Lynn Copes

In spring 2020 we got 8 chicks, identified for us as hens. We named them all after female characters in HP (would not do so now). Three of them, Minerva, Lily, and Petunia, were actually roosters. Turns out, sexing creatures at birth isn’t foolproof and you should let them tell you who they are.

Yes please!

My husband continues his streak of being a terrible luck charm during any game he attends in person. Now passing the disappointment on to the next generation.

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.

It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

End stage renal disease disproportionately impacts underserved communities, and requiring $35 copays for each treatment means that patients who barely have the ability to make ends meet will need to pay $5k a year just to stay alive.

This is pure evil.

AND. IT. WILL. KILL. PEOPLE.

The reason why trans rights became an issue was because the US far right stumbled upon the potential virulence of transphobia and realised it was a useful wedge issue to undermine all the progress in rights for women and minorities.

Reading a book with a two dad family is not getting sex lessons.

If you actually read the book, the reason Chloe is upset about her favorite uncle getting engaged has nothing to do with who he’s marrying but b/c she fears that he won’t be as fun with her. It’s a very normal kid reaction and she would have had it if he’d gotten engaged to a woman.

That’s what will have to happen. Single doses are more expensive, so some places just won’t be able to afford to offer them at all, so fewer people will get them. It will only hurt people.

But the primary uses ranked choice. Yes, it’ll take a while to count up all the second, third, fourth, and fifth choice votes, but there won’t be a head-to-head run off and the math strongly suggests Mamdani will still win.

This is not only untrue, it is the exact opposite. COVID infection in pregnancy is associated with double the rate of stillbirths. COVID infection before or during early pregnancy is associated with three times higher rate of miscarriage.

Your 3 yo can throw, though.

As a @twinsbaseball.bsky.social fan, who are 1-9 in their last 10, sometimes it’s hard listening to my husband whine about his 1st place team. But yes, what an awful slump. I’m soooo sorry your team sucks.

Remember when none of us had to know what a “heat dome” was because the planet was still livable

I Worked the ER During BC’s Worst Heat Wave. One Shift Haunts Me | The Tyee ‘That night could break people,’ recalls a health professional. A first-person account.

a healthcare worker's experience of the 2021 heat dome
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

Don’t tell @sm-tommasini.bsky.social that it’s only $20. My tab at The Blue Store is just ridiculous.

Is there a way you could link your stories to open in the app? They always open in a browser, which requires me to log in every time. Or is it a setting I can change?

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.

Always money for war.

May every single human being on this planet be safe.

May every single person be protected from harm.

May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession One GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025.

There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care.

It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors

People don’t believe Long Covid is real because they can’t face it.

If they face the reality of how disabling COVID can be, they might be forced to adjust their behaviour.

They might be forced to admit we aren’t “back to normal” and the threat as not passed.

The denial bubble would burst

During Covid is right now. It hasn't goen anywhere.

A reminder people don't seem to be aware of until they get sick (again)

World Refugee Day 2025 | UNHCR Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.

So in all the disingenuous talk of “illegals” lately, I don’t hear much acknowledgment about the legal and moral obligation to provide a clear process by which refugees can safely enter the USA.

#WorldRefugeeDay is 20 June. www.unhcr.org/events/world...

No law can ever make you less deserving of life, love, joy, health, safety, etc. Your worth is immense and cannot be limited by laws or contained by governments.

Just in case anyone needed to hear that.

Something I had never been forced to consider. I’m grateful some folks know how to improve photographic detection of harm to victims with darker skin.

“Polluted air in schools is fixable, says Allen. “I chased sick buildings for years,” he said in the webinar. “It doesn’t take much to turn sick buildings into healthy buildings.”

#CleanAirClassrooms

They told Minnesotans to stay home. After the murder of Speaker Hortman and her husband—and the failed attempts on Senator Hoffman and his wife—fear was the official message.

But the people came anyway. In defiance. In grief. In purpose. This was the #NoKings rally in MN. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

All the credit that Tim Walz got as a VP candidate for good stuff that Minnesota has done? Melissa Hortman (and a bunch of other women) led the hard fight to get bills on his desk and make it politically safe for him to sign.

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.

That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.