happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!
though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!
thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!
@joe-spookyy Ben and Socrates
@gooseontheinternet Chamomile and Beefy
@runawayy-rat Bartholomäus and Emo
@theunholystromboli Macrogryphosaurus, Xenoceratops, and Graciliraptor
@techlecticwtch Solas and Dorian
@merlyn-bane Roslyn and Rizzoli
@logictoinsanity Luna and Buttercup
@hagsthehag Orphie, Psyche, Calypso, Ariadne, and Eury
There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation - Then school comes along just to end it So the annual problem for our generation Is finding a good way to spend it Like maybe... Building a rocket Or fighting a mummy Or climbing up the Eiffel Tower Discovering something that doesn't exist Hey! Or giving a monkey a shower Surfing tidal waves Creating nanobota Or locating Frankenstein's brain It's over here! Finding a dodo birdPainting a continentOr driving our sister insanePhineas!As you can seeThere's a whole lot of stuff to do Before school starts this fallCome on Perry!So stick with us'Cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all!So stick with us'Cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all! Mom! Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence! (Love your work! Have a good one!)
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Closest match: Archips xylosteana genome assembly, chromosome: 26
Common name: Variegated Golden Tortrix
the thing that really cheeses my cake about flies getting in my house is they clearly don't want to be there anyway. like at least the ants trying to steal cereal from my pantry had a goal and a plan. you are just here because you're too stupid to use a window twice
Holy shit, first universal free childcare program in the United States just dropped
New Mexico's child care assistance program is set to expand and become the first universal program in the U.S., the governor announced Monda
"New Mexicoâs child care assistance program is set to expand and become the first universal program in the U.S., the governor announced Monday [September 8, 2025].
New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state is eliminating the income eligibility requirements of its current child care assistance program to do this.
Currently, the program waives copayments for New Mexico families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. That allows those families to pay little-to-no child care costs.
In November [2025], that will now apply to all families. The state estimates this expansion will save families an average of $12,000 per child [to clarify, that is PER YEAR. Families will save an average of $12,000 per child PER YEAR. x, x. That is a life-changing difference for so many fucking people.]
âItâs the difference between making it when inflation in this country remains too high. Particularly, in areas, like food, things that families have to have to raise their families,â the governor said.
With the expansion comes increased demand for care facilities. New Mexico estimates they will need an additional 5,000 early childhood professionals to achieve a universal system. They plan to increase reimbursement rates and give incentives to programs committing to pay entry-level staff a minimum of $18 per hour and offer 10 hours of care per day, five days a week.
The state also plans to do the following to improve the supply of care:
Establish a $12.7 million low-interest loan fund to construct, expand and renovate child care facilities
Additional $20 million requested in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget.Â
Target growth to focus on care for infants, toddlers, low-income families and children with special needs.Â
Partner with employers and school districts to expand child care options for working families.Â
Launch a statewide campaign to recruit licensed and registered home providers.Â
âEarly childhood care and education is a public good,â said Elizabeth Groginsky, secretary of the New Mexicoâs Early Childhood Education and Care Department. âBy providing universal access and improving pay for our early childhood workforce, we are easing financial pressure on families, strengthening our economy and helping every child learn in safe, nurturing environments. This is the kind of investment that builds equity today and prosperity for the future.âÂ
More information on how to access universal child care benefits and more is available here: https://www.nmececd.org/universal...
So many families have to make the tough decision to raise their children or work to pay the bills. This will solve that problem for many hard working New Mexicans."
Full disclosure, I donât have all my stuff in yet, but Iâm working on it!
Itâs bizarre how many flaming hoops that trans people need to jump through to get medical care in America. Like, I totally get that thereâs a need to make sure the patient is capable of making these decisions and are aware of the risks involved, but beyond that, the amount of âare you surrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee???????â we need to go through is silly.
Like, Iâm not sure how many people wake up one day and on a whim think to themselves, âYou know what I should do today? Â A major surgery that I never thought about until this very moment.â
According to the horrific political ads that swayed the hateful and ignorant of the USA, doctors are just giving out trans surgeries on the street corners, forcing them on people, even.
As someone who is desperately trying to get this type of medical care, I can confidently say that no, doctors are not lining up to force Americans to be trans.
If you believe that, or voted for people who were spreading those lies even if you didnât believe them, I donât know what to say other than the followingâŚ
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