cageyratfish 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦
@cageyratfish.bsky.social
Disabled artist, smalltown fishbum & boat nerd
Transmasc gendervague dirtbag (they/them)
Unceded Nuu-chah-nulth territory
Wild waters, cats, fish, fucking off into the woods
ALT text = ❤️
banner: west coast winter river. Ratfish PFP by Mindy Fraser
Transmasc gendervague dirtbag (they/them)
Unceded Nuu-chah-nulth territory
Wild waters, cats, fish, fucking off into the woods
ALT text = ❤️
banner: west coast winter river. Ratfish PFP by Mindy Fraser
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Anyway, i spent some time updating my Ko-Fi page, marked my surf perch paintings down to 1/2 price, & will be putting some old art cards up soon — free w/donation for US folks to whom i can't sell originals anymore cuz of 🍊💩
i'd sure love to stop lurching from one disaster to another! Thx!
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i'd sure love to stop lurching from one disaster to another! Thx!
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Back to pumping water out of the basement again this morning. been up since 4:30 or so
This is a good theory, i'm definitely in *some* kind of punishment simulation this week
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Back to pumping water out of the basement again this morning. been up since 4:30 or so
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2 left!
I'm down to my last few black vulture prints, if anyone would like to grab one!
woodenteeth.bigcartel.com/product/blac...
#sciart #bsnm #printsky #birds #artsky #linocut #printmaking
woodenteeth.bigcartel.com/product/blac...
#sciart #bsnm #printsky #birds #artsky #linocut #printmaking
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
2 left!
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The damn truth!
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The damn truth!
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I think if you want to cool datacenters, you should be forced to use sewage because at least then there will be symmetry
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I think if you want to cool datacenters, you should be forced to use sewage because at least then there will be symmetry
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I just don't know what to say about the creepy weirdoes who cosplay as cops - especially since one of Canada's worst mass shootings was carried out by someone who had his own cop car and plotted to use it to get away.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Man arrested for impersonating police officer in Kamloops, B.C., RCMP say
Mounties in B.C.’s southern Interior say they are investigating a man in his 40s for allegedly impersonating a police officer.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I just don't know what to say about the creepy weirdoes who cosplay as cops - especially since one of Canada's worst mass shootings was carried out by someone who had his own cop car and plotted to use it to get away.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Some people want the world to burn
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Some people want the world to burn
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That lightning bolt!
Storm at sea 🌊
This 1614 book includes a beautiful engraving depicting the hazardous sea journey of Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł. The print shows his ship caught in a violent night storm.
Look at how marvelous the engraver visualized darkness and the wind through an interplay of straight lines!
This 1614 book includes a beautiful engraving depicting the hazardous sea journey of Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł. The print shows his ship caught in a violent night storm.
Look at how marvelous the engraver visualized darkness and the wind through an interplay of straight lines!
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
That lightning bolt!
"encouraged to visit the library" and learn what dolphins actually look like, for example.
Miami Dolphins Touchdown Crunch (2009-2010): Frosted corn flakes, released to promote a collaboration between the Dolphins and a network of Florida libraries and literacy programs. Kids were encouraged to visit the library and read more, in exchange for an opportunity to win Dolphins tickets
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"encouraged to visit the library" and learn what dolphins actually look like, for example.
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As documented in @danirabaiotti.bsky.social ‘s book “does it fart,” yes, sand tiger sharks fart! They gulp air at the surface to help with buoyancy. It’s gotta go somewhere.
I think I’m too slow but maybe someone else will know / do sharks fart? I know this is what my Beaver Scouts will want to know!
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
As documented in @danirabaiotti.bsky.social ‘s book “does it fart,” yes, sand tiger sharks fart! They gulp air at the surface to help with buoyancy. It’s gotta go somewhere.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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C'est là qu'on voit que le web a beaucoup changé: il y a encore 5 ans, un article comme ça m'aurait apporté des milliers de vues. Là, j'ai eu exactement UNE lectrice qui m'a dit: "T'as vu que tu étais sur Bored Panda ?"
En tout cas, c'est gentil de leur part. 😁
www.boredpanda.com/everyday-lif...
En tout cas, c'est gentil de leur part. 😁
www.boredpanda.com/everyday-lif...
This Artist’s Comics About Kids And Getting Older Are Equal Parts Sweet And Brutal
French cartoonist and illustrator Gilles Roussel (better known as Boulet) has been drawing sharp, funny comics for years, from published series work to his long-running webcomic blog Bouletcorp, later...
www.boredpanda.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
C'est là qu'on voit que le web a beaucoup changé: il y a encore 5 ans, un article comme ça m'aurait apporté des milliers de vues. Là, j'ai eu exactement UNE lectrice qui m'a dit: "T'as vu que tu étais sur Bored Panda ?"
En tout cas, c'est gentil de leur part. 😁
www.boredpanda.com/everyday-lif...
En tout cas, c'est gentil de leur part. 😁
www.boredpanda.com/everyday-lif...
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This is all I’ll say about today’s AI discourse: I’m bad at a lot of things other people are good at, because they spent time learning and practicing those things, and I did not. No matter how broke I am, no one owes me skill-mastery on command - esp not when it come at the expense of others.
February 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is all I’ll say about today’s AI discourse: I’m bad at a lot of things other people are good at, because they spent time learning and practicing those things, and I did not. No matter how broke I am, no one owes me skill-mastery on command - esp not when it come at the expense of others.
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LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND IN THE ALLEY
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND IN THE ALLEY
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Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
well i should try & go back to sleep again i guess!
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
well i should try & go back to sleep again i guess!
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Please, please, please, don’t try to engage your Black coworkers in “organic dialogue” about their struggles. That’s a fucking nightmare.
I'm pretty sure I'm right. Most folks learn about other people's struggles through organic dialogue entered into willingly and with trust, and are quite fairly distrustful and offended when their bosses demand such vulnerability at work -- doubly so when they farm it out to contract lecturers
That’s wild cause Black people were just trying to go to work without dealing with racism, sorry you had to endure that tho
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Please, please, please, don’t try to engage your Black coworkers in “organic dialogue” about their struggles. That’s a fucking nightmare.
i just woke up thinking it was 8 AM.
"Wow, that fog must be *super* thick, it's still pitch dark out!"
i fed the cats & just took my Friday morning meds (sans concerta which i'm out of)
OOPS
i have time display set to "24hr clock" on my device, & *just* noticed it said 20:20
"Wow, that fog must be *super* thick, it's still pitch dark out!"
i fed the cats & just took my Friday morning meds (sans concerta which i'm out of)
OOPS
i have time display set to "24hr clock" on my device, & *just* noticed it said 20:20
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
i just woke up thinking it was 8 AM.
"Wow, that fog must be *super* thick, it's still pitch dark out!"
i fed the cats & just took my Friday morning meds (sans concerta which i'm out of)
OOPS
i have time display set to "24hr clock" on my device, & *just* noticed it said 20:20
"Wow, that fog must be *super* thick, it's still pitch dark out!"
i fed the cats & just took my Friday morning meds (sans concerta which i'm out of)
OOPS
i have time display set to "24hr clock" on my device, & *just* noticed it said 20:20
having had Appendicitis (& subsequent peritonitis), i can confirm that this depiction of it is 100% accurate
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
having had Appendicitis (& subsequent peritonitis), i can confirm that this depiction of it is 100% accurate
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Mary Shelley's Keith Emerson
Okay so I’m watching this AGFA-released 1974 US grindhouse horror giallo(ish) thing called _Help Me…I’m Possessed!_. Having duly boggled at it, this scene caused me to break down laughing. (Please note this is the first appearance of the dude in the film at all.)
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Mary Shelley's Keith Emerson
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No one should actually take investment advice from me, but I did spend a single year suing companies over the poor composition of the 401(k) plans. If your company put Bitcoin in your retirement plan and you took a bath, I can give you a list of law firms to contact.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
No one should actually take investment advice from me, but I did spend a single year suing companies over the poor composition of the 401(k) plans. If your company put Bitcoin in your retirement plan and you took a bath, I can give you a list of law firms to contact.
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Having lived in Kingston for nearly 6 years previously:
The thing that devastated these landscapes was three centuries of poorly managed farming and a century of chemical plants with poor emissions regulations. The past 50 years have improved some.
Rail ain't gonna worsen either.
The thing that devastated these landscapes was three centuries of poorly managed farming and a century of chemical plants with poor emissions regulations. The past 50 years have improved some.
Rail ain't gonna worsen either.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Having lived in Kingston for nearly 6 years previously:
The thing that devastated these landscapes was three centuries of poorly managed farming and a century of chemical plants with poor emissions regulations. The past 50 years have improved some.
Rail ain't gonna worsen either.
The thing that devastated these landscapes was three centuries of poorly managed farming and a century of chemical plants with poor emissions regulations. The past 50 years have improved some.
Rail ain't gonna worsen either.
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“Carney said “In America, health care is a big business. In Canada, it’s a right.” He did not say it is universal and public. When he mentioned pharmacare and dental care he tagged it with “for those who need it.””
Push Carney to protect FREE HEALTHCARE. Business has no place in healthcare #cdnpoli
Push Carney to protect FREE HEALTHCARE. Business has no place in healthcare #cdnpoli
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
“Carney said “In America, health care is a big business. In Canada, it’s a right.” He did not say it is universal and public. When he mentioned pharmacare and dental care he tagged it with “for those who need it.””
Push Carney to protect FREE HEALTHCARE. Business has no place in healthcare #cdnpoli
Push Carney to protect FREE HEALTHCARE. Business has no place in healthcare #cdnpoli