HoofbeatsEqualZebra
@knockknockzebra.bsky.social
Lifelong Bostonian; ex-longtime Animal Care Vol (including for 2 kinds of zebra). Chronically ill, PTSD-having, neurodivergent introvert; mask wearer. She/her. My friends really do call me T.
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Even when November SNAP benefits are restored, don't forget that new work requirements will considerably shrink the eligible population.
Benefit amounts (under a recalculated Thrifty Food Plan) are also being targeted.
Watch the space.
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Benefit amounts (under a recalculated Thrifty Food Plan) are also being targeted.
Watch the space.
🥗 🛟
How Biden’s Thrifty Food Plan Change Broke SNAP’s Cost Controls
A 2021 “technical reevaluation” turned into a $180 billion entitlement expansion. Congress should reverse it.
www.cato.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Even when November SNAP benefits are restored, don't forget that new work requirements will considerably shrink the eligible population.
Benefit amounts (under a recalculated Thrifty Food Plan) are also being targeted.
Watch the space.
🥗 🛟
Benefit amounts (under a recalculated Thrifty Food Plan) are also being targeted.
Watch the space.
🥗 🛟
DAGNABIT! 😖
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
DAGNABIT! 😖
Fucking ridiculous.
Utterly outrageous:
Leadership in the Massachusetts House is trying to gut climate plans *and* cut the budget for Mass Save, the program that helps homeowners afford to make their homes more energy efficient.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
Leadership in the Massachusetts House is trying to gut climate plans *and* cut the budget for Mass Save, the program that helps homeowners afford to make their homes more energy efficient.
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
House energy chair signals effort to dial back 2030 climate commitments - CommonWealth Beacon
Rep. Mark Cusack, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy, said he is pushing for his redraft of Gov. Maura Healey's energy affordability bill to receive a floor v...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Fucking ridiculous.
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Let’s not let Elon Musk ruin Wikipedia. It’s one of humanity’s greatest achievements, so of course he wants to wreck it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Right-Wing Attack on Wikipedia
The free internet encyclopedia is widely used to train AI. That’s why conservatives are trying to dethrone it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Let’s not let Elon Musk ruin Wikipedia. It’s one of humanity’s greatest achievements, so of course he wants to wreck it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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"The portion of traditional Medicare visits conducted over telehealth dropped by 24% in the first 17 days of October compared to the preceding three months. In Medicare Advantage, it dropped by 13%.
STAT+: How much damage did the federal shutdown do to telehealth? www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/f...
How much damage did the federal shutdown do to telehealth?
In this edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: Impact of shutdown on telehealth, insurance coverage of health AI, and more.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"The portion of traditional Medicare visits conducted over telehealth dropped by 24% in the first 17 days of October compared to the preceding three months. In Medicare Advantage, it dropped by 13%.
The one that shares your deets with Greg Bovino?
Dozens of police departments in Massachusetts are deploying Flock Safety's automated license plate reader technology, which uses artificial intelligence to help law enforcement track motorists in investigations. on.nbcboston.com/CQyX17e
AI-powered cameras are reading license plates for police in Mass.
Flock Safety’s cameras, which capture and record license plates of cars as they pass by, are in use by dozens of Massachusetts police departments.
on.nbcboston.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The one that shares your deets with Greg Bovino?
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🧊✈️ MASSACHUSETTS‼️
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Hanscom
Eastern 737 – Tail: N917XA
ETA – 6:55pm 👀
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Hanscom
Eastern 737 – Tail: N917XA
ETA – 6:55pm 👀
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🧊✈️ MASSACHUSETTS‼️
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Hanscom
Eastern 737 – Tail: N917XA
ETA – 6:55pm 👀
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Hanscom
Eastern 737 – Tail: N917XA
ETA – 6:55pm 👀
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This is how the Trump administration, Congress, and the Supreme Court are recognizing Veterans Day this year. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
![Updated April 2, 2025 | Luis Nuñez
SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State
About 1.2 million veterans live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).[1] Thousands of veterans in every state — who may be unemployed, working in low-paying jobs, or have disabilities — use SNAP to supplement their low income to put food on the table for themselves and their families.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreieeah63rqdvribid445jwc6kty7jmbhaepnycm33x54627zm7pply@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is how the Trump administration, Congress, and the Supreme Court are recognizing Veterans Day this year. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
Scoop: Giant Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Is Getting Killed
Leading Light can’t move forward, a legal counsel wrote to state regulators.
heatmap.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
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OPINION: A confluence of challenges points to very hard times ahead for the Massachusetts health care system.
Massachusetts health care is in trouble - CommonWealth Beacon
A confluence of challenges points to very hard times ahead for the Massachusetts health care system.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
OPINION: A confluence of challenges points to very hard times ahead for the Massachusetts health care system.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
Thought this said furries.
Flurries here in Southie! ❄️❄️❄️
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thought this said furries.
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This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
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This is an incredible film archive. Tons of early films free to watch. Here’s Billy and His Pal (1911), a western starring Francis Ford. 🗃️
www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...
www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...
National Film Preservation Foundation: Billy and His Pal (1911)
www.filmpreservation.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is an incredible film archive. Tons of early films free to watch. Here’s Billy and His Pal (1911), a western starring Francis Ford. 🗃️
www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...
www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I live across from a park with basketball courts, a skatepark, handball courts, and now pickleball courts and only the noise of pickleball makes me want to rage across the street and do violence (I would never, but the kerplink-kerplunk at 6 am...)
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
We set out to find the real reason pickleball noise is so annoying
The racket from some 70,000 pickleball courts across the United States has generated bitter fights. If we understand the sound, can we learn to ignore it?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I live across from a park with basketball courts, a skatepark, handball courts, and now pickleball courts and only the noise of pickleball makes me want to rage across the street and do violence (I would never, but the kerplink-kerplunk at 6 am...)
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
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#NEISvoid PSA
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#NEISvoid PSA
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
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here's a Roadrunner performing a perfect planking pose flat on the ground for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdsOnTheGround
#nature #birds #avian #birdphotography
#nature #birds #avian #birdphotography
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
here's a Roadrunner performing a perfect planking pose flat on the ground for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdsOnTheGround
#nature #birds #avian #birdphotography
#nature #birds #avian #birdphotography
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NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ
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Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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#dragonfly #dragonflies #dragonflys #dragonflyphotography #insects #insectphotography #bugsofbluesky #naturelovers #naturephotography #wildlife #autumn
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM