SummertimeCollective
@stcollective.bsky.social
Cat lady, writer, traveler, techie, seeker of beauty and authenticity, purveyor of sarcasm and cat pictures.
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This is madness. It’s terrifying how quickly he’s destroying lives. People will die from this if left unchecked.
One of the darkest, but less reported, aspects of Trump’s anti-trans order this week IMO is that he directed the DOJ to remove protections for trans prisoners from Prison Rape Elimination Act guidelines. Story at @theappeal.org today from @byadamrhodes.bsky.social: theappeal.org/trump-execut...
‘People Will Die’ from Trump’s Trans Prisoner Crackdown, Experts Warn
Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.
theappeal.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is madness. It’s terrifying how quickly he’s destroying lives. People will die from this if left unchecked.
Reposted by SummertimeCollective
Never going to forget or forgive a single fucking person who supported him.
🚨 Trump will instruct the federal government tomorrow via an executive order to not recognize that transgender people exist and exclusively recognize people as their sex assigned at birth.
www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...
www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female’
The White House strikes out at gender ideology and pronouns. Also: ends housing of biological men in women’s prisons; self-ID on passports; and more.
www.thefp.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Never going to forget or forgive a single fucking person who supported him.
CareMark finally approved continuing a medication I have taken for a year.
7 weeks, 10 medical professionals, 2 denials, 8 cancellations, 1 external appeal.
2 letters, 13 months medical records, 3 pages narrative health history, hours of calls, faxes….
And…
Pharmacy is out of stock.
😖🤬🤯😤
#cvs
7 weeks, 10 medical professionals, 2 denials, 8 cancellations, 1 external appeal.
2 letters, 13 months medical records, 3 pages narrative health history, hours of calls, faxes….
And…
Pharmacy is out of stock.
😖🤬🤯😤
#cvs
January 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
CareMark finally approved continuing a medication I have taken for a year.
7 weeks, 10 medical professionals, 2 denials, 8 cancellations, 1 external appeal.
2 letters, 13 months medical records, 3 pages narrative health history, hours of calls, faxes….
And…
Pharmacy is out of stock.
😖🤬🤯😤
#cvs
7 weeks, 10 medical professionals, 2 denials, 8 cancellations, 1 external appeal.
2 letters, 13 months medical records, 3 pages narrative health history, hours of calls, faxes….
And…
Pharmacy is out of stock.
😖🤬🤯😤
#cvs
I have an #ipsy subscription but I can’t figure out “shipping”.
I got a shipping notification yesterday. Tracking number didn’t work “yet”.
At 10:30 pm, a knock at my door. A guy with a pickup truck and no uniform hands me the box that had just shipped.
Same thing in December.
WTF is it?
I got a shipping notification yesterday. Tracking number didn’t work “yet”.
At 10:30 pm, a knock at my door. A guy with a pickup truck and no uniform hands me the box that had just shipped.
Same thing in December.
WTF is it?
January 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I have an #ipsy subscription but I can’t figure out “shipping”.
I got a shipping notification yesterday. Tracking number didn’t work “yet”.
At 10:30 pm, a knock at my door. A guy with a pickup truck and no uniform hands me the box that had just shipped.
Same thing in December.
WTF is it?
I got a shipping notification yesterday. Tracking number didn’t work “yet”.
At 10:30 pm, a knock at my door. A guy with a pickup truck and no uniform hands me the box that had just shipped.
Same thing in December.
WTF is it?
This explains why I keep postponing the housekeeper. My house has too many moody layers to be properly cleaned right now. At this point it might need some sort of exorcism.
There's a fine line between comfort clutter and depression squalor and boy do I walk that line like Johnny everloving Cash
January 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This explains why I keep postponing the housekeeper. My house has too many moody layers to be properly cleaned right now. At this point it might need some sort of exorcism.
On this day in 2021… I was showing my cat, Jack, a first photo of a kitten available for adoption.
She and her sister moved in on 1/20.
A week later they were all obsessed with each other. Jack was an excellent big brother.
#catsofbluesky
She and her sister moved in on 1/20.
A week later they were all obsessed with each other. Jack was an excellent big brother.
#catsofbluesky
January 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On this day in 2021… I was showing my cat, Jack, a first photo of a kitten available for adoption.
She and her sister moved in on 1/20.
A week later they were all obsessed with each other. Jack was an excellent big brother.
#catsofbluesky
She and her sister moved in on 1/20.
A week later they were all obsessed with each other. Jack was an excellent big brother.
#catsofbluesky
@whiskerlitterrobot.bsky.social
We love our Litter Robot 4, but my cats are sisters and are about the same size. The one on the right is Zella and she has health issues so I need to know her patterns. The one on the left, Agatha, is usually who you say is in the box. Let’s rework that algo!
We love our Litter Robot 4, but my cats are sisters and are about the same size. The one on the right is Zella and she has health issues so I need to know her patterns. The one on the left, Agatha, is usually who you say is in the box. Let’s rework that algo!
January 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@whiskerlitterrobot.bsky.social
We love our Litter Robot 4, but my cats are sisters and are about the same size. The one on the right is Zella and she has health issues so I need to know her patterns. The one on the left, Agatha, is usually who you say is in the box. Let’s rework that algo!
We love our Litter Robot 4, but my cats are sisters and are about the same size. The one on the right is Zella and she has health issues so I need to know her patterns. The one on the left, Agatha, is usually who you say is in the box. Let’s rework that algo!
Agatha taking a short break from yelling “Maaaa!!! The kibble!!!”
She’s given meat 2x a day but PREFERS “crunchies”. Her sister Zella loves everything, so we use microchip feeders.
I now ask her to “try a few bites please!” before I cave and serve the kibble.
I am well trained.
#catsofbluesky
She’s given meat 2x a day but PREFERS “crunchies”. Her sister Zella loves everything, so we use microchip feeders.
I now ask her to “try a few bites please!” before I cave and serve the kibble.
I am well trained.
#catsofbluesky
January 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Agatha taking a short break from yelling “Maaaa!!! The kibble!!!”
She’s given meat 2x a day but PREFERS “crunchies”. Her sister Zella loves everything, so we use microchip feeders.
I now ask her to “try a few bites please!” before I cave and serve the kibble.
I am well trained.
#catsofbluesky
She’s given meat 2x a day but PREFERS “crunchies”. Her sister Zella loves everything, so we use microchip feeders.
I now ask her to “try a few bites please!” before I cave and serve the kibble.
I am well trained.
#catsofbluesky
This is horrific use of AI.
January 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is horrific use of AI.
BS Reasons CVS Caremark has given for DENYING medication I have taken for 1 year:
used wrong form
Have to try __
No evidence
not medically necessary
not in formulary
medication is “experimental”
All Falsehoods.
The writer of the Rx should be only required approval.
#priorauth #cvs #caremark
used wrong form
Have to try __
No evidence
not medically necessary
not in formulary
medication is “experimental”
All Falsehoods.
The writer of the Rx should be only required approval.
#priorauth #cvs #caremark
January 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
BS Reasons CVS Caremark has given for DENYING medication I have taken for 1 year:
used wrong form
Have to try __
No evidence
not medically necessary
not in formulary
medication is “experimental”
All Falsehoods.
The writer of the Rx should be only required approval.
#priorauth #cvs #caremark
used wrong form
Have to try __
No evidence
not medically necessary
not in formulary
medication is “experimental”
All Falsehoods.
The writer of the Rx should be only required approval.
#priorauth #cvs #caremark
Agatha wanted to be under the covers this morning. I suspect she was sharing her strategy for self-care in 2025…. “Pull the cozy blanket over your head and hide.”
#catsofbluesky #2025strategy #blanket
#catsofbluesky #2025strategy #blanket
January 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Agatha wanted to be under the covers this morning. I suspect she was sharing her strategy for self-care in 2025…. “Pull the cozy blanket over your head and hide.”
#catsofbluesky #2025strategy #blanket
#catsofbluesky #2025strategy #blanket
I’m firmly in the “a new journal or 12 will be just the thing!!” Embrace your bliss! Get the fancy stickers and the perfect pen and put on some mood music while you light the new candle that will make your year better.
This year needs all the help it can get!
This year needs all the help it can get!
There are people out here on Al Gore’s internet telling you that you don’t need any more journals or fancy pens or cute water bottles.
That kind of negativity will not stand! Follow your joy! Buy all the journals and pens and water bottles! Stack them in a massive pyramid and admire them!
That kind of negativity will not stand! Follow your joy! Buy all the journals and pens and water bottles! Stack them in a massive pyramid and admire them!
January 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m firmly in the “a new journal or 12 will be just the thing!!” Embrace your bliss! Get the fancy stickers and the perfect pen and put on some mood music while you light the new candle that will make your year better.
This year needs all the help it can get!
This year needs all the help it can get!
This series of epic photos of Agatha are brought to you by the incredible and amazing phenomenon of my opening a can of seltzer water in her presence.
I must now hold the can until it is empty because she has only one goal… knock it over to release the !!!Bubbles!!!
#catsofbluesky
I must now hold the can until it is empty because she has only one goal… knock it over to release the !!!Bubbles!!!
#catsofbluesky
December 31, 2024 at 9:11 PM
This series of epic photos of Agatha are brought to you by the incredible and amazing phenomenon of my opening a can of seltzer water in her presence.
I must now hold the can until it is empty because she has only one goal… knock it over to release the !!!Bubbles!!!
#catsofbluesky
I must now hold the can until it is empty because she has only one goal… knock it over to release the !!!Bubbles!!!
#catsofbluesky
Sometimes I write slightly longer posts. Ode to the peppermint mocha ….. www.summertimecollective.com/stories-to-t...
Time lapse — Summertime Collective
“She’s drinking coffee, Zella!” Agatha whispers to her sister and they both look at me, accusingly. “Of course she is. I can see that. I just don’t know why that is an excuse for the tardiness of my...
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December 30, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Sometimes I write slightly longer posts. Ode to the peppermint mocha ….. www.summertimecollective.com/stories-to-t...
Driving across the country, watching the sunset in all shades of pink mixing with the clouds… instantly I remember a flat plastic oval with pink and white sand. It was my Granni’s. It swirled in the most beautiful patterns.
It was a
#Wham-OMagicWindow
Did you have one? eBay prices are nuts!
It was a
#Wham-OMagicWindow
Did you have one? eBay prices are nuts!
December 28, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Driving across the country, watching the sunset in all shades of pink mixing with the clouds… instantly I remember a flat plastic oval with pink and white sand. It was my Granni’s. It swirled in the most beautiful patterns.
It was a
#Wham-OMagicWindow
Did you have one? eBay prices are nuts!
It was a
#Wham-OMagicWindow
Did you have one? eBay prices are nuts!
The bird flu mutated and killed over 30 tigers in Washington state. This could also be transmitted to housecats.
Zella is on immunosuppressants for her allergies. We are now very alarmed.
Do we need to disinfect before interacting with her? Do they make cat size bubbles?
#catsofbluesky
Zella is on immunosuppressants for her allergies. We are now very alarmed.
Do we need to disinfect before interacting with her? Do they make cat size bubbles?
#catsofbluesky
December 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
The bird flu mutated and killed over 30 tigers in Washington state. This could also be transmitted to housecats.
Zella is on immunosuppressants for her allergies. We are now very alarmed.
Do we need to disinfect before interacting with her? Do they make cat size bubbles?
#catsofbluesky
Zella is on immunosuppressants for her allergies. We are now very alarmed.
Do we need to disinfect before interacting with her? Do they make cat size bubbles?
#catsofbluesky
I would love to be part of Denmark!!
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 28, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I would love to be part of Denmark!!
The two very distinct personalities my cats show their cat sitter. They are sisters/littermates but I swear the gray one is the “big sister”.
That box is in the kitchen specifically to serve as Zella’s perch while she screams “hurry up and feed me!!!”
Agatha prefers upside down.
#catsofbluesky
That box is in the kitchen specifically to serve as Zella’s perch while she screams “hurry up and feed me!!!”
Agatha prefers upside down.
#catsofbluesky
December 27, 2024 at 11:04 PM
The two very distinct personalities my cats show their cat sitter. They are sisters/littermates but I swear the gray one is the “big sister”.
That box is in the kitchen specifically to serve as Zella’s perch while she screams “hurry up and feed me!!!”
Agatha prefers upside down.
#catsofbluesky
That box is in the kitchen specifically to serve as Zella’s perch while she screams “hurry up and feed me!!!”
Agatha prefers upside down.
#catsofbluesky
This is a big deal - even if just due to weight loss. FDA approval for this usage will cause insurance companies to lose the “vanity” claim as they deny access.
I’ve taken Wegovy for almost a year. CVS Caremark denied 3 prior authorizations for next year despite success & comorbidities. Will add.
I’ve taken Wegovy for almost a year. CVS Caremark denied 3 prior authorizations for next year despite success & comorbidities. Will add.
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM
This is a big deal - even if just due to weight loss. FDA approval for this usage will cause insurance companies to lose the “vanity” claim as they deny access.
I’ve taken Wegovy for almost a year. CVS Caremark denied 3 prior authorizations for next year despite success & comorbidities. Will add.
I’ve taken Wegovy for almost a year. CVS Caremark denied 3 prior authorizations for next year despite success & comorbidities. Will add.
Tech calls it the “scream test”…
“Turn it off. Only turn it back on when somebody screams. If nobody screams, they didn’t miss it….”
Its a clumsy and rash process, works on archaic legacy tech. Used when nothing else is reasonable or “accidentally”.
Does NOT work in government.
“Turn it off. Only turn it back on when somebody screams. If nobody screams, they didn’t miss it….”
Its a clumsy and rash process, works on archaic legacy tech. Used when nothing else is reasonable or “accidentally”.
Does NOT work in government.
I would be surprised if the government didn't shut down.
It's the only way to find out what services people didn't know they were missing.
Those are the ones Elon will say " see, no one noticed you were closed. Goodbye "
It's the only way to find out what services people didn't know they were missing.
Those are the ones Elon will say " see, no one noticed you were closed. Goodbye "
December 20, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Tech calls it the “scream test”…
“Turn it off. Only turn it back on when somebody screams. If nobody screams, they didn’t miss it….”
Its a clumsy and rash process, works on archaic legacy tech. Used when nothing else is reasonable or “accidentally”.
Does NOT work in government.
“Turn it off. Only turn it back on when somebody screams. If nobody screams, they didn’t miss it….”
Its a clumsy and rash process, works on archaic legacy tech. Used when nothing else is reasonable or “accidentally”.
Does NOT work in government.
Spent the entire afternoon on phone with CVS Caremark to get information re: a prior authorization stuck in limbo.
At my lowest, I said “ESCALATE”.
Suddenly “oh, well now you have said that…..”
They granted a “transitional fill”, and… 30 more days to get it done.
#ESCALATE #CVS #caremark
At my lowest, I said “ESCALATE”.
Suddenly “oh, well now you have said that…..”
They granted a “transitional fill”, and… 30 more days to get it done.
#ESCALATE #CVS #caremark
December 19, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Reposted by SummertimeCollective
They want Trump they just don’t want Trump to do any of the things he said he’s going to
WAPO POLL: “.. Would you support or oppose the Trump administration doing each of the following?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
They want Trump they just don’t want Trump to do any of the things he said he’s going to
Struggling with the holidays? or just ennui? Short days often make it even harder for me to get through the tasks of life.
Now I have a helper.
Squench is my “Birb” and she is encouraging, fun, and helps me get ish done. Join us on Finch if you’d like to see her dance.
#Finch #SAD #joy
Now I have a helper.
Squench is my “Birb” and she is encouraging, fun, and helps me get ish done. Join us on Finch if you’d like to see her dance.
#Finch #SAD #joy
December 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Love this old sign getting freshened up- we might need it.
Also, TIL Maryland never had a law to enforce Prohibition. Perhaps that’s why so many of the speak-easys were both successful and well known, eg. The Owl Bar.
Also, TIL Maryland never had a law to enforce Prohibition. Perhaps that’s why so many of the speak-easys were both successful and well known, eg. The Owl Bar.
‘VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION’ sign brought back to life in Fells Point
‘VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION’ sign brought back to life in Fells Point
The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point used extra money from wristband and beer sales at the Fell's Point Fun Festival for the “respectful rehabilitation” of the sign,...
buff.ly
December 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Love this old sign getting freshened up- we might need it.
Also, TIL Maryland never had a law to enforce Prohibition. Perhaps that’s why so many of the speak-easys were both successful and well known, eg. The Owl Bar.
Also, TIL Maryland never had a law to enforce Prohibition. Perhaps that’s why so many of the speak-easys were both successful and well known, eg. The Owl Bar.