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Baleen Dion
@getittoheather.bsky.social
200 followers 390 following 120 posts
Lesbian, game nerd (video, board, and TTRPG), plant and animal enthusiast, occasional baker, anime enjoyer, New Englander
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
BREAKING: I've just learned that there are teeny-tiny chameleons called stumped-tailed chameleons and they look like this AND I CANNOT HANDLE IT
A getty image by Mike Powles of a chameleon that is mall enough to sit on someone's thumb, its tail is curling ever so slightly another getty image, this time by Alexis Rosenfeld, of another stump-tailed chameleon, this one small enough to sit comfortably on the tip of someone's thumb. Its mouth is slightly open, and its little toes are so small it is making me want to die a little bit.
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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ufw.bsky.social
Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables.

Únase en celebrar a la gente que trabajan en los campos para poner comida en nuestras mesas.

#WeFeedYou #LaborDay
A photo montage of a farm worker with buckets of potatoes she picked on top of the American flag with the words not everybody gets #laborday off
September 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
getittoheather.bsky.social
He sits
An orange tabby cat site with his haunches on a pillow and his front legs propped up on the headboard. He leans over the back of the headboard to look out the window behind it at the sunlit trees outside
August 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
getittoheather.bsky.social
Me to me
ceej.online ceej @ceej.online · Jul 24
I’m holding space for you being a big bonehead. I’m cultivating an environment of radical acceptance for your general stupidity and all-around numbskull behavior
July 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
getittoheather.bsky.social
This is the Philly content I want: www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...
I Endured Philly's Worst New Bar So You Don't Have to
A look inside the tragedy that is the Newsroom "speakeasy."
www.phillymag.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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divyampersaud.com
Every 2 hours I share our giving circle, because every 2 hours the situation gets more difficult 👋🏾 all of the families supported by the giving circle are depleted.

Help ease the burden. Every 5 helps them eat and offers hope 🌹 Donors will match 500. Last check 584/1700 tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
tinyurl.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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edithcharles.bsky.social
Happy Pride
Daddy's Car Wash, a business whose electronic sign also adds "bottoms blasted here"
May 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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mommunism.bsky.social
I’m addressing this in a more comprehensive way later but right now I am going to share some lovely people from Gaza who are getting ignored because Bluesky wants a three ring circus to distract everyone from their reprehensible policies around the voices of Palestinians
May 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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dcpierson.bsky.social
Boston Accent Tech News
Email subject saying Strava is acquiring Runna
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
getittoheather.bsky.social
I can't believe Business Guys went right back to doing handshakes. Didn't we all learn that this is gross? Maintain a respectful distance!
February 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
getittoheather.bsky.social
Yes I have a girlfriend but Cheez-It is the most handsome valentine ♥️
An orange and white tabby cat lounges on slate blue sheets. His front legs stretch out into a patch of sunlight and his yellow eyes look at the camera.
February 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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miriam.blacksky.app
"How to help people impacted by the California LA fires. Here is a list of organizations vetted and approved by NBC News”
How to help people impacted by the California fires
Here is a list of organizations vetted and approved by NBC News.
www.today.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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hotoldersisgf.sisc.one
Buckle up lets go
a photo of two sad looking cats in banana suits with the caption « time for another year i am not prepared but i will do it »
January 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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dynamoe.bsky.social
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
Gold Banner on Red Background: Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING! Nobody Asked For It; Everyone Hates It
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
getittoheather.bsky.social
Wow, I wish driving made *me* more emotionally resilient
galateainthewild.bsky.social Galatea H @galateainthewild.bsky.social · Dec 22
Advent Sci-Fact 22:
Rats that drive are more resilient!🐀

Rats that were trained to drive small cars had hormones in their poop that suggest they’re more emotionally resilient! Some rats would continue to drive the cars, even when there was no reward.
Paper: tinyurl.com/25vtahuz
#SciComm 🧪🌍 #SciSky
Four panel diagram. "Driving cars improves emotional resilience in rats!" Panel 1: Rats trained to drive to receive reward Panel 2: Rats from enriched habitats were better drivers Panel 3: Rats still chose to drive when reward removed (approached the car faster over time) Panel 4: Hormones in poop showed that driving made rats more emotionally resilient!
December 23, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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borderless.bsky.social
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.

@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.

Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
HRT - Harm Reduction Toolkit A white first aid kit icon with a pastel pink cross, overlaid onto a pastel blue background. Distribute Aid Logo Link to the fundraiser (available in the post text).
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
getittoheather.bsky.social
I wasn't there for the birth of my friend's baby, but I *did* carry him through our Duolingo friends quest
December 21, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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jramseyi.bsky.social
A Trek Through the Mountains 🏔️
A reindeer hiking through the snow. He is carrying bags on his back, along with a goose, a ferret, a fox and two cardinals. They are all looking at something out of frame, except for the fox who is sleeping and one of the birds who looks directly at the viewer. Mountains can be seen in the distance.
December 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
getittoheather.bsky.social
Owning a pet is strange because a creature will put its butt directly on your face and you'll be like "I cannot move lest I disturb him"
December 12, 2024 at 1:10 PM
getittoheather.bsky.social
No, *you've* accumulated a bunch of postcards you intended to send to all your friends
November 26, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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dremenec.com
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
October 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM
getittoheather.bsky.social
Good morning from this weird slug I found
An orange and white tabby sits on a bedspread with his feet and legs hidden underneath his body. He looks at the camera with round, yellow eyes.
November 23, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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cpsc.gov
Don't do any of this #Thanksgiving
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM