HoofbeatsEqualZebra
@knockknockzebra.bsky.social
Lifelong Bostonian; ex-longtime Animal Care Vol (including for 2 kinds of zebra). Chronically ill, PTSD-having, neurodivergent introvert; mask wearer. She/her. My friends really do call me T.
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Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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#dragonfly #dragonflies #dragonflys #dragonflyphotography #insects #insectphotography #bugsofbluesky #naturelovers #naturephotography #wildlife #autumn
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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A party that doesn't understand compassion bitching about a gift of thanks commemorating disaster aid is pretty on brand, I'd say
Massachusetts Republicans are so cooked that they're trying to attack Michelle Wu for "wasting" taxpayer money by visiting Nova Scotia to pick up Boston’s annual Christmas tree.
Now who's waging a War on Christmas, huh?
Now who's waging a War on Christmas, huh?
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A party that doesn't understand compassion bitching about a gift of thanks commemorating disaster aid is pretty on brand, I'd say
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy 🌿
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy 🌿
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It’s so much more than premiums that the democrats just caved on 💔
these services. But Medicaid DOES. And so does the ACA. ACA gave states increased funding in order to expand their HCBS services (I’ll do a thread on HCBS to highlight these services) including LTSS.
While ACA payers aren’t directly responsible for these costs, without the ACA, HCBS programs would
While ACA payers aren’t directly responsible for these costs, without the ACA, HCBS programs would
a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
Alt: a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It’s so much more than premiums that the democrats just caved on 💔
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Timeline cleanse:
For the first year of the pandemic, I lived on a cow farm.
I took these on an iPhone SE, so they're not spectacular or anything, but I hope this short Cows thread brings some joy, or at least a distraction.
First up: Bashful
"Aw, I ain't handsome 'r nothin'... Am I though?"
For the first year of the pandemic, I lived on a cow farm.
I took these on an iPhone SE, so they're not spectacular or anything, but I hope this short Cows thread brings some joy, or at least a distraction.
First up: Bashful
"Aw, I ain't handsome 'r nothin'... Am I though?"
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Timeline cleanse:
For the first year of the pandemic, I lived on a cow farm.
I took these on an iPhone SE, so they're not spectacular or anything, but I hope this short Cows thread brings some joy, or at least a distraction.
First up: Bashful
"Aw, I ain't handsome 'r nothin'... Am I though?"
For the first year of the pandemic, I lived on a cow farm.
I took these on an iPhone SE, so they're not spectacular or anything, but I hope this short Cows thread brings some joy, or at least a distraction.
First up: Bashful
"Aw, I ain't handsome 'r nothin'... Am I though?"
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Polar bears are experts in relaxing. Nothing like a good kelp bed in the sunshine. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Polar bears are experts in relaxing. Nothing like a good kelp bed in the sunshine. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
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Come on, people! This dog is forever break my abolitionist puppy heart. Take Sosa into your non-carceral home with all the positive reinforcement she deserves. You would be so happy to have her!
Sweet 5 year old Sosa is a retired service K9 in search of a #ForeverHome. She is very energetic and highly skilled.
Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
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Head to the Philadelphia PSPCA to adopt this incredible pup!
www.pspca.org
#AdoptDontShop
💙🐶🐾
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Come on, people! This dog is forever break my abolitionist puppy heart. Take Sosa into your non-carceral home with all the positive reinforcement she deserves. You would be so happy to have her!
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Just want to give @ulabeast.bsky.social props on this informative and sensitive coverage. www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just want to give @ulabeast.bsky.social props on this informative and sensitive coverage. www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 50 years ago today. Check out the post quoted below that remaps older satellite data and uses ERA5 reanalysis to look back at the #weather on that day. #history 1/2 🧪
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
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I’m going to rant and rave A LOT about how there are (almost certainly) going to be major cuts to state provided HCBS.
(Home and Community Based Services, separate from mandated Long Term Services/Supports)
Why not give ya a quick breakdown of what some of those community focused programs are!?
(Home and Community Based Services, separate from mandated Long Term Services/Supports)
Why not give ya a quick breakdown of what some of those community focused programs are!?
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Posting good Monday news not bc I did anything special here* but bc I need you to know that when we fight we win so let's all keep fighting
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*truly: New England judges are routinely granting release on habeas for ICE detainees being denied bond hearings under the latest ridiculous BIA precedent
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*truly: New England judges are routinely granting release on habeas for ICE detainees being denied bond hearings under the latest ridiculous BIA precedent
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Posting good Monday news not bc I did anything special here* but bc I need you to know that when we fight we win so let's all keep fighting
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*truly: New England judges are routinely granting release on habeas for ICE detainees being denied bond hearings under the latest ridiculous BIA precedent
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*truly: New England judges are routinely granting release on habeas for ICE detainees being denied bond hearings under the latest ridiculous BIA precedent
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A federal judge just slammed the government for "sending threatening letters on a Saturday night" demanding states "undo" SNAP payments.
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
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November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A federal judge just slammed the government for "sending threatening letters on a Saturday night" demanding states "undo" SNAP payments.
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
A gentle reminder to all who haven’t been through it: these were real people, whose loved ones likely never stopped grieving. 💙
On this day exactly 50 years ago, 29 men perished when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, "The Mighty Fitz," sank in Lake Superior during a terrible November gale. I am re-releasimg Ep. 33 of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs to commemorate this milestone.
shipwrecksandseadogs.com/fitz50
#edmundfitzgerald #history
shipwrecksandseadogs.com/fitz50
#edmundfitzgerald #history
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 50th Anniversary
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.
shipwrecksandseadogs.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A gentle reminder to all who haven’t been through it: these were real people, whose loved ones likely never stopped grieving. 💙
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Does anybody have an article with a clear summary of the impacts on Medicare should the Dems continue making this deal? My parents would like a reliable source.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Does anybody have an article with a clear summary of the impacts on Medicare should the Dems continue making this deal? My parents would like a reliable source.
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State officials said they have received reports of more than 200 wells going dry around the state since July — but reporting is voluntary, which means many more residents could be dealing with water issues the state doesn’t know about.
As drought stretches on, N.H. households face an urgent problem: wells running dry - The Boston Globe
“It’s very tough because you need water to wash your dishes, to get a shower, to flush your toilet,” said Pittsburg health officer Lisa Bechok.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
State officials said they have received reports of more than 200 wells going dry around the state since July — but reporting is voluntary, which means many more residents could be dealing with water issues the state doesn’t know about.
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🦧 Meet Jaya, our male Sumatran orangutan, who has gone through an incredible transformation over the last few years. Today, he’s proudly showing off his large cheek pads (or “flanges”), a sign of maturity in male orangutans.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🦧 Meet Jaya, our male Sumatran orangutan, who has gone through an incredible transformation over the last few years. Today, he’s proudly showing off his large cheek pads (or “flanges”), a sign of maturity in male orangutans.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
Orangutan Caring Week reminds us how special these great apes are.
“Alibozek had allegedly been communicating online with an undercover state police detective leading up to his arrest.”
POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED: A Massachusetts police chief was arrested last week in a local school parking lot on a charge of soliciting sex for a fee. on.nbcboston.com/4onEbWP
Mass. police chief arrested in school parking lot for soliciting sex for a fee
A Massachusetts police chief was arrested last week in a local school parking lot on a charge of soliciting sex for a fee.
on.nbcboston.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Alibozek had allegedly been communicating online with an undercover state police detective leading up to his arrest.”
TIMELINE CLEANSE
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Meet unlikely dining companions – Tytan the rhino and Notty the zebra! Rescued just a week apart, these two orphans are now inseparable. Where one goes, the other follows: during milk feeds, the two stand shoulder to shoulder, draining every last drop of their bottles. swt.bio/tytan
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
TIMELINE CLEANSE
H/t @bassoosie.bsky.social
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Even as the Social Security Administration falsely claims that phone wait times are down to single-digit minutes, callers are recording dance routines to the hold music as they wait over two hours . . . equal parts adorable and horrifying!
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parade.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even as the Social Security Administration falsely claims that phone wait times are down to single-digit minutes, callers are recording dance routines to the hold music as they wait over two hours . . . equal parts adorable and horrifying!
parade.com/news/80s-sta...
parade.com/news/80s-sta...