rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10hMy lucky streak continues: lost my grip on my sleep schedule containment just before a day requiring me to be at full brain capacity at a specific time (bad), but did so in a way that actually puts me in a *better* position than I otherwise would be 41150
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21hPRAISE EVERYTHING, my amazing genius of a spine orthopedist worked out a way to get the risk level of a cervical disc replacement (instead of fusion) down under our mutually acceptable threshold despite the Ehlers Danlos so there is a CHANCE I will be able to avoid 2 more fusions! 103420
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Feeling grumpy at the doctor today so when they handed me the stack of forms they already confirmed I'd completed in advance electronically I just wrote "completed online" on the bottom and stopped, heh 61841
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026But if you go to the people who are all "oh my god they hate their users" (anybody who says they've never hated their users even once is lying) and ask them if they've ever hated a customer at their job, that's totally different, don't you know 3741
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*sigh* putting reading Commerce Clause and Comstock Act caselaw on my to-do list 4537
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The narrative: "Everyone who works for Bluesky hates the site's users! Either they don't use the site or they're constantly melting down at people!" The users: 118628
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This remains one of my favorite satirical projects of all time 37417
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fucking barbaric. If I didn't already oppose the death penalty on grounds there is no way to make the process equitable and error-free, I would oppose it on grounds of it being state-backed torture. 215018
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Too much pain to sleep, won't stop being in pain until I can sleep, have hit my limits on every intervention I can use, and I have to be awake in 3.5 hours, wheeeee 161530
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Why is your head wet" and other questions I have asked my cat today that I do not actually want an answer for 92609
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In "but of course" news, I have a mandatory video appearance on Friday so of course I have a gigantic zit forming in a highly prominent place, sigh 8820
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love whenever I mention this, someone always has this "oh my god, WHAT" reaction! Citations: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32324159/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42240520/ Screenshot is from second paper. Primary author on both (Afrin) is basically THE most knowledgeable person in the world about MCAS. 510525
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you take Vitruvias Therapeutics' 30mg thyroid tablets, check your bottle for expiration date Sept 30, 2026 and NDC number 69680-166-00/lot number 504950 2107139
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Life with cats: my wife just wearily called "whatever's going on, it shouldn't be" downstairs after the sounds of a scuffle 826711
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Best part of using my dad's Home Depot pro account is the facetime Sarah gets after he sees the notification for him to guess what she's doing with what she just bought 51730
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The weather is wretched and the wind managed to snap the string tie-down on our "abolish ICE" porch flag, so I stuck my cigarette between my lips to re-tie it again just as another gust blew, and anyway, that's how I ended up putting my cigarette out on ICE 31172
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I genuinely can't see any way Meta could defeat a false light tort suit here other than making it too expensive and obnoxious to litigate 114421
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just watched #NotMyCat leap up on the garage roof to curl up behind the vent for warmth. We have a heated shelter coming for her soon, thankfully 😂 51672
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Boosting again for people getting COVID vaccines (thank you for getting vaccinated!!) because my mentions are full of people finding it helpful. There is way more detail (and citations!) in the thread both up and down but this is the key info! 19465209
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Reposting so I remember to read it, and in case anyone else needs the dataset Riana and her colleagues assembled 15513
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Rosie, your finely tuned bullshit sensor is very inconvenient sometimes (I've been trying to comb out this mat in her fur for like two weeks and she is Not Having It) 51160
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's the season for the Greater North American Cable Seeking Backhoe to migrate to its winter quarters, so everyone, please be prepared for disruptions!! 213919
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Going to the dentist (again, ugh) and my Lyft driver is pretty much my age and has the early 90s hits on the radio and we're both singing along without making conversation at all, so if it weren't a Tesla it'd be the ideal ride, lol 01560
Reposted by rahaeliAndrew Ducker @andrewducker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Brain Imaging Study Reveals ADHD Biotypestechnologynetworks.comIs ADHD Actually Three Different Brain Conditions?In this Q&A, lead author Dr. Nanfang Pan explains how researchers used structural MRI, normative brain modeling, and machine learning to identify three ADHD biotypes. Each subtype showed distinct brain network patterns and symptoms. 26320
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026California: if you aren't POSITIVE you've had two doses of MMR, and if you were born pre-1982 you may not have (especially if you didn't go to college), get a MMR booster 16195109
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Neighborhood etiquette question; having asked the new neighbor to turn down his loud weekend outdoor working-on-the-yard music because I sleep during the day once, am I now justified in a passive aggressive Bluetooth headphone delivery? 15880
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Added in the thread, also adding here while I publicize it: If you don't want to buy a "loyalty discount" with your shopping data for them to sell and use to profile you, enter (area code) 867-5309 on the payment machine at checkout: it has worked almost every time I've tried it 1418643
Reposted by rahaeliDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan. 101077256
Reposted by rahaeliMeredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Vampires from "Sinners" have dropped out of the Ed Sheeran tour 114730
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New friend to pet!!! (cc @nuclearanthro.bsky.social) www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...nbcnews.comNew wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers sayA type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest. 314823
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just got out of @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social in DC after an appointment, and omg, DC peeps, if you have not been there yet, you must. Amazing selection, fantastic staff, so many fascinating books I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to get this haul back home without dislocating something, lol 4809
Reposted by rahaeliChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Pope Leo XIV still helps his older brother file his taxes and fix his computer. What makes John Prevost proudest of his little brother? “That he hasn’t collapsed yet.” www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/he-hasnt-c...thelettersfromleo.comPope Leo XIV Does Tech Support and Tax Prep for His Brother in Suburban ChicagoJohn Prevost locked himself out of a new computer, propped his iPad on top of it, and called the Vatican. Then he told Italian TV what makes him proudest of his brother: “He hasn’t collapsed yet.” 116319
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Unsurprisingly (it *is* by Lane, after all), this is a really, really good explanation of some famously complex philosophical concepts 28119
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not My Cat has graduated to taking treats from the hand :) 72360
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I have found the single reason that could unite most of Bluesky into agreeing Kamala Harris should actually run for president again in 2028 after all www.cnn.com/2026/09/14/p... 1343065
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Quarterly Estimated Tax Payment Eary Warning System says: tomorrow is quarterly estimated tax payment day! 49428
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My cat is taking after me: the vet called back about Rosie and said it's not the thing they thought it was and they're calling the Weird Shit specialists for a consult 152862
Reposted by rahaeliStephen Hardwick @nonfinality.com · 14/09/2026I just got my work assignment for the November election—managing the same location that I’ve been at for several years. Are you interested in helping make sure your small corner of the election is run professionally & lawfully? Learn how to sign up anywhere in the US: www.eac.gov/help-america... 0328
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Huh! I went looking for a DTC service that does PGX testing yet again and discovered that 23andMe has been bought out of bankruptcy by its original founder and converted to a medical research nonprofit, which means I might actually be comfortable recommending them again 313217
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Rosie is back to the vet tomorrow and it involves fasting for sedation so if I'm smothered in my sleep by "five pounds of attitude with fur and eyes" (tm @aniente.bsky.social) it was nice knowing y'all 51790
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Well I guess that with this many plates in the air I had to ADHD-drop one of them eventually but could it have maybe been a less obnoxious one to fix 11011
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Damn, I was really hoping this would be narrow enough in folded mode to be a potential replacement for the Mini, but no joy, it's wider than my wife's iPhone 17 that hurts to hold. Sigh. 17722