Signing off of social media for Lent. Take care of yourself during these tumultuous times. See you all in April ❤️

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

The NSA's "Big Delete" Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...

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Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.

The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

Pregnant USAID official files affidavit in lawsuit describing disruption of medical care as a result of agency's dismantling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as

Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.

Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.

They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.

A Holiday Gift: How 2 UWS Flavias Saved A Life And Forged A Friendship Carney Mimms collapsed while jogging in Central Park in November. Two nearby women immediately began CPR. They were both named Flavia.

A jogger collapsed in Central Park last month. His heart stopped and two women, both doctors, immediately began CPR. The strangers exchanged names; they were both named Flavia.

That man survived and a new friendship between the three families was formed.

"Let me take that off your plate" is a strong love language unless cheese is involved, in which case, and let me be clear, get away from my cheese with your awful hate language

A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care. U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.

NEW: The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.

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@who.int Director-General's remarks at a media briefing on 10 December 2024:

"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.

The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."

Congratulations to your family!! 💕

Experts say bird flu is more widespread than we think: ‘We are in a soup of virus’ “We are in a soup of virus. I mean, there’s virus everywhere around us at this point,” one scientist said

Via @meetjess.bsky.social on X

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💙💙💙 not a bot or a psycho 😉

Beautiful!

From THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY:

A restaurant board sign that reads: “we are not all in the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts. Some have canoes. And some are drowning. Just be kind and help when you can.

I love this.

When I was young my mom always made pear pie for Thanksgiving dessert. I continued on with the tradition with my family. This morning I got a call from my daughter to confirm the type of pears she needed for her pie. And my niece is making it for her dinner. My legacy is assured.

Congratulations to your daughter!

The only thing I miss from X is all the posts from med students about interviews and match. As a mom to a MS4, I always like to pump them up on interviews. That and the random congratulations I would send for marriages/births/graduations. Still finding my footing on 🦋.

These days it’s hard to figure out if it’s satire or not.

E. coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots Page describes an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.

Check your carrots. The CDC warns of a bad E. coli outbreak across at least 18 states with one death identified so far.

A hand knitted black sweater with a purple crow silhouette pattern on the front, displayed on a mannequin. The crow has its wings outstretched in flight

A pair of knitted socks laid flat on a white blanket. The body color is purple and the heels and toes are in a bright green.

A black and red knitted rib scarf displayed on a mannequin

Two knitted beanies with "It/Its" written in curly letters. The stripes are in shades of grey, pink, and blue.

I'm finally in a good position to RE-OPEN MY KNITTING COMMS! #CommsOpen #CommissionsOpen #BSNM 🧶

In this thread I'll show all the options you can choose from!

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My black kitty Jupiter and her brother Spot

Floral cape

Sarah Hewitt's opera cloak, designed by House of Worth, won a grand prize at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris.

#cape #houseofworth