Rachel in Florida
@florida-rachel.bsky.social
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In honor of Dandy’s day, I was hoping people might share some of that love and joy. I’ve picked a few of my favorite shelters and charities. There are links to their donation pages in the linktree in my bio. And I’ll list them all here as well.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In honor of Dandy’s day, I was hoping people might share some of that love and joy. I’ve picked a few of my favorite shelters and charities. There are links to their donation pages in the linktree in my bio. And I’ll list them all here as well.
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Hey, KittenLady has a really important safety tip (PSST, @cpsc.gov !!) — incubators on Amazon are WAY WAY WAY TOO WARM. They will kill any living creature. They’ll make fruit leather, and give mammals, birds, and reptiles brain damage resulting in death.
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August 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Hey, KittenLady has a really important safety tip (PSST, @cpsc.gov !!) — incubators on Amazon are WAY WAY WAY TOO WARM. They will kill any living creature. They’ll make fruit leather, and give mammals, birds, and reptiles brain damage resulting in death.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMQV8JX...
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FREE Spay/Neuter event for dogs and cats at COTA July 28-Aug 1 (next week) for Austin/Travis County residents. Spay and neuter saves lives, prevents disease, lengthens lifespan and cuts down on behavior issues. It's all round better for the animal, and next week, it's FREE.
July 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
FREE Spay/Neuter event for dogs and cats at COTA July 28-Aug 1 (next week) for Austin/Travis County residents. Spay and neuter saves lives, prevents disease, lengthens lifespan and cuts down on behavior issues. It's all round better for the animal, and next week, it's FREE.
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New @biologicaldiversity.org report by my colleague @laikenjordahl.bsky.social and I on the impending border wall construction across a jaguar corridor linking Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The jaguars El Jefe, Yo’oko and O:shad have relied on this corridor. biologicaldiversity.org/species/mamm...
July 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New @biologicaldiversity.org report by my colleague @laikenjordahl.bsky.social and I on the impending border wall construction across a jaguar corridor linking Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The jaguars El Jefe, Yo’oko and O:shad have relied on this corridor. biologicaldiversity.org/species/mamm...
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@wedge.live any chance you could mention this at the cat tour? we found this collared but non-chipped cat in our alleyway a couple days ago and are looking for its owner www.pawboost.com/p/71713537
Do you know this pet's owner?
Grey, long-limbed cat with light tabby markings, white chin and collar that says Rambo. Very friendly, soft, a bit bony and hungry. Not chipped. We have him with food and water indoors. Is he your ind...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@wedge.live any chance you could mention this at the cat tour? we found this collared but non-chipped cat in our alleyway a couple days ago and are looking for its owner www.pawboost.com/p/71713537
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Ecologists/botanists:
In the 80s/90s tropical tree monitoring plots showed evidence of degradation.
A counter argument was that when you set up monitoring plots in "old growth", you are biasing toward older trees that will die sooner.
Anyone remember key cites? And if this held up?
In the 80s/90s tropical tree monitoring plots showed evidence of degradation.
A counter argument was that when you set up monitoring plots in "old growth", you are biasing toward older trees that will die sooner.
Anyone remember key cites? And if this held up?
June 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ecologists/botanists:
In the 80s/90s tropical tree monitoring plots showed evidence of degradation.
A counter argument was that when you set up monitoring plots in "old growth", you are biasing toward older trees that will die sooner.
Anyone remember key cites? And if this held up?
In the 80s/90s tropical tree monitoring plots showed evidence of degradation.
A counter argument was that when you set up monitoring plots in "old growth", you are biasing toward older trees that will die sooner.
Anyone remember key cites? And if this held up?
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ICYMI: #HHS has been circulating an FAQ explaining why Kennedy unilaterally dropped recommendations that kids & pregnant people get #Covid shots. It cites studies. But the studies it cites to suggest dangers of getting the shot during pregnancy dispel that claim. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
HHS justifies decision to stop recommending Covid shots during pregnancy with studies supporting the shots’ safety
The studies are cited in a document sent to lawmakers.
www.politico.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
ICYMI: #HHS has been circulating an FAQ explaining why Kennedy unilaterally dropped recommendations that kids & pregnant people get #Covid shots. It cites studies. But the studies it cites to suggest dangers of getting the shot during pregnancy dispel that claim. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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June 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Yes! I (finally!) found another March 2020 bot!
June 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yes! I (finally!) found another March 2020 bot!
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More measles cases linked to domestic air travel in US
Two measles patients this week, including a child from New Mexico and adult from Minnesota, contracted the virus on domestic flights.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Two measles patients this week, including a child from New Mexico and adult from Minnesota, contracted the virus on domestic flights.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
June 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
More measles cases linked to domestic air travel in US
Two measles patients this week, including a child from New Mexico and adult from Minnesota, contracted the virus on domestic flights.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Two measles patients this week, including a child from New Mexico and adult from Minnesota, contracted the virus on domestic flights.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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If you’re ever sad, remember the earth is 4.5 billion years old yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as your cat.
May 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If you’re ever sad, remember the earth is 4.5 billion years old yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as your cat.
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Happy b’day “When Doves Cry” — released 41 yrs ago today.
On his last night of mixing, Prince started removing instrument tracks, said engineer Peggy McCreary. “The last thing he did was he punched that bass out. He smiled at me and said, ‘Ain’t nobody gonna believe I’d do this.’ And he did.” 🕊️
On his last night of mixing, Prince started removing instrument tracks, said engineer Peggy McCreary. “The last thing he did was he punched that bass out. He smiled at me and said, ‘Ain’t nobody gonna believe I’d do this.’ And he did.” 🕊️
May 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Happy b’day “When Doves Cry” — released 41 yrs ago today.
On his last night of mixing, Prince started removing instrument tracks, said engineer Peggy McCreary. “The last thing he did was he punched that bass out. He smiled at me and said, ‘Ain’t nobody gonna believe I’d do this.’ And he did.” 🕊️
On his last night of mixing, Prince started removing instrument tracks, said engineer Peggy McCreary. “The last thing he did was he punched that bass out. He smiled at me and said, ‘Ain’t nobody gonna believe I’d do this.’ And he did.” 🕊️
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Incomplete list of necessities:
WATER
water & ways to purify & filter water (or fine enough filtration).
(crank) RADIO
FLASHLIGHTS
FOOD
BATTERIES & PHONE CHARGER
LANTERN
MEDs (as possible)
A WAY TO PREPARE FOOD
FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND TRAINING
CASH (as available)
PET SUPPLIES
1 week minimum
WATER
water & ways to purify & filter water (or fine enough filtration).
(crank) RADIO
FLASHLIGHTS
FOOD
BATTERIES & PHONE CHARGER
LANTERN
MEDs (as possible)
A WAY TO PREPARE FOOD
FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND TRAINING
CASH (as available)
PET SUPPLIES
1 week minimum
a poster for schitts creek shows a woman wearing a striped shirt
Alt: a gif from schitts creek shows the character in Moira Rose, a white woman in her 70s with blonde hair and wearing a vertically, black and white striped long sleeve blouse outfit with sunglasses on her head, is tilting her head and cursing her lips and saying “one must prepare for any event” as per the words appearing underneath her in the GIF.
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May 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Incomplete list of necessities:
WATER
water & ways to purify & filter water (or fine enough filtration).
(crank) RADIO
FLASHLIGHTS
FOOD
BATTERIES & PHONE CHARGER
LANTERN
MEDs (as possible)
A WAY TO PREPARE FOOD
FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND TRAINING
CASH (as available)
PET SUPPLIES
1 week minimum
WATER
water & ways to purify & filter water (or fine enough filtration).
(crank) RADIO
FLASHLIGHTS
FOOD
BATTERIES & PHONE CHARGER
LANTERN
MEDs (as possible)
A WAY TO PREPARE FOOD
FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND TRAINING
CASH (as available)
PET SUPPLIES
1 week minimum
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I may need to find homes for The Senior Clowder. I'm not well, my lease is about to end and I have no hope for employment. I'm an old failure. @strayliotta.bsky.social @beckbjj.bsky.social @danaland.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I may need to find homes for The Senior Clowder. I'm not well, my lease is about to end and I have no hope for employment. I'm an old failure. @strayliotta.bsky.social @beckbjj.bsky.social @danaland.bsky.social
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#USDA confirmed another #H5N1 #birdful infected dairy herd in Idaho, bringing ID's herd total to 87. It also confirmed infection in another mammal species, but the exact species isn't listed on its website. Seems like it's not cows, alpacas or swine.
Anyone know? www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Anyone know? www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#USDA confirmed another #H5N1 #birdful infected dairy herd in Idaho, bringing ID's herd total to 87. It also confirmed infection in another mammal species, but the exact species isn't listed on its website. Seems like it's not cows, alpacas or swine.
Anyone know? www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Anyone know? www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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I can’t believe what I’m reading. Really. I can’t. The level of incandescent rage I feel can’t be, adequately, articulated. Give these people no peace.
"The Houston office has lost all three of its senior meteorologists”
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
"The Houston office has lost all three of its senior meteorologists”
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
Former National Weather Service leaders warn about "loss of life" from NOAA cuts
In an open letter, all the living former NWS directors warned about the impact of staffing and program cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
www.cbsnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I can’t believe what I’m reading. Really. I can’t. The level of incandescent rage I feel can’t be, adequately, articulated. Give these people no peace.
"The Houston office has lost all three of its senior meteorologists”
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
"The Houston office has lost all three of its senior meteorologists”
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
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Have you noticed the NEWS has shifted from reporting about what DOGE is doing to deportations? We know DOGE & EM haven't stopped.
There is plenty to digital front page for both.
There is plenty to digital front page for both.
April 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Have you noticed the NEWS has shifted from reporting about what DOGE is doing to deportations? We know DOGE & EM haven't stopped.
There is plenty to digital front page for both.
There is plenty to digital front page for both.
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Dr. Josephine Baker fought for milk testing in lower Manhattan over a century ago, where babies were 7 times more likely to die than WWI US soldiers in the trenches. Milk was often adulterated with chalk and germ-y water. Today the FDA stopped testing milk due to lack of staff. Shame on you, Trump.
April 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Dr. Josephine Baker fought for milk testing in lower Manhattan over a century ago, where babies were 7 times more likely to die than WWI US soldiers in the trenches. Milk was often adulterated with chalk and germ-y water. Today the FDA stopped testing milk due to lack of staff. Shame on you, Trump.
So. Good things among the bad—
there were no upsetting messages on either phone
tonight I had a meal I actually enjoyed eating.
In order to be close to me, my cat has climbed up to the tray table covered with papers and bills, and curled up to sleep.
there were no upsetting messages on either phone
tonight I had a meal I actually enjoyed eating.
In order to be close to me, my cat has climbed up to the tray table covered with papers and bills, and curled up to sleep.
April 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So. Good things among the bad—
there were no upsetting messages on either phone
tonight I had a meal I actually enjoyed eating.
In order to be close to me, my cat has climbed up to the tray table covered with papers and bills, and curled up to sleep.
there were no upsetting messages on either phone
tonight I had a meal I actually enjoyed eating.
In order to be close to me, my cat has climbed up to the tray table covered with papers and bills, and curled up to sleep.
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Exclusive: The US consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to CDC staff cuts, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation reut.rs/4lvPWN4
Exclusive: US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts
The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the CDC, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.
reut.rs
April 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Exclusive: The US consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to CDC staff cuts, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation reut.rs/4lvPWN4
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This past weekend my beloved LC3 trapped two sweet kitties whose homes were burned to the ground. Both kitties were seriously injured and will need extensive medical care costing over $2,500 each. If you’d like to donate you can through this link. www.loudouncommunitycats.org/donate
April 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This past weekend my beloved LC3 trapped two sweet kitties whose homes were burned to the ground. Both kitties were seriously injured and will need extensive medical care costing over $2,500 each. If you’d like to donate you can through this link. www.loudouncommunitycats.org/donate
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Everyone who told me "what's the harm in hyping de-extinction technology that doesn't work" can choke on a bag of black-footed ferret dicks
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Everyone who told me "what's the harm in hyping de-extinction technology that doesn't work" can choke on a bag of black-footed ferret dicks
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Ft. Walton Beach FL
Save Our Cats and Kittens, a no-kill, free-roaming, feline-only shelter will hold "Kittucky Derby" 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. April 26 at 498 Carmel Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL dubbed “Catnip Downs” for the occasion.
www.getthecoast.com/local-cat-sh...
Save Our Cats and Kittens, a no-kill, free-roaming, feline-only shelter will hold "Kittucky Derby" 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. April 26 at 498 Carmel Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL dubbed “Catnip Downs” for the occasion.
www.getthecoast.com/local-cat-sh...
Local cat shelter to host “Kittucky Derby” fundraiser in Fort Walton Beach
Save Our Cats and Kittens (SOCKS) will host a feline-inspired twist on the famous Kentucky Derby with its "Kittucky Derby" fundraiser on April 26 in Fort Walton Beach.
www.getthecoast.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ft. Walton Beach FL
Save Our Cats and Kittens, a no-kill, free-roaming, feline-only shelter will hold "Kittucky Derby" 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. April 26 at 498 Carmel Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL dubbed “Catnip Downs” for the occasion.
www.getthecoast.com/local-cat-sh...
Save Our Cats and Kittens, a no-kill, free-roaming, feline-only shelter will hold "Kittucky Derby" 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. April 26 at 498 Carmel Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL dubbed “Catnip Downs” for the occasion.
www.getthecoast.com/local-cat-sh...