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cats and autism, mostly
mad at the government
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watching birbs
an all black cat sits in a light green window sill next to a cat bed. she is looking up and out the window at birds that are out of frame.
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, updated a couple days ago
a screenshot of USDA.gov, the official website of the US Department of Agriculture. a banner at the top of the page reads "Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance."
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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from the White House website archives
a screenshot of whitehouse.archives.gov "Bill Announcement Issued on: January 16, 2019 On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, the President signed into law: S.24, the 'Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019,' which requires the compensation of government employees for wages lost, work performed, or leave used during a lapse in appropriations that begins on or after December 22, 2018, and entitled excepted employees to use leave during a lapse in appropriations."
October 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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hey @apnews.com this is not a "long-standing policy," which the White House would have the authority to revise; it is a federal law, that Trump himself signed in 2019!
phone notification from AP News "Government shutdown: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in the shutdown, reversing what has been a long-standing policy."
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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and not a Hatch Act violation (the White House is generally exempt), but whitehouse dot gov features a blurry stopwatch counting how long the "Democrats have shutdown the government"
a screenshot of whitehouse.gov showing a timer counting days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the government shutdown started. the caption under the timer says "Democrats Have Shut Down the Government"
October 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Small Business Administration
a screenshot of sba.gov, the official website of the US Small Business Administration. a red banner filling the page reads "Special announcement: Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the US Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America's 36 million small businesses. Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding. As a result of the shutdown, we wanted to notify you that many of our services supporting small businesses are currently unavailable. The agency is executing its Lapse Plan and as soon as the shutdown is over, we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we were providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration. If you need disaster assistance, please visit sba.gov/disaster"
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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HUD
a screenshot of HUD.gov, the official website of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. a red banner covering the screen reads "The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need."
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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DOJ, ATF, and US Marshals
a screenshot of justice.gov, the official website of US Department of Justice. a light blue banner at the top of the page reads "Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated. Please refer to the Department of Justice's contingency plan for more information." a screenshot of atf.gov, the official website of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. a headline in the middle of the page reads "Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated. Please refer to the Department of Justice's contingency plan for more information." a screenshot of usmarshals.gov, the official website of the US Marshals Service. a light blue banner in the middle of the page reads "Democrats have shut down the government. Department of Justice websites are not currently regularly updated. Please refer to the Department of Justice's contingency plan for more information."
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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USDA and US Forest Service
a screenshot of USDA.gov, the official website of the US Department of Agriculture. an orange banner covers the page and reads "Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people." a screenshot of fs.USDA.gov, the official website of the US Forest Service. an off-white banner at the top of the page reads "The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people. For information on recreation site status on National Forest System lands, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/visit"
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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FDA and CDC
a screenshot of fda.gov, the official website of the US FDA. A gray banner at the top of the page reads "Mission-critical activities of FDA will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown. Please use this site as a resource as the Trump Administration works to reopen the government for the American people." a screenshot of CDC.gov, the official website of the US CDC. an off-white banner at the top of the page reads "The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown."
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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HHS
a screenshot of HHS.gov, the official website of US Health and Human Services. a red banner covering the page reads "Mission-critical activities of HHS will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown. Please use this site as a resource as the Trump Administration works to reopen the government for the American people."
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Treasury
a screenshot of home.treasury.gov, the US Treasury Department's official website. A white banner at the top of the page reads "The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. As a result, the US Department of the Treasury's websites will only be sporadically updated until this shutdown concludes. Please refer to Treasury's contingency plans for more information."
October 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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State Department
a screenshot of state.gov, the State Department's website. A red banner at the top of the page reads "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Due to the Democrat-led shutdown, website updates will be limited until full operations resume."
October 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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excited to be digging into this biography of Charles Sumner by @ztameez.bsky.social. Blink is supervising my reading.
the book "Charles Sumner" by Zaakir Tameez sits open on an orange bedspread. a black cat sits next to the book, looking at the camera
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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a series of 4 comments from Tumblr: "You sing along to Panic At The Disco or you hop out of my car and walk" "by Fall Out Boy" "if you don't understand why this is funny, I don't think I can explain it to you" "by Panic! At The Disco"
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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it's cooling off here (by Texas standards), but the windowsills are still warm enough for her basking
a black cat with long hair lays in a windowsill. there is a lens flare across the bottom half of the image.
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Toby from The West Wing, speaking to the President in the oval office saying "Yeah, I forgot for a second that you're hilarious."
August 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The Museum of Ancient Brick in Johnson City, TN

it's just the lobby of an office for a brick manufacturer with stones in glass cases.

my fav item was just an old rock with a placard that said "Abraham might've looked at this" which feels like a bit was very much done in earnest
an old rock in a glass display case. a placard next to the rock reads "PLANO-CONVEX BRICK FROM ZIGGURAT AT UR. IMPRESSIONS OF FINGERS OF ANCIENT CHALDEAN HAVE BEEN LEFT ON THIS BRICK UP ON WHICH ABRAHAM MIGHT HAVE LOOKED. C. 2850 B.C."
August 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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she likes laundry day
an all black cat with long hair sits on a white mattress with the sheets removed. the cat is looking at the camera.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Toby from The West Wing, speaking to the president in the Oval Office, saying "Yeah, I forgot for a second that you're hilarious".
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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#handsoff protest in Dallas

@indivisible.org @indivisibledallas.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A long haired black cat sits in a sun beam, looking directly up
December 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM