Something Witty
@phiguru.myatproto.social
Lover of sled dogs, snow, wildlife, & maps.
NH election official.
Autistic & physically disabled.
She/her, live with @shroderdog.net, 2 young adults & 9 critters + so much wildlife.
NH election official.
Autistic & physically disabled.
She/her, live with @shroderdog.net, 2 young adults & 9 critters + so much wildlife.
Pinned
Something Witty
@phiguru.myatproto.social
· Jan 20
FYI, if your username or the majority of skeets are a bunch of emoji or special characters for fun, I will block you because I can't decipher it. Non-English language content is great!
This is not:
🐬 ⋆ 🐾 🎀 𝒲𝒽𝓎? 🎀 🐾 ⋆ 🐬
చհվ?
W̸̨̞̗̻̩͈͕̽̋́̔͛͜ͅh̴̼̩͒͐͌̀̀͒̈́̄̂͝y̸̡̻̟̲̘̺͈̱̅̀̏̈͂?̸̫̦̗̖͙͂̿͋́͂̎̿̕̚͜͠
This is not:
🐬 ⋆ 🐾 🎀 𝒲𝒽𝓎? 🎀 🐾 ⋆ 🐬
చհվ?
W̸̨̞̗̻̩͈͕̽̋́̔͛͜ͅh̴̼̩͒͐͌̀̀͒̈́̄̂͝y̸̡̻̟̲̘̺͈̱̅̀̏̈͂?̸̫̦̗̖͙͂̿͋́͂̎̿̕̚͜͠
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FWIW my undergrad Egyptology prof tried to get me to leave the field, gaslit me all the time... turns out he was fucking another undergraduate and didn't get suspended for it till years later... he hated me because I knew about the affair. He still works there. He ruined countless careers of women.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
FWIW my undergrad Egyptology prof tried to get me to leave the field, gaslit me all the time... turns out he was fucking another undergraduate and didn't get suspended for it till years later... he hated me because I knew about the affair. He still works there. He ruined countless careers of women.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
SE Stark & Washington Street Safety Project
Safety upgrades on SE Stark and Washington (92nd to 108th) by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Safer lane configuration, parking, signals, crossings, and more. Project elements, map, time...
portland.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
For NASA funding, there has been a prohibition on "bilateral collaboration with China" for over 15 years. It is occasionally a PITA but positively benign by comparison to this. Do not let anyone tell you that we already do this and it is fine. This is absurd.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
For NASA funding, there has been a prohibition on "bilateral collaboration with China" for over 15 years. It is occasionally a PITA but positively benign by comparison to this. Do not let anyone tell you that we already do this and it is fine. This is absurd.
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Anyhoo, here's a paper about "the centrality of housing concerns in facilitating the Holocaust and the complicity of individuals in the exclusion of Jews for economic, ideological, and geographic reasons."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Anyhoo, here's a paper about "the centrality of housing concerns in facilitating the Holocaust and the complicity of individuals in the exclusion of Jews for economic, ideological, and geographic reasons."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The flock has 17 turkeys right now, out for a browse together. Today they mostly traveled in a line, so I couldn't get all in one video still but I could get an accurate count. Rewiliding this yard continues to have lots of benefits for wildlife diversity.
(Northern NH) 🪶
(Northern NH) 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The flock has 17 turkeys right now, out for a browse together. Today they mostly traveled in a line, so I couldn't get all in one video still but I could get an accurate count. Rewiliding this yard continues to have lots of benefits for wildlife diversity.
(Northern NH) 🪶
(Northern NH) 🪶
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Earlier this year, OPB joined a group of young Indigenous kayakers paddling down the Klamath River, flowing freely after four dams were removed. The "Oregon Field Guide" team captured that multi-day journey in a newly released documentary.
OPB documentary “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath” follows Indigenous kayakers on a historic journey after dam removal
Participants say the journey was about much more than just kayaking. The paddlers are honoring more than a century that their ancestors spent fighting against dams on the Klamath and advocating for a healthy river.
www.opb.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Earlier this year, OPB joined a group of young Indigenous kayakers paddling down the Klamath River, flowing freely after four dams were removed. The "Oregon Field Guide" team captured that multi-day journey in a newly released documentary.
The thing that always made me *furious* about Lawrence Krauss and people like him is that the job of a professor is to shape minds. They are black holes and while some of their students and postdocs can survive in the accretion disc, others get caught in the river, and many get jetted away.
“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
🧪⚛️
— Lawrence Krauss
🧪⚛️
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The thing that always made me *furious* about Lawrence Krauss and people like him is that the job of a professor is to shape minds. They are black holes and while some of their students and postdocs can survive in the accretion disc, others get caught in the river, and many get jetted away.
A beautiful tradition that remains as a reminder of aid and compassion in a time of tragedy.
novascotia.ca/treeforboston/
novascotia.ca/treeforboston/
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A beautiful tradition that remains as a reminder of aid and compassion in a time of tragedy.
novascotia.ca/treeforboston/
novascotia.ca/treeforboston/
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A good day, indeed, for #NHPolitics.
Cordelli was a driving force on the book ban bill last session, among other things.
bsky.app/profile/moul...
bsky.app/profile/boud...
A lot of gross has left the building.
Cordelli was a driving force on the book ban bill last session, among other things.
bsky.app/profile/moul...
bsky.app/profile/boud...
A lot of gross has left the building.
And in NH Cordelli has turned in his resignation to the NH House of Representatives.
An action that is pretty damn close to champagne worthy.
An action that is pretty damn close to champagne worthy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A good day, indeed, for #NHPolitics.
Cordelli was a driving force on the book ban bill last session, among other things.
bsky.app/profile/moul...
bsky.app/profile/boud...
A lot of gross has left the building.
Cordelli was a driving force on the book ban bill last session, among other things.
bsky.app/profile/moul...
bsky.app/profile/boud...
A lot of gross has left the building.
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In the second part of A System of Harm, a three-part examination of failures in New Hampshire's care system for people with disabilities, @willskipworth.bsky.social introduces the Wiedlich family and their painful story that began at edge of the disability cliff. #NHPolitics
A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. • New Hampshire Bulletin
They call it the disability cliff. When young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities finish high school, they lose access to the extensive services provided by public school special…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the second part of A System of Harm, a three-part examination of failures in New Hampshire's care system for people with disabilities, @willskipworth.bsky.social introduces the Wiedlich family and their painful story that began at edge of the disability cliff. #NHPolitics
IT'S FOODRAISER TIME!
This is an annual event where a bunch of the internet chips in to feed school kids in Durham, NC good stuff over Winter Break.
JOIN US - This has the most generous matching donors I've ever seen, so just $4.50 becomes NINETY ONE DOLLARS.
Go Eagles!
This is an annual event where a bunch of the internet chips in to feed school kids in Durham, NC good stuff over Winter Break.
JOIN US - This has the most generous matching donors I've ever seen, so just $4.50 becomes NINETY ONE DOLLARS.
Go Eagles!
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
IT'S FOODRAISER TIME!
This is an annual event where a bunch of the internet chips in to feed school kids in Durham, NC good stuff over Winter Break.
JOIN US - This has the most generous matching donors I've ever seen, so just $4.50 becomes NINETY ONE DOLLARS.
Go Eagles!
This is an annual event where a bunch of the internet chips in to feed school kids in Durham, NC good stuff over Winter Break.
JOIN US - This has the most generous matching donors I've ever seen, so just $4.50 becomes NINETY ONE DOLLARS.
Go Eagles!
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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"good night, and what the fuck"
- edward r. murrow in 2025
- edward r. murrow in 2025
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"good night, and what the fuck"
- edward r. murrow in 2025
- edward r. murrow in 2025
Shaheen and Hassan (along with King) "negotiated the deal... The deal would not include an extension of the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies."
Does includes nearly $1bn in funding to enhance security measures and protection for members of Congress plus US Capitol Police. (CNN)
Does includes nearly $1bn in funding to enhance security measures and protection for members of Congress plus US Capitol Police. (CNN)
If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Shaheen and Hassan (along with King) "negotiated the deal... The deal would not include an extension of the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies."
Does includes nearly $1bn in funding to enhance security measures and protection for members of Congress plus US Capitol Police. (CNN)
Does includes nearly $1bn in funding to enhance security measures and protection for members of Congress plus US Capitol Police. (CNN)
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
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🌕💥 DOUBLE LUNAR IMPACT!
Two asteroids slammed into the Moon last week—both caught by Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii. Traveling at 60,000 mph, the space rocks left fresh craters in the lunar soil, a reminder our serene neighbor is constantly under fire.
🔗
Two asteroids slammed into the Moon last week—both caught by Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii. Traveling at 60,000 mph, the space rocks left fresh craters in the lunar soil, a reminder our serene neighbor is constantly under fire.
🔗
2 Spooky Flashes Lit Up the Moon. Here’s What Made Them.
A Japanese astronomer captured a pair of objects slamming into the lunar surface in recent days.
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌕💥 DOUBLE LUNAR IMPACT!
Two asteroids slammed into the Moon last week—both caught by Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii. Traveling at 60,000 mph, the space rocks left fresh craters in the lunar soil, a reminder our serene neighbor is constantly under fire.
🔗
Two asteroids slammed into the Moon last week—both caught by Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii. Traveling at 60,000 mph, the space rocks left fresh craters in the lunar soil, a reminder our serene neighbor is constantly under fire.
🔗
Most folks that my mom worked with on "fowl plague" in 2009 have retired, burned out, or been laid off. In the past 15 years, some of their work bore fruit, like non-egg-based vaccines. Surveillance and response takes trained bodies in communities, which have been drastically cut this year.
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Most folks that my mom worked with on "fowl plague" in 2009 have retired, burned out, or been laid off. In the past 15 years, some of their work bore fruit, like non-egg-based vaccines. Surveillance and response takes trained bodies in communities, which have been drastically cut this year.
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
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Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.
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hey #UglyDogs I seem to have developed another CSF leak that's going to put me on bed rest for indefinite time. I would very much appreciate any shares/help you can give, because I don't know what this will do to my job hunt.
#MutualAid
paypal.me/writerbecc
Venmo: blueraccoon220
#MutualAid
paypal.me/writerbecc
Venmo: blueraccoon220
Donate to Help Bex and Cassie keep their house, organized by Rebecca Miller
Hi, I'm bex. I've been the primary income for my household for most of my career. … Rebecca Miller needs your support for Help Bex and Cassie keep their house
gofund.me
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
hey #UglyDogs I seem to have developed another CSF leak that's going to put me on bed rest for indefinite time. I would very much appreciate any shares/help you can give, because I don't know what this will do to my job hunt.
#MutualAid
paypal.me/writerbecc
Venmo: blueraccoon220
#MutualAid
paypal.me/writerbecc
Venmo: blueraccoon220
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Here are my sometimes adorable sometimes terrifying cats
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here are my sometimes adorable sometimes terrifying cats
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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WHO WANTS TO GIVE ME 40,000 SO I CAN BUY THE DARK CRYSTAL.
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WHO WANTS TO GIVE ME 40,000 SO I CAN BUY THE DARK CRYSTAL.