HoofbeatsEqualZebra
@knockknockzebra.bsky.social
Lifelong Bostonian; ex-longtime Animal Care Vol (including for 2 kinds of zebra). Chronically ill, PTSD-having, neurodivergent introvert; mask wearer. She/her. My friends really do call me T.
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Does anybody have an article with a clear summary of the impacts on Medicare should the Dems continue making this deal? My parents would like a reliable source.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Does anybody have an article with a clear summary of the impacts on Medicare should the Dems continue making this deal? My parents would like a reliable source.
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State officials said they have received reports of more than 200 wells going dry around the state since July — but reporting is voluntary, which means many more residents could be dealing with water issues the state doesn’t know about.
As drought stretches on, N.H. households face an urgent problem: wells running dry - The Boston Globe
“It’s very tough because you need water to wash your dishes, to get a shower, to flush your toilet,” said Pittsburg health officer Lisa Bechok.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
State officials said they have received reports of more than 200 wells going dry around the state since July — but reporting is voluntary, which means many more residents could be dealing with water issues the state doesn’t know about.
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🦧 Meet Jaya, our male Sumatran orangutan, who has gone through an incredible transformation over the last few years. Today, he’s proudly showing off his large cheek pads (or “flanges”), a sign of maturity in male orangutans.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🦧 Meet Jaya, our male Sumatran orangutan, who has gone through an incredible transformation over the last few years. Today, he’s proudly showing off his large cheek pads (or “flanges”), a sign of maturity in male orangutans.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
“Alibozek had allegedly been communicating online with an undercover state police detective leading up to his arrest.”
POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED: A Massachusetts police chief was arrested last week in a local school parking lot on a charge of soliciting sex for a fee. on.nbcboston.com/4onEbWP
Mass. police chief arrested in school parking lot for soliciting sex for a fee
A Massachusetts police chief was arrested last week in a local school parking lot on a charge of soliciting sex for a fee.
on.nbcboston.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Alibozek had allegedly been communicating online with an undercover state police detective leading up to his arrest.”
TIMELINE CLEANSE
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H/t @bassoosie.bsky.social
Meet unlikely dining companions – Tytan the rhino and Notty the zebra! Rescued just a week apart, these two orphans are now inseparable. Where one goes, the other follows: during milk feeds, the two stand shoulder to shoulder, draining every last drop of their bottles. swt.bio/tytan
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
TIMELINE CLEANSE
H/t @bassoosie.bsky.social
H/t @bassoosie.bsky.social
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Even as the Social Security Administration falsely claims that phone wait times are down to single-digit minutes, callers are recording dance routines to the hold music as they wait over two hours . . . equal parts adorable and horrifying!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even as the Social Security Administration falsely claims that phone wait times are down to single-digit minutes, callers are recording dance routines to the hold music as they wait over two hours . . . equal parts adorable and horrifying!
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At least the Green Line train had a good night. 😏
More than 100 feet of overhead catenary wire caught fire and went down on a Green Line train at the Boston College Yard on Sunday evening, disrupting regular service for several hours and sending two train operators to the hospital. on.nbcboston.com/YjWCfgG
2 MBTA operators taken to hospital after wire comes down on B Line train
More than 100 feet of overhead catenary wire caught fire and went down on a Green Line train at the Boston College Yard on Sunday evening, disrupting regular service for several hours and sending two train operators to the hospital.
on.nbcboston.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
At least the Green Line train had a good night. 😏
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Constant rage
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Constant rage
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Which is why I’ll be voting hell no. Republicans are giving tax breaks to billionaires while healthcare premiums double & triple for regular people.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Which is why I’ll be voting hell no. Republicans are giving tax breaks to billionaires while healthcare premiums double & triple for regular people.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
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Can I see some pics of y’all’s pets I’m tired of thinking about these politicians for the time being
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Can I see some pics of y’all’s pets I’m tired of thinking about these politicians for the time being
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When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges reut.rs/3Xka3TD
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges
South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
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Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Healthcare is a human right.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
This constituent agrees, 100%.
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This constituent agrees, 100%.
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
High, hot, and a helluva lot.
The bag that ancient #maya man is holding is an … enema bag! 😅😅😅
It was one way of intaking psychedelic substances during rituals. Luckily we don’t have images of the actual administration. Jk, there totally are. Cancun Maya Museum.
#ancientamericas #ceramic #archaeology #arthistory 🏺
It was one way of intaking psychedelic substances during rituals. Luckily we don’t have images of the actual administration. Jk, there totally are. Cancun Maya Museum.
#ancientamericas #ceramic #archaeology #arthistory 🏺
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
High, hot, and a helluva lot.
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sometimes the algorithm just nails it
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
sometimes the algorithm just nails it
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November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Thor, prepared to file a complaint for false advertising after experiencing what “spa time” really is.
#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
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thor, prepared to file a complaint for false advertising after experiencing what “spa time” really is.
#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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I look at the world, at the forests and the mountains here, the sky, and it's all right, as it should be. But we aren't. People aren't. We're wrong. We do wrong. No animal does wrong. How could they? But we can, and we do. And we never stop.
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I look at the world, at the forests and the mountains here, the sky, and it's all right, as it should be. But we aren't. People aren't. We're wrong. We do wrong. No animal does wrong. How could they? But we can, and we do. And we never stop.
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Absolutely mind-blowing.
My dad sings in an incredible semi-professional choir in Portland and I’ve heard them sing this so many times and I cannot tell you how jealous I am that I don’t get to be one of the voices you never hear but you couldn’t live without who makes this sound possible
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Absolutely mind-blowing.
Hey, @kmr318.bsky.social: if you have some time, I think you might enjoy this Sy Montgomery talk at the NEAQ. Kinda fits with our recent musings. youtu.be/_N2yDf7_1oc?...
Sy Montgomery: The Soul of an Octopus
YouTube video by New England Aquarium
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November 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hey, @kmr318.bsky.social: if you have some time, I think you might enjoy this Sy Montgomery talk at the NEAQ. Kinda fits with our recent musings. youtu.be/_N2yDf7_1oc?...
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Lake Kaindy is a valley lake made by flooding in Kazakhstan, whose water is so cold that it preserved the spruce trees that grew in the valley for over 100 years. Underworld environmental design drop for you!
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lake Kaindy is a valley lake made by flooding in Kazakhstan, whose water is so cold that it preserved the spruce trees that grew in the valley for over 100 years. Underworld environmental design drop for you!
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“A Nigerian official was told by a U.S. counterpart that, with Thanksgiving coming up, Nigeria should go quiet and wait for the president’s attention to shift, a Nigerian official said.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“A Nigerian official was told by a U.S. counterpart that, with Thanksgiving coming up, Nigeria should go quiet and wait for the president’s attention to shift, a Nigerian official said.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.