Stacy Martinez Pilalas
@martlalas.bsky.social
Happily married (I hit the husband lottery, that’s for damn sure), cats, travel, adult stepkiddos, auntie, cooking, higher ed, baseball, health and nutrition, Metallica, hiking and camping. Other stuff.
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President Trump ordered airstrikes on Saturday against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major U.S. military operation overseas since he took office.
Trump Orders Airstrikes Against ISIS in Somalia
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “multiple operatives” had been killed in remote mountains in the country’s north.
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February 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
President Trump ordered airstrikes on Saturday against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major U.S. military operation overseas since he took office.
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Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”
CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’
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February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”
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Breaking News: The Trump administration revoked Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S., leaving them vulnerable to potential deportation.
Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.
The decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.
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February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration revoked Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S., leaving them vulnerable to potential deportation.
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Canada unveils list of products covered by first round of tariffs, including American produce, alcohol and more: cnn.it/4hlyqIW
February 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Canada unveils list of products covered by first round of tariffs, including American produce, alcohol and more: cnn.it/4hlyqIW
Seriously? This is one of the many, many, many problems of a Trump administration. That is, the tendency to take any horrific situation and unscrupulously use it to advance the narrative of a white supremacist agenda.
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Seriously? This is one of the many, many, many problems of a Trump administration. That is, the tendency to take any horrific situation and unscrupulously use it to advance the narrative of a white supremacist agenda.
Finn says “meow.” Wishing I could be a care-free as a house cat these days.
January 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Finn says “meow.” Wishing I could be a care-free as a house cat these days.
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Breaking News: Nvidia plunged 17%, losing $600 billion in market value in its worst day since 2020, as China’s A.I. breakthrough rattled investors.
Nvidia Reels After DeepSeek’s A.I. Breakthrough
The tech industry has had an insatiable appetite for Nvidia’s chips over the last two years. But the feast may be over sooner than many had expected.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Breaking News: Nvidia plunged 17%, losing $600 billion in market value in its worst day since 2020, as China’s A.I. breakthrough rattled investors.
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Breaking News: The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal investigations into Donald Trump for the special counsel.
Justice Dept. Prosecutors Who Worked on Trump Investigations Fired
The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department’s most senior career official was reassigned.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Breaking News: The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal investigations into Donald Trump for the special counsel.
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Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Here is the most recent picture of our grandson who turned 1 month old today! ❤️❤️❤️
January 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here is the most recent picture of our grandson who turned 1 month old today! ❤️❤️❤️
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President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.
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Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The states view Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme.” nyti.ms/3E2qr53
January 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The states view Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme.” nyti.ms/3E2qr53
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At the height of the LA wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average.
Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged
The findings give new insight into the dangers of urban wildfires that burn plastics and other chemicals in homes and property.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
At the height of the LA wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from the flames, according to early detailed measurements. Levels of chlorine, which is also toxic at low concentrations, reached 40 times the average.
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
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Nineteen … and counting. That’s how many former Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air medical experts, producers, and staff are set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration. Never before has one media outlet exported so many alumni to a president’s day-one cabinet and staff.
Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni
President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Nineteen … and counting. That’s how many former Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air medical experts, producers, and staff are set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration. Never before has one media outlet exported so many alumni to a president’s day-one cabinet and staff.
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Breaking News: The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to people familiar with the plan.
Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week
The size of the planned operation is unclear, but it would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
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January 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Breaking News: The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to people familiar with the plan.
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JUST IN: India became the fourth country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space, a feat seen as pivotal for future missions as New Delhi cements its place as a global space power.
India achieves first space docking, becoming fourth country to achieve major milestone | CNN
India on Thursday became the fourth country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space, a feat seen as pivotal for future missions as New Delhi cements its place as a global space power.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM
JUST IN: India became the fourth country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space, a feat seen as pivotal for future missions as New Delhi cements its place as a global space power.
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Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or BMI, according to a new definition released by an international commission, which made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience, not just their weight.
New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
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January 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or BMI, according to a new definition released by an international commission, which made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience, not just their weight.
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Mark Zuckerberg is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump next week, hosting a black-tie reception on Jan. 20.
Zuckerberg Will Host a Party for Trump’s Inauguration
Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the new administration next week.
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January 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump next week, hosting a black-tie reception on Jan. 20.
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Paul Offit, a pediatrician and vaccine skeptic considers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a vaccine cynic. “I fear what will happen in America, which is already seeing a rising mistrust of vaccines, if he becomes health secretary,” Offit writes.
Opinion | RFK Jr. Is a Vaccine Cynic, Not Skeptic.
My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing.
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January 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Paul Offit, a pediatrician and vaccine skeptic considers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a vaccine cynic. “I fear what will happen in America, which is already seeing a rising mistrust of vaccines, if he becomes health secretary,” Offit writes.
Sending lots of love to my home state!
January 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sending lots of love to my home state!
This is why I’m here.
January 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is why I’m here.