herder1013
@herder1013.bsky.social
Throw the ball. Throw the ball.
Posts on animal sciences, dog love, environmentalism, sexuality, and civil liberties. He/him.
Mastodon: @herder1013.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Essential thoughts: herder101.carrd.co
People who bake raisins into cookies DNI
Posts on animal sciences, dog love, environmentalism, sexuality, and civil liberties. He/him.
Mastodon: @herder1013.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Essential thoughts: herder101.carrd.co
People who bake raisins into cookies DNI
“If a ram does not fulfill his duty, he is sent to the slaughterhouse. Essentially, the sheep are killed for being gay. Couturier Michael Schmidt has joined forces with German nonprofit Rainbow Wool and Grindr to bring the story to life through a 37-piece knitwear collection.” archive.is/FnMRn
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“If a ram does not fulfill his duty, he is sent to the slaughterhouse. Essentially, the sheep are killed for being gay. Couturier Michael Schmidt has joined forces with German nonprofit Rainbow Wool and Grindr to bring the story to life through a 37-piece knitwear collection.” archive.is/FnMRn
If you live in an area undergoing unusual heat, be kind and set out bowls of clean water high and low to help local wildlife survive.
July 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If you live in an area undergoing unusual heat, be kind and set out bowls of clean water high and low to help local wildlife survive.
“Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in 4 oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop human relationships. In each instance, orcas approached a person within a length of the orca’s body, and dropped freshly-hunted prey in front of the human.”
archive.is/wGYMg
archive.is/wGYMg
July 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in 4 oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop human relationships. In each instance, orcas approached a person within a length of the orca’s body, and dropped freshly-hunted prey in front of the human.”
archive.is/wGYMg
archive.is/wGYMg
For a good project to interest a bored or anxious dog, fill a Kong toy with dampened kibble, smear peanut butter over the large hole, and freeze it.
Licking the frozen peanut butter and knocking out the kibble will give the dog ten or twenty minutes of happy distraction.
Licking the frozen peanut butter and knocking out the kibble will give the dog ten or twenty minutes of happy distraction.
May 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
For a good project to interest a bored or anxious dog, fill a Kong toy with dampened kibble, smear peanut butter over the large hole, and freeze it.
Licking the frozen peanut butter and knocking out the kibble will give the dog ten or twenty minutes of happy distraction.
Licking the frozen peanut butter and knocking out the kibble will give the dog ten or twenty minutes of happy distraction.
These Actual Veggies mushroom burgers taste great. Check the freezer section at your supermarket.
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
These Actual Veggies mushroom burgers taste great. Check the freezer section at your supermarket.
Who hasn’t made such a shopping trip?
January 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Who hasn’t made such a shopping trip?
Happy New Year, my love. by Harry Bliss. www.instagram.com/p/DEPcFwtRSBY/
January 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy New Year, my love. by Harry Bliss. www.instagram.com/p/DEPcFwtRSBY/
A quick overview by @globalecoguy.bsky.social of the huge price paid in water use, land degradation, and environmental damage for the overproduction of beef. “Beef emits—on average—roughly 100 kilograms of greenhouse gases per kilogram consumed.”
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
October 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
A quick overview by @globalecoguy.bsky.social of the huge price paid in water use, land degradation, and environmental damage for the overproduction of beef. “Beef emits—on average—roughly 100 kilograms of greenhouse gases per kilogram consumed.”
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
drawdown.org/insights/gre...
Maryland and New York City regulations and the voluntary Lights Out Philly event reduce the thousands of fatal bird collisions by requiring visible window textures and by dimming building lights at night during migrations, but such practices are needed everywhere.
gridphilly.com/blog-home/20...
gridphilly.com/blog-home/20...
October 23, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Maryland and New York City regulations and the voluntary Lights Out Philly event reduce the thousands of fatal bird collisions by requiring visible window textures and by dimming building lights at night during migrations, but such practices are needed everywhere.
gridphilly.com/blog-home/20...
gridphilly.com/blog-home/20...
Never keep porn, art or real life, on phones. Phones are easily and frequently lost or taken.
At international borders, remove personal chat apps.
Never carry a device containing any kind of porn through an international border.
If you need a laptop while traveling, bring a wipeable Chromebook.
At international borders, remove personal chat apps.
Never carry a device containing any kind of porn through an international border.
If you need a laptop while traveling, bring a wipeable Chromebook.
October 21, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Never keep porn, art or real life, on phones. Phones are easily and frequently lost or taken.
At international borders, remove personal chat apps.
Never carry a device containing any kind of porn through an international border.
If you need a laptop while traveling, bring a wipeable Chromebook.
At international borders, remove personal chat apps.
Never carry a device containing any kind of porn through an international border.
If you need a laptop while traveling, bring a wipeable Chromebook.
Keeping a small carabiner on a lead makes it easy to quickly and temporarily attach the lead almost anywhere.
October 20, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Keeping a small carabiner on a lead makes it easy to quickly and temporarily attach the lead almost anywhere.
Support for the spoiler “liberal” presidential candidates is from the GOP.
“Thomas, a longtime Republican operative, submitted petition signatures his firm gathered for Stein in NH…
GA GOP Sec of State Raffensperger overruled a judge to place West and Stein on the ballot.”
apnews.com/article/corn...
“Thomas, a longtime Republican operative, submitted petition signatures his firm gathered for Stein in NH…
GA GOP Sec of State Raffensperger overruled a judge to place West and Stein on the ballot.”
apnews.com/article/corn...
September 7, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Support for the spoiler “liberal” presidential candidates is from the GOP.
“Thomas, a longtime Republican operative, submitted petition signatures his firm gathered for Stein in NH…
GA GOP Sec of State Raffensperger overruled a judge to place West and Stein on the ballot.”
apnews.com/article/corn...
“Thomas, a longtime Republican operative, submitted petition signatures his firm gathered for Stein in NH…
GA GOP Sec of State Raffensperger overruled a judge to place West and Stein on the ballot.”
apnews.com/article/corn...
The purpose of callouts disparaging the identities of others is to inspire violence.
A desire to hurt others is found even among groups that themselves have been targeted.
Here is an example of furry site Dogpatch Press hosting a bloodthirsty post comment motivated by the site’s stories.
A desire to hurt others is found even among groups that themselves have been targeted.
Here is an example of furry site Dogpatch Press hosting a bloodthirsty post comment motivated by the site’s stories.
September 5, 2024 at 2:39 PM
The purpose of callouts disparaging the identities of others is to inspire violence.
A desire to hurt others is found even among groups that themselves have been targeted.
Here is an example of furry site Dogpatch Press hosting a bloodthirsty post comment motivated by the site’s stories.
A desire to hurt others is found even among groups that themselves have been targeted.
Here is an example of furry site Dogpatch Press hosting a bloodthirsty post comment motivated by the site’s stories.
If life often seems hopeless, check out Project Semicolon.
”In 2013, Amy Bleuel urged anyone who had ever struggled with a mental illness to draw a semicolon on their wrist, a symbol that a sentence wasn’t over yet, and neither was their life.”
www.projectsemicolon.com
”In 2013, Amy Bleuel urged anyone who had ever struggled with a mental illness to draw a semicolon on their wrist, a symbol that a sentence wasn’t over yet, and neither was their life.”
www.projectsemicolon.com
September 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
If life often seems hopeless, check out Project Semicolon.
”In 2013, Amy Bleuel urged anyone who had ever struggled with a mental illness to draw a semicolon on their wrist, a symbol that a sentence wasn’t over yet, and neither was their life.”
www.projectsemicolon.com
”In 2013, Amy Bleuel urged anyone who had ever struggled with a mental illness to draw a semicolon on their wrist, a symbol that a sentence wasn’t over yet, and neither was their life.”
www.projectsemicolon.com
Aging without becoming bitter, paranoid, and misanthropic is a stretch goal that many codgers do not even attempt.
But there is much in life to love, and there are many important goals to work towards.
But there is much in life to love, and there are many important goals to work towards.
August 8, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Aging without becoming bitter, paranoid, and misanthropic is a stretch goal that many codgers do not even attempt.
But there is much in life to love, and there are many important goals to work towards.
But there is much in life to love, and there are many important goals to work towards.
Do your family and friends a favor by telling online services what to do with your accounts when you die.
Google: myaccount.google.com/inactive
Facebook: www.facebook.com/help/1070665...
Apple: support.apple.com/en-us/102631
Then do yourself a favor by asking your friends and family to do it also.
Google: myaccount.google.com/inactive
Facebook: www.facebook.com/help/1070665...
Apple: support.apple.com/en-us/102631
Then do yourself a favor by asking your friends and family to do it also.
July 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Do your family and friends a favor by telling online services what to do with your accounts when you die.
Google: myaccount.google.com/inactive
Facebook: www.facebook.com/help/1070665...
Apple: support.apple.com/en-us/102631
Then do yourself a favor by asking your friends and family to do it also.
Google: myaccount.google.com/inactive
Facebook: www.facebook.com/help/1070665...
Apple: support.apple.com/en-us/102631
Then do yourself a favor by asking your friends and family to do it also.
“In some parts of Appalachia, salamanders are so abundant that their combined weight can exceed that of all other vertebrates, such as birds and snakes, put together. While they only weigh a few ounces on average, forests have billions of them.” www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
June 18, 2024 at 9:23 PM
“In some parts of Appalachia, salamanders are so abundant that their combined weight can exceed that of all other vertebrates, such as birds and snakes, put together. While they only weigh a few ounces on average, forests have billions of them.” www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
If you live in an area undergoing unusual heat, be kind and set out bowls of water high and low to help local wildlife survive.
June 17, 2024 at 12:14 AM
If you live in an area undergoing unusual heat, be kind and set out bowls of water high and low to help local wildlife survive.
Veterinarians sell glucosamine to help pet caretakers feel like they are helping their dogs.
But clinical tests have failed to show that glucosamine actually helps dogs.
skeptvet.com/Blog/2023/04...
But clinical tests have failed to show that glucosamine actually helps dogs.
skeptvet.com/Blog/2023/04...
June 2, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Veterinarians sell glucosamine to help pet caretakers feel like they are helping their dogs.
But clinical tests have failed to show that glucosamine actually helps dogs.
skeptvet.com/Blog/2023/04...
But clinical tests have failed to show that glucosamine actually helps dogs.
skeptvet.com/Blog/2023/04...
Dog-friendly summer treats: Fill an ice cube tray with broth, or with yogurt mixed with water. (1/3)
April 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Dog-friendly summer treats: Fill an ice cube tray with broth, or with yogurt mixed with water. (1/3)
Can you see the difference? Could you feel the difference?
A court will get to enjoy these, as the legal puns in this thread on the Bad Dragon-SinSaint dildo copyright litigation are just starting to penetrate.
bsky.app/profile/orci...
A court will get to enjoy these, as the legal puns in this thread on the Bad Dragon-SinSaint dildo copyright litigation are just starting to penetrate.
bsky.app/profile/orci...
March 24, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Can you see the difference? Could you feel the difference?
A court will get to enjoy these, as the legal puns in this thread on the Bad Dragon-SinSaint dildo copyright litigation are just starting to penetrate.
bsky.app/profile/orci...
A court will get to enjoy these, as the legal puns in this thread on the Bad Dragon-SinSaint dildo copyright litigation are just starting to penetrate.
bsky.app/profile/orci...
Here is a Bluesky labeler to let furs avoid being triggered.
Subscribe to learn which accounts you follow need warning labels.
bsky.app/profile/ozon...
Labeling is better than server-level censorship, but deciding who warrants labels is likely to be no less divisive than any other prejudices.
Subscribe to learn which accounts you follow need warning labels.
bsky.app/profile/ozon...
Labeling is better than server-level censorship, but deciding who warrants labels is likely to be no less divisive than any other prejudices.
March 21, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Here is a Bluesky labeler to let furs avoid being triggered.
Subscribe to learn which accounts you follow need warning labels.
bsky.app/profile/ozon...
Labeling is better than server-level censorship, but deciding who warrants labels is likely to be no less divisive than any other prejudices.
Subscribe to learn which accounts you follow need warning labels.
bsky.app/profile/ozon...
Labeling is better than server-level censorship, but deciding who warrants labels is likely to be no less divisive than any other prejudices.
“It's the 26th anniversary of SNL's only airing of likely the most subversive sketch in the show's entire history: ‘Conspiracy Theory Rock’ –– a Robert Smigel cartoon that, unsurprisingly, would be cut from all future reruns.”
mastodon.online/@stevenrosen...
mastodon.online/@stevenrosen...
March 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
“It's the 26th anniversary of SNL's only airing of likely the most subversive sketch in the show's entire history: ‘Conspiracy Theory Rock’ –– a Robert Smigel cartoon that, unsurprisingly, would be cut from all future reruns.”
mastodon.online/@stevenrosen...
mastodon.online/@stevenrosen...
Any phone app that supports notifications from the server can identify the phone to governments and law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
February 29, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Any phone app that supports notifications from the server can identify the phone to governments and law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Methane from food production alone will push the world past 1.5°C warming. Studies have shown that feeding cattle a 1-2% dry mass supplement of Asparagopsis seaweed per day could reduce methane release by up to 70%. coralreefecology.ucsd.edu/research/sea...
January 16, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Methane from food production alone will push the world past 1.5°C warming. Studies have shown that feeding cattle a 1-2% dry mass supplement of Asparagopsis seaweed per day could reduce methane release by up to 70%. coralreefecology.ucsd.edu/research/sea...