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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 9h

this is so huge! & yes THANK YOU tothe family who allowed their brain dead family member to be the test subject.

too many patients die while waiting for donor kidneys, most of them are type o bc type o kidneys can go to anyone.

i have had loved ones die waiting for donor organs

am happycrying

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 9h

holy fuck. this is AMAZING! !!!!!!!!!

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, and I've jsut tried for the third time there. No responses.

Thank you for suggesting, though, as I know many people who aren't familiar with the site!

Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 17h

LOVE it! looks sooo cosy!

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 18h

anybody in #toronto who might be willing to go to mount pleasant crmetery and take a picture of my grandmother’s grave and the plot it’s in? she died long before i was born. i dont know if there’s a stone, but i’d still like to have a couple photos for my collection.

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 1d

happy travels, miss major

TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 1d

ohhh i just saw yesterday she'd gone home for hospice care.

happy travels, miss major.

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 2d

thank you thank you thank you to the person who sent me my calcium stuff for my electrolyte mix! and to the person who sent me sweat pants!

you both rock! my pots will behave better and i will be more cosy! <3 <3 <3

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 3d

late in the evening, stories and songs celebrating brave, smart, funny, etc cats are told and sung.

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 3d

children play pin the tail on the pussycat, dice games with specusl dice with different colours of cats eyes, guessing games, racing games, and bslancing games.

cat masks are very popular, from simple paper ones to elaborate leather ones.

Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 3d

i’m imagining a subset of celebrants who make katzennogge every year for katzennacht, which is eggnog with whipped cream folded in. it can be made sans alvohol, but there are an infinitude of alcoholic variants.

Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 3d

tarts and ginger and licorice candies for the humans.

a fire in the hearth

who’s in?

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 3d

i just read about wolfenoot and propose “katzennacht” for the december full moon to celebrate cats.

offerings of catnip, toy mice, feather and ribbon wands, and other toys, as well as wooly soft bedding.

roasted meats for the cats, as well as festive foods including custard— 1/2

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 4d

thank you mystery person who got me lysine! it arrived just in time to do the weekly pills today! you are wonderful and i am grateful to you!

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 4d

i am so glad you are protecting your self, your loved ones, and your art. *fierce huggings offered*

Reposted by Ineffably Chris

Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 6d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 6d

more re hive

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 6d

And bsky.app/profile/raha... covers "but what if they're LYING when they say they don't use data submitted to the moderation model to train the generative models on"

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 7d

Following up a bit on the "but how do we know Hive/Bluesky isn't lying when they say they don't train generative AI on images submitted to their moderation machine learning models": here's the page for Hive's image generation models: thehive.ai/apis/image-g...

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 6d

thank you!!!!

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 6d

he's making it sound like something bad, but he's referring to the content moderation service that bluesky outsources to! their system goes thru photos and scores for things like CSA, torture, rape, & other prohibted content.

rah's got a great thread here: bsky.app/profile/raha...

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 7d

This is going around again and it is not true. Like every site on the internet, Bluesky uses machine learning to do a first-pass approximation of image classification to detect and label content. They have repeatedly confirmed outside services do not use Bluesky user data to train their models.

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 6d

sweats are urgent now bc the cold & wet is coming

shares help sooo much too.

love you all

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 6d

meds wishes!

i have less than a week of lysine left & i am completely out of the calcium bhb; it's part of the electrolyte mix that helps my pots dramatically and means i don't have to add salt heavily to all food due to salt loss from chronic anaphylaxis YAY

link to wishlist below

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 8d

if it's from tightness/spasms, magnesium spray works well for me sometimes. (and not at all other times bc why are bodies?)

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 9d

oh nooooo. all the vibes. ack.

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 11d

upside: my cognition IS noticeably better! (i've been on daily benadryl since 1998)

downside: pain since doing that is significantly worse; it was already at the point where the homemade medical mj tincture i take daily prn is used for treating end-stage cancer pain and i am struggling to deal

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Ineffably Chris @catastrfy.bsky.social · 11d

this this this wrt the studies about benadryl

it's me. i'm people.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 12d

A whole lot of people with MCAS are really, really fucking tired of hearing about those studies, because the latency of possibly developing dementia is measured in decades while the latency of dying of anaphylaxis is measured in minutes

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