fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM

TIMELINE CLEANSE!

Look at this distinguished gentleman!! 😍 What a 'stache!

Great thread! My big sister wore those albums *out.*

Considering the potential cooties, I was just as happy you kept your distance!

Right in the 10-ring! Yay, Bull!

A baby raccoon

A baby raccoon

Meanwhile
A timeline cleanse:

I went to change my snow tires to summer tires this afternoon...

And discovered I've got a raccoon nursery in my shed.

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I…guess? 😕

They do good work! Please pass this around!

Since 2019, TBZTEC has had the privilege of working with University of Tennessee’s College of Veterinary Medicine through their Zoo Medicine Clinical Rotation Program.
PAWS UP to the wonderful team at UT, and here’s to many more years of collaboration in top notch vet care!

This should be a much bigger story.

The Trump administration is about to hand TotalEnergies, a French oil company, nearly $1 billion of your money to cancel its American offshore wind projects. And they are pulling the cash from an account they are not allowed to use this way.🧵

Paper sculpture of a clematis vine: front

Paper sculpture of a clematis vine: back

Paper clematis, front and back.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Update:
Eruption window pushed back a day according to USGS
The forecast models now suggest that lava fountaining episode 45 will occur sometime between April 21, andApril 26. Strong glow, & frequent flames, continue to be visible at the south vent over the past day.

A coaster that says: Rock the cat spa Rock the cat spa

Rock the cat spa.

Interesting point about the “the,” tho — it’s always been The Faulkner, for us; also The Milton, and in the old days, The Deaconess. You’d think MGH would insist on a Thee (or maybe their Thee is just silent.) 🤔

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.

Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”

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Greeeat. 😑

Now that the Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to refund companies what they paid in tariffs, yet there are still tariffs in place, what's the plan? Consumers continue to fork money over to corporations who will later get another refund?

Remains of US soldier who went missing in Korean war laid to rest after 75 years

Sgt Celestino Chavez Jr, accounted for in 2025, given full burial honors and posthumous medals in New Mexico

A little rest and sea-renity with Skipper 🦝

It is not wrong to say lockdown was hard. It is a tad insensitive to talk about it like it’s done and dusted when, and this is just an example, I had to decide whether to risk my very literal life to try to claw my career back. Whether it would be worth death or further disability to see friends.

And if you bring it up, YOU’RE the bitch, because you’re reminding people that their actions aren’t in line with the person they think they are.

I could put this in the nicest, gentlest way I can and people will get angry.

So I’ll put it plainly. We are still here.

This is not bitchy subskeeting, by the by. This is me looking at a fresh wave of “lockdown was so hard” posts and just…

There is very little cognition that some people never left, because everyone else stampeded to get out.

Trying to hide/mute the continuing flood of “social isolation is bad, thank heavens we have vaccines & the pandemic is over” discourse before I have a fucking stroke, but BS mute function is next to useless, so I guess I’ll just, y’know, GO ISOLATE MYSELF EVEN FURTHER.

Ransomware attack continues to disrupt healthcare in London nearly two years later More than 18 months after a ransomware attack disrupted care at hospitals in South East London, documents show at least one NHS trust is still working without fully restored systems and managing large...

ICYMI: Nearly two years on from the devastating ransomware attack affecting hospitals in South East London, the ongoing - yes, ongoing - impact to blood testing has led to more than 120 patient safety incidents in which incorrect, unavailable or delayed pathology results have impacted care.

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

🎁 GIFT article 🎁
5 Days Remade SCOTUS
Secret memos obtained by NYT illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power
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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Oh, I needed this laugh. Outstanding alt! 👊

‘Bring in da Noise,’ but make it baby goats. 😍

"Every Rock Has A Story" with Professor Ethan Baxter | Discovery Museum Join us for a rocky twist on Storytime with Ethan Baxter, Boston College Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and host of "Every Rock Has a Story" on YouTube. We will explore the surprising s...

⚒️🍎🧪Hey Rock Lovers of all ages!

I will be hosting a live Every Rock Has A Story Hour from 10-12am at the Discovery Museum in Acton on Patriot's Day, 4/20!
Come join me to hear some of my favorite tales!
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www.discoveryacton.org/events-progr...

Possible low of 32°F tonight, central Mass. Bring plants in if you can!