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Della Luna
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You've gotta do better with adding alt text.

Alt text here. I split the article up into two (same image used twice) as the article is quite long and went over the 2000 characters.
1 of 2 CDC Alters Webpage to Say Vaccines May Cause Autism By Liz Essley Whyte and Sabrina Siddiqui A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously made the case that vaccines don't cause autism now says they might. The contents of the webpage came up during Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation process. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.) in February said Kennedy had assured him that, if he was confirmed, the CDC would "not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism." The revised webpage says: "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. Studies ignoring a link have been ignored by health authorities." The new text posted Wednesday also notes that the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a "comprehensive assessment" to probe the causes of autism. Some CDC staffers said employees were blindsided by the move, and that leadership overseeing the agency's birth defects and vaccine work didn't review or know about the changes before they posted. The webpage had a focal point for both vaccine skeptics, who criticized its earlier language, and public health advocates, who wondered how far Kennedy would go to change federal agencies' language around vaccines. The page previously said: "Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism," citing a 2012 National Academy of Medicine review of scientific papers and a 2013 CDC study. The new webpage says the CDC's previous assurances on vaccines and autism violated the Data Quality Act. It suggests aluminum adjuvants could be behind the rise in autism cases. "Though the cause of autism is likely to be multi-factorial, the scientific foundation to rule out one potential contributor entirely has not been established," the new page reads. 2 of 2 On Thursday, Cassidy posted on X that vaccines for childhood diseases won't cause autism. "Any statement to the contrary is wrong, irresponsible, and actively makes Americans sicker," he said. He and Kennedy have increasingly sparred in recent months, as Cassidy has accused the health secretary of back-pedaling on his vow to protect vaccine access. Scientists have said that while it is impossible to prove "never" conclusively, no association has been proven between vaccines and autism. More than 25 peer-reviewed scientic articles have shown no link between autism and the MMR vaccine - a longtime focus of vaccine skeptics due to a 1998 study suggesting there was a link, which was later retracted. A Danish study of more than 1.2 million children published earlier this year found no link between aluminum in vaccines and neurodevelopmental harm, including autism. "It is absolutely definitive. There is no link between autism and vaccines. Zero. None," said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a professor of pediatrics, epidemiology and population health at Stanford Medicine. The bottom of the CDC webpage now says the header "Vaccines do not cause autism" remains on the site with an asterick because of "an agreement" with Cassidy. "We are updating the CDC's website to reflect gold standard, evidence-based science," HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
With alt text for image in quoted post.
Postponement of H1 FY2025-26 Results Announcement Paris - November 13, 2025 - Ubisoft announces postponement of the release of its results for the first half of fiscal year 2025-26. Ubisoft has requested Euronext to halt trading of its shares (FR0000054470) and its bonds (FR001400DV38, FR001400MA32, and FR0014000O87) from the market opening on November 14, 2025, until the publication of its first-half 2025-26 results in the coming days. Ubisoft will inform the market of the date on which trading will restart.
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Roxana St. Clair. So sweet, so fair, so very very late to the Midnight Masquerade.

Who could guess behind her coquettish smile lies the ruthless heart of an assassin? Her last mark certainly didn't.
Blonde Sims 4 Sim, wearing a pink ball gown, diamond necklace and white masquerade mask with a pink rose attached.
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Oops! Looks like we're getting a new kit at some point 😂

This was marked with a red dot when I opened the game today but is unavailable for purchase. The leaks are coming from inside the house 😂
A new kit for The Sims 4 called Autumn Apparel, filled with clothes for our sims with things like sweaters, blazers, long pants and long skirts. It says "This pack is unavailable for purchase."
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Ah, so here's what the update's about, an adjustment to how long it takes to "Confirm" if you change which packs you use in the new pack disabling feature.
From Branson (The Sims): Sul Sul Simmers, An update is rolling out now that resolves the extended length of time the “Confirm” button remained greyed out after players disable packs based on community feedback. NOTE: The actual time delay is largely specific to the specs of your machine, though some delay on the Confirm button is necessary to ensure that all selected packs are fully loaded before players can confirm any changes. This delay ensures packs load correctly, which provides a smoother and safer experience for players when managing their pack selections. Thanks for all your patience. Please continue sharing any issues you’re experiencing on The Sims 4 Forums https://forums.ea.com/category/the-sims-4-en @Game News 329 Likes
September 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
MCCC and MC Woohoo have been updated! We're up to version 2025.5.0 now. Grab either/or over here:

deaderpool-mccc.com/downloads.html
@everyone Deaderpool has released MCCC version 2025.5.0 for Patreon/Public! Everyone should update to the newest version as soon as possible, whether you are a Patron or a Public user. Reminder that you must download MC Woohoo from Deaderpool's website or from right here on the server in the # mccc-help-links channel. It is not available on Patreon. CurseForge updates usually take a few extra days, so if you use CurseForge but would like to update immediately, please do so manually. Happy Simming, and enjoy the new release! Patreon Download (free): <https://www.patreon.com/posts/mc-command-2025-137792696> Website Download: <https://deaderpool-mccc.com/downloads.html> Documentation/Settings Overview: <https://deaderpool-mccc.com/#/doc/settings>
August 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
It's not lost on me that they're having their developers train their replacements right now. For those who haven't read the article, this is where I mistakenly thought the build tools were for us, not the devs. Teach me to skim... 🤦🏻‍♀️
On the internal tech side, Miele talked about EA's asset library, which she described as "like the Smithsonian of game assets." Essentially, EA has a massive database of assets from all of its games and work behind the scenes over the years, and it's using it to train its machine learning capabilities and large language models. Those capabilities are then being used by the company's "SEED" innovation lab, aka "Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division", for things like EA's "Script to Scene" tool. Script to Scene lets developers "create characters, direct performances, and define worlds all from text." Miele shows an example on screen, prompting an AI chat assistant to "build me a Parisian-style residential building." She then asks to make it taller, changes it to a modern high rise, and expands it into a larger neighborhood. With Script to Scene, Miele claims EA developers could eventually make an entire scene in a game using simple text prompts.
August 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Yeah, I figured it out shortly after that the tools they're talking about in the paragraph after this one ⬇️ is for the developers, not us. I actually wouldn't mind a picture search tool for builds. However, the kind of sim creation they talk about sounds like Gen AI and my point still stands on that
AI Examples In the talks that followed, a number of EA leads highlighted ways in which EA was already working with AI tech in its existing games. Laura Miele, president of EA entertainment, technology, and central development, talked about something called The Sims Hub, the first AI features coming to The Sims universe. EA plans to release a platform with "supercharged discovery tools" that use AI to allow players to find user-generated content more easily. She showed off an AI application that uses a photo search feature, allowing users to drop in photos of real life houses and then find user-generated houses that look similar to them. (highlighted) Miele also highlighted how the AI can be used for character creation, with users able to drop in an image of a celebrity or person in a certain outfit and then generate a Sim that matches up. Miele says The Sims Hub will be released "soon." (end highlight)
August 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Is anyone else seeing this? Is one of my mods making this happen? The Manage Households icon is showing up in place of the Options icon. When I hover over it though, the icon changes back to the three horizontal dots. Same thing with the actual Manage Households icon. They work and all - just weird.
Sims 4 icons for various in-game functions, with a red arrow pointing to the one with the wrong icon.
August 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Unfortunately 😭...from Deaderpool's Discord
@everyone This patch has broken far more mods than anyone anticipated, including but not limited to all or most Mod Constructor-created mods, UI Mods and a few other major script mods. To give our team time to continue assessing issues, and to prevent them from having to repeat themselves every other second to tell everyone to remove their broken mods, our support channels are closing for awhile. <#285507016267530252> will remain open for Deaderpool patrons. We stress that if you have patched your game today, you need to __remove your mods and play vanilla until they have been updated or cleared as ok by their creators__. Please do not use our community channels to ask for support help beyond basic troubleshooting advice. We will be back as soon as things are more under control.
August 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
I grew up on these streets 💥
Screen from the original 1981 arcade game Frogger. An 8-bit pixel frog has to safely make it across five lanes of traffic, then five "lanes" of logs, turtles and alligators in a river, without being run over by any of it.
August 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
I've started my "Touring The Packs" save, featuring Bella Bachelor from Coolpuppy's DooDoo save. I'm going in order so I'm starting with Outdoor Retreat and already, here's a cute find. I didn't realize there's an animated woodpecker making the woodpecker sounds in the background. He's so cute! 🥰
Woodpecker on side of pine tree in the video game The Sims 4. He has a white body with black markings and a red head. He pecks at the tree, making the knocking noises of real woodpeckers.
August 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Dang, are the Ailments THAT bad? The Sims Direct said they're gonna put out a toggle to turn them off in a future patch.

I seriously appreciate them listening to player feedback - thank you so much team. I don't have the pack though but I thought the update helped?
From Petal Pinesong of the Sims team, in the Sims Direct channel of The Sims Discord server: We've heard your feedback on Ailment tuning in Enchanted by Nature and we're developing a toggle to enable or disable Ailments spreading contagiously, coming in a future patch. Once disabled, Sims who already have Ailments will need to wait it out or seek a cure, but no more Sims will contract Ailments through spontaneous spread. By disabling both Enable Balance & Imbalance and Enable Ailment Spread, this will disable all natural sources of Ailments. We’ll have more info to share with you once we’ve confirmed a release date. @GameNews
August 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
It's not just homeless people though. They used "or" phrasing, as in homeless OR addicted OR mentally ill. They didn't use "and", so really, all they gotta say is a person is a danger and mentally ill to start civil commitment proceedings.
(iv) enforce, and where necessary, adopt, standards that address individuals who are a danger to themselves or others and suffer from serious mental illness or substance use disorder, or who are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves, through assisted outpatient treatment or by moving them into treatment centers or other appropriate facilities via civil commitment or other available means, to the maximum extent permitted by law; or
July 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Cool cool cool. So anyone on a HUD program with a mental illness, iow - information now allowed to be collected (and shared with law enforcement) as a condition of these programs.

Unless this can be stopped.
(b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, as appropriate, take steps to require recipients of Federal housing and homelessness assistance to increase requirements that persons participating in the recipients’ programs who suffer from substance use disorder or serious mental illness use substance abuse treatment or mental health services as a condition of participation. (i) allow or require the recipients of Federal funding for homelessness assistance to collect health-related information that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development identifies as necessary to the effective and efficient operation of the funding program from all persons to whom such assistance is provided; and (ii) require those funding recipients to share such data with law enforcement authorities in circumstances permitted by law and to use the collected health data to provide appropriate medical care to individuals with mental health diagnoses or to connect individuals to public health resources.
July 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
dellaluna.bsky.social
For those of us that lament the family tree system in Sims 4, did you know you can export a GEDCOM file via MCCC and import that into your favorite genealogy program?

Make sure you have mc_gedcom.ts4script in your MCCC folder, then in a cheat window type "gedcom founderfirstname founderlastname" 1/
Family tree of my Whimsy Stories legacy, the Greenwoods. It was made in My Family Tree.
July 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
New from the Sims Direct regarding today's update. Looks like they're gonna fix some of the major bugs.

Check out what they say about the pregnancy bug especially. We may have to restore previous saves to get rid of it.

PS. With how small the text is here, I recommend the alt text. #TheSims4News
From Petal Petalsong in the Sims Official Discord Server: A patch is rolling out now for The Sims 4 with fixes addressing the following: - The ability to drag spoiled items from Object and Sim inventories to the trash or sink has been restored. - The Sharing is Caring Whiteboard can be placed once again! - Gnomes have stopped constantly wiggling, jumping, or shaking after being placed from Build Mode. - Plants will keep their names and information when placing a Lot with gardened Plants from the Gallery. - Household members that have custom painting and are placed via Manage Households no longer lose their texture when you switch to that household. This includes Cats, Dogs, Horses, Werewolves, Fairies, and regular Sims. - Seed packets from Gnomes can now go into your Sim's inventory with the "Put in Inventory" interaction. - We have addressed stability issues introduced in a prior update on consoles. We will continue to monitor closely. Coming soon: We've identified the issues impacting Sim pregnancy; this change was made as part of tech optimizations, however after consideration we're working to revert this to resolve these issues. You can can learn how to store a previous save here: hyperlink to instructions. We recognize the impact this change has had, especially for mods. You can see our FAQ here: hyperlink to FAQ.
July 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
From the official Sims's Discord. Looks like the Sims team have some fixes for the big bugs coming in the next update. They still need help with the pregnancy bug though so please head to the thread in the forum to give info or vanilla saves. #TheSims4News

forums.ea.com/idea/the-sim...
Petal Pinesong posted in the Sims Direct part of the official The Sims Discord: We are actively investigating issues related to Sim pregnancy, including missing pregnancy tests, baby bumps, & interactions. We are tracking them here on EA Forums: link to bug report Any information or saves can aid our investigation, so please provide via the forums. As the team works towards resolutions for pregnant Sims, we've identified solutions to drag & drop for cleaning and the disappearing hobby board. These two issues alongside a few others will be resolved on July 10 with the release of Enchanted by Nature. @GameNews
July 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Does anyone here struggle with making casseroles? Feel you need some cooking lessons before you can tackle their complexity?

No? Me neither 😂 So why do our poor sims have to learn more to make them than they do Lobster Thermador (Lvl 7)?
Lunch menu options from the video game The Sims 4, showing that it takes a Level 10 cooking skill in order to make tuna or vegetable casserole, the highest level possible.
June 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
I'm from before the internet
Nintendo's 1982 game and watch wide screen handheld game, Snoopy Tennis. There were two games you could play where Charlie Brown or Lucy would lob tennis balls at Snoopy and you would move Snoopy up or down on the screen to hit them back.
June 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Oops, sorry about that, just read your tweet. Ok, so, problems with their faces aren't on the list? It looks like they're just cleaning up CAS stuff:
Werewolves EA Forums - Toddler Wolfie Onesie is listed as a “Hot Weather” asset. EA Forums - Variety of CAS assets (Piercings, Necklaces, and Socks) appear for Werewolves that do not work for them. EA Forums - The Patched Punk Styled Look does not apply the proper outfit pieces when selected.
June 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Am I possibly having a lil bit of Spring hypomania?

Hmmm, let's see...did I just buy these ridiculously overpriced vintage paperclips for my junk journal, despite my goal of saving money in the apocalypse?

Yes, I think we've got a yes on both 😂 But c'mon, look at how CUTE THEY ARE.
Top of box of old paper clips. The label says " Noesting ", 100 number 3 ring paper clips. These metal paper clips are a circle with two triangle " tabs " at the bottom of the ring. You use those triangle parts to separate the ring so you can clip papers together.
May 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
Same. Let me show you this though.

This is what's in the window of my church. They also have a HUGE rainbow flag on the overhang as you enter that says "A Just World For All". It gets defaced regularly but they just keep putting it back up.

I had no idea churches like this even existed until an 1/
A sign in the window that reads " We believe black lives matter, no human is illegal, love is love, women's rights are human rights, science is real, water is life, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ".
May 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
There are eight states that have had mandatory autism databases for years, without people's consent, and HIPAA makes it legal. Might wanna start there. Especially ND. They fine and threaten licenses if practitioners don't report.

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ND
NH
NJ
RI
UT
WV

resiliencymentalhealth.com/2024/07/08/s...
§ 164.512 Uses and disclosures for which an authorization or opportunity to agree or object is not required. Except as provided by § 164.502(a)(5)(iii), a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information without the written authorization of the individual, as described in § 164.508, or the opportunity for the individual to agree or object as described in § 164.510, in the situations covered by this section, subject to the applicable requirements of this section and § 164.509. When the covered entity is required by this section to inform the individual of, or when the individual may agree to, a use or disclosure permitted by this section, the covered entity's information and the individual's agreement may be given verbally. (a) Standard: Uses and disclosures required by law. (1) A covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to the extent that such use or disclosure is required by law and the use or disclosure complies with and is limited to the relevant requirements of such law. (2) A covered entity must meet the requirements described in paragraph (c), (e), or (f) of this section for uses or disclosures required by law. (b) Standard: Uses and disclosures for public health activities—(1) Permitted uses and disclosures. A covered entity may use or disclose protected health information for the public health activities and purposes described in this paragraph to: (i) A public health authority that is authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; or, at the direction of a public health authority, to an official of a foreign government agency that is acting in collaboration with a public health authority;
April 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
dellaluna.bsky.social
And it's all legal, ethics be damned. Per HIPAA, they're allowed. What was meant to help PHA's and the CDC is now third reich shit because oops, they forgot to put some guardrails in.

One look at my medication list and it's off to the organic farm for me. Dammit.
§ 164.512 Uses and disclosures for which an authorization or opportunity to agree or object is not required. Except as provided by § 164.502(a)(5)(iii), a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information without the written authorization of the individual, as described in § 164.508, or the opportunity for the individual to agree or object as described in § 164.510, in the situations covered by this section, subject to the applicable requirements of this section and § 164.509. When the covered entity is required by this section to inform the individual of, or when the individual may agree to, a use or disclosure permitted by this section, the covered entity's information and the individual's agreement may be given verbally. (a) Standard: Uses and disclosures required by law. (1) A covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to the extent that such use or disclosure is required by law and the use or disclosure complies with and is limited to the relevant requirements of such law. (2) A covered entity must meet the requirements described in paragraph (c), (e), or (f) of this section for uses or disclosures required by law. (b) Standard: Uses and disclosures for public health activities—(1) Permitted uses and disclosures. A covered entity may use or disclose protected health information for the public health activities and purposes described in this paragraph to: (i) A public health authority that is authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; or, at the direction of a public health authority, to an official of a foreign government agency that is acting in collaboration with a public health authority;
April 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM