Lachesis
@lalalachesis.bsky.social
writer, knitter, long covid, long hair, long story. she-her, vengeance paladin. recovering primary physician. preferential option for the queers.
i actually follow a lot more ppl; they are in my list called "news."
protecting the guys & dolls since 1979
i actually follow a lot more ppl; they are in my list called "news."
protecting the guys & dolls since 1979
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intro: neither bot nor ai nor here for self-promotion; blocking those who are. i pester about alt-text. antiauthoritarian. love scrub pants, disaster movies, bon bons, bon mots, bach motets, dad jokes, ambiguity, destabilizing metanarratives, yoga, cephalopods, color pattern knitting in the round.
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Allowing insurance companies to profit off us is the root of the problem. #CorporateGreed
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Allowing insurance companies to profit off us is the root of the problem. #CorporateGreed
alt text: diagram is basically just a list of bad actors and long symptoms, with wee cartoons. but both are detailed in the article.
A new review of post-infection syndromes, including #LongCovid, and its diverse immunologic manifestations www.cell.com/trends/immun... by @virusesimmunity.bsky.social and colleagues
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
alt text: diagram is basically just a list of bad actors and long symptoms, with wee cartoons. but both are detailed in the article.
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
holiday anthem! <holly-ivy wreath emoji>
Joan Baez - Here's to you, Nicola and Bart
YouTube video by supergirlOn
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
holiday anthem! <holly-ivy wreath emoji>
medieval "Advent was a bleak, cold time, the midnight of the Christian year... to face the desperation of their own broken hearts, as well as the broken world around them...
Violence... was not permitted... These were solemn and fearful days... and articulated the human longing to be rescued"
Violence... was not permitted... These were solemn and fearful days... and articulated the human longing to be rescued"
Not feeling jolly this Advent? Medieval Christians didn’t either.
The dark, somber spirit of Advent in the Middle Ages speaks to those looking toward the birth of Christ in a season of hardship.
uscatholic.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
medieval "Advent was a bleak, cold time, the midnight of the Christian year... to face the desperation of their own broken hearts, as well as the broken world around them...
Violence... was not permitted... These were solemn and fearful days... and articulated the human longing to be rescued"
Violence... was not permitted... These were solemn and fearful days... and articulated the human longing to be rescued"
"...When affected individuals left the lumberjack camp the disorder lessened in both severity and frequency." woah
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD
Learn about Jumping Frenchmen of Maine, including symptoms, causes, and treatments. If you or a loved one is affected by this condition, visit NORD to find
rarediseases.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"...When affected individuals left the lumberjack camp the disorder lessened in both severity and frequency." woah
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
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heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
Applications Open for Meyer’s Shared Office Space | Meyer Memorial Trust
Meyer is now accepting applications for the Workspace for Just Futures — our free office space designed to support powerful, community-centered work.
mmt.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
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I’m going to take a couple days off for the holiday. I hope you all have a fulfilling time tomorrow, I’m personally thankful for your engagement with my work, so thank you!
#art #artsky #oilpastels #fineart #contemporaryart #artist
#art #artsky #oilpastels #fineart #contemporaryart #artist
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m going to take a couple days off for the holiday. I hope you all have a fulfilling time tomorrow, I’m personally thankful for your engagement with my work, so thank you!
#art #artsky #oilpastels #fineart #contemporaryart #artist
#art #artsky #oilpastels #fineart #contemporaryart #artist
archived link sans paywall
by peter eavis, 12/1/25, nyt:
tariffs kick in bigly, in time for holiday shopping
e.g., "Ms. Scholtz [78-yo PDX weaver]... asked UPS to assess whether it made a mistake, given that the duty [$333.50] is more than twice the amount of the item [$158.36, risers for a loom]."
by peter eavis, 12/1/25, nyt:
tariffs kick in bigly, in time for holiday shopping
e.g., "Ms. Scholtz [78-yo PDX weaver]... asked UPS to assess whether it made a mistake, given that the duty [$333.50] is more than twice the amount of the item [$158.36, risers for a loom]."
archive.ph
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
archived link sans paywall
by peter eavis, 12/1/25, nyt:
tariffs kick in bigly, in time for holiday shopping
e.g., "Ms. Scholtz [78-yo PDX weaver]... asked UPS to assess whether it made a mistake, given that the duty [$333.50] is more than twice the amount of the item [$158.36, risers for a loom]."
by peter eavis, 12/1/25, nyt:
tariffs kick in bigly, in time for holiday shopping
e.g., "Ms. Scholtz [78-yo PDX weaver]... asked UPS to assess whether it made a mistake, given that the duty [$333.50] is more than twice the amount of the item [$158.36, risers for a loom]."
nurse Julie London hugs a kid. it just gets better & better.
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
nurse Julie London hugs a kid. it just gets better & better.
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In case you are wondering what being a federally funded researcher looks like these days: the shutdown required that NIH cancel over 370 peer review meetings, impacting the review of over 24,000 applications. As a result the percentage of applications discussed will be reduced from 50% to 30-35%.
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In case you are wondering what being a federally funded researcher looks like these days: the shutdown required that NIH cancel over 370 peer review meetings, impacting the review of over 24,000 applications. As a result the percentage of applications discussed will be reduced from 50% to 30-35%.
birds of new york[er]
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
birds of new york[er]
dude. what a page-turner.
thanks, prof kim lane scheppele, for posting it! if all y'all antifascists aren't following her, well, you oughta be.
thanks, prof kim lane scheppele, for posting it! if all y'all antifascists aren't following her, well, you oughta be.
0714
A Story About Illegal Orders
joadt.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
dude. what a page-turner.
thanks, prof kim lane scheppele, for posting it! if all y'all antifascists aren't following her, well, you oughta be.
thanks, prof kim lane scheppele, for posting it! if all y'all antifascists aren't following her, well, you oughta be.
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And for soldiers who feel that they are in that situation, reach out to the Orders Project. www.ordersproject.com
The Orders Project: Legal Guidance for Military Personnel
The Orders Project helps military personnel navigate legal orders with confidence. Understand your rights and options today.
www.ordersproject.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And for soldiers who feel that they are in that situation, reach out to the Orders Project. www.ordersproject.com
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Let’s see what 2026 has in store! ✨ We’ve designed a special deck of RWB tarot cards to give you a fun look at your year ahead. Click to pull a card and discover what your RWB journey might look like in 2026.
Pull your RWB tarot: go.redwine.blue/TAROT-BS
Pull your RWB tarot: go.redwine.blue/TAROT-BS
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Let’s see what 2026 has in store! ✨ We’ve designed a special deck of RWB tarot cards to give you a fun look at your year ahead. Click to pull a card and discover what your RWB journey might look like in 2026.
Pull your RWB tarot: go.redwine.blue/TAROT-BS
Pull your RWB tarot: go.redwine.blue/TAROT-BS
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Polls for months have shown a huge lead for Orban's opponent. Now the HU government is doing what it always does before elections: increase social benefits, threaten opponents, rewrite election law. Trump promised to underwrite Orban's election spending spree.
dailynewshungary.com/latest-poll-...
dailynewshungary.com/latest-poll-...
Latest poll suggests PM Orbán may keep his seat until 2030
According to the latest poll of Medián, PM Orbán may keep his seat even after the 2026 general elections.
dailynewshungary.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Polls for months have shown a huge lead for Orban's opponent. Now the HU government is doing what it always does before elections: increase social benefits, threaten opponents, rewrite election law. Trump promised to underwrite Orban's election spending spree.
dailynewshungary.com/latest-poll-...
dailynewshungary.com/latest-poll-...
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Just Security has compiled a very helpful timeline to keep track of all of the vessel strikes that Hegseth has ordered, along with the official legal rationales and criticisms that these actions have generated. Experts and allies are uniformly opposed. www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just Security has compiled a very helpful timeline to keep track of all of the vessel strikes that Hegseth has ordered, along with the official legal rationales and criticisms that these actions have generated. Experts and allies are uniformly opposed. www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
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Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
boldfaced, since 1871 = A typeface with thick heavy lines (merriam-webster).
bald-faced, since 1648 = Brash; undisguised (oxford english dictionary).
bald-faced took over from barefaced (same meaning). "OED's earliest evidence for barefaced is from 1600, in the writing of William Shakespeare"
bald-faced, since 1648 = Brash; undisguised (oxford english dictionary).
bald-faced took over from barefaced (same meaning). "OED's earliest evidence for barefaced is from 1600, in the writing of William Shakespeare"
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
boldfaced, since 1871 = A typeface with thick heavy lines (merriam-webster).
bald-faced, since 1648 = Brash; undisguised (oxford english dictionary).
bald-faced took over from barefaced (same meaning). "OED's earliest evidence for barefaced is from 1600, in the writing of William Shakespeare"
bald-faced, since 1648 = Brash; undisguised (oxford english dictionary).
bald-faced took over from barefaced (same meaning). "OED's earliest evidence for barefaced is from 1600, in the writing of William Shakespeare"
the word "remigration" is a dogwhistle. know your meme, low-engagement voters.
Remigration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
the word "remigration" is a dogwhistle. know your meme, low-engagement voters.
intro: neither bot nor ai nor here for self-promotion; blocking those who are. i pester about alt-text. antiauthoritarian. love scrub pants, disaster movies, bon bons, bon mots, bach motets, dad jokes, ambiguity, destabilizing metanarratives, yoga, cephalopods, color pattern knitting in the round.
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
intro: neither bot nor ai nor here for self-promotion; blocking those who are. i pester about alt-text. antiauthoritarian. love scrub pants, disaster movies, bon bons, bon mots, bach motets, dad jokes, ambiguity, destabilizing metanarratives, yoga, cephalopods, color pattern knitting in the round.
hope maha doesn't decide that being sick with infant botulism is natural & healthy too.
speaking as a former clinician for people with, for example, post-polio, post-borrelia, & post-streptococcal syndromes, not to mention numerous cases of the postpertussis 100-day cough, i say... f*k those f*kers
speaking as a former clinician for people with, for example, post-polio, post-borrelia, & post-streptococcal syndromes, not to mention numerous cases of the postpertussis 100-day cough, i say... f*k those f*kers
Is it “Natural and Healthy” When Children Get Sick With COVID?
The notion that society and children benefit when they contract vaccine-preventable diseases used to be relegated to the fringes of the anti-vaccine movement. It is now embraced by doctors at prestig
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
hope maha doesn't decide that being sick with infant botulism is natural & healthy too.
speaking as a former clinician for people with, for example, post-polio, post-borrelia, & post-streptococcal syndromes, not to mention numerous cases of the postpertussis 100-day cough, i say... f*k those f*kers
speaking as a former clinician for people with, for example, post-polio, post-borrelia, & post-streptococcal syndromes, not to mention numerous cases of the postpertussis 100-day cough, i say... f*k those f*kers
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Northwestern joins the growing list of US universities which are caving to Trump by agreeing to illegally ban trans people from facilities.
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Northwestern joins the growing list of US universities which are caving to Trump by agreeing to illegally ban trans people from facilities.
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
Banning trans people from bathrooms is illegal in Illinois, as affirmed by law and a court ruling.
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-inform...
very valuable conversation here
I’d just like to say… the government withdrew every policy support and financial support that they offered in the early days… if said government offered any help at all… in order to shove people “back to normal”.
Rent relief, sick pay… all of it.
Rent relief, sick pay… all of it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
very valuable conversation here