Rachel K. (Tala)
@talaattanagra.bsky.social
Here for science, nature, philosophy, mycology, history, advocacy, Afroasiatic languages, linguistics in general.
Medically-retired analyst w/ MEcfs. Epicurean. Humanist. Existentialist. DMV-area forager. SCA, Atlantia. Harvard, GSE. Tinzouline ⵣ♡.
Medically-retired analyst w/ MEcfs. Epicurean. Humanist. Existentialist. DMV-area forager. SCA, Atlantia. Harvard, GSE. Tinzouline ⵣ♡.
I can't afford charitable giving this holiday season, but I did just make @openmedf.bsky.social the secondary beneficiary of all my assets.
Please consider doing the same if you can. #MEcfs #longcovid
Please consider doing the same if you can. #MEcfs #longcovid
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I can't afford charitable giving this holiday season, but I did just make @openmedf.bsky.social the secondary beneficiary of all my assets.
Please consider doing the same if you can. #MEcfs #longcovid
Please consider doing the same if you can. #MEcfs #longcovid
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So far the Trump admin has canceled:
- The PPI Inflation Report
- The Jobs Report
- The Inflation Report
- The third-quarter GDP report
Trump thinks Americans are dumb enough to miss that he failed to deliver on any of his economic promises if he just hides all the data.
- The PPI Inflation Report
- The Jobs Report
- The Inflation Report
- The third-quarter GDP report
Trump thinks Americans are dumb enough to miss that he failed to deliver on any of his economic promises if he just hides all the data.
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So far the Trump admin has canceled:
- The PPI Inflation Report
- The Jobs Report
- The Inflation Report
- The third-quarter GDP report
Trump thinks Americans are dumb enough to miss that he failed to deliver on any of his economic promises if he just hides all the data.
- The PPI Inflation Report
- The Jobs Report
- The Inflation Report
- The third-quarter GDP report
Trump thinks Americans are dumb enough to miss that he failed to deliver on any of his economic promises if he just hides all the data.
📢 Please PLEASE add your name to this petition to HHS.
It's already so hard for people with MEcfs to get medical care, and the US government is about to make it much worse. Please help us try to prevent this!
#spoonie #MutualAid #ChronicIllness #fibromyalgia #LongCovid #help
It's already so hard for people with MEcfs to get medical care, and the US government is about to make it much worse. Please help us try to prevent this!
#spoonie #MutualAid #ChronicIllness #fibromyalgia #LongCovid #help
New Medicaid work requirements will take effect at the end of 2026 - it will FAIL sick people and cut off their care.
Tell HHS to recognize people with #MECFS and #LongCOVID as “medically frail” so our access to Medicaid is protected.
SIGN THE LETTER: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
Tell HHS to recognize people with #MECFS and #LongCOVID as “medically frail” so our access to Medicaid is protected.
SIGN THE LETTER: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📢 Please PLEASE add your name to this petition to HHS.
It's already so hard for people with MEcfs to get medical care, and the US government is about to make it much worse. Please help us try to prevent this!
#spoonie #MutualAid #ChronicIllness #fibromyalgia #LongCovid #help
It's already so hard for people with MEcfs to get medical care, and the US government is about to make it much worse. Please help us try to prevent this!
#spoonie #MutualAid #ChronicIllness #fibromyalgia #LongCovid #help
Well, shit.
"Noam Chomsky maintained a close relationship w/ Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes. Emails reveal that Chomsky praised Epstein's intellect and connections."
He wasn't a personal hero, but #KillYourHeroes still applies. What a disappointment of a human.
"Noam Chomsky maintained a close relationship w/ Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes. Emails reveal that Chomsky praised Epstein's intellect and connections."
He wasn't a personal hero, but #KillYourHeroes still applies. What a disappointment of a human.
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well, shit.
"Noam Chomsky maintained a close relationship w/ Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes. Emails reveal that Chomsky praised Epstein's intellect and connections."
He wasn't a personal hero, but #KillYourHeroes still applies. What a disappointment of a human.
"Noam Chomsky maintained a close relationship w/ Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes. Emails reveal that Chomsky praised Epstein's intellect and connections."
He wasn't a personal hero, but #KillYourHeroes still applies. What a disappointment of a human.
On my walk yesterday, I found some 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘂𝘀 — which has been reclassified in North America from Exidia recisa to Exidia crenata.
More details from Adam Haritan: learnyourland.com/amber-jelly-...
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #fungi #nature #forage #DisabledForager
More details from Adam Haritan: learnyourland.com/amber-jelly-...
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #fungi #nature #forage #DisabledForager
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On my walk yesterday, I found some 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘂𝘀 — which has been reclassified in North America from Exidia recisa to Exidia crenata.
More details from Adam Haritan: learnyourland.com/amber-jelly-...
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #fungi #nature #forage #DisabledForager
More details from Adam Haritan: learnyourland.com/amber-jelly-...
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #fungi #nature #forage #DisabledForager
Found some pretty enokis (Flammulina velutipes) on my walk today.
#fungi #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #nature #foraging #DisabledForager #Maryland
#fungi #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #nature #foraging #DisabledForager #Maryland
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Found some pretty enokis (Flammulina velutipes) on my walk today.
#fungi #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #nature #foraging #DisabledForager #Maryland
#fungi #FungiFriends 🍄📸 #mushroom #nature #foraging #DisabledForager #Maryland
Had my birthday dinner at Wye Oak Tavern in Frederick MD last night.
Highly recommend it! Just know that it can get noisy, and you can ask for a table in a side room that's slightly quieter. The main room is a beautiful, desanctified church (hence why sound carries).
Highly recommend it! Just know that it can get noisy, and you can ask for a table in a side room that's slightly quieter. The main room is a beautiful, desanctified church (hence why sound carries).
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Had my birthday dinner at Wye Oak Tavern in Frederick MD last night.
Highly recommend it! Just know that it can get noisy, and you can ask for a table in a side room that's slightly quieter. The main room is a beautiful, desanctified church (hence why sound carries).
Highly recommend it! Just know that it can get noisy, and you can ask for a table in a side room that's slightly quieter. The main room is a beautiful, desanctified church (hence why sound carries).
Reposted by Rachel K. (Tala)
⏰ 3x Match Ends Today! Today is #GivingTuesday, marking the final hours of our Triple Giving November campaign!
There are just a FEW HOURS LEFT to have your donation tripled —up to $1 million! 💙 Give today and help make a difference: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-...
#pwME #pwLC #MECFS #LongCOVID
There are just a FEW HOURS LEFT to have your donation tripled —up to $1 million! 💙 Give today and help make a difference: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-...
#pwME #pwLC #MECFS #LongCOVID
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
⏰ 3x Match Ends Today! Today is #GivingTuesday, marking the final hours of our Triple Giving November campaign!
There are just a FEW HOURS LEFT to have your donation tripled —up to $1 million! 💙 Give today and help make a difference: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-...
#pwME #pwLC #MECFS #LongCOVID
There are just a FEW HOURS LEFT to have your donation tripled —up to $1 million! 💙 Give today and help make a difference: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-...
#pwME #pwLC #MECFS #LongCOVID
Two truths to consider:
There are things worse than death. People who don't understand or believe this are extremely privileged.
Intensity of suffering is not proportional to the intensity of public awareness.
There are things worse than death. People who don't understand or believe this are extremely privileged.
Intensity of suffering is not proportional to the intensity of public awareness.
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Two truths to consider:
There are things worse than death. People who don't understand or believe this are extremely privileged.
Intensity of suffering is not proportional to the intensity of public awareness.
There are things worse than death. People who don't understand or believe this are extremely privileged.
Intensity of suffering is not proportional to the intensity of public awareness.
Reposted by Rachel K. (Tala)
Today is Giving Tuesday! All Donations tripled!
We simply cannot continue without your support. We need your help to raise $150,000 by Dec. 31, or #MEAction will not be able to do the work we do.
Donate now and be a lantern for all of us! meaction.net/donate
We simply cannot continue without your support. We need your help to raise $150,000 by Dec. 31, or #MEAction will not be able to do the work we do.
Donate now and be a lantern for all of us! meaction.net/donate
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today is Giving Tuesday! All Donations tripled!
We simply cannot continue without your support. We need your help to raise $150,000 by Dec. 31, or #MEAction will not be able to do the work we do.
Donate now and be a lantern for all of us! meaction.net/donate
We simply cannot continue without your support. We need your help to raise $150,000 by Dec. 31, or #MEAction will not be able to do the work we do.
Donate now and be a lantern for all of us! meaction.net/donate
Everywhere I go, people "at the top" are the dumbest, least strategic, most emotionally immature people.
If a smart person somehow finds themselves in leadership, they are consistently separated from reality by stupid, self-centered middle managers.
In 4 decades, I've only seen a few exceptions.
If a smart person somehow finds themselves in leadership, they are consistently separated from reality by stupid, self-centered middle managers.
In 4 decades, I've only seen a few exceptions.
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Everywhere I go, people "at the top" are the dumbest, least strategic, most emotionally immature people.
If a smart person somehow finds themselves in leadership, they are consistently separated from reality by stupid, self-centered middle managers.
In 4 decades, I've only seen a few exceptions.
If a smart person somehow finds themselves in leadership, they are consistently separated from reality by stupid, self-centered middle managers.
In 4 decades, I've only seen a few exceptions.
Leslie Fish has died.
No, I don't care if she was beloved, or that her songs made people feel seen. ...that she was from a different time or neurodivergent. Not an excuse for being bigot, TERF & islamophobe.
It's another Harry Potter, folks. It sucks, but this is a test of our moral strength.
No, I don't care if she was beloved, or that her songs made people feel seen. ...that she was from a different time or neurodivergent. Not an excuse for being bigot, TERF & islamophobe.
It's another Harry Potter, folks. It sucks, but this is a test of our moral strength.
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Leslie Fish has died.
No, I don't care if she was beloved, or that her songs made people feel seen. ...that she was from a different time or neurodivergent. Not an excuse for being bigot, TERF & islamophobe.
It's another Harry Potter, folks. It sucks, but this is a test of our moral strength.
No, I don't care if she was beloved, or that her songs made people feel seen. ...that she was from a different time or neurodivergent. Not an excuse for being bigot, TERF & islamophobe.
It's another Harry Potter, folks. It sucks, but this is a test of our moral strength.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
🦋 Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor)
🐒 Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
🦅 Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
🦀 Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
🐬 common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
🦋 Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor)
🐒 Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
🦅 Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
🦀 Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
🐬 common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)
Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)
Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
🦋 Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor)
🐒 Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
🦅 Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
🦀 Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
🐬 common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
🦋 Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor)
🐒 Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
🦅 Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus)
🦀 Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
🐬 common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Walked down to the creek after Thanksgiving dinner to check out "Sailing Through the Winter Solstice." There are a few new boats this year — looking good, Frederick!
www.visitfrederick.org/sailing-into...
#maryland #dmv #LittleThings
www.visitfrederick.org/sailing-into...
#maryland #dmv #LittleThings
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Walked down to the creek after Thanksgiving dinner to check out "Sailing Through the Winter Solstice." There are a few new boats this year — looking good, Frederick!
www.visitfrederick.org/sailing-into...
#maryland #dmv #LittleThings
www.visitfrederick.org/sailing-into...
#maryland #dmv #LittleThings
I bought myself a new computer yesterday straight from the manufacturer,because I needed it. Other than that, not buying anything from anywhere until December 2nd.
On Black Friday, I'll be at a friend's house playing D&D — because community is so much more important than things.
On Black Friday, I'll be at a friend's house playing D&D — because community is so much more important than things.
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I bought myself a new computer yesterday straight from the manufacturer,because I needed it. Other than that, not buying anything from anywhere until December 2nd.
On Black Friday, I'll be at a friend's house playing D&D — because community is so much more important than things.
On Black Friday, I'll be at a friend's house playing D&D — because community is so much more important than things.
Reminded of this today. Abled folks should #TakeANote from #disabled folks.
We endure continual pain & discomfort—but we learn to reduce our suffering—to stay sane & minimize discomfort of those around us.
Just 1 example of earned wisdom from the #disability community. #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
We endure continual pain & discomfort—but we learn to reduce our suffering—to stay sane & minimize discomfort of those around us.
Just 1 example of earned wisdom from the #disability community. #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
Rant: I can't stand when people complain incessantly about the cold & winter. A stray comment is fine, but constant complaintals make yourself & everyone around you miserable.
Especially as someone w/ severe chronic illness, I recommend folks learn to develop some distress tolerance.
Especially as someone w/ severe chronic illness, I recommend folks learn to develop some distress tolerance.
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reminded of this today. Abled folks should #TakeANote from #disabled folks.
We endure continual pain & discomfort—but we learn to reduce our suffering—to stay sane & minimize discomfort of those around us.
Just 1 example of earned wisdom from the #disability community. #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
We endure continual pain & discomfort—but we learn to reduce our suffering—to stay sane & minimize discomfort of those around us.
Just 1 example of earned wisdom from the #disability community. #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
Yup. I made the mistake of voting for @repaprildelaney.bsky.social.
I won't make that mistake again.
How embarrassing to have such a cowardly representative who eagerly entertains asinine MAGA nonsense.
I won't make that mistake again.
How embarrassing to have such a cowardly representative who eagerly entertains asinine MAGA nonsense.
Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yup. I made the mistake of voting for @repaprildelaney.bsky.social.
I won't make that mistake again.
How embarrassing to have such a cowardly representative who eagerly entertains asinine MAGA nonsense.
I won't make that mistake again.
How embarrassing to have such a cowardly representative who eagerly entertains asinine MAGA nonsense.
Good job, Maryland 👏
#vaccines #healthcare #truth #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative #autism
Full statement: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...
#vaccines #healthcare #truth #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative #autism
Full statement: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Good job, Maryland 👏
#vaccines #healthcare #truth #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative #autism
Full statement: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...
#vaccines #healthcare #truth #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative #autism
Full statement: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...
☀️ I LOVE my new pocket #sundial, and I can't wait for the clouds to clear so I can try it out!
#time #solar #timekeeping #mySCA
#time #solar #timekeeping #mySCA
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
☀️ I LOVE my new pocket #sundial, and I can't wait for the clouds to clear so I can try it out!
#time #solar #timekeeping #mySCA
#time #solar #timekeeping #mySCA
Rant: I can't stand when people complain incessantly about the cold & winter. A stray comment is fine, but constant complaintals make yourself & everyone around you miserable.
Especially as someone w/ severe chronic illness, I recommend folks learn to develop some distress tolerance.
Especially as someone w/ severe chronic illness, I recommend folks learn to develop some distress tolerance.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Rant: I can't stand when people complain incessantly about the cold & winter. A stray comment is fine, but constant complaintals make yourself & everyone around you miserable.
Especially as someone w/ severe chronic illness, I recommend folks learn to develop some distress tolerance.
Especially as someone w/ severe chronic illness, I recommend folks learn to develop some distress tolerance.
1/2 I still think about my beautiful friend who was sent home from a Baltimore ER with "You're fine, just manage your stress better."
She was the principal at an inner-city school, so when she didn't show up on Monday, they went to her house and found her dead.
She'd had a massive heart attack.
She was the principal at an inner-city school, so when she didn't show up on Monday, they went to her house and found her dead.
She'd had a massive heart attack.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
1/2 I still think about my beautiful friend who was sent home from a Baltimore ER with "You're fine, just manage your stress better."
She was the principal at an inner-city school, so when she didn't show up on Monday, they went to her house and found her dead.
She'd had a massive heart attack.
She was the principal at an inner-city school, so when she didn't show up on Monday, they went to her house and found her dead.
She'd had a massive heart attack.
I didn't like the graphics I saw online, so I made a new graphic of Maimonides' Ladder of Tzedakah to accompany a #philosophy project I'm doing.
Feel free to use it (CC BY SA) for your own purposes.
#charity #giving #MutualAid #TikkunOlam #Maimonides #medieval #alAndalus #alMaghreb #Fustat #mySCA
Feel free to use it (CC BY SA) for your own purposes.
#charity #giving #MutualAid #TikkunOlam #Maimonides #medieval #alAndalus #alMaghreb #Fustat #mySCA
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I didn't like the graphics I saw online, so I made a new graphic of Maimonides' Ladder of Tzedakah to accompany a #philosophy project I'm doing.
Feel free to use it (CC BY SA) for your own purposes.
#charity #giving #MutualAid #TikkunOlam #Maimonides #medieval #alAndalus #alMaghreb #Fustat #mySCA
Feel free to use it (CC BY SA) for your own purposes.
#charity #giving #MutualAid #TikkunOlam #Maimonides #medieval #alAndalus #alMaghreb #Fustat #mySCA
Reposted by Rachel K. (Tala)
The very first #TeslaTakedown weekend of action was nearly nine months ago, on Feb. 15. Now we're calling for a mass mobilization on Nov. 15 to stand up to extreme greed and say #NoTrillionaires! Host an event in your community! 👇🧵 #teslatakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#TeslaTakedown NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action
A TRILLION DOLLARS? Elon Musk and his stooges think they can gobble up the entire world while the rest of us starve. Join us for the NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action Nov. 15, 2025!
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The very first #TeslaTakedown weekend of action was nearly nine months ago, on Feb. 15. Now we're calling for a mass mobilization on Nov. 15 to stand up to extreme greed and say #NoTrillionaires! Host an event in your community! 👇🧵 #teslatakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Is Scott Galloway becoming the new Jordan Peterson? 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Is Scott Galloway becoming the new Jordan Peterson? 🤔
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM