Becky D
@bexrousse.bsky.social
Birds & cats & life in Maine. Public health nerd, they/them. Down by the water.
Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blonde me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.
Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blonde me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.
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Becky D
@bexrousse.bsky.social
· Jun 17
🚨I IMPLORE YOU to use alt-text when you post any image, screen cap, or post of a screed/tidbit from this or a different site. Otherwise people using screen readers are seeing a steady flow of
"OMG"
"This seems bad"
"👀"
"Well that's not good"
with no context
& that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING
"OMG"
"This seems bad"
"👀"
"Well that's not good"
with no context
& that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING
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Watch THE LIBRARIANS, Feb 9, on PBS Independent Lens. Check local listings. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
Bernard Malamud Quote: “There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.”
“There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.” — Quote by Bernard Malamud
quotefancy.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Watch THE LIBRARIANS, Feb 9, on PBS Independent Lens. Check local listings. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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when you bring an airplane full of food to the event and you’ve eaten it all by day 3
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
when you bring an airplane full of food to the event and you’ve eaten it all by day 3
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Finally made it to a local anti-ice training and I feel a lot more empowered. Being scared shitless all the time sucks and part of being scared shitless but able to still function a bit is finding your role and learning other people’s roles so you know the system and how to keep ur feet under you.
February 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Finally made it to a local anti-ice training and I feel a lot more empowered. Being scared shitless all the time sucks and part of being scared shitless but able to still function a bit is finding your role and learning other people’s roles so you know the system and how to keep ur feet under you.
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🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
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My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
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What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.
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This message, which hangs in the Olympic workout space for Team Canada 🇨🇦
(Written out fully in Alt Text)
(Written out fully in Alt Text)
February 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This message, which hangs in the Olympic workout space for Team Canada 🇨🇦
(Written out fully in Alt Text)
(Written out fully in Alt Text)
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I put a crash course on alt text for people new to it bsky.app/profile/numb...
A brief thread on alt-text.
Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7
Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I put a crash course on alt text for people new to it bsky.app/profile/numb...
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please use alt text
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
February 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
please use alt text
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
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February 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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Concentration camps are the defining issue in public health right now. Measles and TB outbreaks, healthcare being withheld as punishment for your race. It is not enough simply to turn the grants tap back on. To do so would make us the same as the Nazi scientists who discovered smoking causes cancer
February 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Concentration camps are the defining issue in public health right now. Measles and TB outbreaks, healthcare being withheld as punishment for your race. It is not enough simply to turn the grants tap back on. To do so would make us the same as the Nazi scientists who discovered smoking causes cancer
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Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.
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Something we lose by using machine translators over human translators is context. I have a Filipino character and I was writing a scene of him talking to his mom. I ran it through Google translate, but I also decided to talk to my boss, who is from the Philippines. WAY better results!
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Something we lose by using machine translators over human translators is context. I have a Filipino character and I was writing a scene of him talking to his mom. I ran it through Google translate, but I also decided to talk to my boss, who is from the Philippines. WAY better results!
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me. re sunday night
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
me. re sunday night
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This is just part of patrol. ICE threatens you, points guns at you, brutalizes or kills someone in front of you. Every day it's somebody new in our circle. We gather around them while they work through the stress and fear and then, to the person, they go back out.
My friends are so insanely brave.
My friends are so insanely brave.
Friend who's part of a neighborhood watch group says their car was just surrounded by ICE. Is fine but obviously rattled.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This is just part of patrol. ICE threatens you, points guns at you, brutalizes or kills someone in front of you. Every day it's somebody new in our circle. We gather around them while they work through the stress and fear and then, to the person, they go back out.
My friends are so insanely brave.
My friends are so insanely brave.
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“going to be late for piano” kind of crushed me
I hate it here
(Kid is fine, already been released but I didn't need that white hot surge of panic)
(Kid is fine, already been released but I didn't need that white hot surge of panic)
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
“going to be late for piano” kind of crushed me
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The high school in our neighborhood is currently doing a walkout to protest ICE and I’m so glad their teachers clearly arranged for security in advance, because there’s an SDPD (shocked by this) escort with lights between the sidewalk and the road to make sure no one drives into the kids
1/2
1/2
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The high school in our neighborhood is currently doing a walkout to protest ICE and I’m so glad their teachers clearly arranged for security in advance, because there’s an SDPD (shocked by this) escort with lights between the sidewalk and the road to make sure no one drives into the kids
1/2
1/2
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well well well variety.com/2026/music/n...
Kid Rock’s MAGA Country Music Festival Loses Shinedown and More Artists: ‘We Don’t Want to Participate in Something We Believe Will Create Division’
Shinedown became the fourth artist to pull out of Kid Rock's MAGA-leaning music festival, joining Ludacris, Morgan Wade and Carter Faith.
variety.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
well well well variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Well, this is a bummer. #Maine 💉🧪
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
Maine CDC Confirms Case of Measles in Maine | Department of Health and Human Services
AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is reporting the first case of measles in Maine since 2019. The Maine CDC confirmed th...
www.maine.gov
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Well, this is a bummer. #Maine 💉🧪
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
Well, this is a bummer. #Maine 💉🧪
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
Maine CDC Confirms Case of Measles in Maine | Department of Health and Human Services
AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is reporting the first case of measles in Maine since 2019. The Maine CDC confirmed th...
www.maine.gov
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Well, this is a bummer. #Maine 💉🧪
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
"The individual is an adult from Penobscot Co. who recently traveled to a state with measles cases. This individual was infectious from 1/28 through 2/5/2026."
- St Joe Hosp ED, 2/3, 830-11am
- Hill View Mini Barns, Etna, 1/28 & 1/29, all day
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From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."