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Antonious Block
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Son, brother, cousin, husband, father, & uncle.
Pilgrim and Puritan. Hopeful.
ALS diagnosis the summer of 2022.
Texas Aggie.
Pinned
This was the grounds around the Afghani president's residence in 2002. Those miniature mountain animals were there for the president to remember home. That monstrous one with horns had to head butt my legs constantly - formed a few bruises. The two groundkeepers laughed and laughed.
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Drug prices are rising—again.

Meanwhile, Big Pharma is pushing Congress to give them even more power to set sky-high prices. We cannot let that happen.

Here’s what you need to know: bit.ly/4gu5A86
Big Pharma hikes prices of 250 drugs in January
Several large drugmakers, including Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, increased the list prices of their drugs this month.
bit.ly
February 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Plenty of people in history have had bad governments. It must’ve seemed like the end of the world to them too. We find ourselves where we find ourselves and just need to put our shoulders into it.
February 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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I was really cynical about the ABA my entire career. So imagine my surprise reading that this bunch of money-grubbing corporate tools have risen up to preserve the "rule of law" and fight the kleptocracy! It's like Scrooge showing up with a turkey in "Christmas Carol"
February 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Baseball season begins in four days for the Aggies against the #1 RPI Elon University.
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media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Congratulations to the Aggies' softball team, as they went 6-0 this weekend. A highlight catch by the left fielder against Utah St.

Onto the next tournament with Wichita St, UCF, #4 Okie St, Virginia, and Charlotte.
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media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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GITMO preceded Trumpism but shares one of its central themes: there should be people outside the law, people with no rights anybody is bound to respect. That accompanies belief that there should also be people with rights superior to all others, people not bound by any law.
Glad to see that the judge acted so quickly on this. Based on NYT reports that the Trump Admin hasn't revealed the identities of who has been sent to Gitmo so far, it may be functionally impossible for people on the island to obtain a meaningful review.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
February 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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the military purge starts
February 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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when will yale law school answer for its sins
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This is America, 2025

In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
February 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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February 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws…
February 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Here’s my view:

I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a young kid’s ability to fire career civil servants and take control of the nation’s finances.
February 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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From what I hear from multiple people in the space, the latest NIH indirect costs for medical research grants will basically mean the end most academic medical centers.
February 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.

#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Contemporary Northumberland based UK printmaker, Rebecca Vincent #womensart
February 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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February 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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my baby wants to pet my cat SO badly and my cat is surprisingly willing to let her learn
February 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Winter in the cold north has begun.
There is a quiet in the mountains at night.

A stillness that soothes the soul….

#photography #photograph #landscapephotography #snow #outdoors #Mountains #rurallife
#b&w
November 24, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?
Here's a Super Bowl riddle: Why are egg prices surging — but not chicken wings?
There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This is so cool…
February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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4/ If you check out posts on Russian state media sites, networks, clips and social networks full of Putin-cheering accounts, for example, they have been calling USAID a criminal organization for ages. Russia & Belarus are cheering the tearing apart of USAID. www.euronews.com/2025/02/07/r...
Russia and Belarus cheer USAID breakup as rights groups voice concerns
Musk-led cuts to the US foreign aid agency have impacted rights groups, independent media, and election monitoring campaigns in Russia, Belarus and Moldova.
www.euronews.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM