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Second Dog is recovering from surgery. It's been a week since her spay, and we've been wondering when High Energy Collie would return.
As for us, younger child brought back a fever and sore throat from school, as they always do after about a month. They gave it to me.
So yesterday, having taken a few days off work, I had finished a round of Feeding Kids and Administering Medicines and was settling down for a very much needed nap. Second Dog appeared, in a perky mood, and…

....and then i found some Himalayan Balsam next to a pond.
RAAAAAAAR
#bloomScrolling

Good morning. Woken up with a sore throat and eyes. I obviously need coffee for the throat.

Nini, a "folk metal" musician from Taiwan was about to kick off her US tour when a member of her band was detained and arrested by ICE at the airport yesterday as they were leaving rehearsals on their way to their first show of the tour.
The person they took is a professional throat singer who went to graduate school in the US, has been here over ten years, and is currently on an artist's visa while awaiting processing of their green card.
She put a call out to ask …

Definitely feeling under the weather this morning. A sore throat and an intermittent dry cough. I feel like I am running a slight fever, so I’ll check my temperature and take some paracetamol if needed. I only take pills if I really have to.

So exactly a week after reading about the Northern Flicker at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute (https://rtpi.org/trails-hemlock-forests/), one joined me at my house.
This one was a male (I think), yellow-shafted.
More info:

The surprising, cut-throat race for Los Angeles mayor (Dani Anguiano/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/05/the-surprising-cut-throat-race-for-los-angeles-mayor
http://www.memeorandum.com/261005/p82#a261005p82

"A former OpenAI employee described what was often a grueling work culture marked by frequent 'crisis meetings, ' working on weekends, and 'super cut-throat' performance reviews that would see colleagues suddenly let go."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgx4yd1gl2o

Replaced article(s) found for hep-th. https://arxiv.org/list/hep-th/new
[3/3]:
- Equivalence of Stability Criteria for Multi-Fluid Stars
Tian-Shun Chen, Xiao-Ding Zhou, Hao Feng, Kilar Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01640 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_astrophHE_bot/115649670029097728
- ACT-Planck data and phase transitions from a viable no-scale Standard Model completion
Filippo Cutrona, Francesco Rescigno, Alberto Salvio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24664 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hepph_bot/116300067793362249
- Rotation of the polarization plane in axion fields: application to neutron star polar cap regions
Iver H. Brevik, Moshe M. Chaichian, Tiberiu Harko, Yuri N. Obukhov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28826 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hepph_bot/116328472387188451
- The scalar--Maxwell--$\Lambda(x)$ system: Wormhole spacetimes without nonlinear electrodynamics i...
G. Alencar, T. M. Crispim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.30003 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_bot/116328672276108547
- Exact general relativistic solutions for a cylindrically symmetric stiff fluid matter source
Tiberiu Harko, Francisco S. N. Lobo, Man Kwong Mak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02449 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_bot/116356753476950318
- Gauged Q-balls in flat potentials
Julian Heeck, Yu Zhi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07454 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hepph_bot/116379500037672008
- Electromagnetic, gravitational wave, and static gravitational transmission through throat spaceti...
Jeff Riley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14238 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_bot/116418938291963451
- Rotating black holes with primary hair in five-dimensional generalized Proca theory
Mokhtar Hassaine, Ulises Hernandez-Vera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17870 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_bot/116600369149996731
- Exact Entanglement Dynamics Beyond Nearest-Neighbor Dual-Unitary Floquet Systems
Tanay Pathak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11311 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/116730376162758952
- Weyl gauge symmetry at LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA
D. M. Ghilencea, V. -M. Mandric
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13146 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_bot/116928555436432190
- Two-Horizon Sector Thermodynamics as a Diagnostic for the Bi-Hair Organization of NUT Charge
Di Wu, Robert B. Mann, Shuang-Qing Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.23644 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_bot/116996732836199490
toXiv_bot_toot

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
DJ Kool:
🎵 Let Me Clear My Throat
#DJKool
https://duffrey.bandcamp.com/track/dj-kool-let-me-clear-my-throat-duffrey-remix-ft-starfox

Went to bed last night with a scratchy throat, woke even more scratchy throat so I guess I’m doing the “change of season“ illness.
Crashing office futon/couch so as not to spread it, feeling cruddy.
One hand, nor’easter so excuse to stay inside.
OTOH, cat seems determined to shove his face in mine

Deep Fried Hot Dog Inna Bun

(getting some strong " 'Cut me own throat' Dibbler " vibes from this one.)
https://youtu.be/eHgDDL3TF_c
#Shitposting #Shitpost #CMOTD #DeepFried #DeepFriedHotDogInABun

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Reuben:
🎵 Stuck in My Throat
#Reuben
https://heartworkmusic.bandcamp.com/track/stuck-in-my-throat-reuben
https://open.spotify.com/track/3PTO3wgMPYMi30hvlKcxM5

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Simian Mobile Disco feat. Deep Throat Choir:
🎵 Defender
#SimianMobileDisco #DeepThroatChoir
https://smdisco.bandcamp.com/track/defender
https://open.spotify.com/track/7m0oNdXFP2n9V3fpgHyQ9T

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsForeverDark
Reuben:
🎵 Stuck in My Throat
#Reuben
https://heartworkmusic.bandcamp.com/track/stuck-in-my-throat-reuben
https://open.spotify.com/track/3PTO3wgMPYMi30hvlKcxM5