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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 20h

Here is the (awesome) chart with Alt text:

20 ADHD EXPERIENCES THAT FINALLY HAVE NAMES:
1. body doubling — you can't start alone, but with someone nearby, it happens
2. time blindness — there's no "later." only now, or not yet
3. rejection sensitivity-one short reply and the whole day is over
4. hyperfocus — four hours honeon something that wasn't even the point
5. task paralysis — three things on the list, still can't move
6. revenge bedtime procrastination — staying up late just to own a few quiet hours
7. doom piles — the chair knows, the corner knows.
3. object permanance issues — if it's not visible, it doesn't exist right now
9. the wall of awful - a simple email feels like climbing something
10. sensory overload — fine sound, that's all it takes
11. emotional flooding — fine, then not fine, within the same breath
12. analysis paralysis asked what you want for lunch, system crash
13. waiting mode -one 4pm thing and the whole day belongs to it
14. interest-based nervous system — "just do it" doesn't work when the brain won't ignite
15. shutdown words stop coming when everything gets tos loud
16. masking - performing okay, every day, until there's nothing left underneath
17. justice sensitivity — you cannot let it go. it's not a choice
18. stimming — the small movements. that bring you back to tourself
19. info-dumping — it's not a monologue. it's what love sounds like for you
20. the ADHD tax — the late fees. the duplicates, the subscription you forgot again
you weren't failing.
you just didn't have the language yet. now you do.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The American healthcare system in one cartoon.

one man passed out on the floor, another working on a claw machine trying to grab a box labeled “Epi pen”, saying "Come on, baby..."

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Me: That’s it! No more! There is NOTHING that Facebook can offer that will tempt me to buy another ridiculously overpriced t-shirt!!!😡 Facebook:

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I never got any music instruction but always wanted to learn; played around with cheap bamboo flutes from Renaissance Fairs for decades, barely learning anything. In my 50s I decided to get serious. Committed to 3-5 minutes a day & read up on scales. Now I can pick one up & play most songs I hear! 😀

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Cute to show the top 20% of earners while the top 1% pay virtually nothing to Social Security while accumulating most of the country’s wealth. These “projections” also don’t address the Republican push to increase retirement ages even further than the last Republican “reforms”, or the SS “deficit.”

As of 2026, the top 1% of households in the U.S. control approximately 32.5% of the total wealth.
This concentration of wealth has reached its highest level since records began in 1989.
Lwindfall.com EForbes
Wealth Accumulation of the Top 1%
As of 2026, the wealth accumulation for the top 1% of households in the United States is significant. They control approximately 32.5% of the total wealth in the country. This figure represents the highest concentration of wealth for this group since records began in 1989.
Historical Context
The following table outlines the share of wealth held by the top 1% over recent years:
Year
Share of Wealth Held by Top 1%
1989
23%
2007
34.6%
2014
30%
2025
31.7%
2026
32.5%

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I always come back to this quote.

"Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.

That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.

They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?"
- A.R. Moxon

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same! It was my practice slice for a bigger bunch tonight. (Got too enthusiastic checking that it wasn’t stuck to the peel and accidentally slid half onto the counter, then tried to shove it all back together so it’s not round. But it tasted good!)

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Your dog has much better couch manners than ours. Came home to this tonight:

Huge hole chewed in the middle of our couch.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s a really really big screen!

Huge screen with a little tiny person underneath.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@moviessilently.bsky.social Watching Chaplin’s The Kid in a Giant Cinema, as one does.

Screenshot of the pre-film slide show.

DID YOU KNOW
"The Kid" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2011, due to its "cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance."
Charlie Chaplin’s
THE KID"
6 reels of Joy
A First National • Attraction

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

good thing I had a picnic blanket in the trunk of my car

blanket covering some of the dirt leading to our front steps

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good question. Lots of tools in combination.

kagi.com

Pathologists don't perform a single "water measurement" on the lungs to confirm drowning. The diagnosis relies on a combination of findings, because no single pathologic change is unique to drowning
. The
main tools are:
Gross and histologic lung findings
• Frothy fluid in the airways, lung over-inflation, and (in freshwater cases) acute "water-lung" emphysema; in saltwater cases, prominent edema
2
. These signs
can fade by the time of autopsy, especially after a long submersion interval 2
Diatom testing (the most well-known confirmatory test)
• Lung tissue (and often bone marrow) is acid-digested, and the residue is examined under a microscope or SEM for microscopic algae called diatoms that were in the specific water body The classic protocol (e.g., the Pollard 1998 method) compares diatom species and abundance in the lungs/bone marrow against a sample from the water where the body was found
Biochemistry
• Sodium and potassium ratios in the vitreous humor (eye fluid) are compared to expected values for freshwater vs. saltwater environments to help attribute the cause
Post-mortem CT
• Some labs measure lung tissue density (g/L) and radio-opacity on CT scans and compare them to control (non-drowning) lungs
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Circumstantial/clinical context
• Body recovered from water, absence of an alternative cause of death, and signs of asphyxia (cyanosis,
Petechiae) all factor into the final determination
In practice, because ~10-20% of fatal drownings are
"dry drownings" (laryngospasm closes the airway before significant water is aspirated), the lungs may show little or no water at all, making the diatom test and biochemical markers especially imortant

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I don’t remember where I heard about this book- probably here on BlueSky. It is both well written and fascinating. I assume nobody reading this has ever read the book The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, which is both like & totally unlike the wonderful TV series. But that is the closest thing to this.

book cover

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Meet
Me
in
Another
Life
CATRIONA SILVEY

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Republicans and horse dewormer

Jimmy Olsen taking a drink from a glass beaker thinking “HUH! SOUNDS PHONY TO ME!
WELL, CAN'T DO ANY HARM TO TRY IT, JUST IN CASE IT IS SOME KIND OF SUPER SCIENTIFIC POTION FROM ANOTHER WORLD!”

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When I was younger it was tents.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

tfw you’re going to be driving into heavy rain

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Found it, thanks! Very timely since I’m nearing the end of Daggerbound at the moment.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsk... • Feb 17, 2025
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Swordheart!
Fisher had retired before the end. He hadn't thought of that in years. All the rest of his gallant troops, Boll and Kithrup and Ceri and everyone, had fallen with him at the end. Angharad and the Dervish had fallen even farther than the rest. But Fisher had said he was old and he was done and he'd gone back to his little fishing village to live with his daughter.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Coherent is a profitable, growing high-tech manufacturing firm Time listed as one of America's Best Companies. It's a good place to work! In Saxonburg north of Pittsburgh there are many open positions; 5 in my department only need HS or GED. Please DM if you know someone who might be interested.

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Display case showing off solid diamond tgat we grew, cut, and polished into windows and other optics, some several inches across and many worth tens of thousands of dollars each. These are used in high power laser systems.

Display case showing three optical components we make here. (A fiber laser, a laser beam expander, and industrial laser cutting nozzles.)

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a talented singer-songwriter, but she was ALSO an ally to the downtrodden and the outcast. During the AIDS epidemic she was a voice of compassion & acceptance when fear & bigotry were the norm. She always kept a welcoming embrace in her words, songs & actions, publicly & privately.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

She was not neutral on culture war issues, at all. A lot of her charitable giving was anonymous but she wasn’t skittish about supporting gays, minorities or other targeted people (including during the height of the AIDS epidemic.)

Ross Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social • 8h
We're going to hear about how everyone loved
Dolly, and that feels true. But it's good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Project T.B.O.N.E. @tbone.malware-vir... • 10h my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

Daryl Hannah • @dhlovelife.bsky.social • 10h
Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor
when we began steel magnolias rehearsals i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours?
Dolly - no idea, i'm never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
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derek guy •
@dieworkwear.bsky.social • 3h
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful.
She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

markjonesespn.bsky.social @markjone... • 12h
Fun fact: Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed.
Wonderful Heart RIP Dolly
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markjonesespn.bsky.social @markjone... • 12h
Fun fact: Dolly Parton used the royalties from Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" to support a Black neighborhood, and support Black owned businesses.
Parton was a staunch ally.
R.I.P. Dolly

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s interesting to me that Dolly Parton was vocal and stood firm on the issues that our ruling bigots and their media loudly denounce as immoral and she was criticized by them for it, yet the OVERWHELMING reaction to her passing is sadness and admiration. Those bigots are a minority.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yet again reminded of my coworker Wally - a Navy man - who said “I don’t care about any of the other stuff, I’m voting for Trump because I’m all about the veterans.” (He was wrong, but also lying. It was also some racism. So maybe he’d find a way to shrug this off.)

STRIPPING THE NAME OF A BLACK WAR HERO FROM A SHIP SO THAT IT CAN BE REPLACED WITH THE NAME OF A FIVE TIME DRAFT DODGER IS DISGUSTING AND DISRESPECTFUL AS IT GETS.
(picture of a Black sailor and a treasonous white rapist.)

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

First baseball game I’ve attended in like 15 years and by far the best seats I’ve ever had!

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m really enjoying Spider Noir. That slow deep breath speaks volumes!

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🤦‍♂️ Adorable tho

The check in a small but tall terra cotta planter

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you can’t make the food tall, you can cheat by giving the plate some height!

dessert in a comically large and tall bowl

Side view: dessert in a comically large and tall bowl

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It was all delicious. And- the secret to all restaurant food presentation- TALL!!!

Something delicious that resembles Stonehenge

Two delicious but comically tall foodstuffs

They couldn’t figure out how to make 3 pierogis tall but the Caesar salad is vertically stacked.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We always try a new place during the ’Burgh’s annual Restaurant Week. Often they have a limited menu at a substantial discount, but EYV* instead turns out to offer their regular menu at a small discount- and I’m excited to try it! *stands for ”Eat Your Vegetables.”

Menu (vegetarian side; vegan menu is similar.)

Vegetarian Menu $50
airing $30
urse 1
Welcome Snacks
Broccoli "Chicharrons" | Beer Cheese Dip Hummus Fritters | Harissa Yogurt | Za atar
Cauliflower Tart | Old Bay Custard | Pickled Celery | Seaweed Caviar Wine Pairing: Revino | Prosecco | Veneto, Italy
Course 2 (choose 1)
(add additional course $15)
Farmers' Salad
Balsamic Vinaigrette | Ranch Mousse | Tater Tot | Pistachio
Wine Pairing: Polemonium | Rose of Pinot Noir | Napa
Little Gem & Snap Pea "Caesar"
Radish | Cucumber| Pickled Red Onion | Pecorino Wine Pairing: Artemisia | Pecorino | Marche, Italy
Zucchini Pierogi
Marigold Yogurt | Tahini | Feta | Pine Nuts
Wine Pairing: Platten | Pinot Grigio | Alto Adige, Italy
Course 3 (choose 1)
(add additional course $15)
Confit of Tiny Seed Farm Fennel
Zucchini Coulis | Potato "Risotto" | Pickled Summer Beans | Dill
Wine Pairing: 2021 Platten | Schiava | Alto Adige, Italy
Fungal Farms Lions Mane Mushroom
Mole Verde | Griddled Masa Cake | Shishito Peppers | Pickled Tomato
Wine Pairing: Bonpas / Ventoux | Rhone Valley, France
*Cabbage "Pastrami"
1000 Island Hollandaise | Potato Mille Feuille | Red Onion-Dijon Marmalade | Rye
Crumb / Swiss Cracker
Wine Pairing: 2019 Yalumba | Shiraz, Viognier | South Australia
Sweets
Molasses Poached Peaches....... $15
Sweet Corn Soup| Blueberry Sorbet | Pecan Hushpuppy
Wine Pairing: 2024 Corolla| Rosato | Sicily, Italy Cauliflower Kheer.....
$15
Tamarind Ice Cream | Rose Pickled Strawberries | Chickpea Streusel | Toasted Nuts ne Pairing: 2024 Bianco Porticello | Carricante | Sicily, Italy

Appetizer - three cute delicious looking snacks.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My wife bought me a countertop pizza oven for my birthday. It arrives on Sunday. 😀 Does anyone reading this have a particularly good recipe for pizza dough or sauce they can share?

Delicious looking small pizza that is my aspirational goal.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Quote skeet one of your fave films that isn’t a huge hit

JOHN SAVAGE
DAVID MORSE
DIANA SCARWID
"Inside
Moves"
RICHARD DONNER
film
"...an intensely dramatic, funny and suspenseful film...
- SAN FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I love this comment on the Postmodern Jukebox Dream On cover.

@davidgeorge6278 • Зу ago
In 1973, Aerosmith wrote and perfomed a cover of this song. It was an impressive feat, because Morgan James had not yet performed the original version of the song.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Not kidding about the lessons. Cross Body Dance in Squirrel Hill (and downtown) teaches Bachata and Salsa.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Never have I identified with a superhero as much as when reading this. (My wife has begged me to NEVER introduce myself to people. “They’ve probably been over for dinner.”)

Wolverine:

OKAY, THAT'S DEFINITELY DEADPOOL.
YOU I DON'T KNOW.

MOLLY HAYES.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS ONE OF THE RUNAWAYS.
WE’VE MET LIKE SIX TIMES.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The stupidity of saying that “the South” was 95% native born whites fighting for the legal right to kidnap, rape and torture Black people when a full THIRD of the population was made up of the victims they were happily raping and torturing. The math doesn’t math!

$Racial Composition The following table summarizes the racial demographics of the Confederate States: Racial Group Population Percentage of Total Population White 6,000,000 66% Enslaved Individuals 3,500,000 38% Free Blacks 132,760 1.5% Key Points • The majority of the population was white, constituting about 66% of the total. Enslaved individuals made up a significant portion, approximately 38% of the population. Free blacks represented a small fraction, around 1.5% of the total population.$

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Vegan Kosher pulled pork sloppy joes.

Skillet with “pulled pork” made from mycelium

package of

My Pulled Pork
Original Recipe
NET WT. 8 OZ. (227 g)
No artificial preservatives.
Perishable: keep refrigerated or frozen.
MEATLESS
MYCELIUM
Mushroom Mycelium!

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Alpha Phi Omega is a service fraternity- founded by Eagle Scouts who wanted to extend their community work into college. We have a social component too. When it became coed the decision was to continue to call everyone Brothers. So about half the Brothers in our Fraternity chapter were women!

• en.wikipedia.org

C
Alpha Phi Omega (A), commonly known as
APO, 4! but also A-Phi-O(5[6) and A-Phi-Q,? is a national co-educational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 786 campuses, an active membership of over 25,000 students, and over 500,000 alumni members. There are also 392 chapters in the Philippines, one in Australia, and one in Canada. The 500,000th member was initiated in the Rho Pi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega at the University of California, San Diego.
Alpha Phi Omega
АФЯ
ALPHA
PHI
Founded
December 16, 1925; 100

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I’ve been getting back in touch with college friends and fraternity members (it’s coed) after decades of not hearing from them. One guy who I remember as kind of a tough dude, who I found a bit intimidating as a freshman, just published his first novel.

GOLD DRAGONGIRL and PIZZA BOY
by
D. D. DELL

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just showed my wife the picture and she couldn’t remember seeing this actor before. Then I showed her a photo from Slow Horses and she was like “WAIT HIM?!?”

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