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I am so sorry. :( ((hugs))

I miss seeing you on the first place we were mutuals, but I haven’t been there much either because swamped. Sorry that you’re going through so much. ((more hugs))

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A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

If your loans go into debt collection, remember the onus is on the collector to prove that the loans are legally yours. Often collectors rely on intimidation. No paperwork, no signature, no payment.

This is great. I use alt text already but maybe don't put enough depth into it, so I found this post so useful. Alt text helps expand the information in the image and what you're trying to convey to everyone.

Two photos. In the first, deep in a conifer forest a man in winter clothes holds a reindeer and sprays something from an aerosol can on the antlers. The second photo is of a small town street in the dead of night. Little shops and dim street lights. A deer stands in the middle of the road. It's barely visible, just a feint silhouette. But, its eyes and antlers glow like something ancient and supernatural.

To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)

File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."

This is one of the most beautiful space images I have ever seen

All the Trackers A compilation of some resources I use regularly.

Now freed from the paywall: a list of resources to track all things Trump regime. I use them regularly in my writing and research, and I thought readers would find them useful, too! www.altrightdelete.news/p/all-the-tr...

How to Watch the Lyrids Meteor Shower The second major meteor shower of the year starts today and peaks on the night of April 21–22. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the many other showers that will appear in 2025.

Want to distract yourself from... everything? There's another chance to view a meteor shower in the coming weeks, and then another will shortly follow next month. Here's everything you need to know.

www.wired.com/story/watch-...

Reminders:

"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.

Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.

Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.

Never again is now.

Our hats off to the UPS employee who gave Cameron Esposito a discount on her divorce

total clarity here from @edwardluce.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/4c4b...

There’s just no plausible way you can describe the U.S. as a free country anymore.

Season 2 of The Last of Us is going to be the death of me.

Trying to save a few dollars by taking a more circuitous flight route to the US can now make you inadmissible.

Same

In other news, I'm eating the last bananas I'll ever be able to afford and making apple pie because pie makes everything better. 👨‍🍳🥧

Having to stock up on basics like coffee, tea, canned goods, frozen french fries, maple syrup, canola oil, & tp while waiting for spouse to lose his gov job all because a deranged orange toddler wannabe dictator is throwing a tariff tantrum in the world wide playground. 😤🤬

All excellent reasons. Especially the last one.

I need a nap, a cookie, and for my country to stop being a fascist dictatorship dystopia run by an orange toddler and his sycophantic minions.

When you make a typo on a reply and there's no way to edit or take it back and it's already gotten likes. Also, no one is going to care or even know you meant the opposite. Like in the whole world of things, this is a non-issue. Oh, no, I actually meant something different about feed dogs. Crickets.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Thinking of hoarding all of the olive oil, soy sauce, coffee, cinnamon and cocoa I can get my hands on and becoming Bodega Al Capone

That being said it cuts off state-funded access to these resources and that's awful for students and researchers. But it's crucial in these times to be accurate. Read beyond the headline! bsky.app/profile/ches...

Happy to see my found family from another site. <3

Learning curve...learning curve...Help & FAQ didn't work, watched 2 How To Videos which were saying the same thing that also made no sense until I reduced laptop screen size by multiple percentages & only then did I see the button needed to make a post. Have decided to make this my first post here.

I quilt! Not fancy with a lot of small & complicated pieces and not "free moving with the foot dog down" kind of machine quilting, but I do indeed quilt. :) I always make mine too big for easy machine sewing, but with full bed coverage and then some. Quilting, like fanfic, requires at least one WIP.