When see someone trying to accustom you to inconvenience, pain or suffering you need to immediately be asking "To who's benefit is my sacrifice? What am I being coaxed into tolerating in the future?"

About this week 45 years ago, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I cannot stress enough how mentally exhausting this condition is. No breaks. A couple of brushes with death per month via lows or highs. Equipment that’s not always reliable. Grateful for the health I have. #t1d #diabetes

The amount of absolute rage I feel about this cannot be adequately expressed. These people can fuck all the way off.

"And then there’s Deputy Shawn Cooley, who is apparently quite upset that people have been calling him “Lemon Pound Cake.”" @masnick.com with a great rundown and Cliff's Notes of the Afroman trial. www.techdirt.com/2026/03/18/a...

Action Item...Action Item...Action Item Time to comment on the Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... Comments due by May 16, 2026

Provides some insights into what is happening (or rather what is not happening) with regard to federal science grant making.

Most billionaires have done little to improve the lives of anyone but themselves and their ultra-wealthy friends. The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Stop voting for billionaires and/or the candidates they are backing if you want things to get better.

This is Jazzy and this picture perfectly captures her sweet personality ❤️ #dogs

Miss Kitty is ready for attention #caturday

I did this and you should too!

I can’t think of a better activity for a rainy Sunday than cuddling my sweet kitty #cats

Picked up my Dexcom sensors for the first time since my deductible reset at the start of the year. Totaled $1,136 with insurance. Next will be Omnipods which I expect to be around $2,500. Still won’t have met my deductible… #chronicillness #ushealthcare

The data. exclav.es/2026/02/08/e...

Despite sadness and white hot anger at the state of the world, it’s good to have a sweet kitty to purr away some of the anxiety while watching the snow fall. #cats #catsofbluesky

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

This is Sampson. We rescued him as a puppy and he is a very good boy ❤️ #dogsofbluesky

Just look at how sweet she is ❤️ #cats

How is anyone keeping it together at this point?

Probably not a popular sentiment, but “defund the police “ was one of the least effective statements from the left. It should have been demilitarize the police.

Some incriminating #epstein documents must be pending for release this week 🤔

Ahh January 1st, when my deductible resets and I have to pay full price for everything until I spend $5k out of pocket. Happy freaking New Year to me 😑 #ushealthcare

Organizing my stuff and found these gems from 1992-1993.

My daughter has finished the final pet ornament for our tree. I absolutely love them!

There’s something to be said for being nearly invisible online. I rarely get interactions with my posts and it’s definitely less interesting that way, but at the same time I don’t get harassed or death threats so that’s good.

My sweet kitty #caturday

So I know I’m likely in the minority here, but all Christmas decorations should be completely put away before the new year.

NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

A wonderful chance for me to meet Dr. Amy Acton, a physician with great ideas and a great story who is running for governor of Ohio. Please watch the video! @amyactonoh.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/conversati...

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

If institutions cannot count on the federal government to honor the grant award year to year, many staff will lose their jobs and discovery will grind to a halt. Dark times.

Miss Kitty enjoying #caturday

This is an absolute *must watch*. Drill @abbierichards.bsky.social axioms into your brain. Re-post ad infinitum.

So I’ve somehow agreed with Massie and MTG in the last 24-hours and I think the end must be near now 🤪

I think the democrats need to rethink the constant fundraising texts. Even when I donate they still text me asking for more later the same day. Just stop.

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We're hoping that semble.so will help drive #atproto adoption in academic communities beyond bsky, and prove useful even for those still on X. Eventually, we'll want @cosmik.network PDS hosting so no bsky account needed for sign up.

Found the welfare queen! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...

So my elderly family member fell ill this past spring and required hospitalization/rehab. Medicare only covers the hospital part (and not all of it) and 20 days of rehab. After that you have to apply for Medicaid to cover the rest IF you qualify.

The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it

Commentary: Are you ready for armed occupation in Ohio tearing immigrant families apart for sadistic spectacle? It is coming. Every single Ohio Republican member of Congress voted for it, while showering billionaires with tax handouts ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/15/e...

This is what they’re doing with our money while our roads fall apart and people die in their 30s from lack of insulin

Inexplicably very on sale today, thanks @raygunsite.com.

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing theonion.com/protest...

Wow. Just wow. 🧪

Impressive visualization on the ways that the wealthy have successfully manipulated US politics to avoid paying taxes

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane theonion.com/report-...

Make it make sense

I’m sure this is fine…

An unconfirmed political appointee - who is an antivaxx grifter with no vaccine or immunology experience, or even drug or drug approval experience, …or even clinical trial experience for that matter - is making it impossible for the updated COVID Novavax (the non-mRNA option) vaccine to get approved