How I'm walking out of 2025

How I'm walking out of 2025.

In a moment of extreme boredom at work I photocopied a paperclip using an entire pack of paper which I then reloaded into the copier, paperclip image right side up. I'd forgotten about this until a photocopier repair man had the machine in pieces looking for the paperclip.

#Alberta #Canada #Adopt #Cats

MyHeritage is currently offering free access to more than 1.5 billion death, burial, cemetery, and obituary records – 18 collections in this category have been added or updated since last Halloween. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies #GenHour

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Germany's on it: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...

In the pub carrying 3 pints, my mate came up behind me and pulled my pants down. Undies came down too. Roar of laughter went up. A few weeks later spotted him filling up at the petrol station. I snuck behind him and pulled his shorts down. It wasn't him. Got in my car & drove off

"F*ck you, make me" is the 100% correct response to any authoritarian shake down attempts. 👍 #JohnOliver

Cancelled Disney+, closed my account, requested wipe of my data from all Disney entities, & boycotting every single one in perpetuity. No tolerance for fascism or enablers of it. Bob Iger is about learn the same expensive lesson that Target did. #IStandWithJimmyKimmel @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

South Korean opinion piece that boldly acknowledges the truth about the US with no regrets. Read it. Then read it again. #StateOfTyranny www-hani-co-kr.translate.goog/arti/opinion...

WATCH: “Americans, you’re getting shafted.” @drmichaelsays.bsky.social on the obscene medication costs in 🇺🇸 vs. the rest of the world. Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll

When someone sits next to me at the train station, bus stop, or park bench, I just stare straight ahead and say "it's done. Did you bring the money?" They usually freeze before apologising and making an excuse to leave.

I have accidentally adopted a bull. Or perhaps he adopted me. My property has a bit of land and one day a random bull turned up on there. I asked all the local farmers and nobody was missing a bull. Guess he's mine now. I named him Kevin, after the Home Alone kid.

Worth the read. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19585...

This is the perfect way to reply "f*ck you" with panache. Bravo, Mayor Wu!

Found some lumps on my cats belly so took him to the vets to get them checked. Paid £36 to be told my cat did indeed have nipples.

About twent-five years ago we were redecorating our house. Walls stripped and prepared, before we put the wallpaper on, I got a tin of red gloss and daubed "I WILL KILL AGAIN" all over them. Sorry, new owners if you didn't care for the colour.

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

Reading Fesshole is one of my guilty pleasures. 😂

The current administration's attempt to eradicate science/scientists in order to push their false narrative of the world has consequences. Just wait until hurricane season begins... #FAFO

Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July

Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), 7,100 light-years away in Cassiopeia, is shaped by stellar winds from a star 45x the Sun's mass. This 7 light-year-wide shell shows stellar power sculpting space. Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

This is one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. Exquisitely written, beautiful, tragic & insightful piece about the US. Masterpiece by @stephenmarche.bsky.social 🇨🇦 5/9🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

RFK Jr. wants to create a national registry of people with autism The Admin wants to increase baby supply with a motherhood medal. Trump wants to deport US citizens to a third world gulag. They formed an Anti-Christian Bias Task Force to prosecute people for speech. Does this sound familiar?

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

We wanted to reshare this with more details—please help spread the word! This is getting out of hand—they just can’t accept a loss.

The Trump regime accidently leaked its top secret war plans to a journalist at the Atlantic. In the chat the Trumpians trash talk Europe calling it pathetic and worry about the safety of Saudi interests. They also plot among themselves how much money they should try to extort Europe and Egypt for.

How we're feeling today... Join us to #standupforscience2025 on March 7th—and share any sign ideas you have below! 👇

Read the letter of resignation from SDNY AUSA Hagan Scotten, Bronze Star recipient, former clerk to Chief Justice Roberts. Bravo! 👏👏👏

By the way, if you'd like to hear Rachel reading highlights from the Danielle Sassoon letter, you can see/hear that here (6:11 or there'bouts): youtu.be/uHrY1rSR1U4?...

Reminder: If 230,000 more folks had simply voted for the black lady we’d all be arguing about the best way to get the Senate to vote to add long-term care to Medicare coverage right now.

Here come the states, picking up the pieces of what The Regime would destroy. New York State will be providing weekly global health updates. globalhealthreports.health.ny.gov

Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!

Sometimes you just have to say “fuck you” with a flourish

The news cycle right now - even just for science & higher ed - is overwhelming. We have to do it, but fortunately, we don’t have to do it alone. My team is focused on tracking what’s happening to research funding, jobs & salaries, shared datasets, university responses & safety of our communities

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going

Please please please watch this. Please.

Two cats, one in Minnesota and one in Washington, tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, according to USDA. 62 domestic cats have been infected with H5N1 bird flu in the US.

US reports first fatal H5N1 infection as avian flu strikes more poultry, cats Louisiana officials confirm that a patient previously hospitalized with a severe H5N1 avian flu infection has died www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

NEW! Five things to know about Billy Long, Donald Trump's pick for IRS commissioner Plus a bonus thing! youtu.be/Phb8oUnX3vk

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