“She'll die.” “Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.”

Rio sneaks off with a beak full of wood wool, helping himself to more nesting material from his fellow penguin pals! 🐧

Disco '79, Allied Leisure 1979

🚨 FDA just approved XOCOVA (Ensitrelvir) pill for COVID post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) 🔹First oral pill to PREVENT COVID after exposure 🔹67% reduction in symptomatic COVID through Day 10 🔹5-day regimen 🔹Works in people regardless of vaccination status This is big! buff.ly/XM0sLu8 #medsky #IDsky

Gummies #rainbow

A self portrait for #BlueskyArt #ColorADay #TuesCyan #photograph #glitch #pixel

Some colorful #lines for #abstractia #art #ECK

Every June, we spotlight a list of LGBTQIA+ indie bookstores we partner with. Last year, there were 465. This year, there are over 600 🥹 Keep supporting LGBTQIA+ owned indies and authors all year long. Because it really, really makes a difference 💓

It's not just measles: Doctors are seeing more of a number of vaccine-preventable illnesses. And it's not just childhood vaccines: They're seeing more adults refuse tetanus shots after injuries, and even blood transfusions bc the blood might come from a vaccinated donor. From me and Dani Blum:

The inability to understand close range aerosol transmission is going to do me in

You know what's wonderful? People making stuff, telling stories, creating art in so many ways and then sharing it with us. I feel so grateful.

Man Develops Controversial Theory After Not Liking Existing Explanation

Some #StreetArt for today

Artemis got a good check up today! Some brave!

From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees in Aurora, across the US, describe neglect 'Under President Trump, ICE has become a rogue agency that must be reformed' - Rep. Jason Crow sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world... #ICE #AuroraCO #Immigration #NoPaywall

Some sound and light therapy. Rainbow clouds over a beautiful stream. #rivers #rainbow #Outdoors #natureTherapy #eck

Under Exile for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVocal

In Trump’s America, the agency responsible for dealing with pests is infested with bed bugs Imagine what’s happening inside the health and human services buildings Or the buildings responsible for preventing pandemics Budget cuts, mass firings & top down ineptitude led to this:

Happy Pride! Dropping in with a reminder that Disabled Queer Joy is revolutionary resistance. What does your joy practice look like for Pride season?

Girl, same.

On June 16, the feds will open Colorado’s biggest public land sale in modern history, threatening wildlife and recreation.

Some of my favorite rocks for #RockinTuesday #eck

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

Sky Whales are real!

It's giving MEH. #250th #TRex

Today i worked on making my closet and drawers better/more accessible. Lots of bending and arm lifting and now it's almost 1:30 am and I'm in so much pain all night w TERRIBLE spasms. That activity should not warrant this much pain😣 plus my pollen allergies are BRUTAL #pain #me/cfs #LC #MBC #cancer

Tonight, my son and I each opened the blind box Furbies I got us, and we were not disappointed even though i really wanted the rainbow one. They're flocked😭🥰 I love toys so fucking much. #Furby #playtime #toys #joy

Faults and sins

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

100 Days of Reef Fish 100/100: My project is finished, at last! This is a Tasseled Wobbegong, Eucrossorhinus dasypogon. This carpet shark has a distinctive ‘beard’ that, along with its blotchy coloration, provides camouflage. #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife #dothe100daysproject

The Trump administration is illegally withholding $150 million for domestic violence service providers, which has led to "layoffs, diminished services for survivors and sacrifices among advocates." A 24-hour hotline is now closed on nights and weekends. 19thnews.org/2026/05/dome...

🧵 Some publishers & news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving journalism, stifling access to the public record. 📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter👇 www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

This is genuinely the perfect news article for the first day of pride. 💜🌈 spacedaily.com/d-a-rainbow-...

Positive thinking can’t cure disability. You can’t “try harder” to be better. You aren’t “failing” because you got sick. People who believe they will never become disabled or that they will “try harder” than us are denying reality. Disability can and does come for almost everyone.

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a study identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. (Published July 2025)

You just voted two weeks ago to ban any mention of LGBTQ people from federally funded schools and to forcibly out trans kids. Don't you dare come here and say happy pride.

Willows

If you want a barometer of American political concerns you could do worse than checking what spam accounts are turning into AI-generated slop on Facebook. There are now hundreds of pages churning out dozens of AI-generated images playing into anti-data center sentiment across the country.

This is what happens when you replace customer service with an AI chatbot: Instagram users getting hacked in the dumbest possible way. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social has more. Read now: www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Pride is kinda rough when you're grieving your partner. Sending solidarity if you are, too. #prideMonth #QueerGrief #grief

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People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive. So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM. standwithminnesota.org/jersey

Fuck yea, I love reading the news.

Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

One of these days I'll make some more mineral pride flags. Here's one I made a few years back (check the alt text for specimen details)

🏳️‍🌈🎉✨Happy rainbow month!✨🎉🏳️‍🌈 #pridemonth #pride #babygoat

Roses #ColorADay #pinkMon #ECK

"Just wear a mask to the big event it's no big deal" I will, but I'd be lying if I said it was NBD. The side remarks, eye rolls, gossip, whispers, questions, comments & other microaggessions maskers face in 2026 is troubling A lot of people need to do better

Here we are. It's that time of year again. Pride Month❤️ And as for a few years now, Bea&Giò are celebrating it with a unique and personal #drawingchallenge: The Rainbow Challenge. #webcomic #indiecomics #digitaldrawing #pridemonth🌈 #prideparade #transrightsarehumanrights #lgbtqia+