When calling your reps denanding they block/repeal age/ID laws, mentioning how many of these laws on fact BLOCK CSA victins from support is something you should do! We can "think of the children" right back at them

I, for one, look forward to the Votey McVoterface sticker.

This is terrifying. Hegseth is summoning all flag officers from around the globe to Quantico the night before republicans shut down the government. Is this a final purge of dissidents? Are they going to use a government shutdown as pretext for massive domestic military mobilization?

1. Trump has dug in on anti-trans provisions in the shutdown fight this morning, cancelling a meeting with Dems unless they cave on trans people. His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority. Subscribe to support our journalism.

U.S. intelligence has removed "T" from "LGBT" in their reports - including those intended to warn of threats to the community. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...

Science!!!!

Happy Rapture Day to all who celebrate 💋

The mainline Protestants are all correctly pointing out to me that the rapture is specifically *evangelical* Protestant nonsense so to make amends here is an Episcopal priest explaining why the rapture is nonsense.

They are coming... nothing can stop them. All we can do is hold them off as long as we can!

Some pics from @longwoodgardens.bsky.social on Friday #GardenVisit #LongwoodGardens #plantsky

People are trying some misguided "don't post for a week" thing under the #blueskyblackout2025 tag, thinking that not posting here is going to somehow get them to rescind the latest content policy changes. Shutting up when they tell you to shut up is not even performative activism. It's compliance.

The EPA has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research. The studies will now be subject to a new review process. 
That decision — to reevaluate all manuscripts — was made by Trump political appointees.

Hello everyone! @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social here, Normally I would be running a STEM meet at #MFF, but for a variety of reasons I won't be attending this year. If anyone wanted to pick up the torch and keep it going for #MFF2025 the panel submissions are still open. See ya at another con!

Done trying to make MFF work this year for a variety of reasons. Will make an announcement over on @scifurs.bsky.social to see if anyone else wants to apply for/run the STEM meet.

Let this be a lesson that appeasing bigots NEVER WORKS as they always then want more. (This also applies to anyone who wants to police fellow queers and kinksters. They are your allies, not your enemies.)

Took mom to @longwoodgardens.bsky.social today, but it didn't quite as planned. Her high school friend couldn't make it because their driveway was blocked off and no one had warned them. Bought some new & interesting plants that were on sale, including one that was a "bucket list" plant for me (1/2)

It's Happy Cat Month! And it's purrrrr-fect! #libsky

Just chilling

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

One GC went online to search some additional documentation (instead of asking me for it) and found some incredibly crazy responses. I went to the rep of the product who said they were looking at an out of date document. Then he sent this gem on his thoughts on AI. Beautiful #ArtificialMeansFake

Some at home lily Pic 1: Galaxy Pic 2: Colorado Pic 3/4: Nymphaea sp.Peru-Puerto Maldonado (night blooming) #PolyTub

Well there goes Monty Python. Bob's Burgers. South Park. Every single cartoon with a male child voiced by an adult woman. The ember Island players episode of Avatar....

This week's "hate speech isn't free speech" calamity has, somehow, reached another new low: The president of the United States suggesting that speech he finds unfair to him is hate speech, and targetable by the Justice Department. We are in deeply dangerous territory.

BREAKING: The Charlie's Murderers doxxing website was just hacked and has been taken offline. I spoke to the hacker on the condition of anonymity. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

Another new Australian water lily variety's first bloom, "The Big Easy". It's late season for tropicals and I almost thought it won't bloom this year. #PolyTub

Soooo... How is 18+ defined? What about LGBTQ+?

Bad faith performative debate is at the core of "just asking questions" fascists like C.K. It's never meant to change their minds; its purpose is to plant doubt into the minds of empathetic bystanders. (It's also how a "push poll" works.) Let me tell you a story from my middle school. 🧵 1/

My office is coming to YOU. Our October Resource Fairs will provide assistance with housing, Medicaid, SNAP, senior services and more. Save the date and stay tuned for more info. 1/2

Unsure how this 95% mutt shelter rescue got SO FANCY, but he definitely wants you to know how fancy he is.

Trying to clear up some space. I have no idea what these are worth, if they're even worth anything. Would anyone be interested? Collector boxes have everything in them. I thought I had wrath of the lich King box too, but can't find it. Ah well.

The pawpaws are ripening up! @nik.dog @wintersrune.com

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

State of things with me. NOTE: There is no joke in the comic here, I just wanted to force myself to draw and see if I still felt the same after doing so. Also I'm OK (kinda), just trying to describe my lack of interaction everywhere.

its wild how slippery objective consensus reality is right now

Here's another question: Of the people you still regularly keep in touch via chat or social media, what's been the longest? Looking back there are a couple people I've been in touch with for close to 20 years, from around when I first started going to cons

What the fuck

@mikiesherrill.bsky.social @kim.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @repherbconaway.bsky.social

“Supporters of the proposal said it would effectively create a state version of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation, two of the nation’s largest institutional funders of scientific and public health research.” 🧪 #giftarticle

actually super helpful if you'd like to help educate folks on either the terminology or some additional context :)

A Sleepy Hollow retelling, but instead of a headless horseman, it's Gritty on a Zamboni taking off people's heads with a hockey stick

More shenanigans for Zakhin'dakh and Pumpkin! Supporter sketchpage reward for Almonihah!

Sedum visitors

Clivia needs to be split, a cat is here to "help"

Was time to divide the whisk fern (Psilotum)

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Found some FUNGUS with bro on a walkies Czubajka Kania - banana for scale