Nancy
@sunfloweropine.bsky.social
Retired teacher, cook, gardener, and avid political junkie who really wants to find a new and healthier hobby.
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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
Extremely useful information!
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April 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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THIS!!!!
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
THIS!!!!
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Trump is now arresting Putin's opponents in the U.S. and sending them back to Russia so Putin can imprison or kill them.
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trump is now arresting Putin's opponents in the U.S. and sending them back to Russia so Putin can imprison or kill them.
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Nothing out of the ordinary about taking secret service protection off adult children of former presidents.
What is NOT ordinary is the president broadcasting that the kids have no more protection, along with the current location of one of the kids.
What is NOT ordinary is the president broadcasting that the kids have no more protection, along with the current location of one of the kids.
March 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Nothing out of the ordinary about taking secret service protection off adult children of former presidents.
What is NOT ordinary is the president broadcasting that the kids have no more protection, along with the current location of one of the kids.
What is NOT ordinary is the president broadcasting that the kids have no more protection, along with the current location of one of the kids.
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
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If Musk/Trump can deport just one person from US without a hearing, then they can deport any person from US without a hearing.
March 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If Musk/Trump can deport just one person from US without a hearing, then they can deport any person from US without a hearing.
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Kinda feels like this right now
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kinda feels like this right now
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Tuesday morning: College protests are now banned
Tuesday night: I brought back free speech in America
Tuesday night: I brought back free speech in America
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tuesday morning: College protests are now banned
Tuesday night: I brought back free speech in America
Tuesday night: I brought back free speech in America
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Absolutely. This was *the* most powerful part of US "soft power" in China through past 15 years.
Cancelling this is one more act of sabotage against US interests, values, and influence.
(I don't think Trump/Mask are active foreign agents. But if they were, what would they be doing differently?)
Cancelling this is one more act of sabotage against US interests, values, and influence.
(I don't think Trump/Mask are active foreign agents. But if they were, what would they be doing differently?)
Not an exaggeration to say this was pound-for-pound the most effective piece of US public diplomacy in China. Twitter was blocked, but U.S. embassy pollution tweets forced Beijing to start publishing its own pollution data, which fed public outrage. Result: millions breathing vastly less toxic air
U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad
Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Absolutely. This was *the* most powerful part of US "soft power" in China through past 15 years.
Cancelling this is one more act of sabotage against US interests, values, and influence.
(I don't think Trump/Mask are active foreign agents. But if they were, what would they be doing differently?)
Cancelling this is one more act of sabotage against US interests, values, and influence.
(I don't think Trump/Mask are active foreign agents. But if they were, what would they be doing differently?)
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
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wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!
February 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!
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Translation from Legalese:
Your Honor, we have no idea WTF Elon is doing.
Respectfully,
The United States Department of Justice
Your Honor, we have no idea WTF Elon is doing.
Respectfully,
The United States Department of Justice
BREAKING: DOJ refuses to provide Judge Chutkan with any numbers regarding last Friday's firings. DOJ also refuses to make any commitment regarding what "personnel actions" the seven agencies at issue — OPM, Education, Labor, HHS, Energy, Transportation, Commerce — might take in the next two weeks.
February 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Translation from Legalese:
Your Honor, we have no idea WTF Elon is doing.
Respectfully,
The United States Department of Justice
Your Honor, we have no idea WTF Elon is doing.
Respectfully,
The United States Department of Justice
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I miss when stupid & uncurious people were uninformed rather than misinformed. I miss when they didn't care about any issues instead of caring rabidly about fake issues.
February 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I miss when stupid & uncurious people were uninformed rather than misinformed. I miss when they didn't care about any issues instead of caring rabidly about fake issues.
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One enduring problem with the American electorate is how millions of people convinced themselves the government plays no role in their economic situation except to tax and to hinder them while giving money to undeserving people.
“Many farmers voted for Trump [b/c] he promised less regulation and greater prosperity for America’s farmers. The hard truth … like most of the folks who voted for Trump, farmers failed to do their homework about the reality” of the Trump regime.
What betting on the farm & losing looks like. 😬
What betting on the farm & losing looks like. 😬
With Trump and Musk driving U.S. policy, Kansas farmers have been played for suckers • Kansas Reflector
The hard truth is that, like most of the folks who voted for Trump, farmers failed to do their homework about the hard realities.
kansasreflector.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One enduring problem with the American electorate is how millions of people convinced themselves the government plays no role in their economic situation except to tax and to hinder them while giving money to undeserving people.
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We are in mortal danger.
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We are in mortal danger.
REVOLUTION!
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MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)
YouTube video by Macklemore
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February 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
REVOLUTION!
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I’m just saying whoever taught the Animate Dead spell to the Trump administration has some things to answer for
February 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I’m just saying whoever taught the Animate Dead spell to the Trump administration has some things to answer for
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Trump illegally firing the youngest, fittest US Forest Service firefighters after a few weeks of bullshit about how the LA fires were caused by government incompetence is quite a thing.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump illegally firing the youngest, fittest US Forest Service firefighters after a few weeks of bullshit about how the LA fires were caused by government incompetence is quite a thing.
Thank you, Matson, at CagleCartoons.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Thank you, Matson, at CagleCartoons.com
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Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country.
US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave
Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local ...
abcnews.go.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country.