to be like this. Wednesday & Thursday aren’t out here pulling this crap. C’mon.

I take one day off my ADHD med & my brain is already off the rails. I just want to stay up watching YouTube videos lmao. Go to sleep, dipshit!

The thing I am going to do about this news is I am going to go back to watching gardening & home decor videos. Whole country could use a lick of paint & some fresh perennials tbh.

New Fox poll is absolutely crushing for Trump: *Approval on economy: 34-66 *Approval on inflation: 28-72 (!) *Dems now lead GOP on economy *55% say Trump mentally unfit for office On the pod, @gelliottmorris.com is so illuminating on all these numbers and much more: newrepublic.com/article/2094...

“If you don’t embrace AI you’ll be left in the dust” like yes that sounds lovely one dust please

Now all I need is the final one in the series, Close To Your Garden But Not Technically In It (Due To The Restraining Order).

Epic poster, spotted on a pole by the subway

A collection of my Victorian ink bottle and antique jug/cream pot posy kits I've designed using recent research to improve mental health are now in my shop. There's only one of each bottle/jug/pot-a few imperfect ink bottles with slightly misty glass are available too: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Last time they lied to us like this BEFORE starting the war. That was shit too, but this feels even more insulting. Which, to be fair, is kind of impressive.

It has been a long time since a new tech advancement made me think "Oh wow, that's so great!" and not "Ah fuck, how do I protect myself from this." And that's a tech industry and regulatory problem, not an individual mindset problem. People feel exposed to risks of tech & respond accordingly.

Apropos of nothing, did you know London’s Marble Arch is not a victory type thing, but actually was designed as the entrance to a renovated Buckingham Palace? The architect was fired after this for being too extravagant and ballooning the renovation cost to an insane amount

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.