Dr Michelle @Drosmel@qoto.org

We adopted a cat 2 weeks ago and took him for a vet check-up today. We had noticed a missing fang when we adopted him, but the rescue organization did not mention it to us and there was no note of it in his medical records.

The vet observed that the fang is not missing, it is broken, and our cat needs to have the tooth extracted. He told us to contact the rescue organization and see if they can cover the cost, which will be $1,800.

The organization included a trial pet insurance policy, but it does not cover dental care unless you pay for an upgrade. I'm guessing that the broken tooth will be considered a pre-existing condition and they won't cover it.

I guess I'll call both the rescue and the pet insurance company and ask - it won't hurt to try to get some help...

Any advice on how to approach this?

#cats #pets

R learning for applied statistics by Chenxin Li: https://github.com/cxli233/Online_R_learning A self paced course structured in R markdown documents, that starts from the very basic. #rstats #course #learning

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@iamada/116455437413475828

a good time to remind y’all

MAYA ANGELOU ―the poet laureate, 3 time Grammy winner, National Medal of Arts and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree― once worked as a SEX WORKER; both as labor and management.

there’s a whole generation of BLACK nanas and aunties that had to do what they had to do to care for our families. sex work isn't just the sex. many Black brothels were social, cultural, health centers for our communities.

true allies stand by all sex workers.

#labor #sexWork

The first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and #globalwarming was a New Yorker named Eunice Newton Foote. Read her 1856 paper, and how she went unacknowledged for more than a century, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/first-paper-to-link-co2-and-global-warming-by-eunice-foote-1856 #earthday #climatechange

This is my grandchild, Jefferson. He is already starting Witch Support Training.

#CatsofMastodon #Cats #Kittens #Caturday

Masto chums. Is there an #online #artist community where my 14 yo can safely share her #art and #writing?

Me: I finished that Plant Monster illustration you wanted

Editor: Monstera Plant

Me: Monster A Plant

Editor: Monstera Plant

Me: Let me get back to you

#monsterdon #plants #godzilla

Do not disturb. I own the remote now.
#cats

Any academics I follow interested in moving to Europe? My department here in Maastricht, Netherlands, is hiring:

Associate Professor in System and Network Security, open until May 10, 2026
https://vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Associate-Professor-in-System-and-Network-Security/1357701057/

Assistant Professor in Computer Systems, open until May 10, 2026
https://vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Assistant-Professor-in-Computer-Systems/1357700157/

Both of these are for the equivalent of tenure-track, i.e. after a 18-month probationary period, you have a permanent contract.

I'm happy to tell anyone interested about the university, the department, the role, the city of Maastricht, or about moving to the Netherlands as an English-speaker.

#GetFediHired #Vacancy #Jobs #Hiring #AcademicChatter

Spring is just around the bend.
#Photography

I've only just seen this photo of Tom Baker. Talk about timey-wimey. It looks like he's regenerating into an older incarnation of Peter Cushing's Doctor.
#DoctorWho

Wäinö has mostly strawberry toe beans but there's one licorice hidden in there!

#cats #cat #jellybeantoes

A friend of mine is having a Signal issue with their recovery key. Basically: they didn't set one up on their phone before deleting the signal app, and now they want to restore signal to their phone. They still have signal on desktop (and can log in there) but they're worried if they try to log in to their phone without the recovery key all messages on both will be deleted.

Grey beard punk daddies are the best because they've built up a lifetime of rage.

Rocks are memories of the land. 🩶

#art #sciart #rocks #earth #drawing #pencilart #nature #artist #artwork #MastoArt