Telehealth is a game changer for people with disabilities.
It can be incredibly difficult to attend in person appointments when you have an energy limiting chronic illness.
The shutdown means Medicare recipients can no longer access this vital accommodation.
Restore telehealth!
Excuse me, what? I’m afraid to read…
cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11
Me! Me! Also, ACL is starting to sell my stamps but I don’t think they have them listed online yet. But go here. www.etsy.com/shop/LatinCl...
Excellent episode
The photo was taken underwater. It shows a partially uncovered mosaic on the ground of the sea and a fish swimming above it.
For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
I looked to see whether local news @kvue.bsky.social or @kxan.com had this story on their news app. Nope. Deeply disappointed.
Michael McFaul, Fmr. Ambassador to Russia, shares what he believes to be the three big gifts to Putin:
1. The meeting itself.
2. It's taking place in the U.S.
3. The symbolism of meeting in a place that was formerly part of the Russian empire.
Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.
I talked to the archaeologists who found 4 new shipwrecks associated with colonial Brunswick Town (NC). Always fun to cover work in my home state -- and from one of my alma maters! 🏺🧪
#OnThisDay - 13 August - the date on which Julia Felix marked contracts for various rooms and shops for rent within her estate at Pompeii.
See below for a fuller thread on this interesting example of graffiti. #AncientHistory 🧵🏺
A Roman oil lamp. The image on the lamp is rather naive, but clearly shows two people, one sat each side of a glass furnace. The character on the right is blowing into a tube with a glass vessle on the end.
This week's #AlphabetChallenge is #WeekGforGlass so please enjoy the only known depiction of Roman glass blowing, on an oil lamp.
Three have been found: in Asseria, Ferrara and Spodnje Skofije.
Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2)
By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org
I wonder whether it’s this owl…
A Roman mosaic depicting an owl with wide eyes, brown and red body, and blue feet, set against a cream-colored background with a black geometric border. The owl looks a bit deranged.
Apparently, it's #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay!
Here is my favourite #owl, depicted on a #Roman mosaic found in Uzès southern France, dating second half of the 1st century BC.
📷 Denis Gliksman, Inrap
How the Antonine Plague Became The Beginning of the End for Rome - GreekReporter.com
greekreporter.com/2025/07/25/a...
BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
#FrescoFriday meets #OnThisDay - 25 July - as in 1759 the fresco portraits of Leda and Flora / Persephone were discovered at Villa Arianna, Stabiae. Other portraits of mythological women would subsequently come to light from the room. 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9546 & 8834)
Birds can alter their behaviors and metabolism to avoid the perils of overheating.♨️ Studies have shown that high temperatures can impact bird cognition and mobbing calls. 🪶Read more on our blog: haikubox.com #birdbehavior #birdadaptation #haikubox
Just what I said when the Covid test came back positive
Hey, there is something good Trump has done for us.
That’s why I don’t argue with my brother
Interesting. I hadn’t heard the Druid connection before. I have tried to knit a glove from a 3D printed on, but it would have been too loose a stitch to be worthwhile.
