Why are Lifesavers mints either melt in your mouth minty goodness or hard enough to break all of your teeth?

For #LongCovid Awareness Day, we’re releasing the 2026 Long Covid Fact Sheet! This is a list of key statistics about LC, using recent data to reflect contemporary risks.

We hope this will be useful for journalists, policymakers, patients, & others! /1

UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.

New: In a sweeping restructure, UT-Austin will consolidate four departments, including African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, college leaders told department heads Thursday.

More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments.

5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

I'm not going to ask if you're doomscrolling. Everything is hard right now. But you still need to eat some food, drink a glass of water, as well as time to rest and recover.

Try not to stay up too late tonight. Sleep deprivation will make everything you need to do harder, including helping others.

ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

"Liam’s teacher, who expressed shock over the boy’s detention: 'Liam is a bright young student. He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He comes into class every day and just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.'"

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Heat map and PMC estimates, 1 in 55 infectious and 892,000 new daily infections for Jan 12. We expedited the report to release it two days early.

The size of the winter COVlD wave has been revised upward as post-holiday data come in.

We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious.

🔥WV: 1 in 14
🔥IN: 1 in 15
🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21
🔥MO: 1 in 22
🔥CT: 1 in 24
🔥KS: 1 in 25
🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27

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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.

Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”

Really listen to it.

Latte I made today in red and white striped mug that says 2026 in the milk foam.

May 2026 be gentler and be full of gifts like peace, health, joy, care, shelter, nourishment, rest, music, and resources for all beings.

#HappyNewYear #2026 #Coffee #Café #LatteArt #Happy2026 #FelizAñoNuevo

Love this, Chris!

I know @raulpachecovega.bsky.social has some great Everything notebook techniques to check out. 😻

Happy 2026.

Spruce #bonsai

Fostering a pet even for a few weeks can make a big difference in their adoptability because they get home notes and to decompress in a home environment.

Thanks for considering! 💖

AAC: www.austintexas.gov/services/fos...

#AdoptDontShop #ATX #RescueDogs #DogsofBluSky #Texas #Dogs #FosterDogs

Austin Pets Alive! | Foster A Dog Austin Pets Alive! is not your average shelter. We maintain comprehensive, innovative programs designed to save the animals most at risk for euthanasia.

Austin folks, can you help foster a dog for up to 3 weeks for @austinpetsalive.bsky.social or Austin Animal Center (AAC)?

AAC has some pups with canine pneumonia (not contagious to humans or cats), and it is all paws on deck to try to stop the spread.

APA: www.austinpetsalive.org/foster/dogs

My heart breaks for Brown University. Students should only have to worry about studying for finals right now, not hiding from gunfire.

For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.

I wore red today for World AIDS Day.

It is the first time since 1988 that the U.S. did not commemorate today and the lives lost and lives impacted by HIV and AIDS: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

This comes amidst our massive cuts to global HIV health infrastructure, including lifesaving ARVs + PrEP.

Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51 The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social me...

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Rest peacefully, Alice.

Shared by Sandy Ho from Alice: "Our wisdom is inclusive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down." - @sfdirewolf.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

The. Supreme. Court.

@politico.com #SNAP
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Help @austinpetsalive.bsky.social send Cheddar Cheese and Teddy Bear to a sanctuary!

Any donation can help place them as sanctuary dogs to All Ears Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in New Hampshire!

donate.austinpetsalive.org/fundraiser/6...

#AdoptDontShop #DogsofBluSky #Dogs #RescueDogs #ATX #Austin

French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.

This is dope. In the spirit of the BPP free breakfast program, but fancy.

Enjoyed my first patio writing and grading afternoon of the season, and it was delightful to have the hint of autumn finally in the air. 🍂

#AmWriting #AmTeaching #TeacherSky #ProfSky #COMMSky #Autumn

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

two girls are sitting on a couch eating pizza and one has a shirt that says " raw metal rules " ALT: two girls are sitting on a couch eating pizza and one has a shirt that says " raw metal rules "

Happy 25th anniversary to Gilmore Girls

Photo of Taylor Swift from her website releasing her new album. She is wearing a long, dark orange sequence dress and looking toward the camera

"Hеy, thank you for the lovely bouquet,
You're sweeter than a peach,
But you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe."

#TaylorSwift #TLOAS #TSTheLifeofaShowgirl #NewMusic #AmListening #Swifties #Swiftie #SwiftieSky

That is so cool, Heather! Learning how to do the zipper part sounds super helpful too.

This sounds so fun, Heather! Great job. 😻

Did you bring your own fabrics, or they have options? Love the pattern you chose for the bag.

Black and white pittie lady who sees you have a cookie.

She is gently taking the cookie.

She is chewing the cookie

Please foster/adopt my goodest friend, Earmuff. She is a perfect gorl. AMA, we've spent the last three days together. #ATX www.austinpetsalive.org/adopt/dogs/a...

Looking forward to reading this, Senthorun!

Photo of a TV screen where De Paul is hugging Messi after Leo's second goal. The score is Argentina 3, Venezuela 0.

¡Otra vez: Gól de Messi! 😻

Also gotta love El Toro's palomita: Literally not touching the ball yet and then the first touch scoring.

¡Vamos, Argentina! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

#Argentina #WorldCupQualifiers #Pelota #Fútbol #Messi

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda

How quick we forget.

A beautiful piece of art of farm workers laboring in the fields

Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.

Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.

Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art