Friendly neighborhood sharktocat

My single Red Hood issue was the 15th best-selling comic of September, like out of all serialized comics in America. Incredibly funny.

The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.

Each year in the United States, pollution from the oil & gas industry causes 91K premature deaths, more than 10K pre-term births, 216K cases of childhood asthma, & more than 1600 cancer cases. People of color are significantly more affected, with the biggest burden in predominantly Black communities

Hormone replacement therapy helps restore immune function in menopausal women, reducing inflammaging and preserving monocyte function. open-access
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...

In our newest edition of deep-sea animals that can dance better than you, we present the siphonophore samba by Apolemia rubriversa.💃⁠
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Siphonophores (pronounced “sigh-fawn-oh-fours”) are colonial creatures made up of specialized segments that work together as one.

LA/OC, come get your fucking adorable kitten!

As I've said before, FDA recalls are broad for even the suspicion of contamination. This is what they're supposed to do and it's a thankless task. The goal isn't to terrify people, but you need those things off the shelf.

I'm glad Paris put this round up together for folks. Been waiting for it.

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

It seems like the US just effectively cancelled everyone’s passports who has an X gender marker on them (unless I’m reading this wrong).

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

My friend and Jewish American reporter Emily Wilder was detained by the Israeli military last night while sailing with the Gaza flotilla reporting for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. Please help our friend get home safely and call her US reps. bit.ly/ReleaseEm

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Bulbous Minoan clay vessel with narrow neck and two loop handles, decorated with a big-eyed black octopus in a seascape.

So I understand it's World Octopus Day. (From the Heraklion Archeological Museum. One of what seemed like dozens.)

Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social • 13h Gavin Newsom would take a puppy from an orphan, rip the puppy apart with his bare hands and eat it while the orphan screamed if he thought it would win him one vote in Wisconsin. ILLEGIT PREc @illegitprez.bsky.so... • 13h there is something wrong with you. cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social • 10h "anti far left" in bio, hard pass ILLEGIT PREc & E @illegitprez.bsky.so... • 10h no one invited you cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social that's my husband you dumb bitch

i love this website actually

There are only two types of products and services now: outright scam and pseudo scam (where you're like ehh technically I got something in exchange for my money but cmon)

They should make magic card sleeves with Ghost band logos

Absolutely adore this beautiful thistle vase by the French artist Eugène Feuillâtre, a famous enameler of the Art Nouveau period who was head of the Renée Lalique workshops & also worked for Tiffany & co. @joaokay.bluesky.social loves this period, knew his work & saw this vase recently.

Kyle wolf @CRXSSF4DE . someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue. it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

This is the aesthetic of the future

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

How Indigenous Guatemalans Fought Pollution Themselves - Impakter When the authorities failed to protect their water supply, Indigenous leaders took direct action to remove the fish farms causing pollution.

How Indigenous people in Guatemala fought pollution themselves.
When government institutions failed to remove the fish farms that were polluting a community’s water source, citizens rallied behind Indigenous leaders and took action on their own. impakter.com/how-indigeno...

The NYC subway, pithily summing up my current novel-in-progress.

i was supposed to get hit by a truck and sent to an rpg world. but the isekai truck got hit by another isekai truck on its way to me. now that isekai truck is a magical draft cart with a harem of elves and goblins & i'm out here with my pud in my hands having zero fantastical bitches like a jerk

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry

It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this
youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

Black and white photo of a fluffy white cat with two dark markings in the fur over its eyes that look like eyebrows. The cat is trotting toward the camera with tail held high!

A lot of the photos in my collection aren’t perfectly in focus, but I have to buy them anyway because it was still a kitty that somebody loved! Besides, how could I resist the happy body language and little eyebrows on this one?

"A just post my liege."

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Social media is very effective at creating sin-eaters. A sin-eater is different from an ephemeral main-character. It's a recurring "well would you look at that guy" person you see screenshotted on your feed constantly, who is meant to stand in for the evils of some larger group you dislike

nyah

There is a strain of people who have watered down feminism so much that they think being a feminist means supporting women even when they are dead ass wrong.

No, being feminist is holding women to the same standards as everyone else. That's equality.

I say this with love, some of you are going to lose your life savings to a man who says you have parking tickets that can only be paid in Target gift cards

Alt text: A tweet from DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) reads: “Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post–Civil War era. • Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave • Players would fight the emerging KKK • Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash.” The source link is listed as “gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubisof…”. Below the text are two images side by side: on the left, a hooded Assassin in white and red armor from the Assassin’s Creed series; on the right, the red Assassin’s Creed logo on a plain background. The tweet was posted at 4:11 PM on October 8, 2025, and has 665.8K views.

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

He didn't just see it, he lived it.