Melanie 🐝
@feistyberry.bsky.social
Hater of small talk; holder of space. oncology counselor by day; dog-centric otherwise. 🏳️🌈🐾🖤
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apart from its inherent qualities as a comic strip, I really appreciate that Watterson resisted the urge to franchise and merchandise C&H. There's no animated movie, no tv show, no line of toys, no ipad game.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
July 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
apart from its inherent qualities as a comic strip, I really appreciate that Watterson resisted the urge to franchise and merchandise C&H. There's no animated movie, no tv show, no line of toys, no ipad game.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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The Google AI results at the top of searches are so pointless. We have a resource (the internet!) that knows everything, and instead of going to the source, it's like you asked your stupid cousin who is trying to recall the information from a podcast he heard last week.
February 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Google AI results at the top of searches are so pointless. We have a resource (the internet!) that knows everything, and instead of going to the source, it's like you asked your stupid cousin who is trying to recall the information from a podcast he heard last week.
A patient brought me a handmade Christmas Spider ornament after telling me about this Ukrainian tale. Reminders of the gift of connection.
February 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A patient brought me a handmade Christmas Spider ornament after telling me about this Ukrainian tale. Reminders of the gift of connection.
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
News like this lets the panic feelings I keep suppressed immediately rise to the surface. Wtaf.
BREAKING: The Department of Veterans Affairs has CANCELLED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING because it includes considerations for the LGBTQ+ community.
Veterans suicide.
Veterans suicide.
January 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
News like this lets the panic feelings I keep suppressed immediately rise to the surface. Wtaf.
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Where Biden fundamentally went wrong was not appending all of his own executive orders with a “no take backsies” clause.
January 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Where Biden fundamentally went wrong was not appending all of his own executive orders with a “no take backsies” clause.
What is even the point of having snacks at home if they don’t include pirate booty cheesy poofs.
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
What is even the point of having snacks at home if they don’t include pirate booty cheesy poofs.
The Peloton class I just took was all love songs, except there was instruction to replace the word “love” with “lunch.” I hope I never forget this anytime I hear a love song.
All you need is lunch. FRT
All you need is lunch. FRT
January 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Peloton class I just took was all love songs, except there was instruction to replace the word “love” with “lunch.” I hope I never forget this anytime I hear a love song.
All you need is lunch. FRT
All you need is lunch. FRT
I remain trapped in 1980s warm department store fluorescent feel lighting with the aggressive yellow cast lights in my house. My brain hurts.
January 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I remain trapped in 1980s warm department store fluorescent feel lighting with the aggressive yellow cast lights in my house. My brain hurts.
My husband seems to have transitioned all the lighting in the house to very warm tones. I live in a yellow cast now and my life feels like some episode of WandaVision. Please send help.
January 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
My husband seems to have transitioned all the lighting in the house to very warm tones. I live in a yellow cast now and my life feels like some episode of WandaVision. Please send help.
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I think Mark Zuckerberg might be a kinda uncool dude…
January 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I think Mark Zuckerberg might be a kinda uncool dude…
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It’s cool that humans have been eating bread so long that when we touch a loaf for a moment we can sense ah this is going to be awful bread. Like badgers sensing vibrations underground through their claws.
January 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It’s cool that humans have been eating bread so long that when we touch a loaf for a moment we can sense ah this is going to be awful bread. Like badgers sensing vibrations underground through their claws.
Tell me your favorite way to unwind after working with people all week.
I’ll go first. Shelter pups. This is Chowder and he’s at Marion County Dog Shelter in Salem, OR. Winking due to rain.
#shelterdogsrock
I’ll go first. Shelter pups. This is Chowder and he’s at Marion County Dog Shelter in Salem, OR. Winking due to rain.
#shelterdogsrock
December 28, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Tell me your favorite way to unwind after working with people all week.
I’ll go first. Shelter pups. This is Chowder and he’s at Marion County Dog Shelter in Salem, OR. Winking due to rain.
#shelterdogsrock
I’ll go first. Shelter pups. This is Chowder and he’s at Marion County Dog Shelter in Salem, OR. Winking due to rain.
#shelterdogsrock
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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
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The American Medical Association surveyed doctors about insurance “prior authorizations” and found:
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
December 12, 2024 at 11:26 PM
The American Medical Association surveyed doctors about insurance “prior authorizations” and found:
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
41 prior auths per doctor per week
13 hours spent per week on prior auths
24% reported hospitalizations due to delays from prior auths
8% reported disability/deaths due to delays from prior auths
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“Well what did people do in the days before modern medicine then???”
They died.
Died.
DIED.
EARLY.
PAINFULLY.
THEY GOT GOT BY SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS. (EMBARRASSING.)
THEY DIED OVER SHIT LIKE STREP THROAT.
They died.
Died.
DIED.
EARLY.
PAINFULLY.
THEY GOT GOT BY SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS. (EMBARRASSING.)
THEY DIED OVER SHIT LIKE STREP THROAT.
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
“Well what did people do in the days before modern medicine then???”
They died.
Died.
DIED.
EARLY.
PAINFULLY.
THEY GOT GOT BY SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS. (EMBARRASSING.)
THEY DIED OVER SHIT LIKE STREP THROAT.
They died.
Died.
DIED.
EARLY.
PAINFULLY.
THEY GOT GOT BY SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS. (EMBARRASSING.)
THEY DIED OVER SHIT LIKE STREP THROAT.
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“Brain rot” is the Oxford Word of the Year. No other phrase so perfectly encapsulates the blend of ennui, haziness, and exhaustion of online life, @johnhendrickson.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
Behind the Brain Rot
Oxford’s controversial Word of the Year captures how chronically online life has become.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:12 AM
“Brain rot” is the Oxford Word of the Year. No other phrase so perfectly encapsulates the blend of ennui, haziness, and exhaustion of online life, @johnhendrickson.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
The anarchy of fancy international breakfast buffets in hotels never fails to disappoint and annoy me.
November 25, 2024 at 10:53 AM
The anarchy of fancy international breakfast buffets in hotels never fails to disappoint and annoy me.