1/ TW: oh, lots of trauma. At the end of my Dad’s life, I was beyond sad. I was simply stunned. He had killed my ailing mother in an alcoholic mistake, invited a den of crack addicts into his home, and was rapidly depleting his remaining bank account giving them money.

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

Some days I just scroll the missing pet sites until I see one that’s been found.

Leaving Kansas is really not a helpful solution, plz redirect attention and resources to KS community orgs that can provide immediate material support instead. Moving isn’t possible without valid ID and people need $ to fund just the id. Good place to start is acefoundationict.org , also see image

This thread is now dedicated to organizing aid for trans refugees If you need help or have help to offer, please @ me Instructions and updates to follow in below 🧵 www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

Of all Presidementia's prior State-of-the-Unions I've not watched in the past, tonight's State-of-the-Union is the State-of-the-Union I'm not watching the most. 🍊🚫

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

New Jersey has proposed the F.U.C.K.I.C.E Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

Thank you for this information Bluesky it is both very simple in its language and yet impossible to understand

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending."

This repost is for @kerrcow.bsky.social. Also, asking for a friend, does ACAB now include llamas?

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says. The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp... By Julianne Le

Where should one start?

Don’t tell me you can’t do ANYTHING for the side of light…

@kimrhodes.bsky.social @anniemgo.bsky.social Our little guy has dropped to 9th place. 2 days to vote to keep him in top 10. Share and vote. americasfavpet.com/2026/linkin-...

Not making this up. This is already the Cliterati, and they are honeypotting federal agents and recently announced they will be doxing them, including their dickpics. thehalfwaypost.medium.com/meet-the-cli...

My child has two different sources of music and YouTube videos all playing simultaneously and my eyes are bleeding goodbye carry on in my memory.

@kimrhodes.bsky.social Please help spread the word on our sweet pup.

It’s January 4th. I’ve decided on my 2026 goal: I am going to steadfastly invite anything pitched to me as a “challenge” to go fuck itself.

“I think the onions are almost carmelized.”

Words That Shouldn’t Kill Your Holiday Spirit But Totally Do. I’ll go first: “Press at seam with back of spoon…”

My husband just sincerely and unprovoked said I made my orthotics look sexy and that is yet another reason I’m convinced I won the lottery.

Tonight I made penuche for real. It is possibly the best thing I’ve ever made in my life and I am elated and sobbing because it was my dad’s favorite and he died before I learned how. So… the holidays are weird. Yeah.

If it doesn’t work out, it’s how I wanted to go. Pspspsps

True. It’s “just” a bowl. But I have spent so much of my daughter’s life hoping for her to find an outlet that gives her happiness and a sense of pride. She found ceramics. She made this. It gives me joy because it is beautiful and because she made it.

Ever watch someone on a treadmill just slightly too fast for them but they arrogantly refuse to admit it? That’s the vibes I get from Karoline Leavitt.

We have finally normalized (and even glorify) whipping cream being shot from the can directly into one’s mouth whilst leaning on the open frige door. Now I really would like to see more representation of squeezing cookie dough out of the tube in the same way.

A Review: Probably written with Ryan Reynolds in mind, “Red One” scored way out of its league with Chris Evans. Fun, charming, and full of places I could have made it even better if they’d asked me but they didn’t. I hope Dwayne Johnson is nice in real life. Lucy Liu is so good and her bangs are 😍

There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things

Do I have any Holiday Traditions? I sure as fuck do! For more than twenty years, every time I hear, “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” I audibly intone, “Poor Chet.”

After nearly an hour of looking, we found the sump pump exactly where I thought it would be: with the deflated balls, air mattress, and the things to reinflate them. My husband is confused by this. I am not.

I’m not disappointed. I’m just angry. - Mom

Describe your cat’s personality with one photo.

I may have misheard but I hope I didn’t: There is a horse working at Disneyland whose name is Perp.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

CHILD: Are you Zack and Cody’s Mom? ME (conspiratorially): It’s my Halloween costume. Good, right?

HUSBAND: Hey, babe? Any reason the garage door is still open? ME: *deer in headlights* uhhhhhhh… I had…. Uhhhh… I had a… had aaaaa HUSBAND: Side quest? ME: YES! I love him so much.

I love how no one is accusing me of stealing Napoleon’s jewels, but when 22 tons of cheese went missing, I got alllllllll the side-eye. You really do know me.

Autism is not just about being "quirky," and those who claim otherwise should not be taken seriously as autism advocates, org representatives, by the media—or by anyone who wants to truly support autistic people. From @epballou.bsky.social via TPGA archives: thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/auti...

No Kings! Only Timelords. A thread for people wondering if they would enjoy the inflatable-costume-at-a-protest:

I’m not really a live-skeeter. But I had to stop my frog dance to tell you that there is a deafening amount of honking coming from big ol lifted trucks here in my tiny town.

Today’s reason to like humans:

Black Bloc: - Immediate target - you look like feds - 10% of you are feds Frog Bloc: - feds don't know where to shoot you - deflection perimeter for less lethal rounds - your respirator and body armor are hidden - even if you are a fed, you're still a dancing frog

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

I am old, tired and jaded. I gave up my place to those younger and better equipped, I told myself. So why did I just buy an inflatable frog costume?

And now we only eat guitars! HAPPY RAPTURE, EVERYONE!

Was it abandoned or did it escape to follow its big dreams? Either way, I love where I live.