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Books, cats, bugs, wildlife, forests, rheumatoid disease, PLEASE VOTE, 🇮🇱 Zionist (please read some books so you actually understand what that means) two-state solution, Hamas are terrorists
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Making a food storage thread - starting with long term repackaging, I use Wallaby Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers, and seal them with my flat iron.
Trying a thing - links to threads with this post pinned, so basically pinning more than one thread
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A NOT-To-Do List for the chronically ill - a guest post by former law professor Toni Bernhard and author of "How To Be Sick" - with some gentle advice for patients about self-compassion.
myheartsisters.org/2013/10/06/n...
myheartsisters.org/2013/10/06/n...
A NOT-To-Do List for the chronically ill
Toni Bernhard’s loves her To-Do lists, but after getting sick, she said: “I realized I could benefit from a Not-To-Do list that would remind me of my limitations – limitations I o…
myheartsisters.org
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
A NOT-To-Do List for the chronically ill - a guest post by former law professor Toni Bernhard and author of "How To Be Sick" - with some gentle advice for patients about self-compassion.
myheartsisters.org/2013/10/06/n...
myheartsisters.org/2013/10/06/n...
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Sydney-based artist Anna-Wili Highfield, sculptural creations from paper #WomensArt
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Sydney-based artist Anna-Wili Highfield, sculptural creations from paper #WomensArt
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Gupta: As we age, sometimes we get a CT of the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan, which he actually had in 2018. At the time, there was some evidence of calcification in his coronary arteries…
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Gupta: As we age, sometimes we get a CT of the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan, which he actually had in 2018. At the time, there was some evidence of calcification in his coronary arteries…
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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An interesting read, most especially if you can’t accept that SARS-CoV-2 was a natural spillover event.
I am pretty sure that @jimalwine.bsky.social wrote a piece about the increased tempo of pandemics at one point.
I am pretty sure that @jimalwine.bsky.social wrote a piece about the increased tempo of pandemics at one point.
Review of 200 novel human viruses over a century a reminder that pathogen emergence isn’t rare
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 AM
An interesting read, most especially if you can’t accept that SARS-CoV-2 was a natural spillover event.
I am pretty sure that @jimalwine.bsky.social wrote a piece about the increased tempo of pandemics at one point.
I am pretty sure that @jimalwine.bsky.social wrote a piece about the increased tempo of pandemics at one point.
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My late pop had Alzheimer's.
You don't get MULTIPLE cognitive tests in a relatively short amount of time unless something significant has happened or IS happening to you neurologically.
Trump, because he is actually a moron both pre & post this event(s), thinks these are I.Q. tests.
They aren't.
You don't get MULTIPLE cognitive tests in a relatively short amount of time unless something significant has happened or IS happening to you neurologically.
Trump, because he is actually a moron both pre & post this event(s), thinks these are I.Q. tests.
They aren't.
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
My late pop had Alzheimer's.
You don't get MULTIPLE cognitive tests in a relatively short amount of time unless something significant has happened or IS happening to you neurologically.
Trump, because he is actually a moron both pre & post this event(s), thinks these are I.Q. tests.
They aren't.
You don't get MULTIPLE cognitive tests in a relatively short amount of time unless something significant has happened or IS happening to you neurologically.
Trump, because he is actually a moron both pre & post this event(s), thinks these are I.Q. tests.
They aren't.
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And this:
Looming Federal Cuts Threaten the Bird Banding Lab, a Cornerstone of Avian Science
For more than a century, the USGS program has revealed crucial insights about where birds go, how they’re faring, and what we can do to help them. Its budget and staff are now on the chopping block.
www.audubon.org
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
And this:
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See also:
US Interior Dept weakens sage-grouse protection to open more oil and mineral development
The Trump administration on Monday rolled back protections for the greater sage-grouse in eight western U.S. states, opening up more federal land for energy and mineral development.
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
See also:
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To repeat: this has never been about his concern for birds.
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
To repeat: this has never been about his concern for birds.
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Washingtonians whose homes were damaged by December’s historic flooding can now apply for $2.5 million in state assistance to help with their immediate needs.
Online: SAHelp.org
By phone: 833-719-4981
In person: visit a Disaster Assistance Center
Online: SAHelp.org
By phone: 833-719-4981
In person: visit a Disaster Assistance Center
January 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Washingtonians whose homes were damaged by December’s historic flooding can now apply for $2.5 million in state assistance to help with their immediate needs.
Online: SAHelp.org
By phone: 833-719-4981
In person: visit a Disaster Assistance Center
Online: SAHelp.org
By phone: 833-719-4981
In person: visit a Disaster Assistance Center
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The words “Locked and loaded” coming from the mouth of an unstable, manic man with access to weapons would trigger an immediate 72-hour psychiatric hold if his family brought him to an emergency room worried about the possibility of violence.
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The words “Locked and loaded” coming from the mouth of an unstable, manic man with access to weapons would trigger an immediate 72-hour psychiatric hold if his family brought him to an emergency room worried about the possibility of violence.
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Pretty wild that a news org (a “news” org) is running a piece quoting loads of grok output but with no quotes from humans other than a combative auto-reply to an email.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Pretty wild that a news org (a “news” org) is running a piece quoting loads of grok output but with no quotes from humans other than a combative auto-reply to an email.
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Even the language here — “grok said” — is so wildly irresponsible. Grok didn’t “say” anything. It output a string of words that met a complicated set of likelihood criteria for the question “what would a reply sound like?”
People made this and allowed it to be used this way.
People made this and allowed it to be used this way.
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Even the language here — “grok said” — is so wildly irresponsible. Grok didn’t “say” anything. It output a string of words that met a complicated set of likelihood criteria for the question “what would a reply sound like?”
People made this and allowed it to be used this way.
People made this and allowed it to be used this way.
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"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
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Ohio Flu hospitalizations have nearly DOUBLED IN 1 WEEK!!!
January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Flu hospitalizations have nearly DOUBLED IN 1 WEEK!!!
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This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder.
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
US military strikes 5 more alleged drug boats, killing 8 and possibly leaving survivors
The U.S. military says it has struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days. The attacks killed a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
apnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder.
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
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It has begun
On his 1st day, Mamdani "erased the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism"
On his 1st day, Mamdani "erased the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism"
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 AM
It has begun
On his 1st day, Mamdani "erased the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism"
On his 1st day, Mamdani "erased the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism"
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"In the las 50 yrs we have cut down 1/2 the world's forests & >75 million tons of topsoil have washed off these lands. Nothing in human history prepares us for the sheer speed at which the consequences of these actions are now rushing toward us." ~David Kelly (The Forest Unseen) #ForestFriday
August 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"In the las 50 yrs we have cut down 1/2 the world's forests & >75 million tons of topsoil have washed off these lands. Nothing in human history prepares us for the sheer speed at which the consequences of these actions are now rushing toward us." ~David Kelly (The Forest Unseen) #ForestFriday
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My main takeaway from the Jack Smith testimony: we should push our presidential candidate to make him Attorney General in 2029.
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My main takeaway from the Jack Smith testimony: we should push our presidential candidate to make him Attorney General in 2029.
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Happy New Year! 2026 will be another year of believing in things I can't see, that are real.
I live in the UK, so I don’t see three things that are common elsewhere in the world.
Cardinals! Cicadas! 3M Aura masks!
Please send pics of all 3!
A🧵about “real life”. #OneOfTheTwo
I live in the UK, so I don’t see three things that are common elsewhere in the world.
Cardinals! Cicadas! 3M Aura masks!
Please send pics of all 3!
A🧵about “real life”. #OneOfTheTwo
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Happy New Year! 2026 will be another year of believing in things I can't see, that are real.
I live in the UK, so I don’t see three things that are common elsewhere in the world.
Cardinals! Cicadas! 3M Aura masks!
Please send pics of all 3!
A🧵about “real life”. #OneOfTheTwo
I live in the UK, so I don’t see three things that are common elsewhere in the world.
Cardinals! Cicadas! 3M Aura masks!
Please send pics of all 3!
A🧵about “real life”. #OneOfTheTwo
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Hey everybody,
Get out your popped collar Izod shirts, skinny ties, and neon leg warmers....and don't forget the #fishhat. The #Orca have told me that 1980's fashion trends are back!!!
Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s share.google/DxVWjCEpD11P...
Get out your popped collar Izod shirts, skinny ties, and neon leg warmers....and don't forget the #fishhat. The #Orca have told me that 1980's fashion trends are back!!!
Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s share.google/DxVWjCEpD11P...
Photographer Captures Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s
An endangered killer whale in the Pacific Northwest was spotted wearing a dead salmon like a hat, reviving a bizarre behaviour unseen for decades.
share.google
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Hey everybody,
Get out your popped collar Izod shirts, skinny ties, and neon leg warmers....and don't forget the #fishhat. The #Orca have told me that 1980's fashion trends are back!!!
Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s share.google/DxVWjCEpD11P...
Get out your popped collar Izod shirts, skinny ties, and neon leg warmers....and don't forget the #fishhat. The #Orca have told me that 1980's fashion trends are back!!!
Killer Whales Wearing "Fish Hats" in Behaviour Not Seen Since the 1980s share.google/DxVWjCEpD11P...
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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NYT - Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/cl...
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NYT - Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/cl...