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Vegetarian, book lover📚 Living with ME/CFS and Dysautonomia since 1990 ♿️ She/Her Please use #AltText on images/GIFs❤️ Yes, I'd love to see a photo […] 🌉 bridged from https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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The youth #clay workshop we held during today’s #Juneteenth celebration was such a fun way to pass cultural knowledge to the next generation. Kids learned coil building and were taught how pottery skills were traditionally passed down through the family by […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

5 years today since we got these guys. Both gloriously unique in their own ways. #catsofmastodon #caturday

[Politics, ICE, Fascism] Article: “This is not immigration enforcement. This is state-sanctioned intimidation..." KTLA: Huntington Park mayor directs police to enforce ICE agents’ self-identification […]

Me, kissing Odin on the forehead: Are you a baby? Are you a good baby? Are you a wonderful baby? Are you the best baby? Are you the best baby in the entire history of the world? I think you are! How fortunate, what are the chances! #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news, advocacy and research for the week of June 16 - 22. Topics: News, advocacy and articles Coming events Research news and commentary & Published research […]

anyone out there have experience servicing 2000s Xerox machines? I am trying to help a community group get a surplused one up and running to do some basic photocopying, but it's erroring on startup and the nice kids who brought it over look at me blankly when I try to explain that no, it […]

Two years today I came out to everyone as #trans right here on Mastodon. The reaction was incredible and I continue to receive so much affirmation and support here. I'm not sure that would have happened anywhere else. I don't write original posts here or on my own website very often, but today […]

#SilentSunday #Bloomscrolling

The street that my mum lives in is a one-way street, but wasn't marked as such on #Google Maps. This caused many drivers to drive the wrong way. I have tried to edit it on Google Maps (there is such functionality), but to no avail. No matter how often I submitted a change (with photos of street […]

Bonnie (West Sussex, UK) has made a rule. If her humans are having snacks, she should have snacks too. #cats #cat #CatNews #CatsOfMastodon https://www.cat-news.news/

I think this barn swallow must have opted for the special hot wax at the bird wash, it's a shiny as a new car on a dealer showroom floor. Lake Fairfax Park, Reston, Virginia, USA 20-April-2025. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

Rainy Saturday arts and crafts progress #Crafts #dotart

#SundayIsBunday It’s the perfect day to do a little off-roading… 😌 -Skye

The Met Office (UK) invites you to suggest names for future storms. Make your own suggestions at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names Here are mine.

A restaurant's homepage exclusively on Facebook? I will not open an account with Meta to see it. Your loss.

Have a most wonderful #Caturday 😸

Show Your Stripes Day 2025 Find your country and area here: https://showyourstripes.info/ What the graph means: https://showyourstripes.info/faq #ShowYourStripes #Climate

"Scale of how ME/CFS affects blood revealed" https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/scale-of-how-mecfs-affects-blood-revealed "People with ME/CFS have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals, a new study reveals, suggesting a path […] [Original post on disabled.social]

"Simple blood test could provide first reliable diagnosis for ME" https://www.thetimes.com/article/72d96202-0551-4c68-8c79-2ca903caf059 "Discovery of signature patterns of molecules in the blood of ME patients may signify a turning point in diagnosis […] [Original post on disabled.social]

My 18 year old cat looks like she’s going to go on and on. I hope, anyway. She’s a feisty beast. #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Torties

Happy Juneteenth and Happy Thorsday! #AllCatsAreBeautiful #Thorsday #ThorToots #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfPixelfed #Catstodon #Cats #Cat #Caturday #RagdollCats

#Juneteenth hits different this year after visiting Virginia. Florida was mostly settled after the Civil War so the vestiges of slavery aren’t in my face every day. In Virginia, I had to drive down Robert E Lee Blvd and turn onto Plantation Dr. Every brick on the campus where the conference was […]

#catstodon #CatsOfMastodon

Tonight, #lgbtqia #cooking fam of #Portland : TikTok star and bestselling cookbook author Dylan Hollis at Powells Beaverton! 6 pm! https://www.powells.com/events/b-dylan-hollis-6-18-25 Get there early and explore Beaverton's incredible food scene, including […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Car Replacement Consultation Sat 6/21, 8:30am-2pm Downtown PSU Farmers Market #Portland #BikeTooter #LeaveTheCarAtHome #ClimateAction #eBikes #pdxBikes #pdx #parenting #CarryShitOlympics #transportation Market-goers see our #cargoBikes / trailers and learn […] [Original post on urbanists.social]

Sen. Padilla's speech on being forced to the ground & handcuffed after asking a question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-mKheWHHDw "… we've seen masked federal agentsn in tactical gear, ordered into our communities. We've seen a disturbing pattern of increasingly extreme and cruel […]

Teammate of mine makes stickers! Here's one she gave me. (The lolsob thing is that it would be equally accurate if the technologies referenced were a 5.25" floppy, an 8-track cassette, and a Betamax cassette.)

MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.

You need technical writers. No, your engineers cannot do it in their spare time. No, your CS people cannot do it in their spare time. No, nobody in your organization will just write docs as you need them. No, today's hot LLM cannot be trusted to produce documentation with accurate information […]

Words are hard these days so here’s a #mondog #timelinecleanser #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Little Egret #nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

Her #floof #snooze #cat #catsofmastodon

She was told to ‘go sit in her bed quietly’ (after screaming nonstop for snacks). #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Torties

New rules at the Department of Veterans Affairs would allow doctors to refuse to treat patients on the basis of their national origin, politics or marital status. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients As many of us […] [Original post on disabled.social]

Even in the rain this place is fucking magnificent.

🚨 "Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald #Trump. The new rules, obtained by the Guardian, also apply to psychologists, dentists and a […]

Today in books Wally found delicious: volume seven of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

VA doctors can now legally refuse to treat veterans based on political affiliation, marital status, or gender identity Think about that. This is thanks to a new Trump-era rule stripping civil rights protections for millions That means a vet could be denied […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important: Right now we have a unique chance to rise up and hit back against Zuckerberg and Musk. Because italian filmmaker @_elena and her friends have made an OUTSTANDING film which explains why people should quit […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Our latest News in Brief post has headlines and links to further reading for #MECFS, #LongCovid, and related news, advocacy and research for the week of June 9 - 15. Topics: News, advocacy and articles Coming events Research news and commentary & Published research […]