Sky Lepidus

AI error I caught earlier today. That range map is *definitely* Mexico…

Ready for some new adventures! New (to me) Nemo Dragonfly 2P so there will be space for dogs! The REI boxes have a new Astra PFD and some electrolytes for my first ever wilderness river trip.

Shoot, I forgot alt text. The image is a picture of the book Neanderthal by John Darnton and on the cover there’s an image of a partial Neanderthal skull with fire seen through the broken empty orbits. The tag line is “Their time has come”, which is really funny because they’re extinct.

Literally, just hearing the word Neanderthal makes my sympathetic nervous system kick in. I can feel the anxiety in my chest. Even though I know it’s absolutely ridiculous.

I read this book when I was 13 and it gave me such bad nightmares that I’m still scared of Neanderthals. It’s hilarious and I can’t control it. I’m going to try rereading the book 28 years later as an experiment. Here’s hoping it doesn’t get worse. 😂

I find this so fucking funny

“Pete”

One easy way to know if you should support cuts to Medicaid is to ask yourself if you want your nearest hospital to be open or closed next time you need it. Then repeat the question substituting “Emergency Department,” “Trauma Center,” “Stroke Center,” “Cardiac Cath Lab,” etc.

Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 1

Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 2

Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 3

Screen shot of the letter sent to the American Society of Naturalists membership, page 4

Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US:

Translation: We want to cut Medicaid.

STOP CONCEDING ANYTHING AT ALL TO ELON MUSK

I went to find my headphones and had to take a picture because the bone always makes me laugh. It lives in this purse.

(Don’t worry, it’s not human. Someone ate pork ribs at the cemetery.)

Next to my headphones, in my purse, you’ll see two individually packed migraine pills, a container of tapestry needles, a little bag of stitch markers and a tiny measuring tape, a birthday card from my bff, and the bone I found on Georges Cuvier’s grave in the Pére-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Texas Representative John Bucy talking to us about the case of Robert Roberson. Representative Bucy fought hard and saved Robert’s life, almost at the last minute. Change can happen, even in Texas.

#deathpenalty #TCADP #TCADP2025

The imitable Tiara Cooper teaching us about practical advocacy around the death penalty and our “freedom dream”: what Texas could look like with abolition. The things we could achieve. Start with your vision and set your goals

#TCADP2025 #TCADP #deathpenalty

Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - 2025 Conference: Becoming a Catalyst for Change

“There may be times we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” - Elie Wiesel

#TCADP #TCADP2025 #deathpenalty

The goal is to ruin the NP and then parcel it off and sell it to billionaires where they will privatize the land and restrict access.

“I never thought antivaxx policies would be put first in MY state,” sobs man who single-handedly cleared the way for antivaxxers to dictate health policy for the entire country

A black dog staring longingly at a cup of whipped cream, held just out of her reach.

A black dog with a white star on her chest sleeping on her back with all four legs in the air. Behind her are two dog beds but she chose the middle of the floor. Behind the dog beds is a fireplace and a Baby Yoda piñata hangs from the fireplace tools.

The black dog with the white star on her chest sits in front of a tan stucco building, with the words Nursing Career Center over two large windows.

When life gets rough, at least I have her.

Just pre-ordered the audiobook!

I couldn’t even follow all those twists and turns.

I’m so sorry to hear this. You are such a fantastic artist. But that sounds so hard and like it would suck the joy out of art.

This is incredibly beautiful.

Scrolling through episodes and yelled, “oh god no!” out loud. 😂 #XFiles

Opinion | There Is No Going Back

I know everyone hates The Times but opening this with "Even if anyone had elected Elon Musk to anything, the past week would still be one of the most serious examples of executive branch malfeasance in American history." is a punch.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Want to share some points from the @indivisible.org action call earlier tonight.

Most urgent: Contact your senators (Dem AND GOP) and tell them to VOTE NO on Russell Vought (architect of Project 2025) running the Office of Management and Budget (the same one that was all over the news this week).

Tracking Senate Votes 2025

The Senate has taken 20 votes so far.

Most votes AGAINST Trump: Hirono, Sanders, and Warren (18)

Most votes WITH Trump: Slotkin (14), Shaheen (14), Hassan (13), Peters (13), Fetterman (12), Gallego (12), Warner (11)

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

That’s still a hard pass.

James Baldwin, a bit fan of the alkaline diet.

😂

I started watching #ThePitt and I gotta say, I love this show. I am not a dr or nurse, but have hospital admin experience. They're talking about sepsis bundles and HCAHPs. No one is cutting LVAD cords. UHmazing.