CaliCatLady
@krswitky.bsky.social
Maker of music, words, designs, and bread
Yet another argument for funding basic science.
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yet another argument for funding basic science.
I just played in the pit for A Chorus Line at a private Catholic school. A top admin came to preview night and required them to change "tits and ass" to "this and that," and defused all the f-bombs. This was inserted in all programs moving forward. Resist everywhere!
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I just played in the pit for A Chorus Line at a private Catholic school. A top admin came to preview night and required them to change "tits and ass" to "this and that," and defused all the f-bombs. This was inserted in all programs moving forward. Resist everywhere!
This photo (currently on the WaPo home page) is giving off strong kindergartner "damn, I'm gonna get in trouble" vibes.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This photo (currently on the WaPo home page) is giving off strong kindergartner "damn, I'm gonna get in trouble" vibes.
Grayson tells me I should have posted this for national cat day or some such.
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Grayson tells me I should have posted this for national cat day or some such.
Now that we’re in the 18th inning can this count as both games 3 and 4?
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Now that we’re in the 18th inning can this count as both games 3 and 4?
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[P] This game shall continue until they release the Epstein files
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
[P] This game shall continue until they release the Epstein files
really glad to see these sportsball players are getting healthy 16th inning fruit snacks in the dugout
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
really glad to see these sportsball players are getting healthy 16th inning fruit snacks in the dugout
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Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
The Nobel Committee understood the assignment.
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Nobel Committee understood the assignment.
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MAGA’s government shutdown was totally avoidable, and I will keep fighting hard to get government back open. In the meantime, my team and I have put together a dedicated resource page to help your family navigate this rocky time.
Navigating A Government Shutdown: One-Stop Resource Page
As of 12:01 AM on October 1, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have shut down the government.
raskin.house.gov
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
MAGA’s government shutdown was totally avoidable, and I will keep fighting hard to get government back open. In the meantime, my team and I have put together a dedicated resource page to help your family navigate this rocky time.
I'll take any good signs the universe wants to send our way.
September 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'll take any good signs the universe wants to send our way.
A six-ish mile stretch of Highway 101 on the SF Peninsula currently displays eight different billboards for eight different AI companies. I am not the target market, but I've only heard of one of these companies.
It's a fool's gold rush around here.
It's a fool's gold rush around here.
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A six-ish mile stretch of Highway 101 on the SF Peninsula currently displays eight different billboards for eight different AI companies. I am not the target market, but I've only heard of one of these companies.
It's a fool's gold rush around here.
It's a fool's gold rush around here.
In case you were wondering:
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In case you were wondering:
Grayson has found his light and is having an extensive bath. I see hairballs in our future.
August 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Grayson has found his light and is having an extensive bath. I see hairballs in our future.
Killing. Journalists. Is. Not. Ok.
An Israeli airstrike kills a prominent Al Jazeera journalist and colleagues in Gaza
Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif and five of his colleagues at the network were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Gaza's most recognized television journalist.
www.npr.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Killing. Journalists. Is. Not. Ok.
I'd love to be in Golden Gate Park this weekend for the deadhead fest, but I couldn't stomach the exorbitant ticket prices. I'm grateful that both of our local papers are sharing setlists from the show. #weareeverywhere ✌️🐻🎶
August 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'd love to be in Golden Gate Park this weekend for the deadhead fest, but I couldn't stomach the exorbitant ticket prices. I'm grateful that both of our local papers are sharing setlists from the show. #weareeverywhere ✌️🐻🎶
Everything is going to shit, and now I learn that the Giants have traded Doval, Yaz, and my favorite, Tyler Rogers. Baseball was one of the only good things we had left and now it is over, at least in SF.
August 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Everything is going to shit, and now I learn that the Giants have traded Doval, Yaz, and my favorite, Tyler Rogers. Baseball was one of the only good things we had left and now it is over, at least in SF.
What gifts he gave us.
In 2022, Tom Lehrer put all of his music and lyrics in the public domain. he said, 'In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs. So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money'.
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
Songs and Lyrics
by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the
tomlehrersongs.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
What gifts he gave us.
The financial cost of legal services required by tRump's reign must be staggering. Currently 322 active suits and counting – that's a LOT of billable hours on both sides of the courtroom. Guess who's paying for it?
Litigation Tracker
Find legal challenges to executive orders and actions from the Trump administration.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The financial cost of legal services required by tRump's reign must be staggering. Currently 322 active suits and counting – that's a LOT of billable hours on both sides of the courtroom. Guess who's paying for it?
THIS.
Live your life so millions of your fellow citizens don't take to the streets to tell you to go fuck yourself on your birthday.
June 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THIS.
The tRump-Musk breakup took months longer to manifest than I predicted. Next predictions? POTUS cancels Musk's contracts and tax credits. Then Musk drops the curtain and reveals the details behind how he helped rig the election. (A girl can hope, right?)
June 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The tRump-Musk breakup took months longer to manifest than I predicted. Next predictions? POTUS cancels Musk's contracts and tax credits. Then Musk drops the curtain and reveals the details behind how he helped rig the election. (A girl can hope, right?)
Grayson is putting the long in long weekend.
May 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Grayson is putting the long in long weekend.
April 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Obviously Bezos has far bigger sins for which to account, but this is just wrong. Everyone knows it's Boogie OOGIE OOGIE, not Boogie WOOGIE WOOGIE.
March 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Obviously Bezos has far bigger sins for which to account, but this is just wrong. Everyone knows it's Boogie OOGIE OOGIE, not Boogie WOOGIE WOOGIE.