The Dragon of East Rock
@eastrockpark.bsky.social
Retired dragon. Curmudgeon. Caffeine fueled. Loves cats, turtles, critters, and knitting.
The dragon is as broke as you are.
Follows for the apparent purpose of advertising gofundmes and whatnot will be blocked.
The dragon is as broke as you are.
Follows for the apparent purpose of advertising gofundmes and whatnot will be blocked.
Pinned
All of 2025 has just been one great big WHAT THE FUCK after another.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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An ACIP member reports that they received 3 versions of the votes in past 72 hours, committee now on break because CDC presenter is having to deal with making sure slides align w current vote language, which seems not to be what she was last given. Once again, the committee has devolved into chaos.
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
An ACIP member reports that they received 3 versions of the votes in past 72 hours, committee now on break because CDC presenter is having to deal with making sure slides align w current vote language, which seems not to be what she was last given. Once again, the committee has devolved into chaos.
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Someone once succinctly summed up the common problem with a GOP legislator’s policy proposals - “he just doesn’t understand some people don’t have any f****ing money!”
But Hawley’s proposal has the same basic flaw as Cassidy’s “HSAs for All!” Idea: They assume that most people have several thousand dollars in cash lying around which can be put into a savings account (or paid up front) in order to get savings/tax benefits later on.
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Someone once succinctly summed up the common problem with a GOP legislator’s policy proposals - “he just doesn’t understand some people don’t have any f****ing money!”
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Today's meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is going great
I am not alone in my confusion about the vote. There is now a break to correct the slides and make everything coherent.
Stunning level of competence on display here.
Stunning level of competence on display here.
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today's meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is going great
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Elmo lies, innocents die.
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Elmo lies, innocents die.
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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#RECALL: G0815 15” 3HP Heavy-Duty Planers. The chip breaker can contact the cutterhead blades during use, which can cause debris to be ejected from the planer, posing impact/laceration hazards to the user and bystanders. Get free repair kit and installation instructions. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#RECALL: G0815 15” 3HP Heavy-Duty Planers. The chip breaker can contact the cutterhead blades during use, which can cause debris to be ejected from the planer, posing impact/laceration hazards to the user and bystanders. Get free repair kit and installation instructions. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
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🏠 Home for the Holidays 🏠
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🏠 Home for the Holidays 🏠
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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first time i had ever seen a teacher actually enjoy their job, his face LIT UP because up until that point no one had taken him up on what i now think was a genius thing to include as an educator
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
first time i had ever seen a teacher actually enjoy their job, his face LIT UP because up until that point no one had taken him up on what i now think was a genius thing to include as an educator
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people did start to ask things after that, in our class anyway, and he'd fully say when a question was also something that involved a different science, like why lightning made things catch fire or why heat makes chocolate liquid but cake batter solid
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
people did start to ask things after that, in our class anyway, and he'd fully say when a question was also something that involved a different science, like why lightning made things catch fire or why heat makes chocolate liquid but cake batter solid
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while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
Always look for the money angle.
Always.
Always.
Trump, Bill Mahar, Ted Cruz -- I kept hearing right wing MAGAs claim genocide of Nigerian Christians.
So I investigated, and here's what I found: There's no alleged genocide—but there's definitely an oil & profit interest in claiming their is. Here are the facts:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
So I investigated, and here's what I found: There's no alleged genocide—but there's definitely an oil & profit interest in claiming their is. Here are the facts:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigeria, "Christian Genocide" and the Right Wing Attempt To Create More War
Addressing the MAGA claim that Christians are suffering genocide in Nigeria
www.qasimrashid.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Always look for the money angle.
Always.
Always.
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-Well this is deja vu
Momma?
-Yes buddy?
No feels feets.
-I know buddy. Hang in there. It will get better in a few days.
Momma!
-Yes buddy.
Dere will be vengeances.
-Mmmhmm. Sure. Go lie down Mister Sunflower
Vengences Momma. Vengences.
Momma?
-Yes buddy?
No feels feets.
-I know buddy. Hang in there. It will get better in a few days.
Momma!
-Yes buddy.
Dere will be vengeances.
-Mmmhmm. Sure. Go lie down Mister Sunflower
Vengences Momma. Vengences.
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
-Well this is deja vu
Momma?
-Yes buddy?
No feels feets.
-I know buddy. Hang in there. It will get better in a few days.
Momma!
-Yes buddy.
Dere will be vengeances.
-Mmmhmm. Sure. Go lie down Mister Sunflower
Vengences Momma. Vengences.
Momma?
-Yes buddy?
No feels feets.
-I know buddy. Hang in there. It will get better in a few days.
Momma!
-Yes buddy.
Dere will be vengeances.
-Mmmhmm. Sure. Go lie down Mister Sunflower
Vengences Momma. Vengences.
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THREAD
It's mystery time! Can YOU solve the mystery of the lost media? 🫵
Read on!
It's mystery time! Can YOU solve the mystery of the lost media? 🫵
Read on!
I seem to have accidentally stumbled upon a lost media CHRISTMAS MYSTERY...can you help me solve it?
Here's what happened: I sang a carol to my partner the other day, and he didn't recognize it. Fair enough, he's from England, so we don't always know the same music. So I tried searching for it...
Here's what happened: I sang a carol to my partner the other day, and he didn't recognize it. Fair enough, he's from England, so we don't always know the same music. So I tried searching for it...
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
THREAD
It's mystery time! Can YOU solve the mystery of the lost media? 🫵
Read on!
It's mystery time! Can YOU solve the mystery of the lost media? 🫵
Read on!
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Withholding SNAP from 1.4 million Michiganders for Trump's political games is cruel and inhumane.
The Trump administration indicates that it will begin withholding SNAP benefits from recipients in most Democratic-led states starting next week after those states refused to provide the Agriculture Department with data, including recipients’ names and immigration statuses.
Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP benefits from blue states over immigration data
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the remarks after a judge ruled that the administration couldn't withhold food assistance funds over the requested data.
nbcnews.to
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Withholding SNAP from 1.4 million Michiganders for Trump's political games is cruel and inhumane.
I am so tired.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I am so tired.
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this should be a much bigger story
ByHeart’s recall of its baby formula products amid a growing nationwide outbreak of infant botulism has shaken the trust of moms and caregivers – not just in ByHeart’s formula, but also in formula made by other brands. #medsky #idsky #publichealth
www.healthbeat.org/2025/12/03/b...
www.healthbeat.org/2025/12/03/b...
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
this should be a much bigger story
We have a government where the president says he's not getting updated and doesn't know anything about what he's being asked about and a Speaker of the House who never watches the news and has no idea what is going on around him and a Secretary of War who thinks the title gives blanket permission...
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We have a government where the president says he's not getting updated and doesn't know anything about what he's being asked about and a Speaker of the House who never watches the news and has no idea what is going on around him and a Secretary of War who thinks the title gives blanket permission...
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Misty, the gaming cat, character creation: Charisma = 10, Chaotic Good.
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Misty, the gaming cat, character creation: Charisma = 10, Chaotic Good.
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme
And yes, you should follow our fosters on the ‘gram @littletailfosters
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"No one in this feral administration seems to feel the slightest sympathy for people who have escaped persecution and violence. The U.S. as a beacon of freedom leaves them cold. But they are happy to exploit a crime to fulfill their agenda regarding immigrants."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration
And he won’t let the facts get in the way of his agenda.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"No one in this feral administration seems to feel the slightest sympathy for people who have escaped persecution and violence. The U.S. as a beacon of freedom leaves them cold. But they are happy to exploit a crime to fulfill their agenda regarding immigrants."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
I'm rolling into my day at the speed of a tortoise.
That's a nice speed sometimes.
That's a nice speed sometimes.
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm rolling into my day at the speed of a tortoise.
That's a nice speed sometimes.
That's a nice speed sometimes.
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Finn arrived in our yard on Xmas eve but his actual birthday was probably in the last couple of weeks
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Finn arrived in our yard on Xmas eve but his actual birthday was probably in the last couple of weeks