The person here who'd previously been diagnosed with H5N5 died today. Bird flu confirmed in domestic flocks in 3 WA counties – KIRO 7 News Seattle share.google/pbCsCX2wHAoE...

#writer #writingcommunity #poets #poetrycommunity #writerslife #poetslife

"Charlotte's Web" is a story about a tiny and nearly invisible creature using the only skills she has to protect a friend and neighbor who's about to be butchered to make the farmer some money, and he returns the favor by caring for her children. Just in case you needed the reminder.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring

WA state confirms first bird flu case in a resident this year “Please limit your contacts as best as possible with wild birds (and) domestic animals, and certainly contact your health care providers if you’re ill or have these contacts.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

To all of the victims of sexual assault, I see you and I’m sending you love. 💛

It really has been. Mixed horror, disgust, anger, and some tiny bit of relief that THESE fuckers at least may experience SOME consequences, if not anywhere near what they deserve.

Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint' 'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.' www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...

Less than 48 hours after my workplace (a small clinic) put out the call for donations to the food bank, the neighborhood has risen to the need. In case you needed a moment of human positivity.

Look what just landed on my phone via the kindle app. 😀. Anymore I read a lot of cozy fantasy as opposed to grim dark fantasy. Our real world is too grim and dark. Need to escape it.

A memorial to the lost freighter Edmond Fitzgerald. A gift from Canadians. Whitefish Point on Lake Superior in Michigan. The ship was lost fifty years ago today with all hands.

Watching the snow coming down and about to make some hot chocolate and read a book. 📕 There is still good in the world. 🌎

Hey, Nevada and Las Vegas, if you are looking for food pantry distribution dates, times, and locations, @threesquarelv.bsky.social has a spreadsheet they are updating regularly. #nevada #lasvegas #foodbank docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

If you or anyone you know lives in Washtenaw County, Michigan, and might need food, please spread the word on these emergency food distributions.

Well when you put it that way. #UMich

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107. 12 days of work in 107 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Watching election results. Wow, JD Vance’s brother is losing terribly down in Ohio tonight. 🤣🤣🤣. (Cincinnati’s mayoral race).

What a cute little dog!

It's expensive being poor. From Pratchett:

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In case anyone is wondering what the worst case scenario is when government policy is to cut off food.

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

🖕🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

Occasionally the world is kind. The second Penric and Desdemona novella by Lois McMaster Bujold of the year is now available. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵. #BookSky

We visited Uranus In Missouri today.

Pretty amazing finding.

Real Heroes on #Caturday

The regime wants the VA to collapse. There’s a lot to f money in privatization. Vets deserve so much better than this.

You are here.

obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie.... The doctor who invented ECMO and saved the lives of 100,000 people has died. Rest in power Dr. Bartlett

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year. In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

We are a two day drive from home and the cat distribution system seems to be working. This lovely Siamese cat is a stray according to the hotel. Tomorrow we will try to talk to a local cat rescue tomorrow try to get her help. We are giving her food and water in the meantime.

Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and beyond! Wishing everyone a safe holiday filled with light and love.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago

CNN recently identified more than 100 American kids who’ve been separated from their parents due to ICE. There are likely more—over 4m citizen kids have at least one undoc parent. “This is the new family separation crisis.” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-americ... #FamiliesBelongTogether

💔 The German magazine KATAPULT showed what the occupation of Ukraine looks like on a European scale The area of ​​Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia is compared with similar areas in other European countries to show a scale that many in the West do not realize. #Europolitics #USAPolitics