Allison Ketchell
@allisonketchell.bsky.social
Writer & editor in my crone era / knitter / culinary dabbler / mom to humans, cats, dogs, bunnies, crows / she/her 🏳️🌈
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This dethrones the blue whale tail I caught at golden hour 2 years ago. Though I might never get another one because it's unlikely we'll get another blue whale this late in the year. This one just hung out in December.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This dethrones the blue whale tail I caught at golden hour 2 years ago. Though I might never get another one because it's unlikely we'll get another blue whale this late in the year. This one just hung out in December.
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every year at Christmas I find myself begging Christians to find a single wild clue
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
every year at Christmas I find myself begging Christians to find a single wild clue
The espresso message of the day
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The espresso message of the day
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Clear, quick instructions.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Clear, quick instructions.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
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Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
Sickle cell disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer & much more
A dive into the list of NIH's 383 shelved clinical trials, obtained by Scientific American
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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I think word has gotten out in the corvid community about the morning peanuts. A lot more than our usual murder of thirteen was circling this morning
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I think word has gotten out in the corvid community about the morning peanuts. A lot more than our usual murder of thirteen was circling this morning
I don’t do interior design or decorating, but sometimes I manage some decrappifying. Today I emptied the toy box that had been repurposed to hold shoes on a temporary basis when we moved in over a decade ago and threw out the 80% of shoes, which don’t fit anyone.
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I don’t do interior design or decorating, but sometimes I manage some decrappifying. Today I emptied the toy box that had been repurposed to hold shoes on a temporary basis when we moved in over a decade ago and threw out the 80% of shoes, which don’t fit anyone.
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2025 symbolism department putting in extra extra overtime
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
2025 symbolism department putting in extra extra overtime
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The perfect antidote to holiday family bullshit! Pick one up to read on your multiple backyard smoke breaks.
www.laguettler.com
www.laguettler.com
MY BOOKS!
If you're looking for unserious scifi with Space Florida vibes, look no further than Red Darkling, Bonkpocalypse, and the interactive novel Vacation on Planet Glor. You won't regret it. Or will you?
Learn more at: www.laguettler.com
If you're looking for unserious scifi with Space Florida vibes, look no further than Red Darkling, Bonkpocalypse, and the interactive novel Vacation on Planet Glor. You won't regret it. Or will you?
Learn more at: www.laguettler.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The perfect antidote to holiday family bullshit! Pick one up to read on your multiple backyard smoke breaks.
www.laguettler.com
www.laguettler.com
My Cheerios box making promises it can’t keep
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My Cheerios box making promises it can’t keep
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
It is absolutely worth reading this whole thread and the previous thread analyzing the magazine drama, truly a balm in these troubled times
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It is absolutely worth reading this whole thread and the previous thread analyzing the magazine drama, truly a balm in these troubled times
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No, Mr. Pak: They expect us to die.
Trump’s Project 2025 seems to expect poor people with health problems to simply stop having health problems.
July 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
No, Mr. Pak: They expect us to die.
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Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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#Nudivember day 16: Polycera tricolor, the forbidden candy corn (seriously, it secretes noxious chemicals from the candy corn on its back)
#nudibranch #seaslug #candycorn #art
#nudibranch #seaslug #candycorn #art
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
#Nudivember day 16: Polycera tricolor, the forbidden candy corn (seriously, it secretes noxious chemicals from the candy corn on its back)
#nudibranch #seaslug #candycorn #art
#nudibranch #seaslug #candycorn #art
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Backyard bunny taking advantage of a break in the rain
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Backyard bunny taking advantage of a break in the rain
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@fallenlights.net was kind enough to share this with me, and thus, I spread the wealth.
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@fallenlights.net was kind enough to share this with me, and thus, I spread the wealth.
Ah, it may be time to start using that “bog witch” handle I snagged a while back
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ah, it may be time to start using that “bog witch” handle I snagged a while back
The espresso message of the day
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The espresso message of the day
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It's Trans Awareness Week! So increase your weekly awareness of us by reading our stories.
(Our books also make great holiday gifts for your conservative relatives you'd like to never speak to you again!)
(Our books also make great holiday gifts for your conservative relatives you'd like to never speak to you again!)
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's Trans Awareness Week! So increase your weekly awareness of us by reading our stories.
(Our books also make great holiday gifts for your conservative relatives you'd like to never speak to you again!)
(Our books also make great holiday gifts for your conservative relatives you'd like to never speak to you again!)