Natalie Downe

Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOU’RE WELCOME

Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day.

Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.

💿Veridis Quo//Daft Punk🤖 This melody is so nostalgic🥹🎶. And it's great fun to filter the sound of my Sewing-Gurdy with my mini Theremin! (Talk-Wha Filter this time 👌😎) #hurdygurdy #sewinggurdy #bardco... TikTok video by Gabriel / SingerSoundSystem

There's a chap on TikTok who has built a custom instrument out of a hurdy-gurdy and a Singer sewing machine (plus an attached theremin) which he uses for Daft Punk covers and they are genuine bangers www.tiktok.com/@singersound...

Well, this isn’t good.

He says he can’t remember anyone doing it to him

They do it to me all the time too! I hate it!

It was delightful!

Nature journal page with a painting of a sunburst anemone and lots of notes

Other people’s work at the critique

Me lying in a tidepool

I joined the Bay Area Plein Air painting club today and did some nature journalling.

Lovely group of people, and they didn’t mind that I wasn’t doing the usual kind of painting!

an image in 4 quadrants, each one containing a literal image of the animal and text top left: goose barnacle - not a goose - a barnacle top right: barnacle barnacle - a barnacle - a barnacle bottom left: goose goose - a goose - a goose bottom right: barnacle goose - not a barnacle - a goose but also a barnacle if you ask a 12th-18th century english and so it also counts as a fish

bringing back some #InvertebrateShitposting from the archives

Does that mean he could order military force without congressional authorisation before then?

(Thanks for all your updates btw, your feed is the main way I keep up with all this!)

We loved this place maps.app.goo.gl/HoE9AwLLevsW...

Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.

If elites can be held accountable in other parts of the world, why can't they be held accountable in America?

Will do! That sounds like a perfect place!

What?!’ That requires a special trip then!

Oooh is that vegitarian then?

Ahahahaha yes 16! Good maths!

Simon sat in front of a heart shaped mousse cake

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! but especially to my lovely husband of 6 years, who this October we will have been together for 25 years!

In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

WEARING A MASK IS NOT FUCKING EXTREME YOU FUCKING ABLEIST DISEASE LOVING PIECES OF SHIT

Incantation bowl with an Aramaic inscription around a demon. From Nippur, Mesopotamia 6th–7th ce

My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE.

Truly a super bowl.

A simply spectacular sgraffito ceramic mug with a bold, charismatic Kākāpō parrot taking up most of the visible space. It has a yellow beard and green feathers.

Another side of the mug, two cute grey Kākāpō chicks are visible and three red rimu fruit that look like berries, one on the floor and two hanging from wiry branches.

In celebration of the 2026 breeding season ceramic artist Karen James made me a Kākāpō mug! simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/8/k...

an owl is flying over a grassy field with a disney junior logo behind it Alt: an owl is flying over a grassy field

Happy Superb Owl Sunday!

🦉 are vital to keeping ecosystems in balance by preventing overpopulation of prey.

During my sunset walk last night, an owl flew right over me. I think I heard it ask, “whooo do you want to win the 🏈 game?”*

Enjoy the game, & be safe: get a ride if you’re buzzed.

Wow, that would be very bad.

Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations.

The Department of Homeland Security is using administrative subpoenas, a secretive tool issued without a judge's signature, to go after people lawfully reporting ICE activity or criticizing DHS policies.

This is a direct attack on our First Amendment rights and we're fighting back.

Wow that is a very pretty chicken!

A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed.

My laptop got its photo in the NYT!

(There's a photo of me later on in the story too) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/t...

De-catastrophizing What is my anxious thought? What evidence do I have for this thought? What evidence do I have against this thought? What is the likelihood of this happening? Best possible outcome? Worst possible outcome? How would I cope if the worst outcome happens? Would it matter in a week? Would it matter in a month? Would it matter in a year? After examining the evidence how has my thought changed?

I've shared this before but sharing again since a lot of y'all are going through it lately 🫂

Minecraft complex oven situation

For when you need to cook more stuff than fits in a regular oven!

General Strike

US General Strike and nationwide shutdown today. If you are at work, go home, if you need to shop wait for another day, are you sitting in school? walk out right now.

Those outside of the US, boycott. #3E #Goodvsevil #generalstrike #iceout #justiceforpretti #justiceforgood