Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

ahimsa

@ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy

83 followers 3 following 890 posts

Vegetarian, book lover📚 Living with ME/CFS and Dysautonomia since 1990 ♿️ She/Her Please use #AltText on images/GIFs❤️ Yes, I'd love to see a photo of your […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

disabled.social

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Happy to see that Violet Affleck is still doing advocacy work for Long Covid! Many thanks to The Sick Times for this story ❤️

"Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event" […]

Original post on disabled.social

disabled.social

8 3

Reposted by ahimsa

Kent Navalesi ☕️ @kentnavalesi.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Hope everyone had a great #whiskerswednesday.

#fosterkittens #CatsOfMastodon #mastodoncats #catwuschel #katzen #catstodon #adoptdontshop #rescuecat #AcademicsWithCats

a gray kitten and a tabby kitten looking over the edge of a box with red flannel blanket.

1 1

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 48m

"Portland’s puppy protesters tell Trump ‘Paws off Portland’ (photos)"

gift link = https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/10/portlands-puppy-protesters-tell-trump-paws-off-portland-photos.html?gift=bb334dbc-8e23-4ec0-881f-66521777759b

#oregon #portland #pdx […]

[Original post on disabled.social]

Three people with dogs on leashes walking in a street. The person in the middle smiles and holds up a large sign that says, "Send Treats Not Troops!"

2 4

Reposted by ahimsa

Ann K. @piquant00.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Lulu 🐾
#catsofmastodon #catstodon

Lulu the cat loafed in her bed, with her little front peets hanging over the edge.

2 1

Reposted by ahimsa

Anne Ominous @rustoleumlove.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 1h

i recently took this lil monster on her first road trip and she was pretty freaked out by the car

she made it tho

she spent a lot of time hiding down under the dashboard so i just tried to keep her comfy 😩 😂 😭 💔

a photo that is, vertically, about half taken up by the black of a dashboard, with the other half made up of blankets. in the middle, a tiny brown dog face pokes out from the blankets, unhappily

Reposted by ahimsa

Moxxi 🍂 @moxxi.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2h

SQUIRREL

#woodlandwednesday #dogs #dogsofmastodon #corgi #corgisofmastodon #mastodogs #dogsoffediverse #fedidogs #petsofmastodon #photography #dogsofpixelfed

Moxxi the corgi is pictured from behind with her friend Buck the mutt. They are wearing gps collars. They are staring intensely at something outside of the frame. In the background are the colored leaves of fall

6 2

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

"Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online"

gift link = […]

[Original post on disabled.social]

A nine-day-old snippet of testimony in front of Oregon lawmakers is rocketing around social media as Portland awaits word from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on President Trump’s troop deployment plans.

Oregon’s top military leader offered some reassuring — or infuriating, depending on one’s political perspective — comments about the role of National Guard soldiers during a proposed federal troop deployment to Portland.

Reposted by ahimsa

Robert W. Gehl @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Because we need more #dogsofmastodon, here is Agnes.

A black and brown mutt dog lying on a grey tile floor. The dog's name is Agnes and she is the best dog ever.

2 8 5

Reposted by ahimsa

Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This is a longshot but I'm wondering if anyone in the #covid aware or covid research communities has ever come across this situation: Someone I know has an extreme immunological reaction to exposure to SARS-CoV-2. They know this because they have access to lab tests and they display sky-high […]

Original post on mas.to

mas.to

6 1

Reposted by ahimsa

PepperTheVixen ΘΔ @pepperthevixen.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hey there! I'm one of the blind folks who read alt text on here. I'd like to say thank you for adding that so that I can also enjoy images of cartoon animals. A little effort from you means a world of difference for people like me
#accessibility #alttext #blind

4 150 19

Reposted by ahimsa

Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here?

I'll pay the bills. Period.

I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.

DM me.

3 170 10

Reposted by ahimsa

Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 7d

R U Up Yet

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties

A photo of an elderly tortie cat looking concerned

1 5 5

Reposted by ahimsa

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Good morning. I hope someone gives you a leg up this morning.

A brilliantly pink and orange sunrise, with a tall silhouetted spruce tree on one side of the photo, over an extremely flat horizon.

A bunch of goats eating from a large round hay bale, with one black and white goat standing on the back of a small brown horse. There's also a llama lounging on the grass in the background if you look carefully. They're all in a grassy farm pen with a tall wooden fence surrounding it. The sky above is cloudy and the sun hasn't quite come up yet so it's a little dark.

The same as the previous photo, except now the black and white goat on the horse's back is using the horse as a step stool to climb on top of the large hay bale. The horse seems completely fine with being a step stool.

1 22 4

Reposted by ahimsa

Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

I usually make things for people to use at home, but it seems to me that the only purpose of this bowl is to bob and spin in the Gulf.

#ceramics #pottery #nature #water #beach #florida #birds #PeacefulMoments

4 63 17

Reposted by ahimsa

Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 2d

We saw her in a little box at a Petco 7 years ago, around this time. She was 11. They said if we didn’t take her she would most likely be euthanized. We thought ‘wouldn’t it be nice to give her a home for the next year or two’.

It’s been 7 years and she’s still […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photo of Mila the tortie standing between me and a sofa

2 15 1

Reposted by ahimsa

Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Julia Doubleday continues to clearly explain the stakes of constant #covid re-infections.

It's challenging for research study how large numbers of people are now operating at lower cognitive abilities than they used to. How do you capture a 10-20% drop in productivity at a paper-pushing job? Or […]

Original post on mas.to

mas.to

Reposted by ahimsa

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

WOW so many emails and Zoom meetings and battling my cat for the keyboard.

A very relaxed stripey grey cat leaning her head on a keyboard tray and sleeping happily.

7 3

Reposted by ahimsa

Sarah | Time for Kindness @time-for-kindness.kind.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

“While out with the dogs in my new powerchair, I navigated some kissing gates which, thankfully, were designed for wheelchairs. But several people offered help in case I needed it which was really kind.”

It’s so wonderful that multiple strangers showed kindness […]

[Original post on kind.social]

a metal kissing gate between a concrete path and a green grassy area.

2 1

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

This fox has a message for you ❤️

art by @thelatestkate

#kindness #beauty #fox

Drawing of an arctic fox in the snow, with snow covered evergreens in the background, with the message, "You deserve lots of beauty in your life."

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@ifixcoinops
Who wants to be normal? 😁

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Blog post explaining results from the recent DecodeME research.

"DecodeME: the biggest ME/CFS study ever"

https://mecfsscience.org/decodeme-the-biggest-me-cfs-study-ever/

"More than 15,000 patients shared their DNA to uncover the underlying pathology of the disease. The results show 8 hits […]

Original post on disabled.social

disabled.social

Reposted by ahimsa

Sam (Satyajit) Grover @sam.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Three trees at the Portland Japanese Garden. 16th May, 2025.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200

#pdx #filmphotography

A gnarled tree with moss-covered branches and red-tinged leaves, set in a lush, green forest background.

A tranquil garden scene featuring a gnarled, moss-covered tree branch extending horizontally. The background includes lush green foliage and reddish leaves, with a path visible in the distance.

A bonsai tree in a pot, displayed on a wooden stand against a background of horizontal wooden slats.

4 13

ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Here's the latest News in Brief (Sep 29 - Oct 5) from the Science for ME forum, a weekly summary of ME/CFS and Long Covid news plus upcoming events:

https://www.s4me.info/threads/news-in-brief-october-2025.46471/#post-645913

@mecfs @longcovid

#mecfs #LongCovid #chronicillness #science4me

Reposted by ahimsa

Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 2d

About time

#illinois Sues #trump Over #nationalguard Deployments, Expanding Multistate Fight

The lawsuit seeks to block the White House from sending #texas National Guard #troops to #chicago. It came hours after a federal judge blocked deployments to #portland, #oregon.

#law #righttoprotest […]

Original post on masto.ai

masto.ai

1 6

Reposted by ahimsa

myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 3d

[Fun and crabby video about AI]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCX5C08UZI

I enjoyed this a lot.

1 9

Reposted by ahimsa

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Josh Crowley (sp?) @jdcrowley

If I built a big robot that consumed 33% of my state's electricity so it could go around stealing people's art I would be arrested, and that's how you know law is a social construct.

3 86 4