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Stay at home cat mom. I'm Israeli, please don't follow me if you think that's a bad thing! I am disabled and may be flaky about answering stuff. ALT profile: a torbie cat is looking soulfully into the camera with paw outstretched
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I know by that same eye there’s some good news.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

The daily life of Chocolate, station master of Uzen-Komatsu Station in Japan.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

🖋️ “Make NIH Submissions to the Federal Register Possible So Funding Can Resume” hit 250 signers!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This is your sign to check on your jewish friends.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

There's so much to be outraged about but surely we don't have to let telehealth expire for Medicare patients on 3/31/25. Please sign resist.bot/petitions/PC... You can sign it by texting "Sign PCWRIS" to 50409.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Fish for tea. The tax must be paid. #EverybodyLovesMousecow

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

📢 We’re officially here on Bluesky! The California Department of Public Health is now on Bluesky to keep you informed with fact-based public health information that supports the well-being of all Californians. Follow us for updates, resources and ways to stay healthy! 🧵1/2 #WeAreCDPH

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

We're planning to participate in this US economic blackout on Feb 28. www.newsweek.com/nationwide-e...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 5 days ago • 126 comments

Data request from Jason Anderson of AFGE. Please email him directly if you have info: [email protected] needs information that would show harm as a result of actions taken by DOGE, Musk, or President Trump against federal workers. Signal: 202-826-6753

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Important message for federal civil servants. There are probationary employees who are new in government service and those who are labeled as probationary because of a job switch but who have continuous government service prior to their current job. If you are in that latter category …

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Amelia Bedelía Restores the Rule of Law

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 12 days ago • 3913 comments

5yo: Can I have a cookie? Me: The rule is no treats before dinner 5: I'm taking a cookie Me: You know you aren't allowed. 5: *climbing on a chair and taking a handful of cookies* Me: That's literally against the rules! 5: *munching on a mouthful of cookies* This post isn't about cookies.

submitted 13 days ago • 89 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 16 days ago • 6590 comments

The new cover of TIME.

submitted 15 days ago • 1624 comments

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

submitted 16 days ago • 2064 comments

At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks: 1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1

submitted 17 days ago • 69 comments

Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.

submitted 17 days ago • 2101 comments

FYI: Direct File is still available & safe to use for 32 million people in 25 states. Elon Musk said he "deleted" 18F, an agency that worked on Direct File. This caused a lot of confusion, but Direct File is still up & running. Help us combat Musk's misinformation & pass it on.

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

Here's an easy act of resistance: send an email filing a civil liberties complaint with the Treasury Department because our private data is in DOGE hands. www.bookersquared.com/p/time-for-c...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Forced Resignations Are Illegal – 5 CFR § 715.202 states that federal resignations must be voluntary. An email implying "uncertainty of your position" while pushing resignation deadlines could be considered coercion.

submitted 20 days ago • 65 comments

I do defy him, and I spit at him

submitted 20 days ago • 17 comments

Two

submitted 20 days ago • 123 comments

Black History is American History.

submitted 21 days ago • 109 comments

Your cats are here for your annual performance review. They have some notes.

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Here's a resistBot form to send a letter to your representatives expressing the vital importance of protecting folks who don't fit gender binary. It's so easy to sign and send: resist.bot/petitions/PM...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

A reworking of a photo from the Lake District that became my favourite from 2024. I had to make it very different from the original but I think it still holds together. #photography #landscapephotography #photographers #nikon

submitted 23 days ago • 19 comments

My trans kid eats at our kitchen table. We talk about their life at our kitchen table. Trans rights is a kitchen table issue.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments