Kai Hikaru 🏳️⚧️
@kaihikaru.bsky.social
Progressive, autistic, polyamorous, transgender, atheist, and neuroethologist. Advocate and educator.
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CDC: Two indoor-only cats living in separate households in Michigan developed H5N1 bird flu in May 2024 and subsequently died. The owners were dairy farmworkers who declined testing but reported having symptoms consistent with H5N1 bird flu prior to the cats becoming ill. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) ...
This report describes highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection among two indoor cats living in homes of dairy workers.
www.cdc.gov
February 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
CDC: Two indoor-only cats living in separate households in Michigan developed H5N1 bird flu in May 2024 and subsequently died. The owners were dairy farmworkers who declined testing but reported having symptoms consistent with H5N1 bird flu prior to the cats becoming ill. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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This robin must have been very hungry. It landed in this bush right above me and started grabbing berries even though I was walking right underneath. I'm used to them being more shy than that!
#birds 🌿
#birds 🌿
February 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This robin must have been very hungry. It landed in this bush right above me and started grabbing berries even though I was walking right underneath. I'm used to them being more shy than that!
#birds 🌿
#birds 🌿
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My institution is unfortunately complying in advance.
February 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My institution is unfortunately complying in advance.
Conversation with an anti-abortionist...
Them: Abortion is murder
Also them: I'm not anti-abortion though, because I believe abortion should not be illegal
Me: ... You... DO know what "murder" means... Right?
Them: Abortion is murder
Also them: I'm not anti-abortion though, because I believe abortion should not be illegal
Me: ... You... DO know what "murder" means... Right?
February 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Conversation with an anti-abortionist...
Them: Abortion is murder
Also them: I'm not anti-abortion though, because I believe abortion should not be illegal
Me: ... You... DO know what "murder" means... Right?
Them: Abortion is murder
Also them: I'm not anti-abortion though, because I believe abortion should not be illegal
Me: ... You... DO know what "murder" means... Right?
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Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
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If you want to understand the SB halftime show, read this.
I wrote about Kendrick Lamar Superbowl performance-- its subversive messaging about America being a rigged, deadly game of survival-- especially for Black people.
But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us.
Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6
But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us.
Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6
Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s performance was as Black and subversive as all get-out
His message at the Super Bowl was a warning and a threat.
wapo.st
February 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you want to understand the SB halftime show, read this.
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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Random Fact:
Human skin can’t actually sense “wetness”
The sensation that people typically feel when contacting “wet” things is the temperature difference of the liquid.
(This is why it’s relatively common for people to not know they are bleeding as blood is the literal temperature of the body)
Human skin can’t actually sense “wetness”
The sensation that people typically feel when contacting “wet” things is the temperature difference of the liquid.
(This is why it’s relatively common for people to not know they are bleeding as blood is the literal temperature of the body)
February 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Random Fact:
Human skin can’t actually sense “wetness”
The sensation that people typically feel when contacting “wet” things is the temperature difference of the liquid.
(This is why it’s relatively common for people to not know they are bleeding as blood is the literal temperature of the body)
Human skin can’t actually sense “wetness”
The sensation that people typically feel when contacting “wet” things is the temperature difference of the liquid.
(This is why it’s relatively common for people to not know they are bleeding as blood is the literal temperature of the body)
How's everyone's morning going?
Mine started with my father sending me a South Park clip where everyone but the Mormons end up in hell.
I'm sure he thought it was funny...
So. Yeah.
Mine started with my father sending me a South Park clip where everyone but the Mormons end up in hell.
I'm sure he thought it was funny...
So. Yeah.
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How's everyone's morning going?
Mine started with my father sending me a South Park clip where everyone but the Mormons end up in hell.
I'm sure he thought it was funny...
So. Yeah.
Mine started with my father sending me a South Park clip where everyone but the Mormons end up in hell.
I'm sure he thought it was funny...
So. Yeah.
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Super Bowl Coin Toss Fractures World Into Infinite Multiverses Where Eagles Win, Lose, Earth Explodes theonion.com/super-bowl-c...
February 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Super Bowl Coin Toss Fractures World Into Infinite Multiverses Where Eagles Win, Lose, Earth Explodes theonion.com/super-bowl-c...
Sorry to all my current followers - my posting on here has been very sporadic. 😅 I DO intend to post more frequently and will be trying to make it more of a habit to share my thoughts and blurbs about my daily life, work, interests, research, etc.
February 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sorry to all my current followers - my posting on here has been very sporadic. 😅 I DO intend to post more frequently and will be trying to make it more of a habit to share my thoughts and blurbs about my daily life, work, interests, research, etc.
Vote for Loki! Voting for the top 10 ends today, and Loki is currently in 9th place. He is a foster pup with Unchained Melodies Dog Rescue, so if he wins this they'll receive $10,000 to use to keep saving dogs from abuse and neglect.
americasfavpet.com/2025/loki-88c4
americasfavpet.com/2025/loki-88c4
Will Loki take home $10,000 and be featured on the cover of Modern Dog? You decide!
Loki is a smiley foster pup searching for the perfect forever family to share all of his snuggles & kisses with.
americasfavpet.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Vote for Loki! Voting for the top 10 ends today, and Loki is currently in 9th place. He is a foster pup with Unchained Melodies Dog Rescue, so if he wins this they'll receive $10,000 to use to keep saving dogs from abuse and neglect.
americasfavpet.com/2025/loki-88c4
americasfavpet.com/2025/loki-88c4
Spent the morning taking care of puppies at #UnchainedMelodies
January 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Spent the morning taking care of puppies at #UnchainedMelodies
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essay re-up of the day: Anti-Trans “Grooming” and “Social Contagion” Claims Explained. it not only debunks these anti-trans claims, but shows how they're essentially the same charge, plus uncovers the unconscious thinking behind the TERF-to-fascist pipeline:
juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-g...
juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-g...
Anti-Trans “Grooming” and “Social Contagion” Claims Explained
Content warning for non-graphic mentions of child sexual abuse (and false accusations thereof).
juliaserano.medium.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
essay re-up of the day: Anti-Trans “Grooming” and “Social Contagion” Claims Explained. it not only debunks these anti-trans claims, but shows how they're essentially the same charge, plus uncovers the unconscious thinking behind the TERF-to-fascist pipeline:
juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-g...
juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-g...
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“Clean energy is cheaper, more widely available, and more efficient. For advocates of clean energy transition, the power of economics will prevail.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #ClimateCapitalism
Citi Analysts Say Trump Can’t Reverse Energy Transition
The policies of President Donald Trump will fail to hold back progress in transitioning away from high-carbon energy sources, according to analysts at Citigroup Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Clean energy is cheaper, more widely available, and more efficient. For advocates of clean energy transition, the power of economics will prevail.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #ClimateCapitalism
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St Dwynwen was one of a series of illustrations commissioned by Visit Wales for their Year of Legends in 2017. Here’s another - Gelert of Beddgelert.
January 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
St Dwynwen was one of a series of illustrations commissioned by Visit Wales for their Year of Legends in 2017. Here’s another - Gelert of Beddgelert.
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This is the most wonderful and somewhat disgusting thread 🧪
We're having a discussion about which interesting animal behaviour would be terrifying on a different species. The rules are
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
January 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is the most wonderful and somewhat disgusting thread 🧪
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You can listen to Zdeněk Koubek speaking in Czech in this short period US video clip.
January 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
You can listen to Zdeněk Koubek speaking in Czech in this short period US video clip.
When the goal is to turn everyone with a uterus into sexual property - taking away our options to work, access to housing, access to abortions and birth control - my very existence as a single, self-employed trans man is resistance.
The head of the Heritage Foundation tells anti-abortion activists at a conference in Washington, DC: "There could be a proper role for the federal government, state government, local government, to make sure that not only do we see our birth rate go up, but that we also see our marriage rate go up."
January 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When the goal is to turn everyone with a uterus into sexual property - taking away our options to work, access to housing, access to abortions and birth control - my very existence as a single, self-employed trans man is resistance.
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I've had some very dapper visitors to the feeders lately. Anywhere from one to three black-billed magpies show up regularly now. They're pretty flighty, so I took this picture hiding behind my monitor and aiming out the window. 🌿🪶
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've had some very dapper visitors to the feeders lately. Anywhere from one to three black-billed magpies show up regularly now. They're pretty flighty, so I took this picture hiding behind my monitor and aiming out the window. 🌿🪶
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EMBRYOS ARE WILD
Hey, my mother lost twins before me, and after me, and since I ended up ten miles tall, she told me I was the twins she lost. She made jokes about my transition making me like having two kids from one. And that was cool, and funny, and her way of dealing.
And then I got my chimerism diagnosis.
And then I got my chimerism diagnosis.
January 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
EMBRYOS ARE WILD
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Today's thread: dog whistles.
Dogs -- like many mammals -- can hear higher pitched sounds than humans can. Literal dog whistles are devices that produce a high frequency sound dogs but not humans can hear. These have often been used in training dogs.
Dogs -- like many mammals -- can hear higher pitched sounds than humans can. Literal dog whistles are devices that produce a high frequency sound dogs but not humans can hear. These have often been used in training dogs.
January 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Today's thread: dog whistles.
Dogs -- like many mammals -- can hear higher pitched sounds than humans can. Literal dog whistles are devices that produce a high frequency sound dogs but not humans can hear. These have often been used in training dogs.
Dogs -- like many mammals -- can hear higher pitched sounds than humans can. Literal dog whistles are devices that produce a high frequency sound dogs but not humans can hear. These have often been used in training dogs.
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Same. This is not where I look for fights — or even for perfectly civil debates. I have other places to find all that! This place, for me, is primarily for learning about things I find interesting, sharing stuff I think is cool, and connecting with people in worthwhile ways.
Since a page is about to turn, I'll just say that I have less patience than I once did for unnecessary fights or with spending time here with people looking for them. If that's your thing, fine--everyone blows off steam in different ways. But I'm not here for that.
January 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Same. This is not where I look for fights — or even for perfectly civil debates. I have other places to find all that! This place, for me, is primarily for learning about things I find interesting, sharing stuff I think is cool, and connecting with people in worthwhile ways.
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Ever wish you could give someone your unfiltered opinion about ABA? seeking participants 18+ who:
behavior analysts
autistic adults (self-ID welcome)
& caregivers for individuals with autism.
share your perspectives / experiences w/ the survey that best fits w/ your exp. w/ ABA
#AutRes
behavior analysts
autistic adults (self-ID welcome)
& caregivers for individuals with autism.
share your perspectives / experiences w/ the survey that best fits w/ your exp. w/ ABA
#AutRes
Share Your Feelings about ABA | Linktree
Follow the link below that best matches your identity and experience with ABA
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January 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Ever wish you could give someone your unfiltered opinion about ABA? seeking participants 18+ who:
behavior analysts
autistic adults (self-ID welcome)
& caregivers for individuals with autism.
share your perspectives / experiences w/ the survey that best fits w/ your exp. w/ ABA
#AutRes
behavior analysts
autistic adults (self-ID welcome)
& caregivers for individuals with autism.
share your perspectives / experiences w/ the survey that best fits w/ your exp. w/ ABA
#AutRes