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He/his Love all animals, especially the unlovable ones. Not a scientist or artist or anything exciting, just a disabled person striving to keep sane in an increasingly off kilter world. And fair warning I tend to post a lot of arachnids and the like
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I would love to see a cooking show featuring a chef who is a wheelchair user.
the boy
it’s only in the last couple weeks we’ve realized that as soon as i’m done cooking and we’ve all sat down at the table for supper, the screaming stops and the cronching begins. it’s pretty unmistakable. he is WAITING for us. the ETIQUETTE of this doughy little tabby boy. what a sweet baby dumbass.
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...I don't know what I would be caught dead reading. Quite possibly - probably even - the instructions in small print attached to that little bottle of medications.
A large orb weaver has decided to web my front door shut. I respect the ambition.
And this: This will be austerity for the working class and investment for corporations. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Didulo arrested, Carpay disbarred and Bexte under investigation? The find out phase has finally arrived for some of Canada’s finest fucko buckos.
See, and this is the problem with that style. If one vehicle fits, they all fits. And if none do, well, then how will ambulances use? bsky.app/profile/nwch...
Hey Calgary, if this doesn't make you upset enough to demand change, what will? #firesmoke #climatechange
Tucson is in a zone where California Kingsnakes and Desert Kingsnakes intergrade (hybridize over a large area), producing some really pretty snakes! Nick found this one in an urban area and moved it to a safer habitat.
Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion. So much for “making cities better…” Via @wsj.com
... if you watch a Frankenstein movie and don't walk away assured in your understanding that the creature is the sympathetic one and the doctor is an evil fucker, either: - The director did something very wrong. - You missed the entire point. Like all of it. A glacier sized point. Enormous. Huge.
"What are we to do?...We can condemn the journalists and publications that are helping to derail democracy. But we can also actively support others at independent outlets like Bolts, Law Dork, Balls & Strikes, The Handbasket, and L.A. Taco. We can reward them by subscribing." 🙏
"Legacy news orgs have caved to a power consensus at an institutional level. They might be able to write a 76-page report addressing what’s happening, and even include some trenchant facts. But in the end, in the aggregate, they will manage to say little to nothing." - @andreapitzer.bsky.social
Arthropod Photo of the Week: September 3, 2025 Mediterranean mantis Iris oratoria Mantodea: Eremiaphilidae By Ian Wright (@ianmwright86.bsky.social), California, USA #arthropodPOTW
The art vs. The inspiration
A totally normal commute in Alberta where Green Energy is forbidden, Oil & Gas is a given and wheeling lanes are threatened #yycbike #firetheucp #smokedays @seumasb.bsky.social
But it sure is a pretty faux crab <3
Carcinization reminder: this is not a true crab 🦀
there she is, on the rack at OUR comic shop 🥹🥹🥹
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine," That's... usually not the case! In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using. We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that? youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
Sports *are* political, especially when we have a peloton full of corporations and state-sponsored teams doing sportswashing. Maybe read what Sylvain Adams has said about his goals for Israel-Premier Tech
I am dying.
Female athletes have to go through SRY-gene testing before competing in the world championships next week. However, it turns out gene tests for sports purposes have been illegal in Norway since 1994. It's also illegal for sporting bodies to facilitate testing abroad... @kirstimiller30.bsky.social
AYK, been on about this for years.
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
John Corcoran Ghost Bike by Memorial Drive is missing! @mass.streetsblog.org @universalhub.com
If you don’t want to look at ghost bikes, just stop killing cyclists 🤷🏼♀️
Happy 49th Birthday 🥳
Actually, when I first heard about moves against- of all places- Venezuela… that was a first & only thought. This is about oil… remember his ask to oil&gas execs for $1billion for the “campaign” …? Well, seems Maduro is making ExxonMobil nervous idk 🤷♀️
Trigger warning. “In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.” Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
saw this on facelessbook and it me
Made it to the top of a submerged tree poking out of the water for a place to bask in privacy.
This is exactly why cities need to install safe, networked bike lanes asap.
I could happily watch this on a loop all night.
*flailing* Ms Grabby Hands, at the Black Light Café (Mantidfly, of course 🤎)
To be clear I did not see the line you started this with so now I am just basking in my humiliation >.<
I do think it would be neat if you clicked a button and it somehow built your watch from co2 drawn from the atmosphere turned into carbon nanotubes or something.
Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods “Vorbis liked to see properly guilty consciences. That was what consciences were for. Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned.”
I’m really enjoying biking again. It’s been about 5 years or so since I had a bike. I like biking better than jogging because I get a better leg workout and still get cardio at the same time.
NGL that made me laugh. You look fantastic though fwiw :D
Fuck me. @pfrazee.com Please develop a quick way to bulk delete posts, kthxbyeee…
Holy hell, more like this:
Preparing myself for this recurring conversation.
Our Premier is absurd. “I didn’t want them to enforce the law the way I wrote it, and they should have known that” should be disqualifying for any legislator. This isn’t left-right anymore, it’s a question of basic competence. #AbLeg
She up in the club
Finally watching GotG3 and Peter Quill continues to be the Worst Human Being for the fifth movie in a row.
The new Sunnyside Station crossing arms are amazing! They were originally going to remove these shelters because the crossing arms would fit... but someone realized it was okay if they stopped short of being perfectly upright. So glad they kept them! #Calgary #CTrain #Sunnyside
I learned through the media that the Calgary Herald published my op-ed this weekend... It is about the anti-bike lane push by the governments of Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. I thought the perspective of children was missing from the discussion... 🚲 #cycling
You can bike to school year round in Calgary! #yycbike #biketoschool #bicycle #bicycling
Leave it to @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social to get to the point! #Calgary #yycbike
Today we picked up our chickens from the farm. And they are so big that we had to halve them (and eat half) to get them in our freezer.
CAUSE HATE IS ALL THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN LATELY
this site is bad! it's going to fail! its user base has plateaued! it's not making any money! nobody here is smart except for me! everybody here is stupid! nobody is having any good discussions! i don't like being here! ok that's it for now. be back in 90 minutes
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WHATEVER IT TAKES
Congrats on your regime propaganda, ABC News.
WAIT HANNAH’S HERE. Follow @hannahbluish.bsky.social immediately for truly stupendous designs for the neurodivergent, the different, the very tired & the pigeon-obsessed. Yep
I had the Fr8 with the "Massive Rack", capable of 100+kg load. I absolutely regret selling this bike and should have just kept it as my +1.
They say these boldfaced lies and they know they're lying ("we're afraid of NATO" is another one) but Westerners are hoodwinked into thinking Ru hold these beliefs, ask why, and soon the lies are legitimized through concepts like ontological security, and the West blames itself for provoking Ru.
Congrats to the entire team at Upper Hammonds Plains for this outstanding achievement. ❤️ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic
It’s very important to properly store your orange loaf in a cool, dry place
🔴 who needs a laugh ? 🤭🤣 #Dogsky #Catsky #Funny 🐥
Owning one of these gets you accused of being an elitist who's imposing his lifestyle on other people.
Cars are expensive, full stop. But in most US cities, it takes money and privilege to thrive *without* driving. It's not how it should be, but it's how it is. Wanna change it? Fight the system, not those who are trapped in it.
- Our high rise HVAC doesn’t filter out fine particulate from wildfire smoke. - I learned so by taking AQ readings in common areas of building. - So creating negative pressure was inviting polluted air in at rate my air purifier couldn’t keep pace with. - So off w exhaust fans during wildfire smoke.
- Outdoor air quality (AQ): unhealthy - Indoor AQ: moderate Creating a material difference in the past has eluded me until now. - We close windows and run an air purifier - I also turned off all our exhaust fans, which we run continuously otherwise to circulate air, create negative pressure.
Yearly unpopular reminder that you should never post photos of your kids online, but if you're going to, you should ask them for consent. When we role model that ALL photos require consent before sharing, we actively dismantle a culture that has normalized leaking nudes.
a few funny dragons
you can't win
Hiiiiii! Squirrel of the Day for September 2, 2025 #sqrlpix
Haven't checked out the koi paper lanterns maker in a while. They've got new patterns!
Going back to work after a long weekend.
I was on aish when Ralph Klein was the premier of Alberta, and I thought that was as low as a conservative government would go when dealing with disabled Albertans but what Smith is doing makes Klein look like an angel 🤬 #ableg #abpoli
My book is VERY EXPLICITLY written for readers of any & no religious POV. I believe with complete faith that the interpersonal dimensions of Maimonides' Laws of Repentance can be used by *anyone*, Jewish or not, atheist, agnostic, etc, to take responsibility, do repair work, create healing.
NASA scheduled a major workshop for early career researchers during the most important week of the Jewish calendar, during two of the most important days of that week and expects me to accept that this was “difficult scheduling conflicts” That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
Woohoo!
Saying you wish Joanne I’ll would get you banned a week ago, but she can talk about compiling an enemies list for people to hunt and kill and that’s okay?
The part I agree with in this piece is the idea that there should be a sliding scale for fines based on income. If cameras don't issue points, rich people see the fine as nothing more than a small price to pay in order to do whatever the heck they want.
I actually had an idea like this cause my flat pedals never feel at all large enough. my idea was rebar or spring steel (harvested from bedsprings from a mattress) or even both, rebar outer frame with spring steel for the foot to rest on.
I wanted a frame bag for bikepacking, but custom fit bikepacking bags aren’t the most budget friendly option, so I decided to go the MYOG route, and sew my own. youtu.be/dSOSewwZhZg #bikesky #myog #sewing #bikepacking #diy #craftsky
Pre-BBQ/potluck shopping trip, completed! Meat & veg & drinks and cleanup, all in one car-free trip. #bikesky #cargobike #carfree
Success!! I finally figured out a way where Cat MM "enjoys" a bike ride. The trick was putting him in a cat backpack with a fair chunk of it covered (helps him to feel secure). Didn't peep during today's ride. Each time I stopped to check on him, he was looking out thru his side windows. #BikeSky
腹這いウォークのワニの図。ゆるワニ日めくりカレンダー用の絵を頑張って描いてるところ。
When an organism lives inside another organism, it is called inquilinism. Modern giant clams have shrimp specially adapted to live in their gill cavity. @paleoadiel.bsky.social and colleagues described inquiline shrimp in the body cavity of giant Cretaceous inoceramid bivalves! (224)
Some people in Red Bank NJ have got their knickers in a twist about dangerous cyclists. Here's a reminder:
1. Concentration camps are bad. 2. Emergency Managers shouldn't be involved in building and operating concentration camps. 3. Emergency management agencies should not be used for political stunts. 4. Don't follow orders from white nationalists. disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...
I will never understand why more people aren't disgusted by the rightwing's obsession with children's genitals. It's creepy. It's weird. It's disturbing. It's the kind of political stance that should make a party anathema to any voter who isn't pro-pedophilia.
Did someone lie or did someone provide his followers with misinformation. You decide Canada. 🇨🇦
Can a non-corporate grocery chain work across #Canada? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
omg the whisker twitches 😻
Chipmunk cuteness When you least expect it...
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