maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The 1985 Care Bears movie. The sound of the countdown clock in the decaying abandoned cloud kingdom was so unsettling, and the voice actress for that evil book went HARD. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Pivoting away from community and home-based care is expensive, inhumane, and unpopular on both sides of the aisle. Unless you are a despicable ghoul poised to line your pockets with tax dollars as disabled people are institutionalized against their best interests, it makes no sense at all. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This turd is the brainchild of billionaire Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale. It is closely linked to firms poised to profit from the criminalization of homelessness, including CoreCivic and Social Purpose Corrections (formerly Social Profit Corrections, you can't make this shit up) and Gothams LLC. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Cicero Institute is an anti-homeless think tank and lobbying group that advocates for the criminalization of homelessness and the forced detention of people with mental illness and substance use disorders. Note that the Cicero template is very expensive and doesn't seem to work that well. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why is the administration making this costly, inhumane, and broadly unpopular pivot? It seems that civil rights laws that mandate home and community-based care for disabled people are an impediment to the involuntary detention and relocation of the homeless. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Group homes, assisted living, and other forms of residential care typically fall under the umbrella of "home and community-based care," and are therefore negatively affected by the Trump administration's policy reversals. These changes are very scary. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026These settings restrict privacy, movement, visitors, schedules, activities, and daily choices, even for residents who are capable of making these decisions for themselves. Such placements remain illegal, but laws that aren't enforced don't protect anyone. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All institutions are facilities, but not all facilities are institutions. By definition, institutions are run by a proprietor. Four or more disabled people unrelated to the proprietor live together, but cannot choose their roommates or caregivers. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n... I've learned that a lot of people think we need more institutions for disabled people, because they assume all group homes, assisted living, and other forms of residential care are "institutions." Not so!npr.orgTrump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilitiesDisability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration. 110 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well, crap. I see Madison Grimm doesn't go by a nickname in a professional context. It's just that she was introduced to my daughter that way, when my little artist was seeking expert feedback on her first Jr Duck Stamp entry. We think very highly of Madison Grimm. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This year's field of entrants was extremely strong, with a large proportion of young competitors. At this point, I feel like a Rebekah Knight win is inevitable, and I look forward to seeing Madison Grimm grow as an artist. Now let's get out there and protect those prairie potholes! 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Congratulations to Joe Hautman in 3rd place, Maddie Grimm in 2nd, and Bob Hautman in 1st! It's impossible to begrudge a Hautman win - their beautiful and iconic style has defined a generation of the Federal Duck Stamp. At the same time, it's exciting to watch the dawn of a new era in Duck Stamp art! 110 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you aren't watching Day 2 of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, what are you even doing with your life?? The chat is delightful! www.youtube.com/live/_9N8nhP...youtube.comDay 2 of 2026 Federal Duck Stamp ContestYouTube video by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 120 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The ~*but Roe is settled law*~ energy is actually scary here 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's wild how the Heritage Foundation's public website explains that excluding trans women from women's sports is the first step in a legal strategy toward dismantling all Title IX protections, and yet so many Democrats will narrowly debate whether trans women belong in women's sports. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The saddleback caterpillars from our front garden have entered their questing phase. They are crawling all over the exterior walls of our house in search of a good place to pupate. Good luck, little buddies! 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Plans are now underway to sell the building that has housed the museum since 1876. It is not clear how or where Drexel intends to move and store the research collections. Non-accessioned exhibit objects, including the dioramas and the dinosaur hall, will likely be sold or trashed. It's distressing. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This website is coordinating efforts to fight the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum. If you were horrified by this announcement, please consider making your opinion known: save-the-academy.orgsave-the-academy.orgSave the Academy of Natural SciencesDon't mourn — organize. Rally Tue Sept 8, 10 a.m., 1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy. Nine things you can do today. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When someone showed my daughter this comic by @rosemarymosco.com, she expected the fairy queen in the curséd citadel would turn out to be some kind of a magical slug. rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...rosemarymosco.comTypes of Mushrooms — Rosemary MoscoRosemary makes books and cartoons that connect people with the natural world. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is the first time I've noticed violet coral fungus growing in my neighborhood park. Could be Clavaria zollingeri or Clavulina amethystina - either way, very pretty! 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026But no! Rather, the authorities hunt down some dude who visited a dispensary in a state where it was legal and went home to a state where it wasn't, track women who might be seeking abortions - and so, so many cops stalking their exes. Couldn't hide the evil long enough to fool the public! 010 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If LE were using this shit to solve problems - car break-ins, vandalism, street harassment, finding lost or stolen property, locating dementia patients who wander off and autistic children who elope - these things would be popular! Many people would likely give up civil liberties for security. 210 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If you annoy the caterpillar, it will evert its Y-shaped orange horn from behind its head and stink at you, but my daughter rejects such caterpillar-bothering as a form of bullying. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Please admire this spicebush swallowtail caterpillar in its golden questing form, looking for all the world like a shiny Caterpie. Best of luck, little buddy! 110 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I sure thought so, but I'm admittedly biased. Your reaction made her day - you should just see the smile on her face!! 040 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Gosh, yes. While digging up an old picture from social media, I was struck by how much banter in the comments underneath was so fun and funny and delightful, and richly connected. We've really lost so much. 020 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Her reasoning: "The girls fixed their friendship by talking about their feelings, but the Scarling couldn't do that so it got out of control. I think this was the moral of the story. But it can use the app on its tablet, once it calms down." Aw! Now we have a creepy root I can't bear to throw away 040 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@tkingfisher.com I thought you might get a kick out of this toy my 6yo made. As we read "Illuminations," she thought the Scarling was likely seeking negative attention because it couldn't speak or write very well, so she gave it an AAC device to turn it back into a nice little buddy. 2101 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Both are technically edible so there is no risk in licking them, but I don't know anyone who has tried them and liked them. One is - of course - bitter, and the other tastes like a muddy cigarette butt. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026My neighborhood park has a big flush of viscid violet cortinarius - always so nice to see! I believe these are C. iodes, and not C. iodeoides. These two mushrooms are visually indistinguishable, but the latter has a bitter slime on its cap whereas the former's slime is neutral in flavor. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Aw, Hollywood's favorite creepy lil guy! If you like (1) Peter Lorre and (2) queer stuff in old cinema, "I Was An Adventuress" (1940) is a deeply underappreciated movie and very much worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbIB...youtube.comI Was an Adventuress 1940 Crime DramaYouTube video by Isabella Mars 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What is the plan for the dioramas and other exhibits? For the building itself? For the affected staff? This is horrible. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The press release says this is a financial decision that preserves research and collections stewardship. But I'm worried about the dioramas, which are usually neither research nor collections but some other, less protected thing. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The oldest natural history museum in the US is closing its doors to the public at the end of this month. What a distressing piece of news! This is a failure of leadership, a shame to our nation, and a tremendous loss to the people of Greater Philadelphia. ansp.org/learn/Journa...ansp.orgchanging-the-future-of-the-academyThe Academy of Natural Sciences will be closing its museum at the end of September, but preserving its research and collections mission. 111 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026He also seems to be remembered as a very nice person. As far as coincidental tributes go, this is downright lovely!! 030 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Later, I learned this was the very same JB Francis responsible for the Great Gate over the Pawtucket Canal. Initially derided as "Francis's Folly," it repeatedly saved the city of Lowell from catastrophic flooding. He was awarded a silver salver! 110 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Aw, thank you for indulging my curiosity! I only knew this from randomly chatting about turbines with a retired engineer at the YMCA. He came back with the course packet from a class he used to teach, and "Fig. 4 - Large Francis Turbine" looked so memorably like an isopod! 220 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Oh gosh, I have a question and I am aware that it might be odd: Is Large Francis named after a kind of water turbine where the inlet scroll might look very much like a pillbug in the process of curling up?? 131 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"Throw Your Tooth on the Roof" by Selby Beeler might be a fun read if your kid is interested in multicultural tooth traditions and/or geography. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Some of my kiddo's friends believe in El Ratoncito Pérez, others in La P'tit Souris. Mine decided they believe in a mouse-based tooth fairy, too, after they left our kitten's tooth under his cat bed and nothing happened. Mice can sneak in anywhere, through the tiniest spaces! 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026As these discriminatory arguments prevail against trans women, precedent is established for discrimination against all women. 000 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026If you think right wing attacks on women's sports will remain limited to trans women, or that women's athletics are the end goal here, I'd encourage you to reflect and reconsider. Remember that Title IX is not restricted to sports, but prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools and education. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Why must these gentle, collaborative fitness activities be closed to trans women? Because the Heritage Foundation is made up of weird perverts who think they should decide who qualifies as a woman, and which opportunities should be available to her. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is because gentle, noncompetitive fitness activities increase female fertility, which is good for women and society. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026In the view of the Heritage Foundation, Title IX should be reformed to eliminate many competitive women's sporting programs in favor of "group fitness classes, dance, yoga, recreational intramurals, hiking clubs, and the like." 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026While acknowledging that "many women enjoy the thrill of competition," it claims that "moderate exercise supports [women's] fertility and mental well-being far more reliably than does the high-intensity, elite model of sports." 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The report asserts that "[p]odiums, scholarships, or the cultivation of a conquering spirit are hardly the main concerns for most female athletes." 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026In this framing, Title IX has acted as "a powerful engine of social engineering," compelling women to compete and excel in sports while coercing them to become "more independent and even dominant and less deferential and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional female graces." 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Women, however, are characterized by an inherent desire to nurture and collaborate. Because Title IX does not acknowledge or explicitly proceed from such a distinction between the sexes, it has never actually been a straightforward anti-discrimination statute. 100 0
maxwaxworks.bsky.social @maxwaxworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026www.heritage.org/sites/defaul... Per this report, men are characterized by a natural impulse to strive, excel, conquer, and dominate. Therefore it is right, logical, and good for society when this inherent masculine drive is channeled into, and developed by, investment in men's sports.heritage.org 100 0
