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Human fetal tissue research has saved millions of lives and continues to drive biomedical innovation. Restricting it would not alter abortion rates, it would force scientists to discard an irreplaceable research resource for treating devastating diseases.
Restrictions on fetal tissue research would threaten progress on breakthrough treatments for devastating diseases — and yet not prevent a single abortion
The U.S. government may restrict funding for research that uses human fetal tissue. The move would undermine medical science and prolong patients' suffering from devastating diseases.
www.livescience.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Human fetal tissue research has saved millions of lives and continues to drive biomedical innovation. Restricting it would not alter abortion rates, it would force scientists to discard an irreplaceable research resource for treating devastating diseases.
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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🐾🐻❄️ It’s #PolarBearWeek! 🐻❄️🐾
Laerke the polar bear is celebrating with a special icy treat made from propeller clams, sweet potato, and Gatorade for extra hydration! 💙 This cool enrichment keeps Laerke curious and engages her natural foraging instincts.
Laerke the polar bear is celebrating with a special icy treat made from propeller clams, sweet potato, and Gatorade for extra hydration! 💙 This cool enrichment keeps Laerke curious and engages her natural foraging instincts.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🐾🐻❄️ It’s #PolarBearWeek! 🐻❄️🐾
Laerke the polar bear is celebrating with a special icy treat made from propeller clams, sweet potato, and Gatorade for extra hydration! 💙 This cool enrichment keeps Laerke curious and engages her natural foraging instincts.
Laerke the polar bear is celebrating with a special icy treat made from propeller clams, sweet potato, and Gatorade for extra hydration! 💙 This cool enrichment keeps Laerke curious and engages her natural foraging instincts.
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not just my face 🤭
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
not just my face 🤭
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
The 1970s weren’t so long ago.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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The 1970s weren’t so long ago.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The 1970s weren’t so long ago.
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It’s official: monarchs have started arriving at overwintering sites in California! 🌲🦋
That means it's also time for the Western Monarch Count! Each fall, conservationists & community scientists work together to count monarchs.
Learn how to help monarchs recover @ SaveWesternMonarchs.org
That means it's also time for the Western Monarch Count! Each fall, conservationists & community scientists work together to count monarchs.
Learn how to help monarchs recover @ SaveWesternMonarchs.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s official: monarchs have started arriving at overwintering sites in California! 🌲🦋
That means it's also time for the Western Monarch Count! Each fall, conservationists & community scientists work together to count monarchs.
Learn how to help monarchs recover @ SaveWesternMonarchs.org
That means it's also time for the Western Monarch Count! Each fall, conservationists & community scientists work together to count monarchs.
Learn how to help monarchs recover @ SaveWesternMonarchs.org
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day. Here’s a section of the poem Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, by Joy Harjo:
Recognize whose lands these are on which we stand.
Ask the deer, turtle, and the crane…
#poetry #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Recognize whose lands these are on which we stand.
Ask the deer, turtle, and the crane…
#poetry #IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day. Here’s a section of the poem Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, by Joy Harjo:
Recognize whose lands these are on which we stand.
Ask the deer, turtle, and the crane…
#poetry #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Recognize whose lands these are on which we stand.
Ask the deer, turtle, and the crane…
#poetry #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
October 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
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Raise your hand if you would go to this concert 🤚
October 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Raise your hand if you would go to this concert 🤚
IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:
djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."
djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.
#PedoPrez
djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."
djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.
#PedoPrez
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Stephen Colbert: Escalator Sabotage
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Stephen Colbert: Escalator Sabotage
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AO3 self-recs? I want in!
“Moonlight Becomes You”, my complete work with almost 90,000 words. Ed, a centuries-old witch, falls in love with Stede, a werewolf. But evil lurks in the shadows, eager to tear the lovers apart …
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46449316
“Moonlight Becomes You”, my complete work with almost 90,000 words. Ed, a centuries-old witch, falls in love with Stede, a werewolf. But evil lurks in the shadows, eager to tear the lovers apart …
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46449316
September 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
AO3 self-recs? I want in!
“Moonlight Becomes You”, my complete work with almost 90,000 words. Ed, a centuries-old witch, falls in love with Stede, a werewolf. But evil lurks in the shadows, eager to tear the lovers apart …
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46449316
“Moonlight Becomes You”, my complete work with almost 90,000 words. Ed, a centuries-old witch, falls in love with Stede, a werewolf. But evil lurks in the shadows, eager to tear the lovers apart …
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46449316
September 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Gentleman Pirate, I presume?
September 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Gentleman Pirate, I presume?