Bracken
@summonrats.bsky.social
They/she
A sleepy mongoose, a feathery firefly. Fannibal, Critter, MtG, D&D, comics. Rat keeper and very slow gardener.
Bisexual, gender questioning, disabled. Living with ME/CFS.
I like to draw, crochet, and paint miniatures. Aspiring illustrator.
A sleepy mongoose, a feathery firefly. Fannibal, Critter, MtG, D&D, comics. Rat keeper and very slow gardener.
Bisexual, gender questioning, disabled. Living with ME/CFS.
I like to draw, crochet, and paint miniatures. Aspiring illustrator.
Pinned
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A quick study of Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV
I took some shrimperties 🦐
I took some shrimperties 🦐
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A quick study of Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV
I took some shrimperties 🦐
I took some shrimperties 🦐
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Blahaj is coming out of this pretty bag to wish you a good Trans Awareness Week. ✨🦈🏳️⚧️
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Blahaj is coming out of this pretty bag to wish you a good Trans Awareness Week. ✨🦈🏳️⚧️
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth
I am under two blankets and two jumpers, wearing knew high socks and my woolly trousers. It's 19 degrees, I really shouldn't feel this cold.
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am under two blankets and two jumpers, wearing knew high socks and my woolly trousers. It's 19 degrees, I really shouldn't feel this cold.
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It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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This whole thread is eyepopping- artists and writers, you need this, too. I have seen some of this in my art history classes but not all.
Humans are just AMAZING.
Why would you settle for AI slop when we can do shit like THIS
Humans are just AMAZING.
Why would you settle for AI slop when we can do shit like THIS
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This whole thread is eyepopping- artists and writers, you need this, too. I have seen some of this in my art history classes but not all.
Humans are just AMAZING.
Why would you settle for AI slop when we can do shit like THIS
Humans are just AMAZING.
Why would you settle for AI slop when we can do shit like THIS
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Part 65 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Part 65 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
17th-century Pistols disguised as Keys. Meant for Jailers for self defense or sounding the alarm they would dangle on the same ring as the jails keys.
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Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose #AssistedSuicide, MPs and peers are told.
#AssistedDying
@thelizcarey.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @gmcdp.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
#AssistedDying
@thelizcarey.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @gmcdp.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose assisted suicide, MPs and peers are told
Many terminally-ill people would feel “duress” and “pressure” to choose an assisted suicide if it is legalised, because of the lack of funding for the NHS, palliative care and social care services,…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose #AssistedSuicide, MPs and peers are told.
#AssistedDying
@thelizcarey.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @gmcdp.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
#AssistedDying
@thelizcarey.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social @gmcdp.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
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An update on the state of Trout’s whiskers.
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
An update on the state of Trout’s whiskers.
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Plenty of things to give Bluesky a kicking about regarding moderation and 'open' labellers, but the private school labeller now having an 'Epstein Connection' label also shows it can be extremely lmao.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Plenty of things to give Bluesky a kicking about regarding moderation and 'open' labellers, but the private school labeller now having an 'Epstein Connection' label also shows it can be extremely lmao.
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COMMENTARIAT: Streeting is statemanlike, a man of the people. He has really impressed me today.
STREETING: If anything, nurses get paid too much! They're like a Mexican cartel!
STREETING: If anything, nurses get paid too much! They're like a Mexican cartel!
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
COMMENTARIAT: Streeting is statemanlike, a man of the people. He has really impressed me today.
STREETING: If anything, nurses get paid too much! They're like a Mexican cartel!
STREETING: If anything, nurses get paid too much! They're like a Mexican cartel!
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I met a family who had a daughter planning to attend college for ornithology, they had built a pigeon coop so she could study them... they let me hold a baby; it was the size of a grapefruit, the consistency of a soft warm bag of soup & looked like a bewildered old man. 😂
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I met a family who had a daughter planning to attend college for ornithology, they had built a pigeon coop so she could study them... they let me hold a baby; it was the size of a grapefruit, the consistency of a soft warm bag of soup & looked like a bewildered old man. 😂
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Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
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[tw: DV, financial abuse]
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
Donate to Help me become a British Citizen, organized by Dylan C
My name is Dylan, and I am sharing this on behalf of a friend - their story is below. Thank y… Dylan C needs your support for Help me become a British Citizen
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
[tw: DV, financial abuse]
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
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My roommate Alma was fired illegally from Condé Nast last week for NLRA-protected union activity (which was her duty as the Conde Union’s VP). If you’re able, please support the gofundme for her and the other fired union members as they fight to get their jobs back.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
On November 5, 2025, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union l… Louryn Strampe needs your support for Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My roommate Alma was fired illegally from Condé Nast last week for NLRA-protected union activity (which was her duty as the Conde Union’s VP). If you’re able, please support the gofundme for her and the other fired union members as they fight to get their jobs back.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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I read a recent study
in Nature on:
“Mapping brain changes
in post-COVID-19
cognitive decline
via FDG PET hypometabolism
and EEG slowing,”
and while the study focused
on the way the brain changes
post-COVID,
these changes make clear
that none of us are
post-pandemic.
in Nature on:
“Mapping brain changes
in post-COVID-19
cognitive decline
via FDG PET hypometabolism
and EEG slowing,”
and while the study focused
on the way the brain changes
post-COVID,
these changes make clear
that none of us are
post-pandemic.
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I read a recent study
in Nature on:
“Mapping brain changes
in post-COVID-19
cognitive decline
via FDG PET hypometabolism
and EEG slowing,”
and while the study focused
on the way the brain changes
post-COVID,
these changes make clear
that none of us are
post-pandemic.
in Nature on:
“Mapping brain changes
in post-COVID-19
cognitive decline
via FDG PET hypometabolism
and EEG slowing,”
and while the study focused
on the way the brain changes
post-COVID,
these changes make clear
that none of us are
post-pandemic.
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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Labour reinstating a racist councillor in East Bristol because the Greens are one short of an outright majority and would absolutely smash them in in a by-election.
Bristol Labour councillor re-instated after racist comment
Fabian Breckels was suspended in October over a comment he wrote on Facebook.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Labour reinstating a racist councillor in East Bristol because the Greens are one short of an outright majority and would absolutely smash them in in a by-election.
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
There's no better feeling than hearing your pets laughing and chatting to you. Every rat keeper should have a bat detector.
🐀Male and female rats like to be tickled differently - males prefer rougher play.
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
🤣How do we know? Rats produce ultrasonic giggles that can be monitored with a bat detector.
🧪Why is this relevant? To improve lab animal welfare.
Ah, to tickle rats for a living...♥️
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There's no better feeling than hearing your pets laughing and chatting to you. Every rat keeper should have a bat detector.