@Buugman
Furry borb

@3goodThings #3GoodThings
1. We're getting some much-needed rain.
2. We went out for dim sum for brunch and brought enough home for supper
3. My pet guinea pigs are still the cutest little wheekers in the world.

@_lamaisondeschons
Gastric torsion is one thing that can make guinea pigs eject food and stomach fluids. Whisker twitches from my piggies to yours.

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-skeets-and-giggles-5325?r=1zr8b

@lowqualityfacts
Mazel Tov!

@Barbramon1 And who is going to apply for a job there, knowing that they could have the job offer withdrawn after they accept it, or move there and then be fired on a whim 2 weeks later?

Thunderstorm already came thru, more on the way - expecting thunderstorms next 3 days.

Way hotter and more humid at Glen Echo this evening than expected - hard to dance!

They will tell you
that this virus
is a dangerous bioweapon
that escaped
from a laboratory,
but if they see you
taking any steps
to protect yourself
from this virus
they will tell you
that this virus
is really just a cold.

*

The 268th week…

https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/plague-poems-the-two-hundred-and-sixty-eighth-week/

@GottaLaff can trace it to earlier than tarriffs; I cut back ordering when he wouldn't let the WaPo endorse Harris, and stopped ordering from Amazon entirely the minute Bezos changed the editorial stance of the WaPo to kowtow to "the free market"

@oldrawgabbit
It looks a little less like a toilet in person, and look what it does so you can stick it in your bookbag or laptop bag and make yourself real tea even at Panera! It has a little cap to clamp on and keep it closed.

Are you living in the US and want to get a PhD within transportation, but most research funding suddenly got canceled and students are dissappeared? Come to Sweden for four years and return to build up what has been destroyed when this madness hopefully has stopped (or stay if it turns out you like it here).

PhD positions in Sweden are real employments with full benefits and a decent salary.

https://www.vti.se/om-vti/arbeta-pa-vti/lediga-jobb?rmpage=job&rmjob=244&rmlang=SE

Please boost!

@oldrawgabbit
😮 Surely you don't mean the Loch Ness Monster!!

HHS- what's left of it- isn't too happy about this.
"The newly formed Vaccine Integrity Project aims to start meeting with medical associations, state health officials, insurers, pharmacies and others next month on steps such as establishing a network of subject matter experts to conduct science-based reviews of vaccines.
The effort is supported by an unrestricted gift from Alumbra, a foundation established by Walton, the widow of Walmart heir John Walton."

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/public-health-experts-watchdog-vaccines?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top
#HealthCare

Did I mention that I got a few new #tea infusers? My older main one mysteriously disappeared during a sweeping kitchen cleanup, I suspect accidentally into the garbage. Though I'm not buying stuff from Big River anymore if I can help it, I had a gift card; not using it would mean that Bezos gets the money without ever giving anything in return. So, three new infusers:
1. Nessie
2. Capybara with orange on its head, hangs over edge of cup
3. Collapsible one like a miniature colander. #TeaInfuser

April is National Donate Life Month

“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”
SMALL GODS, by Terry Pratchett

It's that time of year. Almost as many petals as there is pollen blanketing the cars, too. #CherryBlossoms2025