ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 18hHmmm… I’d say “natural selection” working overtime. Wonder if he has been to the dentist lately. 000
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 22hThis. This overall defunding of science and research is (next to the immigrant purge) THE MOST STUPID OF STUPID ACTIONS by this clown-car administration. So much for American innovation… 000
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsIbanezForever @ibanezforever.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Henry Shevlin, a philosopher and AI ethicist at Google DeepMind, suggested that the AP was being hypocritical because it anthropomorphized none other than Optimus Prime" in a MOVIE REVIEW. This is so far beyond stupid I don't have words for it. 4648
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Immune amnesia resulting from measles is often overlooked. “People get measles, and then afterwards they will have recurrent ear infections or pneumonia, but they don’t tie it back to measles. They think, ‘Oh, this is just bad luck that I happen to have this ear infection or that I got pneumonia.’”cidrap.umn.eduMeasles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years 15131
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/08/2025If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: Doesn’t matter if it’s awful Doesn’t matter if it’s nice If it confirms your bias, check it twice! ::clap clap:: 191741683
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026NextEra’s Proposed Acquisition of Dominion Energy Must Benefit Virginians — Not Just Shareholders; Virginians Need Stronger Protections and Clear Proof of Benefits Before Any Merger Decision bluevirginia.us/2026/09/next... h/t @bridge2blue.bsky.socialbluevirginia.usNextEra's Proposed Acquisition of Dominion Energy Must Benefit Virginians - Not Just Shareholders - Blue VirginiaBy Michelle Moore NextEra Energy is seeking to acquire Dominion Energy in a $66.8 billion deal that would create the world’s largest regulated utility monopoly–and a utility with unprecedented control... 1136
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a whole new level of bullsh*t Stupid! How is it that we have people running the effing country, but have zero knowledge of HOW INSURANCE ACTUALLY WORKS? 000
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsPlant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 26/09/2026THIS MIGHT BE THA MOST ACCURATE MEME I HAVE EVER SEEN!! 39619
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsDavid Brin @davidbrin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The voter purge begins. Tell anyone in a red state to check their own and friends' registrations WEEKLY until after the election. www.reuters.com/world/suprem...reuters.comSupreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification systemThe US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise ... 177
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You know, when I can’t afford something & my credit is maxed out, I just don’t get to have it. So weird. Maybe they should hold a bake sale. That’s how we fund unimportant stuff like education. 39119
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 21/09/2026Early voting has started in some states! Vote as early as you can. In person, if you can. Be as obnoxious as possible about spreading this message. Get everyone you know to the polls. Be That Friend but for voting.vote.govRegister to vote in your state | Vote.govFind the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government. 8269169
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsdavidwindhorst.bsky.social @davidwindhorst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Please, LionsgateUK, give this film based on one of our favorite things from the last decade a simultaneous US release. The "Ghosts" crew appears to have taken the series in an entirely original direction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKG...youtube.comGhosts: The Possession of Button House - Official TrailerYouTube video by LionsgateFilmsUK 011
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsWeeJockPooPongMcPlop 🇦🇺 @flexybear66.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is brilliant !! 254
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026SO glad I dumped that societal pigsty* a few years ago. *apologies to actual pigs 010
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsEvan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Happy Labour Day. Solidarity. (art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social) 011664
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsBobbie Philipsborn @bobbielovesmickey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026 7494102
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026There are 174 million registered voters in America. The FBI found five non-citizens who tried to vote. That is .0000029% of all registered voters. Don’t let them con anyone that this is a real issue. 620994
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Help the Internet Archive, which is saving a lot of the data being purged/censored by the Trump Administration (and so much more)..... 6687339
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The federal law that makes this illegal basically says “it’s illegal” and nothing else. Congress should amend it to say that any U.S. currency featuring living people isn’t legal tender. 451770319
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsPlant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Oops...thats right! 215435
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation. 440107123484
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsKatherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026WHAT ABOUT THOSE EPSTEIN FILES? 0102
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsBlue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Two excellent graphics by @bridge2blue.bsky.social! bluevirginia.us/2026/08/wedn... 053
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. Gavi buff.ly/1kNIUHB #ShareGoodNewsToogavi.orgFridge-free vaccine passes first human trial, raising hopes for the hardest-to-reachUnreliable electricity makes it hard to keep vaccines at the right temperature – this development could change that. 91357542
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We still needed Dolly, but she sure crammed a whole lotta GOOD into the time she had. Rest well sweet lady. 011
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️ 11673998111031
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This made me return to the extraordinary video comparing burn speeds in a room with all natural-materials furnishings versus a petroleum-products room. The petro-room practically explodes in a few minutes, while the natural room slowly slowly burns w/out the black smoke. Thanks, OPEC.fsri.orgNatural and Synthetic Home furnishing-Impact on Home fireEvaluate the impact of natural and synthetic home furnishing on time to flashover in a residential fire, and which one burns faster? 1131885
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsKrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I hope other Senators join mine in beating this drum loudly and constantly from now to November (and, of course, 2028) 011
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately. 542970825
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that. 2540111398
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsJoe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He didn’t change. They did. 7831990412854
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026 59658
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Accurate observation! This one is playing to the tiny percentage who find this funny. 000
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Thread that *needs* to be read. (Link is to the final entry, to avoid thread-breaking, so click through, scroll all the way up and then read the whole thing.) 096
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 08/08/2026There is also a certain type of person who cuts through the bull- of an argument and illuminates the fallacies & doubletalk. I always knew the current “both sides” arguments were unbalanced, but could not put in words how. This thread by @juliusgoat.bsky.social does it beautifully. (Thank you!) 031
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsKatherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026PUT HARRIET TUBMAN ON THE $20. I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT ANDREW GENOCIDE JACKSON. END TRUMP'S STUPID ILLEGAL WAR LEAVE HEAD START ALONE (EXCEPT FOR MORE $) REGULATE AI TAX THE RICH & FUND SOCSEC (EPSTEIN) 1215
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This dude is evidently a callous monster who should not be allowed anywhere near children - or any positions in government. 000
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"Clean the moon, you dead eyed haddock-faced bitch." 5 ⭐!! 010
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsSenator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 05/08/2026Last year’s Republican budget megabill is devastating rural Virginia. Twelve clinics and hospital services have closed since it passed all in rural communities that can least afford to lose care. This is what happens when your rural health care is gutted to fund tax cuts for billionaires. 14205108
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026TIRED of political party games. Elect those who will actually GOVERN*! *versus: corruptly line own pockets; uncritically help out cronies; & automatically favor the billionaires ABOVE the needs of the 'ordinary' people who ACTUALLY DO ALL THE WORK. 100
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 05/08/2026*leans in to microphone* CAN'T GIVE UP WHAT I REFUSED TO TOUCH, SPANKY 1232
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026🎯 762725819
Reposted by ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPlsMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/08/2026🚨Don't fall for it. Todd Blanche didn't rewrite Trump's controversial IRS deal. He released a late-night DOJ memo designed to help secure the votes for his confirmation. We read the fine print. Here's what it actually says. 👇meidasnews.comTodd Blanche's Midnight Confirmation Gambit Doesn't Actually Rewrite Trump's DealAnd the "concerned" senators and much of the media are falling for it. 18229701436
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026On our walk today, my Dear Hubby & I were discussing the dismissal news & these related developing stories have had zero surprises for us. No special insight was required. 000
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good for Africa. The world is and has been moving on to renewable energies and we (US) will be left behind - floundering and ill. So tired of this short sighted Greed Before Facts policy we are enduring... 010
ElderKat-NoStarterFeedsPls @elderkat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Why is BlueSky HELP so useless? 1. I am logged in & using Help - which has nothing relating to my actual question. 1a. I use the request at page bottom to enter id/pwd - it tells me those do not match? 1b. So Help is only for certain users? Aaargh! 120