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@rattyfleef.bsky.social
Riding the highway to distraction fuelled by high-octane caffeine. Older than Back to the Future. Plz rec me your fav fountain pen ink, watercolour supplies, and all the queer scifi books. Bajan, nonbinary transmasc, and always cold. He/they
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There are ample professional disincentives to spilling the inner workings of a court; even misconduct is rarely disclosed.
Only reason to demand NDAs is if the Justices are engaging in conduct so egregious that the legal profession would recognize the need for court employees to disclose it.
Only reason to demand NDAs is if the Justices are engaging in conduct so egregious that the legal profession would recognize the need for court employees to disclose it.
Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
There are ample professional disincentives to spilling the inner workings of a court; even misconduct is rarely disclosed.
Only reason to demand NDAs is if the Justices are engaging in conduct so egregious that the legal profession would recognize the need for court employees to disclose it.
Only reason to demand NDAs is if the Justices are engaging in conduct so egregious that the legal profession would recognize the need for court employees to disclose it.
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Professional mouser for hire! Inquire below 🐈⬛
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Professional mouser for hire! Inquire below 🐈⬛
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www.etsy.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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relevant to many of yalls interests.
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
relevant to many of yalls interests.
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Of all my native plants, false sunflowers #heliopsishelianthoides tend to attract the widest variety of native bees. This is a broad-handed leafcutter bee #Megachilelatimanus I saw back in summer '24.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Of all my native plants, false sunflowers #heliopsishelianthoides tend to attract the widest variety of native bees. This is a broad-handed leafcutter bee #Megachilelatimanus I saw back in summer '24.
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
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Hemlock and Silver is so good. Every time you think @tkingfisher.com has reached the pinnacle of "Steadfast lethal bodyguard who believes the heroine can do anything and would also die for her," she drops another banger.
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hemlock and Silver is so good. Every time you think @tkingfisher.com has reached the pinnacle of "Steadfast lethal bodyguard who believes the heroine can do anything and would also die for her," she drops another banger.
The benefits of drinking black coffee all morning and fizzy water all afternoon is that if I or the cats spill anything it's an easy cleanup ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The benefits of drinking black coffee all morning and fizzy water all afternoon is that if I or the cats spill anything it's an easy cleanup ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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“Sly was an architect of sound. Alongside Robbie Shakespeare, he established a foundation that defined the era of Reggae and Dancehall.”
Sly Dunbar, one half of the groundbreaking ‘Riddim Twins’ of Jamaican music, dies at 73
“Sly was an architect of sound. Alongside Robbie Shakespeare, he established a foundation that defined the era of Reggae and Dancehall.”
globalvoices.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
“Sly was an architect of sound. Alongside Robbie Shakespeare, he established a foundation that defined the era of Reggae and Dancehall.”
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Knowledge pollution! 👇
"...more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called 'paper mills.''
"Flagged papers have increased dramatically over two decades, rising from around 1% in the early 2000s and peaking at over 16% in 2022."
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01...
"...more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called 'paper mills.''
"Flagged papers have increased dramatically over two decades, rising from around 1% in the early 2000s and peaking at over 16% in 2022."
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01...
Scientific 'spam filter' flags over 250,000 potentially fake cancer studies
A new machine learning tool has identified more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called "paper mills." Developed by QUT researcher Professor Adrian Barnett, from t...
medicalxpress.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Knowledge pollution! 👇
"...more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called 'paper mills.''
"Flagged papers have increased dramatically over two decades, rising from around 1% in the early 2000s and peaking at over 16% in 2022."
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01...
"...more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called 'paper mills.''
"Flagged papers have increased dramatically over two decades, rising from around 1% in the early 2000s and peaking at over 16% in 2022."
medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01...
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PSA to artists who work on desktop computers in regions with inconsistent power: get yourself an Uninterruptible Power Supply
They cost a chunk of cash, but are worth it. Your computer will stay on during power flickers and for a full outage you'll have time to save your work & shut down properly
They cost a chunk of cash, but are worth it. Your computer will stay on during power flickers and for a full outage you'll have time to save your work & shut down properly
January 31, 2026 at 11:57 PM
PSA to artists who work on desktop computers in regions with inconsistent power: get yourself an Uninterruptible Power Supply
They cost a chunk of cash, but are worth it. Your computer will stay on during power flickers and for a full outage you'll have time to save your work & shut down properly
They cost a chunk of cash, but are worth it. Your computer will stay on during power flickers and for a full outage you'll have time to save your work & shut down properly
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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web comic artists! quote this with your favorite panels you’ve done, the link(s), and a pitch for why people should read it!
January 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
web comic artists! quote this with your favorite panels you’ve done, the link(s), and a pitch for why people should read it!
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I'm trying to sell more of these pins than they sell tickets for the Melania movie. I think I can do it. Want to help?
willburrows.art/shop
willburrows.art/shop
January 31, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I'm trying to sell more of these pins than they sell tickets for the Melania movie. I think I can do it. Want to help?
willburrows.art/shop
willburrows.art/shop
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good things people have invented, an incomplete list
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
good things people have invented, an incomplete list
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🦟🦟 "a swarm of (videogame) mosquitoes" 🦟🦟
which one do you like/hate the most?
might go for that medieval invert drawing highlights for the spring #InverteFest
which one do you like/hate the most?
might go for that medieval invert drawing highlights for the spring #InverteFest
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🦟🦟 "a swarm of (videogame) mosquitoes" 🦟🦟
which one do you like/hate the most?
might go for that medieval invert drawing highlights for the spring #InverteFest
which one do you like/hate the most?
might go for that medieval invert drawing highlights for the spring #InverteFest
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Emergency kitten
January 30, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Emergency kitten
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The bad taste in our mouths
The twinkle in your eye
Good things never last
Bad things never die
The twinkle in your eye
Good things never last
Bad things never die
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The bad taste in our mouths
The twinkle in your eye
Good things never last
Bad things never die
The twinkle in your eye
Good things never last
Bad things never die
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happy threshold day!
Jfc, the Voyager ep where tom paris breaks transwarp threshold, evolves into malevolent fish man, kidnaps captain janeway to transwarp zone, evolves them both into salamanders, HAVE FUCKING SALAMANDER BABIES (that just get left on that random planet) & THEN GO BACK TO EVERYTHING BEING NORMAL AGAIN
January 29, 2026 at 6:44 PM
happy threshold day!
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153 species of soft bodied fossils from south China, 1.5 million years after a Late Cambrian mass extinction.
#PaleoSky #Paleontology 🧪⚒️🦖
www.science.org/content/arti...
#PaleoSky #Paleontology 🧪⚒️🦖
www.science.org/content/arti...
A motley crew of fossils illuminates an ancient, mysterious extinction event
512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close
www.science.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:27 PM
153 species of soft bodied fossils from south China, 1.5 million years after a Late Cambrian mass extinction.
#PaleoSky #Paleontology 🧪⚒️🦖
www.science.org/content/arti...
#PaleoSky #Paleontology 🧪⚒️🦖
www.science.org/content/arti...
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In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler.
White former downstate cop gets 20-year sentence for murdering Sonya Massey
In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black Springfield area woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler. His second-degree murder conviction carried a maximum sentence of 20 years.
n.pr
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In a police brutality case that drew national attention, Sean Grayson fatally shot the Black woman in her home in 2024 after she had called 911 to investigate a possible prowler.
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This machine yub nubs fascists.
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
This machine yub nubs fascists.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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wormy annoyed me so i put her in skyrim
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 AM
wormy annoyed me so i put her in skyrim