The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Your reminder that this starts Black American holiday season, as Memorial Day emerged from formerly enslaved people tending Union graves in South Carolina, Juneteenth is…Juneteenth, and July 4 became a Black holiday after the Civil War, while many white southerners rejected patriotism.

So, this guy: one mile jack-rabbity runs and stops, then 45 minutes of tug toy insistence. I'm already sore, lol.

Our animal sanctuary is struggling under the weight of huge vet bills, rising costs & hay deliveries 🚚 We need to hit 40% of our target by end of May If you feel able to help, we’d be so thankful: gofund.me/f75e616d7 Please share our fundraiser so it finds support. Thank you 💚 #rescueanimals

Is the current US government THAT f*cking stupid or what? Nah, don't answering. It's just short-sighted grifts, all the way down.

The best way to honor our war veterans is to stop producing more of them.

ICYMI: I recently announced the Native Horror Index, a directory for all Indigenous creatives involved in horror. Film/TV, video games, literature, comics, painters, theatre, podcasters, VO artists, you name it! Now open to submit your own profile. nativehorrorindex.com #Indigenous #horror

"Researchers found undisturbed primary forests store 83% more carbon per acre than the managed forests that are replacing them." This study is "shocking" - as in "we've been lied to by the forest industry" and... it's not in our climate models. sustainability.stanford.edu/news/shockin...

Tillis: "To call Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder. He's gonna be an anchor on our caucus"

Reading the thread on GKN and the hostile takeover a few years ago: Venture Capital and Private Equity ruin everything. We have got to put limits on a whole lot of financialization. Following the money always shows where the deferred maintenance started. www.reddit.com/r/orangecoun...

Just heard Gretchen give Mitch a short, sharp, "knock that sh*t off!" bark while he was, ah, "making love" to his dog bed. He ran over to unspouse like she threatened to eat him. #dogs

I recall that after Alex Pretti got murdered a woman at the vigil came up and gave me a sambusa and then comforted me when I sat down on the curb and cried. Food creates a connection between neighbors that's hard to explain. Also, I would take a bullet for the Sambusa Lady.

This northern cardinal is serious about #FemaleBirdDay #birds #cardinals #ECK

STG, this is a job my psyche is made for. Had the best time holding vendors feet to the fire when they tried to sell shoddy software to our school district. And "no, I will NOT be your free QA, test that sh*t out yourselves".

I said it before & I'll say it again: Any company trying to integrate "generative AI" into their workflow needs someone w/ veto power whose sole job it is to ask "…Okay, but can you prove it actually *does* [thing company wants to apply it for]?" & to Keep asking until they get a meaningful answer.

I posted it earlier, but I finally got around to watching Only In Monroe and it is Colbert only slightly more unhinged than he was on the late Late Show. Watch it through the credits. The nonplussed Jack White as musical director is an inspired choice. www.youtube.com/live/4nrWhB2...

Not as cool as wood ducks but we’ve never had a swarm like this, morning after the nesting hen and 19 chicks jumped out. #FemaleBirdDay

During the immigration raids in Minneapolis, Robert Rice (White Earth Ojibwe), the owner of Pow Wow Grounds, gave away thousands of pieces of hot fry bread to protestors and activists, keeping demonstrators warm and fed at a time of upheaval.

Did these guys not live through the same 2001-2005 era that I did where they wore skinny jeans, listened to emo, and drank PBR? Or were they rightly not invited out to those places

you probably need this hummingbird today as your moment of calm

Adventures with Mitch: there was a shady, cool patch of long grass along the walk way (it's "less mow May" for our community). He plopped down, rolled over, and refused to get up. He was right, it was very nice. I sat down with him. Eventually we were able to bribe him back to the house again. 🐶

Good to know. “Head low in the water, mouth at water level Head tilted back with mouth open Eyes closed … Hair over forehead or eyes Not using legs—vertical Hyperventilating or gasping Trying to swim… but not making headway Trying to roll over on the back Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder”

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is apparently seeking 65,000 square feet of new office space somewhere within Loop 1604 as the federal agency works to expand its San Antonio presence. Read More👉 ebx.sh/18245o

The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡

The bird who steals treats to give to the dog, with bonus happy dance!

Tonight I hosted an arts event for 160 people at the kids’ school. I either want to sit in silence for a week or cry from exhaustion/joy. Maybe I will do both!

Watching a series of videos on making due on World War II rations (England). Some of the comments are... nostalgic? "It was fine, I never went hungry as a kid!". Thinking they either had access to an amazing victory garden, or their parents ate a lot less so the kids could have more. 😢

This is Frank. He was getting checked out at the vet when he decided the appointment was over. Has things to do and places to be, but doesn't mind if you come along. 13/10 (TT: thatonevettech)

The government is forcing tech companies to hand over journalists' data so it can spy on them. Fortunately, there are tools that can help, including @signal.org and @securedrop.org . Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social to find out how to stay one step ahead.

Mississippi called a special session TODAY to erase the only Black congressman in this state. Mississippi residents showed up. All of them. On their doorstep. In their streets. To show them what they're fighting against. ✊🏼 #mississippi #democracy

caw caw caw! (celebratory)

Costco really understands America rn

Sadly exactly what they intended Watching the escalating behaviors as a very specific set of people , continually remove context and refuse to be clear about what’s happening For a myriad of reasons That ultimately boil down to “Other people are expendable for my comfort”

Decompressing from the couple of local errands accomplished. Anxiety was damn near overwhelming. Lots of breathing exercises to engage the parasympathetic response. Jeebus. Don't wait to hit the wall with regards to #burnout, folks.

NEW: A federal judge just barred federal agents from making arrests in immigration courts in NYC. The ruling abruptly halts a policy that had become a centerpiece of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Manhattan. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/n...

Thank you for your patience the altar update for my shop is live! 5 x mini altars, 2 x midi altars, and 1 desktop altar all available now in my shop! www.galdrecraft.com

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Forgot Alexander Skarsgård is in the movie "Battleship".

Happy dogs Mitch the Rescue (forefront) and Gretchen on the other side. They are getting more and more comfortable with each other. #DogsOfMastodon #HappyDogs #AdoptDontShop

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How very American of us - OUR concentration camps are money makers, holding people captive for as long as they can get away with it. This is grotesque. Put pressure on any and all officials - local, state, federal. Tell your neighbors what we are doing. Be the one who won't shut up.

Good thread here

the bison of southwest washington state

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This is the bazillionth reason why no one should flippantly talk about getting rid of the southern states. We should never turn our backs on the powerful organizing happening there. We should not cast away the activists working to make change — and who in doing so risk way more than we do up north.

Remembering JIM HENSON - who left us 36yrs ago today. He was just 53.

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

“Good riddance to the world’s worst rubbish,” @bencollins.bsky.social says to Infowars going dark last night. “War is over, if you want it." www.ms.now/news/the-lig...