i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

How very 2025.

yes, make america NORMAL. do not trim grey flannel BUSINESS suits with yellow PIPING because that's historically a SPORTING DETAIL

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies. #bydhttmwdi

The cat thinks a) I am a mother cat or possibly just comfortable furniture; b) our son (17) is a brother cat for play-wrestling; c) our daughter (11) is prey. My husband? Just some guy.

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

#pedsky #medsky The American Academy of Pediatrics is collecting stories from physicians about patients we have cared for with vaccine preventable diseases to help in their advocacy against RFK’s confirmation. Please share your stories to [email protected]

Let’s goooo this story is amazing. (I’m so glad she’s okay!)

You are loved. You are you, and you are amazing. Never forget that. PLEASE never forget that. Ever. And seriously - fuck anyone who says otherwise.

Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵

Every time I post something sad I will pay cat tax. This is Carl.

Did we already forget about the part of 45 where Asian-Americans got punched out on the street for existing near a white person?

Starting a thread of blocklists to share (feel free to reply with your favorites)

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now 1. Retail sewing shop 2. Dairy Queen front counter 3. Nursing home laundry 4. Restaurant server 5. Laboratory assistant (cell biology lab)

3/4 of Americans support expanding Medicare (and a majority even favor Medicare for all), and yet the ruling party has repeatedly signaled they intend to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which will eliminate all healthcare coverage for 20M+ Americans and reduce coverage for tens of millions more…

Hi new followers. If you knew me from tweets I was rliumd there. My deal is Family Medicine, health care systems & policy, and health justice for minoritized folks of all stripes. I also like music and roller derby and improv comedy. Oregon is where I reside; Kansas is my heart’s home.

Trump supporters, when people cut you out of their lives because you support their marginalization and abuse and murder, they aren’t ending your relationship over politics; they’re recognizing that you ended it over politics and are reacting accordingly. Live with your choice.

Toxicologist here for any fluoride concerns! The amount of fluoride added to water to prevent tooth decay is so minuscule that—no matter your age, size, or health status—you would die from water poisoning long before you could ever even start getting toxicity from fluoride. Fluoridated water is safe

It’s Halloween so it’s time to chat about vaccines! Why? Because of Cotton Mather. He was the judge at the Salem Witch trials (bad!) but he also helped being vaccines to America (good!). How? A thread.

Thank you Governor Walz

Begging people to understand the difference between “Harris could be better on this issue” and “Harris and Trump are the same on this issue.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

@edyong209.bsky.social's talk at XOXO is easily one of the best ones I have ever seen. Incredibly thoughtful, insightful, and well-worth your time: youtu.be/ddy5uMdzZB8?...

remember when elizabeth warren was running for president and she had a plan for everything and some people were like lol ok plan lady. i think about that often.

Sally Field holy shit

my favorite Kris Kristofferson story remains this one townhallmeeting.org/2021/01/18/h...

This skeet really connected with people. How have you taken care of your system maintenance today? Try to plan something fun for your morale this weekend.

What's unfolding in Western NC and E Tennessee is a disaster of monumental proportions--please keep the people there in your thoughts and help as you can. BUT ALSO: Project 2025 wants to dismantle NOAA (weather tracking/warnings), FEMA, and effective governance in general. Remember that as you vote

if they had just sold generative AI as “a conversational search engine that also makes custom clip art” we could have had an actual productive conversation in society about how valuable that is vs how much it costs in money and natural resources

Will Ferrell, best celeb sports fan

Important new study on the effects of anti-trans laws on youth shows they increase suicide attempts. Covered in Q Nation by @miralazine.bsky.social (who is also a columnist for Assigned!) www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/anti...

This is a thing of beauty.

I was an anthropology major. One of my profs like to tell us 'Your brain spent millions of years evolving to be perfectly adapted to a way of life that hasn't existed for 10,000 years, so of course you're gonna feel a little fucked up every now and then." which is the best thing I've ever been told

Hey #MedSky whom do we talk to about the appalling absence of body diversity in AHA training videos? Every adult learner who takes a CPR class from them is going to freak out if they see breasts, never mind a wheelchair. The only “women” treated in these videos are cartoons with shirts on!

Learned this morning that my partner, who votes in every single election, was removed from the voting rolls here in Ohio because of "inactivity." He got it fixed but what the fuck. If you're in Ohio and planning to vote this November, please PLEASE keep checking your registration as it gets nearer.

Cozy burgers from The Cozy Inn, Salina, KS The cooktop is the secret. It cannot be replicated.

There is much evidence for immigrants eating pets in Ohio as there is for JD Vance having fucked a couch.

it is so dang funny to me that there is this cultural pressure for artists to be modest about their art. 'you cant say your own book is five stars' WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO RATE IT FOUR? buckaroo if you create ANYTHING from your heart it has all the grand cosmic uniqueness you do. CELEBRATE YOURSELF

God bless the Philadelphia Inquirer for going there with its headline.

holy shit trump actually released a proposal explaining how he'd replace obamacare conceptsofaplan.info

big night for transgender illegal aliens who eat cats

As a Haitian-American I am appalled and terrified at what we're seeing today. Elected officials, using their verified government accounts (even the US HOUSE JUDICIARY ACCOUNT) are spreading a story that is provably false in order to stoke violence against Haitians Every Haitian I know is afraid

by the way the great @hels.bsky.social is either too modest or not sufficiently Always Online to tell you yet but she wrote a piece about Penzey's and their upfront politics back in 2018. It's paywalled but yall have the internet and can probably figure that out. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

HAPPY RICE TRUCK DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

it’s bisexual visibility month! please check for bisexuals before changing lanes or opening car doors

"Being anti-AI generated stories is classist and ableist" I dunno man it feels a lot more classist and ableist to think that poor and disabled people aren't able to write.

Dear friends: I keep seeing people saying that COVID is now "basically just a cold". COVID was the 10th most common cause of death last year in the U.S. It is absolutely not "just a cold". Please get your updated vaccine, if it is at all possible, and please continue masking.

Trump is publicly sexually harassing his political opponent. That is the language for it. It is not “charged discourse,” it is behavior that has been illegal in the workplace since shortly after the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.