Coral, yr Bird Friend
@parodybit.bsky.social
Friendly tech and bird nerd; also a librarian, engineer, & data munger, currently a web dev & systems admin for an academic library. Very caffeinated. 🌶️🧠, chronically ill, immunocompromised. #CovidIsntOver so #MaskUp (banner by beesyjimwax on Tumblr)
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I just voted YES to extend healthcare subsidies that keep folks insured. My own insurance went up $2,400 this year. Others have been hit even harder.
It just passed in the House.
Keep making your voices heard—it is working! 17 Republicans voted YES. Now, the Senate must do the same.
It just passed in the House.
Keep making your voices heard—it is working! 17 Republicans voted YES. Now, the Senate must do the same.
January 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I just voted YES to extend healthcare subsidies that keep folks insured. My own insurance went up $2,400 this year. Others have been hit even harder.
It just passed in the House.
Keep making your voices heard—it is working! 17 Republicans voted YES. Now, the Senate must do the same.
It just passed in the House.
Keep making your voices heard—it is working! 17 Republicans voted YES. Now, the Senate must do the same.
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AND LISTEN TO LOCAL AND ESTABLISHED ORGANIZERS.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
AND LISTEN TO LOCAL AND ESTABLISHED ORGANIZERS.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
Los Angeles is not Chicago. New York City is not Philadelphia. Local leaders who've been out there doing the work...will know best. Listen. to. them.
Stay frosty.
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ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
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Gonna disagree with Matt here.
July was the most optimal time to stop this but every fucking day affords us a new opportunity to stop ICE and the fascists who enable its operation.
July was the most optimal time to stop this but every fucking day affords us a new opportunity to stop ICE and the fascists who enable its operation.
The agency we all just watched murder a US citizen with impunity is on the verge of being rewarded by having their budget quadrupled within the next three years.
July was the best time to stop this. Today is the next best time.
July was the best time to stop this. Today is the next best time.
January 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Gonna disagree with Matt here.
July was the most optimal time to stop this but every fucking day affords us a new opportunity to stop ICE and the fascists who enable its operation.
July was the most optimal time to stop this but every fucking day affords us a new opportunity to stop ICE and the fascists who enable its operation.
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Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social!
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January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social!
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The way that people have memory-holed that Abolish the Police was the actual radical demand in 2020 and Defund the Police was incrementalist reformism to help get there is extremely depressing
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM
The way that people have memory-holed that Abolish the Police was the actual radical demand in 2020 and Defund the Police was incrementalist reformism to help get there is extremely depressing
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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reminder that HIPAA applies to:
Healthcare Providers: Doctors, hospitals, etc
Health Plans: Insurance plans, commercial or government
Healthcare Clearinghouses: data processing for the above
AND entities who are business partners to the above work.
IF YOU GIVE IT ELSEWHERE, HIPAA DOES NOT APPLY.
Healthcare Providers: Doctors, hospitals, etc
Health Plans: Insurance plans, commercial or government
Healthcare Clearinghouses: data processing for the above
AND entities who are business partners to the above work.
IF YOU GIVE IT ELSEWHERE, HIPAA DOES NOT APPLY.
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
reminder that HIPAA applies to:
Healthcare Providers: Doctors, hospitals, etc
Health Plans: Insurance plans, commercial or government
Healthcare Clearinghouses: data processing for the above
AND entities who are business partners to the above work.
IF YOU GIVE IT ELSEWHERE, HIPAA DOES NOT APPLY.
Healthcare Providers: Doctors, hospitals, etc
Health Plans: Insurance plans, commercial or government
Healthcare Clearinghouses: data processing for the above
AND entities who are business partners to the above work.
IF YOU GIVE IT ELSEWHERE, HIPAA DOES NOT APPLY.
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WIRED has updated this guide in light of the protests happening in Minneapolis, NYC, and beyond.
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
WIRED has updated this guide in light of the protests happening in Minneapolis, NYC, and beyond.
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Just found out that my neighbor died. She was in her late 60s and had COVID multiple times. Each bout weakened her system a little more. When she got it again in December, it killed her.
COVID is still here. Please protect yourselves.
COVID is still here. Please protect yourselves.
January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Just found out that my neighbor died. She was in her late 60s and had COVID multiple times. Each bout weakened her system a little more. When she got it again in December, it killed her.
COVID is still here. Please protect yourselves.
COVID is still here. Please protect yourselves.
Me, wrong: "A single photo can't possibly capture the personalities of my two cockatiels"
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Me, wrong: "A single photo can't possibly capture the personalities of my two cockatiels"
Someone was suggesting I take up sports-enthusiasm as a way to have something low-stakes to care about.
I think if I did I might have to become a Kraken fan?
I think if I did I might have to become a Kraken fan?
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Someone was suggesting I take up sports-enthusiasm as a way to have something low-stakes to care about.
I think if I did I might have to become a Kraken fan?
I think if I did I might have to become a Kraken fan?
I've never had noodle kugel before. Does anyone who has had it object to this recipe? Because it sounds delicious to me
Easy Noodle Kugel
A touch sweet and eggy, this Kugel lands somewhere between airy and pudding-like.
www.bonappetit.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I've never had noodle kugel before. Does anyone who has had it object to this recipe? Because it sounds delicious to me
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In all the talk about how governors need power to be strong against the feds, remember the people of DC who don't have a governor!
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
In all the talk about how governors need power to be strong against the feds, remember the people of DC who don't have a governor!
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Get out a piece of paper
We do things on paper from now on. Phones are tracked. Platforms are tracked, filled with bots and propaganda.
If you don’t have a pen and paper go buy some.
Write down things YOU can do. Things in YOUR power.
Make most of them small. Some of them big.
We do things on paper from now on. Phones are tracked. Platforms are tracked, filled with bots and propaganda.
If you don’t have a pen and paper go buy some.
Write down things YOU can do. Things in YOUR power.
Make most of them small. Some of them big.
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Get out a piece of paper
We do things on paper from now on. Phones are tracked. Platforms are tracked, filled with bots and propaganda.
If you don’t have a pen and paper go buy some.
Write down things YOU can do. Things in YOUR power.
Make most of them small. Some of them big.
We do things on paper from now on. Phones are tracked. Platforms are tracked, filled with bots and propaganda.
If you don’t have a pen and paper go buy some.
Write down things YOU can do. Things in YOUR power.
Make most of them small. Some of them big.
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It is OK to put down your phone
You have seen the horror
You will not be able to do anything about it until you put your phone down
Put your phone down. Close your eyes. Say a prayer to whatever divine power you believe in, even if it’s just yourself
Don’t stop until you feel stillness
Then:
You have seen the horror
You will not be able to do anything about it until you put your phone down
Put your phone down. Close your eyes. Say a prayer to whatever divine power you believe in, even if it’s just yourself
Don’t stop until you feel stillness
Then:
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It is OK to put down your phone
You have seen the horror
You will not be able to do anything about it until you put your phone down
Put your phone down. Close your eyes. Say a prayer to whatever divine power you believe in, even if it’s just yourself
Don’t stop until you feel stillness
Then:
You have seen the horror
You will not be able to do anything about it until you put your phone down
Put your phone down. Close your eyes. Say a prayer to whatever divine power you believe in, even if it’s just yourself
Don’t stop until you feel stillness
Then:
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*whispering* strike *murmuring* strike *speaking* STRIKE *chanting* STRIKE!
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
*whispering* strike *murmuring* strike *speaking* STRIKE *chanting* STRIKE!
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I want to know who that ICE agent is and I want him in jail for the rest of his life
January 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I want to know who that ICE agent is and I want him in jail for the rest of his life
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Even the best senators routinely make these weak calls to action. The principals in the Trump Administration are war criminals. They belong in The Hague. And House members should be filing impeachment articles.
I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Even the best senators routinely make these weak calls to action. The principals in the Trump Administration are war criminals. They belong in The Hague. And House members should be filing impeachment articles.
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This is a time for 1000s of mass meetings across the country to specifically address ICE & Border Patrol actions.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is a time for 1000s of mass meetings across the country to specifically address ICE & Border Patrol actions.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
1. We need standardized agendas.
2. We need standardized teach ins - with local specificities.
3. We need mass meetings to happen in the same month.
4. Local officials must attend.
I just saw a "movement challenge" that has you walking around for 5 minutes, every 30 minutes, and my brain screamed in ADHD-or-whatever-my-situation-is.
I already have trouble focusing, and you want to break that focus right as it sets in?!?
I already have trouble focusing, and you want to break that focus right as it sets in?!?
January 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I just saw a "movement challenge" that has you walking around for 5 minutes, every 30 minutes, and my brain screamed in ADHD-or-whatever-my-situation-is.
I already have trouble focusing, and you want to break that focus right as it sets in?!?
I already have trouble focusing, and you want to break that focus right as it sets in?!?
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ICE has shot and killed a community observer in Minneapolis.
Sending all of my love to the people of Minneapolis and the folks defending their neighbors there. This is heinous, and I am so sorry.
To everyone else: REMEMBER ICE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED.
Sending all of my love to the people of Minneapolis and the folks defending their neighbors there. This is heinous, and I am so sorry.
To everyone else: REMEMBER ICE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED.
ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
ICE has shot and killed a community observer in Minneapolis.
Sending all of my love to the people of Minneapolis and the folks defending their neighbors there. This is heinous, and I am so sorry.
To everyone else: REMEMBER ICE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED.
Sending all of my love to the people of Minneapolis and the folks defending their neighbors there. This is heinous, and I am so sorry.
To everyone else: REMEMBER ICE LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING. THIS IS DOCUMENTED.
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PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU DO THIS THAT WATER MUST BE DISTILLED & TREATED, *NOT* TAP.
Naegleria fowleri will take up residence in your brain and munch it down like a ol Twix if you give it a vector.
Naegleria fowleri will take up residence in your brain and munch it down like a ol Twix if you give it a vector.
“The chloride in saline is taken up by the cells of the nose and throat, and converted into hypochlorous acid within these cells which inhibits viral replication…In doing so, the viral load in the nose is reduced.”
The Ancient Art of Nasal Rinsing Might Protect You From a Cold
New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU DO THIS THAT WATER MUST BE DISTILLED & TREATED, *NOT* TAP.
Naegleria fowleri will take up residence in your brain and munch it down like a ol Twix if you give it a vector.
Naegleria fowleri will take up residence in your brain and munch it down like a ol Twix if you give it a vector.
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A century or two from now, mealy-mouthed historians will claim that Trump shouldn't be judged by their more advanced moral standards.
That's why it's so important to set the record straight now: as his contemporaries, we recognise his actions are immoral. We condemn him now.
That's why it's so important to set the record straight now: as his contemporaries, we recognise his actions are immoral. We condemn him now.
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A century or two from now, mealy-mouthed historians will claim that Trump shouldn't be judged by their more advanced moral standards.
That's why it's so important to set the record straight now: as his contemporaries, we recognise his actions are immoral. We condemn him now.
That's why it's so important to set the record straight now: as his contemporaries, we recognise his actions are immoral. We condemn him now.
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Everyone who works on a website has a role to ensure the site and its content are accessible. This resource from Vox Media breaks down some accessibility tasks by job role, including content creators, designers, developers, project managers, and testers.
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Vox Product Accessibility Guidelines
As journalists, advertisers, producers, and creators, content is at our core at Vox Media. We want to ensure that everyone—regardless of ability, situation, or context—can access it.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Everyone who works on a website has a role to ensure the site and its content are accessible. This resource from Vox Media breaks down some accessibility tasks by job role, including content creators, designers, developers, project managers, and testers.
accessibility.voxmedia.com
accessibility.voxmedia.com
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New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice. www.wired.com/story/cold-n...
The Ancient Art of Nasal Rinsing Might Protect You From a Cold
New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice. www.wired.com/story/cold-n...