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the folks in #AdrianMI might want to head over to Little Mews Rescue today starting at 11 am. cats, bake sales, and a shop full of discounted pet goodies await!

fosters, adopters, volunteers... oh my! little mews is seeking all three in #LenaweeCounty. kitties need our help in #AdrianMI! hoping some rad bluesky people will find us :-)

got a guest room, an office, a closet, or even a cozy bathroom in #AdrianMI or #LenaweeCounty? little mews rescue is a non-profit organization looking for more foster homes! all are welcome to apply online or inquire for details via e-mail. unhoused, unvetted kitties need us all to work together!

TIL that GoFundMe’s execs are full of IDF & IDF adjacent & it makes 👇👇👇 make infinitely more sense

We will be staying home with our cats. Not celebrating this country's descent into fascism.

Maryland! A friend is volunteering with the PG County animal shelter and says Lucy is the sweetest baby. She has malformed hind legs and keeps getting overlooked because of it, but is a complete lovebug. Look at this face! Her ID number is A556355 and she needs you! 24petconnect.com/PGEOADOPT/De...

I'm very excited to share our paper, out now in Animal Cognition, where we show that dogs are able to detect meaningful (to them) phrases in a stream of meaningless speech, even if no exaggerated intonation is used. Check it out here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

1/7 First evidence of tool making and tool use in wild blue jays. This is a single observation of an adult tearing off a piece of bark and inserting it into a branch in close proximity to a spider. (paper) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... via @explanimals.bsky.social

🚨 Over 70 graduate programs in the biological and biomedical sciences have frozen or slashed admissions. The consequences are profound—how many brilliant minds are being shut out of research entirely? How much future discovery is being lost before it even begins? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

@catsofyore.bsky.social Could I beg a small favour? A friend of mine made a lovely text game about a sand cat. It's free, a few minutes long, and is full of squee and d'aww. Could I please ask you to retweet this so your followers can enjoy the loveliness? sahil-bajaj.itch.io/meena

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the EPA’s scientific research arm and lay off more than 1,000 chemists, biologists, and other scientists.

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Over 400 Palestinians murdered overnight as Israel and the US intensify their genocide in Gaza. Read our full action alert: loom.ly/eyUy0qM

Isr*el bombed Gaza endlessly at 2am last night, killing whole families. At least 326 people are dead. 326 human beings, not just numbers. If you can’t see it’s a genocide by now, I don’t know what to tell you. Please speak up even if you have never done so before.

Happy book birthday to my first book, Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy. Here's to happy dogs everywhere!

1/4 Social blinking in dogs Blinking in dogs is synchronised (they blink back when they see other dogs blinking) and appears to be a signal that shows non-aggressive intentions and a bond between the two dogs. (paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Curious about how extremism and harmful ideologies can show up in the dog world? I was too. So @makingheadsortails.bsky.social and I wrote about it.

#StandWithUkraine Please, everyone, promote the Ukrainian donation site set up by the Ukrainian government - all donations go directly to the Ukrainian treasury to fight the Russians and rebuild Ukraine. Imagine if 10 million people around the world donated something every month! u24.gov.ua

"Take these words as a reminder to be gentle and kind. Your dog will thank you." From Skys the Limit Animal Training. www.skysthelimitanimaltraining.com/post/not-ste...

There are no proven benefits to raw feeding yet plenty of serious, well-documented risks. It has never been a good idea but ESPECIALLY NOW. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/two-w...

#KnowYourRights For now, in English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), and Arabic. doggiedrawings.net/products/kno...

✨Spend 5-10 minutes before walks playing an indoor game. ✨Walk your dog with two leashes clipped to the front and back of their harness. ✨Use a longer leash. ✨Let your dog sniff and linger on the scent. ✨Keep expectations realistic, especially if your dog was cooped up most of the day!

Hey, I've written an essay on two recent articles that seem to whitewash abusive dog training practices, and on one of their coauthors. You should go read it! perretologia.substack.com/p/why-are-do...

Dave’s gonna be in Lili Chin’s new book “Dogs Of The World”! Can you spot him?