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Sometimes it is the little things: like a partner who will go to CVS and physically stand there in front of them so your script for pain meds are filled faster. (From 2 hr estimated wait to 10 mins)
(I say little but it feels big)
💖💊

I need to get a copy of the picture of my uterus all exposed from the nurse. It really is impressive.
I hope she is in this week.

Oh yes, I made a people.
Kirin, 5.5 lbs on 11/5. Doing well in the NICU.
I also spent 7 hrs in surgery, impressed the head MFM dr with the most severe placenta precreta he had ever seen, and lost 3.7 liters of blood.
I am exhausted, but bebe is amazing and I get to be a learning aide so that's cool.

One of my favorite TV fight moves is opening with the headbutt.
Gotta learn how to do that properly.

Newborn in spooky swaddle sleeping next to short haired tuxedo cat (also sleeping)

Such a tiny baby. Such a good cat. (3 years goes by so fast)

I want to blame pregnancy hormones for the crying, but Susan was so good and totally deserves the tears 🐈‍⬛

Setting up the pack-and-play for new babe, leads to showing G pics of her in it, leads to pics of baby her in it with Susan (late cat, died at ~17), leads to me crying.
She was such a great first cat for a baby. I feel guilty that I could not help her more, and miss her so hard right now.

A Pallas cat attacking a pumpkin

If I fits, I sits.

Even this Pallas cat gets in on the discovery and exploration process.

Photos from Calgary Zoo.

One of my favorite things about this time of year: wild animals interacting with pumpkins.
Big cats are my fav, but this bear is pretty good.

Ms. Rachel is punk as fuck

Cartoon pic if Quokka looking up with a smile

Measuring Fetus compared to animals is much more fun than comparing to vegetables

How do you replace a cheap immigrant labor force? Increase the crime rate so you can have more laborers for your prison workforce. How to increase the crime rate? Deny people access to food.

As a person who calls my mom's cousin my Aunt, and for whom a bunch of my mom's friends (who were around a bunch when I was a kid) are Aunties to me and my kid, the idea people think they caught Zohran in a lie is kinda wild.

I saw an advertisement for emergen-c, about how to protect yourself in flu season.

Like... we all experienced the same 2020 right? We know how to protect ourselves from diseases. You can spend much less on masks than on orange flavoured water and measurably reduce disease spread.

I am delivering a baby via c-section in 2 weeks and last night finally got my fiance to realize we would need to find someone to watch the toddler if he wanted to be there for the birth of his child.
Before now he found the attempts to plan childcare for this silly.
FFS.

Did yoga for the first time in a long time. I had forgotten the unique challenges of yoga while caring for a toddler. Mindfulness challenge rating: advanced.
She will only be 3 once. Meet yourself where you are.

According to estimates, my little town (with a republican state rep) had 2% of our population at No Kings on Saturday. People driving by cheered, honked, and said thank you. And I am sure some locals went to larger neighboring towns' gatherings.
Makes me hopeful.

Me (42 yr old 32 wk pregnant woman in grey sweater) smiling while holding a large sign saying "Abolish I.C.E." and a small one saying "No Trump No KKK No Fascist USA!" Standing next to the road.

Person in an inflatable frog costume with a bubble gun in the foreground with people sitting and walking around behind on a lovely fall day

Pics from today's No Kings protest in my small town. Was a lovely day for it. People driving by were mostly supportive, big 'insult' thrown at us was being called communist. (Close enough label I guess, def not the insult they think it is when compared to fascist)

supercharge the fan that keeps the suit inflated and put a filter on the inlet and you're wearing a huge fabulous PAPR (Powered Air Purifying Respirator)

Another hit from @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG 🧟🎃😱
(Not sure she still uses B'sky...)

Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

Today at my Dr's appt the clock on the wall was incorrect, so I fixed it. It was only off by an hour or so, so I imagine people just forgot around daylight savings and no one has noticed/cared enough to do anything.
This is all very neurotypical of me.

"Some of the best people in America are people who are willing to confront our mistakes."

This video is a good takedown of the Repubs. But this particular quote sends a strong message to those on the left with "never did anything I disagree with" litmus tests for joining the battle against fascism.

Trump's energy policies are laughable. This ad proves it. Swedish energy giant's spot with Samuel L. Jackson pokes fun at the administration, even as Trump targets comedians.

“Motherfucking wind farms. Loud, ugly, harmful to nature,” the Pulp Fiction actor says. Then, shaking his head knowingly and shifting his tone, he adds, “Who says that?"

Happy rapture day to those going up

#rapture #deconstructedchristian #exchristian

An opossum is strutting across a thick tree branch towards the right. Behind it, sunlight streams through greenery. The meme caption says “Thoughts intrusive Ass protrusive Trans inclusive.”

Good morning, skeeters! It’s Wagon Wednesday 🍑

100% even when I don't know the words to the songs in Yiddish, and especially when I can sing along (k-pop demon hunters and the 80's/90's mostly) it makes working that much more enjoyable

The friction arises from the tension between people wanting individual rights above, and at the expense of, the collective good.

The saying, “my rights don’t end where your feelings begin”, normally said in the context of 2A, applies.

Our right to vaccines doesn’t end where your vibes begin.