The Cats Mum
@moggsy.bsky.social
Books, cats, science, music. Physics graduate. Current Bio student. Greater London via NY. #queerrightsarehumanrights #BlackLivesMatter ¡No pasarán! 🍉 She/them
Fun things to do tomorrow:
go to a place that isn't too crowded, but has enough people around with a full set of clothing or two (including shoes). Wait till no one's watching, stage them to look like someone dematerialised and shout, 'Did you set that? THEY JUST DISAPEARED!!!' #rapture
go to a place that isn't too crowded, but has enough people around with a full set of clothing or two (including shoes). Wait till no one's watching, stage them to look like someone dematerialised and shout, 'Did you set that? THEY JUST DISAPEARED!!!' #rapture
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fun things to do tomorrow:
go to a place that isn't too crowded, but has enough people around with a full set of clothing or two (including shoes). Wait till no one's watching, stage them to look like someone dematerialised and shout, 'Did you set that? THEY JUST DISAPEARED!!!' #rapture
go to a place that isn't too crowded, but has enough people around with a full set of clothing or two (including shoes). Wait till no one's watching, stage them to look like someone dematerialised and shout, 'Did you set that? THEY JUST DISAPEARED!!!' #rapture
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Everything I know about Grok, I've learned against my will.
July 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Everything I know about Grok, I've learned against my will.
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the single best thing democrats could do to win back trust with voters — and a good number of those voters who have a low opinion of the democratic party are democrats themselves! — is adopt an aggressively partisan orientation toward republicans and loudly perform their opposition
May 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
the single best thing democrats could do to win back trust with voters — and a good number of those voters who have a low opinion of the democratic party are democrats themselves! — is adopt an aggressively partisan orientation toward republicans and loudly perform their opposition
So, trying to not binge the new series of #blackmirror, but the first episode (Common People) is probably the most realistic and likely Black Mirror episode so far. Gut punch.
April 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
So, trying to not binge the new series of #blackmirror, but the first episode (Common People) is probably the most realistic and likely Black Mirror episode so far. Gut punch.
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NEW: GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. @mckenziefunk.com
An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.
GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.
www.propublica.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. @mckenziefunk.com
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So, I am totally fixated on this amoeba I have to learn about to contribute to a workup on it as a model organism for my bio degree. I can't believe how weird and wonderful it is! Look! it's a single cell! Look! It has a fruiting body!
March 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So, I am totally fixated on this amoeba I have to learn about to contribute to a workup on it as a model organism for my bio degree. I can't believe how weird and wonderful it is! Look! it's a single cell! Look! It has a fruiting body!
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Migration is too often used as a political weapon from those on the far right to demonise some of the most vulnerable in society, with terms like asylum seeker, refugee and migrant deliberately conflated.
Here's what you need to know.
Here's what you need to know.
Your questions on immigration answered: What is migration? And why are some people always talking about it?
How does a migrant differ from an asylum seeker or a refugee? Why are some people always talking about immigration? And, importantly, isn't immigration actually good for the UK?
buff.ly
January 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Migration is too often used as a political weapon from those on the far right to demonise some of the most vulnerable in society, with terms like asylum seeker, refugee and migrant deliberately conflated.
Here's what you need to know.
Here's what you need to know.
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Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard.
➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard.
➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
Happy Public Domain day to those who celebrate:
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2025 in public domain - Wikipedia
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January 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy Public Domain day to those who celebrate:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in...
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Dear Santa,
You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you
You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you
December 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Dear Santa,
You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you
You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you
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every job is at best tolerable until you drop dead or retire, except congressperson, which from the way they cling to power must feel like riding down a water slide 24/7
December 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
every job is at best tolerable until you drop dead or retire, except congressperson, which from the way they cling to power must feel like riding down a water slide 24/7
Back when using a watch to communicate was only science fiction, I never dreamt how dorky I'd look trying to type in an SMS on a tiny smartwatch screen. And, yes, I can use voice to text, but I still have to edit it (which looks worse than swipe typing to begin with).
December 18, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Back when using a watch to communicate was only science fiction, I never dreamt how dorky I'd look trying to type in an SMS on a tiny smartwatch screen. And, yes, I can use voice to text, but I still have to edit it (which looks worse than swipe typing to begin with).
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My cat be shitting in the year 2077
December 1, 2024 at 3:51 PM
My cat be shitting in the year 2077
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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Dudes from India and high school science and maths teachers from the US with videos on YouTube: getting me through my second undergraduate degree.
November 29, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Dudes from India and high school science and maths teachers from the US with videos on YouTube: getting me through my second undergraduate degree.
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Thanks!
How can faith and positivity be bad, you ask?
Oh honey, let me count the ways:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/faith-in-f...
Oh honey, let me count the ways:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/faith-in-f...
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
To the extent you’re able, please support indie media including individual commentators and journalists as well as the new worker-owned outlets like Flaming Hydra and The Flytrap that are challenging the billionaire-run legacy media.
I’m proud to be a part of @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
I’m proud to be a part of @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
The Democrats definitely didn't lose the 2024 presidential election because they were too lefty, but that is/will be the narrative for far too many.
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 PM
The Democrats definitely didn't lose the 2024 presidential election because they were too lefty, but that is/will be the narrative for far too many.
This is the sort of crap that makes me laugh when I remember so many people see the Beeb as an impartial source for news. Don't get me wrong. There's worse sources. But this should be called out every single time.
sanewashing cranks until the inevitable ‘Who could have predicted this?” headline
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 AM
This is the sort of crap that makes me laugh when I remember so many people see the Beeb as an impartial source for news. Don't get me wrong. There's worse sources. But this should be called out every single time.
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I'm hoping everyone can feel a little less alone
November 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I'm hoping everyone can feel a little less alone