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Tabby cat sleeping in an adorable position with its paw, hiding half of its face

It’s too early for this. Martha is tired #caturday

For any Boswords Fall League solvers ... I do not have a Featured Solver lined up yet for the upcoming Puzzle #6 ... if you would like to be a Featured Solver (even if you have done it before) reach out and let me know. Thanks!!

Tabby cat lying across a heating vent next to a scratching post.

I have found the heat source. I live here now. #caturday

AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …

She’s the only thing that keep me sane sometimes.

Ha. It’s a small stool. Cat is about 13#

Sleeping tabby cat on a footstool.

Sacked out Saturday #caturday

This is AI isn’t it? Look at that “oven” and why would you have a camera pointed at the stove?

Poster-style graphic with the words: "25k petition signatures. 3.5k Quack-O-Grams, 6 weeks of campaigning" next to a yellow rubber duck. A banner across the center reads: "Tell your representative, The Quack RFK Jr. Has to go!" A bottom banner reads: "Fuel the Fight! standupforscience.net" and a logo for "Stand Up For Science."

25k petition signatures. 3.5k Quack-O-Grams, 6 weeks of non-stop campaigning to #ImpeachRFKJr. Think Congress got the message yet?

With articles of impeachment being drafted, this is the final push to the finish. We’re closing in on RFK. Let's get the fight over the finish line. zurl.co/vkZQV 🦆

As we move toward our fall subscription drive, we hope you’ll consider supporting us in part bc we are an independent media company.

No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.

Congress must protect NASA funding The deadline for Congress to pass full-year appropriations is fast approaching. Congress will likely pass a stopgap measure called a Continuing Resolution (CR). Under a CR, agencies like NASA are typi...

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Yes! I loved this movie for that exact reason.

not all gyros wear capes

As promised, here's my column on why marriage equality is not safe and why you should ignore people who are telling you it is:

Same-Sex Marriage Is Absolutely On the Chopping Block rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/08/13/s...

Would…Wrap it in a tort

Was just going to make this post but didn’t have to

Two bearish men smiling with wine glasses near a river

Two bearish guys smiling in a selfie near a river

Been traveling for fun.

I thought this must have been for yesterday because I failed completely. I don’t know a single wrestler. But count me in this 4%

The Alt National Park Service account. 887 thousand followers. "The officla 'Resistance' team of the U.S. National Park Service. Our Website: www.ourparks.org

The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.

This thread will dive into its activity.
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ppl who own a cool domain but still have a .bsky.social handle on here…why??

(if it's b/c you didn't realize you can set a custom one, consider this a reminder! go to settings-->account-->handle)

A word cloud made from flagged terms in terminated NIH grant proposals. The most prominent words in large font include “trans,” “diverse,” “diversity,” “minority,” “sex,” “expression,” “mental health,” “gender,” and “women.” Other visible terms include “LGBTQ,” “racial,” “underrepresented,” “disability,” “barriers,” “black,” “equity,” “health equity,” “vaccine,” “bias,” and “intersectionality.” The word cloud highlights terms related to identity, inclusion, and marginalized communities.

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈

Under Trump, research using terms like “Trans,” “LGBTQ,” & “Gender identity” is being defunded. These terms reflect real people who deserve science that includes them.

Stand with us to protect LGBTQ+ science from political erasure.
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The moral of the story: The math ain't mathin'.

Trump's cuts to science spending will damage our economy, leave hundreds of thousands of people jobless, destroy the discovery pipeline, and most importantly, cost lives.

But we are fighting back.

Join us: www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight...

quote on a dark blue and purple background from Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticizing proposed cuts to science funding in the FY26 U.S. federal budget. The quote reads: “If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America’s global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation’s future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President’s call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership. Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President’s call.” The quote is attributed to Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of AAAS and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS logo appears at the bottom right.

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

Nice try

I'm so bad at socials #caturday ^^^

A playful tabby cat lying belly-up under a table, looking adorably upside down at the camera with wide eyes.

A tabby cat peacefully napping in a sunbeam on a black surface, basking in the warmth by a sunny window.

It's Caturday! All I do now, is look at my cats and know at least they don't know what's going on.

@puzzmo.com thank you so much for posting the talks from crosswordcon! So fascinating.

US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione The 26-year-old is accused of shooting dead healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel.

The phrase of the day is “jury nullification”

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Buy, solve, and support the hell out of “A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle,” a new crossword puzzle pack from @adanicklmao.bsky.social

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