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Ninni

@katfat2.bsky.social

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Sweetness n’Lightenment, anti-invisibility potions, and fog horns to find lost spoons. Got mostly A's: Activist Anti-fascist Ace Agender Animist Arab-American AuDHD & Aged ACLUer; 2 C's: Caregiver & ChronicME; 1 D: Disabled.

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Jan 31

In #ToveJansson's Moomin books, Ninni, made invisible by abuse, is restored by the kindness of the #Moomin family. Maybe kindness won't restore all invisible sick, injured or hated people to visibility, but it can't hurt. #ME/cfs #ChronicIllness #Neurodiverse #LGBTQIA+ #BIPOC #survivors #immigrants

An invisible child has visible clothes so we can tell she's sitting there from her dress and the big bow on her head. That's Ninni. Sneaking out from behind her is another child, with a mischievous look and a high topknot in her red hair. That's Little My, who finds Ninni very boring at first. What kind of kid can't play any games? But once Ninni becomes visible, she'll be as much fun as Little My.

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 3d

Dengue Fever were amazing.

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, you know cat tricks!
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If I had been trying for it, he wouldn't have done it.

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 4d

About 45 years ago, my cat taught himself to use the toilet. He had broken his leg doing a daredevil dive out a second floor window, and was confined to the bathroom to help immobilize his splinted leg. He learned what the toilet was for by watching us use it. And he never missed!

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 4d

This afternoon Emmylou Harris sat in with Sam Bush, and the Rainbow Girls joined Eric Long Band and SCUFF Queer Line Dance.

Another great thing about #hardlystrictlybluegrass is all the amazing artist surprises. It's like Easter Eggs in October.

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 4d

Streaming fabulous free music all weekend live from Golden Gate Park, and following HSB here, I am hardly strictly doing the weekend chores! 🦋🎵💙 #MusicSky #SanFrancisco

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass @hardlystrictly.bsky.social · 5d

Can't be in the Park? No problem. We're streaming all six stages on HSB TV. Link on our website, or download the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass TV app!
#hsb25
#hardlystrictlybluegrass
#hsbtv

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much for this! Long ago I could come to the Park and enjoy the best live music fest in the history of hyperbole. Now I'm tuned in and tapping my toes at home. It's a great consolation to see SF party now that the Giants' season is over.
🎵🧡🖤🧡🎵🧡🖤🧡🎵🧡🖤🧡🎵🧡🖤🧡🎵

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 4d

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge Friends, hi and big musical hugs. I can't post much lately but I gotta share that I'm enjoying the annual treat of San Francisco's big free eclectic music party, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, streaming which is great for us folks who don't get out. hardlystrictlybluegrass.com

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 25 - Fri Oct 3, Sat Oct 4, & Sun Oct 5, 2025. 3 days and 80 acts on 6 stages in San Francisco's beautiful Golden Gate Park

hardlystrictlybluegrass.com

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 10d

California SB497, SB418, & SB59 are ready to sign! Please call @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and urge him to sign 3 vital bills to fight hate. Keep our state safe for transgender folks. (916)445-2841 phone is best in urgent cases but if you can't phone, webmail. www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

🐘 @[email protected] @robin.riley.pub · 25d

State Sen. Scott Weiner really delivered this session 👏🏻

"CA lawmakers passed [SB497] to prevent health providers from releasing transgender patients’ confidential medical records in investigations of gender-affirming care in states that ban treatment for minors." thehill.com/homenews/lgb...

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 22d

Low Hp was linked to worse PEM symptoms and poorer cognitive performance (“brain fog”). ...certain genetic forms of Hp influence how severe PEM becomes: patients with Hp2-1 genotype had stronger PEM & more cognitive problems, while those with Hp1-1 were more resilient.

www.omf.ngo/haptoglobin-...

New Publication from OMF Collaboration Investigates Molecular Basis of PEM - Open Medicine Foundation

New publication reveals first strong evidence of a genetic contribution to post-exertional malaise (PEM) in ME/CFS.

www.omf.ngo

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · 22d

New research reveals role of blood proteins in PEM pain and exhaustion, including genetic predisposition for severe symptoms. Full study: translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Myalgic Encephalomyelitis #MyalgicE #MEcfs Why our bodies collapse after we do one tiny thing.

Haptoglobin phenotypes and structural variants associate with post-exertional malaise and cognitive dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis - Journal of Translational Medicine

Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a chronic, multisystem illness characterized by post-exertional malaise (PEM) and cognitive dysfunction, yet the molecular mechanisms driving these hallmar...

translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 30

OK, hear me out… A LORD OF THE RINGS remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

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Maya NH @1mayanh.bsky.social · Aug 28

Since yesterday when I read about the new COVID vaccine regulations I have been enraged. When this was hinted at in March some people told me I was overreacting.

No, I wasn’t overreacting then and I am not now. The regime truly doesn’t care that they will kill us. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f...

FDA approves new Covid shots with limits on who can get them under RFK Jr.

It's unclear how easily patients without high risk factors will be able to get a Covid shot, and whether insurance plans will still cover them.

www.cnbc.com

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 17

Creep’s really into dead men.

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🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · Aug 17

Please Repost!
Vitally important!

seachange12.bsky.social @seachange12.bsky.social · Aug 17

People should hold these signs at every protest, along with the
phone number and GI Rights Hotline online address --everywhere in every city and town across the country! girightshotline.org

#GIRightsHotline #Nat'lGuard #ActiveMilitary #ICE

If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel: 1-877-447-4487 or go to https://girightshotline.org/

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

Do you mean to say that there are times when you are not already thinking of Jareth the Goblin King? Fie!

a man and a woman are standing in a dark room .

Alt: David Bowie, as Jareth the Goblin King, in the film Labyrinth, scornfully scolds a miscreant minion.

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

p.s. #DavidsMonthOfMusic

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

p.s. #DavidsMonthOfMusic

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

#FirstNameInSong #MusicChallenge

Te recuerdo Amanda, Victor Jara

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Te recuerdo Amanda. Víctor Jara 1972

YouTube video by La magia del Cancionero

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

#SceneAndNotSeen #MusicChallenge

Riders in the Sky, Ghost Riders & The True And Painful Story of How The Yodel Was Born

Too Slim, Ranger Doug, Woody Paul; I saw em a couple-few times, somewheres between this show and the time they were tunes of toon toys in Toy Story 2.

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Riders in the Sky - live in 1981

YouTube video by pianopappy

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

What gif pops up when you type in your name

(Translator says the caption means, "I'm feeling sleepy," in Hindi. Yep, that's me.)

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge
Samedi : Le Bauhaus, De Stijl, l'école de Glasgow.

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli, Limehouse Blues

youtu.be/HsTTEhThRQU?...

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Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

#ArtistFave15 Molly Tuttle #MusicChallenge
15.5 correction:
Old Me (New Wig) is actually the name of the song, oops.

So here it is live with the new band a couple months before today's release of the new LP, which is in fact called So Long Little Miss Sunshine.

youtu.be/2inXh-LiyKE?...

Ninni @katfat2.bsky.social · Aug 16

#ElectricGuitarForAll #MusicChallenge

Diamonds in the Road, Erja Lyytinen

youtu.be/8V2iDpjj8aw?...

Erja Lyytinen -Diamonds on the Road (Live)

YouTube video by Erja Lyytinen

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