Vanessa Youssef
@vjkby.bsky.social
East coast; life-long learner; I believe in local politics; dog, horse, coffee lover; trying to be kinder & hopeful in a world l find increasingly concerning.
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This really spoke to me
August 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This really spoke to me
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Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
June 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
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Greetings and good morning it’s the Saturday farm rush hour with our forever animal friends
April 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Greetings and good morning it’s the Saturday farm rush hour with our forever animal friends
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
I used to have a subscription & really enjoyed it. I think it’s time to renew.
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Celebrating a milestone year together
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February 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I used to have a subscription & really enjoyed it. I think it’s time to renew.
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“If the duck can’t swim, it’s not the water that’s stupid” 😆
A Hungarian equivalent to “a bad workman blames his tools” is ha egy kacsa nem tud úszni nem a víz a hülye. It means “if the duck can't swim, it's not the water that's stupid”
* And if you want more international duck phrases and facts, the following thread should fit the bill…
* And if you want more international duck phrases and facts, the following thread should fit the bill…
January 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“If the duck can’t swim, it’s not the water that’s stupid” 😆
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Data is mounting that the shingles vaccine is protective against dementia. It's not definitive, but it's interesting. In addition, the effect is more pronounced for women. vajenda.substack.com/p/is-the-shi...
Is the Shingles Vaccine Protective Against Dementia?
A definite maybe
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January 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Data is mounting that the shingles vaccine is protective against dementia. It's not definitive, but it's interesting. In addition, the effect is more pronounced for women. vajenda.substack.com/p/is-the-shi...
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Today brings another reminder that the guy who owns the other place is really no better than the guy who owns the other, other place.
January 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Today brings another reminder that the guy who owns the other place is really no better than the guy who owns the other, other place.
Pierre Poilievre says Canadians are too obsessed with race because of “wokeism” and agrees with Jordan Peterson that Canada essentially had to invent and import racism because it didn’t exist here before recent decades.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
January 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today I learned there is potential for life changing therapies from menstrual blood stem cells, (MenSCs). Similar to bone marrow stem cells but rapidly reproducing. Wow. Embarrassing, hidden, dirty, old period blood.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Menstrual blood-derived mesenchymal stromal cells efficiently ameliorate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by inhibiting T cell activation in mice
Immunosuppressive properties grant mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) promising potential for treating autoimmune diseases. As autologous MSCs suffer from limited availability, the readily available all...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today I learned there is potential for life changing therapies from menstrual blood stem cells, (MenSCs). Similar to bone marrow stem cells but rapidly reproducing. Wow. Embarrassing, hidden, dirty, old period blood.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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It’s going to take so many little treats to power me through this year
January 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s going to take so many little treats to power me through this year
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It's not possible to always hone in on the crisis.
Take time this Holiday to remember what you love, so you will remember why you fight,
#DemCast
Take time this Holiday to remember what you love, so you will remember why you fight,
#DemCast
December 31, 2024 at 5:12 AM
It's not possible to always hone in on the crisis.
Take time this Holiday to remember what you love, so you will remember why you fight,
#DemCast
Take time this Holiday to remember what you love, so you will remember why you fight,
#DemCast
I keep reading versions of this thought from people I respect: It’s personal, political, engagement we need to advance; to move from socials to literal conversations is the combat zone. Ethical outrage without power isn’t enough.
Here's Pete Buttigieg:
“We’ve got to figure out how to take online conversations offline at scale,” he said. “While it is not obvious how to do that, that is something that through human history until about 15 years ago, we all did."
“We’ve got to figure out how to take online conversations offline at scale,” he said. “While it is not obvious how to do that, that is something that through human history until about 15 years ago, we all did."
Pete Buttigieg to Democrats: ‘Move quickly through the shock’ of Trump’s worst impulses
He told progressives that the former and incoming president will be a chaos agent and to focus on talking to Americans instead of getting stuck on Donald Trump’s antics.
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December 30, 2024 at 12:04 PM
I keep reading versions of this thought from people I respect: It’s personal, political, engagement we need to advance; to move from socials to literal conversations is the combat zone. Ethical outrage without power isn’t enough.
Worth the time to watch.
If you wonder why I will vote against the upcoming non-confidence scheme pushed by Pierre Poilieve please watch this speech I gave deconstructing Conservative MAGA bullshit.
Our nation is facing unprecedented issues.
I will not gamble our country on brinkmanship.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6DG...
Our nation is facing unprecedented issues.
I will not gamble our country on brinkmanship.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6DG...
Charlie Angus Calls out the Cynicism and Unfitness of Pierre Poilievre for Office
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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December 29, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Worth the time to watch.
I love when people are asked what they are currently excited about in their work.
Some of us sat down with @foxnewscorporation.bsky.social to recap 2024 in cancer Ana make some predictions for the new year of 2025!
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The year in cancer: Advances made in 2024, predictions for 2025
Four oncologists from the Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Tennessee shared with Fox News Digital what they see as the most notable accomplishments from 2024 and what's on the horizon for 2025.
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December 25, 2024 at 1:02 AM
I love when people are asked what they are currently excited about in their work.
I keep thinking about this line: Motherhood … fills your time but not your mind.
December 23, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I keep thinking about this line: Motherhood … fills your time but not your mind.
I love the daily memories our phones give to us. Kitty at Christmas 2017.
December 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM
I love the daily memories our phones give to us. Kitty at Christmas 2017.
I hadn’t considered the effect of the puppy’s diet on ME.
December 12, 2024 at 10:54 AM
I hadn’t considered the effect of the puppy’s diet on ME.
I turned on the radio to hear Nikki Giovanni consider sending artists to Mars - scientists are important but there must be so much to feel & that hasn’t been captured & communicated.
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Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, dead at 81 | CBC News
Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who wrote more than 25 books and shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, h...
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December 12, 2024 at 10:49 AM
I turned on the radio to hear Nikki Giovanni consider sending artists to Mars - scientists are important but there must be so much to feel & that hasn’t been captured & communicated.
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Blue skies and sunshine, Pilates with G and running in the woodlot makes for the best possible start to the week.
December 9, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Blue skies and sunshine, Pilates with G and running in the woodlot makes for the best possible start to the week.
Stormy Sunday, a puzzle & The Diplomat.
December 8, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Stormy Sunday, a puzzle & The Diplomat.
The beginning of the (nearly) annual holiday sugar cube structure.
December 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
The beginning of the (nearly) annual holiday sugar cube structure.