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Soft-spoken, kind, and full of sharp surprises. Thinker, tech fixer, and occasional troublemaker (in the best way). Here for deep chats, good laughs, and better coffee.
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5 science, health and environmental journalism organizations, @sciencewriting.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @uprootproject.bsky.social, called today for immediate restoration of public data and information on federal websites: casw.org/news/journal...

What's up today, Bluesky? What's going on in your life? I hope you are well, doing well, AND doing GOOD!

Last night, I had a SEVERE asthma attack. August ran and got my inhaler. His #servicedog, the love of my life, hopped on the kitchen table and grabbed... A screwdriver! 🪛 Oh my goodness, I love her. It kinda looks like my insulin pen, and she associated it with helping me.

Project 2025 is here Just like we said it would be

Thank goodness for a (maybe temporary) dose of sanity.

We're encouraged to "speak your mind," about what's going on in the world, but nobody needs another fat, white, bald, middle-aged gay guy's ideas! I try to DO good, be kind; fiercely love the people in my life. If someone is being harmful, I tell them personally. I am uncomfortable in this world.

Yaaaaaas!

I don't what kind of sign it is that I just cleaned my room for the first time in a while, then watched this video and cried, but it's worth watching, especially if you are depressed and or struggling with household tasks, or both. 💖 youtu.be/M1O_MjMRkPg?...

Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time. To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.

Come hang out with me tonight at 7!

If you can write and submit a journal article, you can write and submit an OpEd! Here is a thread of OpEd writing tips for scientists and health professionals. 👇 #ScienceNotSilence 🧪

Trump estimated the turnout inside the vehicle at 4 million

A nice thing about nobody on here caring about me: I am completely free to post what I want! There are so many "good people," on here totally willing to let me have a mental breakdown. I'm mostly okay, now, but I confess it hurts that not a soul sent a heart or a message. I'm the strong one.

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Setting up to work from home today. Thank goodness it's an option for me. My eye is having an allergy thing and I was baptized in germs taking my nephew to the ER last night. Yikes!

I have a stack of self-help books, another stack of truly helpful spiritual texts, a moving box FULL of tea and other self-care stuff. And I'm sobbing in a parking lot utterly consumed by stress. I haven't read in months. Not even audio books. What am I doing? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

I'm doing my best, but it feels woefully inadequate. I struggle with chronic pain. It's depleting me lately. I just want a few days with less pain so I can clean my house or visit with friends. Spent my money on a car battery and now I'm trying to clear my head in a random parking lot.

A little treat from my local sbux

The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.

Joe always downplays how cool his game is. If you like irreverent, tongue-in-cheek, snarky storytelling, Lawman #TTRPG has it. It’s also a commentary on corporations, corrupt law enforcement, & consumerism, with idiocracy at its heart. And it’s a fun callback to sci-fi & 80s action movie tropes.

Looking at you, Young Turks.

Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont... It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.

Twitter had tweets. Now that it's X, I've seen them referred to as "eXcrements!" We're on BlueSky now. If YOU were naming these posts, what would you call them? Skydrops? Blues? Hmmmm...

I remember when Threads was a new thing, people cried out to the almighty algorithm - begging it to bring them more #trans folks, #neurodivergent friends, #LGBTQIA+ people, and more. I don't think they're feeding us content here, but I'd love some friends who're fun to interact with. Add me?

Hey. I made a tabletop roleplaying game. It's easy and fun. And it involves shooting scumbags. You should check it out. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...

Tonight's Netflix fight winner has been declared: Hulu.

Bluesky is already so much better than other social media i use!

This is great information!

I think too much! They call it #Anxiety. I'll probably post a few thoughts occasionally. I'm a safe, boring follow. Anyway. It's nice to be here. I hope things are going well for you. I gravitate toward connection over attention, so let's connect!