Boring Old Name @noisyandfree.bsky.social · 19/04/2025🌱 Garden sky, some of the boards of my raised vegetable bed have succumbed to dry rot. Does anyone have a suggestion for a quick fix without disturbing the already planted bed too much? Just wait until the end of the season and replace? Reinforce somehow? 320
Reposted by Boring Old NameDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/03/2025ICE is detaining American citizens now. Even if they don’t deport us to Gitmo, it’s a bit inconvenient if we go out to get some apples and spend a night in jail instead.chicago.suntimes.comImmigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen and created warrants after an arrest, lawyers say in courtChicago attorneys were in federal court Thursday accusing federal agents of violating immigration law and the constitutional rights of at least 22 people since January. 6521511086
Reposted by Boring Old NameJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Is this just our new normal? Women being arrested if a cop doesn’t like how they miscarried, and lawmakers debating whether to put us to death before breaking for fucking lunch? Has everyone lost their minds?jessica.substack.comThey're Arresting Us for Miscarriages NowWhat the hell happened to the Overton Window? 341462581
Boring Old Name @noisyandfree.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This is very good news if the human trials can replicate these results 010
Reposted by Boring Old NameChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 27/03/2025THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️ 27595832987
Reposted by Boring Old NamePoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history. 266163264628
Reposted by Boring Old NameErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/01/2025California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order: "It does nothing" "It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach" Will not comply. 168162774285
Reposted by Boring Old NameHealth Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The BMJ journal Archive of Disease in Childhood has just published the epidemiological study done by York university that was commissioned as part of the Cass review into gender clinics in the UK. It contains some STARTLING (and yet, unsurprising) revelations. 1/n 23809394
Reposted by Boring Old NameAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO 413414532024033
Reposted by Boring Old NameRusti L. @rusti14.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Please consider calling Costco corporate at 425-313-8100 (press 0 to speak with an operator) and just say thanks for continuing their DEI policies. They add you to the list of positive supporters. We need to support businesses that do the right thing under pressure. #CostcoDEIPolicies 38713
Reposted by Boring Old NameAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Very happy with the way @rollingstone.com and my boy @milesklee.bsky.social played this headline! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump and Allies Default to Racist Explanation of Deadly Air CollisionPresident Trump blamed diverse hiring policies for a deadly mid-air collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people 914436878
Reposted by Boring Old NameCheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Democrats on the Senate budget committee boycotted Thursday’s vote to advance Russell Vought’s nomination to head the office of management and budget, calling Vought a threat to democracy and writing in a statement that they refused to “vote for someone so clearly unfit for office”.theguardian.comDemocrats refuse to vote on Trump budget pick: ‘So clearly unfit for office’Senate Democrats boycott vote to advance Russ Vought’s nomination amid chaos caused by federal funding freeze 21609145
Reposted by Boring Old NameCNN @cnn.com · 27/01/2025At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.cnn.comNavajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNNAt least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz... 34453732657
Reposted by Boring Old Namejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2025ICYMI i made a detailed argument for why the trump administration’s argument for limiting the scope of birthright citizenship is nonsense with huge, obvious problems.nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Doesn’t Get to Decide What the Constitution MeansThere is no plausible justification for the administration’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment 412017287
Reposted by Boring Old NameJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medic...talkingpointsmemo.comMedical Trial Guidance ScrubbedAnother detail out of FDA. The agency has removed pages which provide... 11830511282
Reposted by Boring Old NameAngela Levine @angelahlevine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on! Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.comreproductiverightsdotgov.comReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It BacktheSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are. 11079345447
Reposted by Boring Old NameJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Don’t ever be lulled into thinking that ‘pro-choice’ states are immune from doing scary shit. And boy oh boy is this story scary. Excerpted from my newsletter: 25798304
Reposted by Boring Old NameSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17/01/2025NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:finance.senate.gov 50380344330
Reposted by Boring Old NamePetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 14/01/2025Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940... 16163843355
Reposted by Boring Old NameScottobear @scottobear.bsky.social · 12/01/2025A beautiful piece of embroidery called "Step on fresh snow" by Japanese artist Takada — 2050885
Boring Old Name @noisyandfree.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Glad to read about the good work mask advocates and LA Mask Bloc are doing in this short piece by Julia Métraux in Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #maskup #masks #covid #flu #communitycare #wildfiresmokemotherjones.comWildfire smog is deadly—but LA's Covid mask organizers have it coveredAngelenos are stepping in to make sure their communities can breathe. 052
Reposted by Boring Old NameThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/01/2025President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.nytimes.comBiden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal WatersThe move, expected as early as Monday, relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it. 1043312660
Reposted by Boring Old NameSue Wilson @suewilson.bsky.social · 02/01/2025"The first race I had, all in, both sides, was $28 million. 18 years later, it was over 10 times that amount. Citizens United, McCutcheon & Valeo allowed candidates to not do town meetings, not have to talk to the press, to basically do their campaigning with TV ads." 1/ www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...pbs.orgDeparting Sen. Tester on why Congress is brokenAs he exits office, Sen. Jon Tester worries about what "not serious policymakers" will do to Congress. 620563
Reposted by Boring Old NameInternet Archive @archive.org · 01/01/2025Welcome 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. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome… 177153755218
Reposted by Boring Old NameProPublica @propublica.org · 29/12/2024Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. Read more (published October) ⬇️propub.liInside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for TreatmentsWhen companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. 15630031599
Reposted by Boring Old NameInternet Archive @archive.org · 28/12/2024This year, we worked swiftly to save legacy media sites Vice.com and MTVNews before decades worth of valuable journalism could be erased. These sites are now searchable on the Wayback Machine! Help us in saving these resources:: archive.org/donate/?origin=blsky-eo… 5381122152
Boring Old Name @noisyandfree.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Excellent thread about why one way masking isn't enough 063
Reposted by Boring Old Namegamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States. “I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”hyperallergic.comArt Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From ControversyThe artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy. 89104953693
Reposted by Boring Old NameSheila Foster @sheilarose.bsky.social · 19/12/2024The Montana Suprme Court ruling today in the historic youth-led climate case is quite powerful. In addition to giving teeth to the state constitutional right to a "stable climate system" it recognizes the connection between climate change and health impacts. 1/2 montanafreepress.org/2024/12/18/m...montanafreepress.orgMontana Supreme Court sides with youth plaintiffs in landmark climate lawsuitGovernor, GOP lawmakers charge that justices overstepped their authority in deciding Held v. Montana. 6406113
Reposted by Boring Old NameAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations). Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members. I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t. 951432334693
Reposted by Boring Old NameAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Hey! 👋🏽 I’m back. Is anyone still here or seeing this? 6162839573561
Reposted by Boring Old NameMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 04/11/2024As mainstream media said voters didn’t know Harris, top print newspapers’ front pages featured considerably more coverage of Trump www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...mediamatters.orgAs mainstream media said voters didn’t know Harris, top print newspapers’ front pages featured considerably more coverage of Trump 1123752
Boring Old Name @noisyandfree.bsky.social · 03/11/2024It really sucks to have your bodily autonomy discussed this way, as an advantage for one party or another, instead of as a life or death issue for millions of humans. (Didn't read article, talking about the framing of the headlines) bsky.app/profile/wash... 010
Reposted by Boring Old NameJulia Van Dyke, the ðude 🏳️⚧️🦋 @imrustyokay.bsky.social · 02/11/2024Oh hey, in case you need some good news, the population decline of honeybees has actually reversed: fortune.com/2024/04/03/h...fortune.comHobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America’s critical bee shortage in just 5 yearsTax breaks for beekeepers and the country’s need for pollinators help explain the busier hives—but climate change still threatens colony collapse. 7141411598
Reposted by Boring Old Namejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/10/2024anti abortion laws are just an excuse to weaponize the state against poor women and women of color www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comShe said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion lawThe 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy. 111681307
Reposted by Boring Old NameAmarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 31/10/2024"Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform" www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/p...cnn.comElection officials are outmatched by Elon Musk’s misinformation machine | CNN PoliticsElon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tec... 15831
Reposted by Boring Old NameKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/10/2024“A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered. The unknown waltz was unearthed in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. The rare manuscript - dated between 1830 and 1835 - was discovered by curator Robinson McClellan”youtu.beLost Chopin waltz discovered almost 200 years after it was written | BBC NewsYouTube video by BBC News 0165
Reposted by Boring Old NameJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Another dead woman. Josseli Barnica was killed by the abortion ban in Texas, denied miscarriage care because her fetus still had a heartbeat. They are killing us.propublica.orgA Texas Woman Died After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage CareJosseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat s... 11571249
Reposted by Boring Old Name🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Dobbs is already a nightmare. Under Trump and MAGA, we'd have an FBI, a DoJ, an FDA, a CDC, and more all tracking and hunting pregnant women in all 50 states.washingtonpost.comShe said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion lawThe 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy. 415051
Reposted by Boring Old NameHannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 30/10/2024And just so we’re absolutely crystal clear: 3 members of that 5-justice majority were nominated by Donald Trump. Without them, Josseli would be alive today. If you’re ok with putting him back in office, you’re ok with this. 29118
